Has anyone noticed any significant lag in the HC browser on the Nook Color?
Usually it's pretty quick, especially when I have >100Mb free memory. But sometimes when I click a link the blue progress bar just sits there for over a minute, sometimes longer.
I'm running Preview V04 of a class 6 4GB card. It works pretty well most of the time.
t3rabyte said:
Has anyone noticed any significant lag in the HC browser on the Nook Color?
Usually it's pretty quick, especially when I have >100Mb free memory. But sometimes when I click a link the blue progress bar just sits there for over a minute, sometimes longer.
I'm running Preview V04 of a class 6 4GB card. It works pretty well most of the time.
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Same here at times. Seems like the more that is cached the slower it gets. If you haven't, try Opera 11. It has a funky layout, but is very responsive.
Wow, Opera is so much smoother and quicker. Thanks for the tip
i wouldnt expect anything that runs off the sd card to load anything as quick as emmc
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Dolphin Mini is a pretty nice alternative to the Honeycomb stock browser, maintaining tabs and all. The only thing I never really enjoyed with Opera was the zooming.
mikegonz said:
Dolphin Mini is a pretty nice alternative to the Honeycomb stock browser, maintaining tabs and all. The only thing I never really enjoyed with Opera was the zooming.
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I agree about the zooming with other versions of opera. However, this version for me is different as night and day. The pinch to zoom feature works well and is very fast. I personally prefer it over Dolphin. May try it if you haven't.
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i found this browser while surfin around.. its made for tablets and it really blew me away as to how fast it is while still having all the cool features of the more complex browsers.. it has the quickness of opera mobile with the options of dolphin hd.. try it out
http://dl.maxthon.com/mobile/Maxthon_for_Android.apk
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I'm a bit OT here, but I installed this, and used it to set a wallpaper via Perfect Viewer, which borked my whole tablet. Not sure what's going on, but it boots, works for a minute or two at one frame per second, and then reboots itself. None of the remapped button popups work, so the only thing I can do is a long press on the power button to shut down.
Edit: I had just enough time to uninstall Maxthon (which was pretty nice BTW) and Perfect Viewer, which resolved the boot loop, etc.. Not sure which app was the culprit.
very strange, wish i could tell ya what it was.. what rom you using?
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Forgot to say, but I'm on CM7 7.0.2 at 1.3 ghz.
I'm pretty sure it was Perfect Viewer's wallpaper handling, and CM7 does have issues with using 3rd party apps to set wallpapers. Sorry to derail the thread. Maxthon is a great browser.
pretty nice. i wish it could gofull screen
gestures are a little iffy, but i may just not be used to using them and i cant find advanced settings?
Great UI for tablets but I dont know how turn automatic flash content downloading to off (tap to download like in opera would be nice)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.boatbrowser.free
Simply awesome browser.
It handles extremely heavy Flash websites like Grooveshark like a boss. It's smooth, handles multiple pages well, handles annoying popups well (!) without going ape****. It inherently knows keyboard shortcuts like "CTRL+A" when selecting all the text in a text box. Knows CTRL+C, CTRL+X, CTRL+V. It does *not* know CTRL+F to find, you have to click through to find text, which is one of the very few minor downsides.
It's smooth, elegant... like Chrome for your desktop, except it's for your Prime.
Enable Desktop User Agent mode in the settings and play around with Flash settings til it works for your needs. But it will handle *almost* any flash website you browse regularly, bar none.
Independent review here: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/boat-browser-chrome-mobile-safari-inspired-browser-for-android/
I'll give it a shot, I'm always up for trying a new browser. I'll update with an opinion after I check it out for awhile. The reviews on the market are very positive.
josue85 said:
I'll give it a shot, I'm always up for trying a new browser. I'll update with an opinion after I check it out for awhile. The reviews on the market are very positive.
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Please give a bluntly honest review - perfect/great stuff & the ugly - I have a feeling the "ugly" stuff would probably get fixed pretty quickly.
I would give an honest review, but I'm on cloud 9 with this browser currently so I'm currently incapacitated
I'm checking it out now. Seems pretty good so far. Just alot to it and have to get used to the setup. Will report back after longer use.
Damn! I have like 5-6 of the best browsers I'm comparing..lol. lets see if this one is better than stock or opera mobile.
demandarin said:
I'm checking it out now. Seems pretty good so far. Just alot to it and have to get used to the setup. Will report back after longer use.
Damn! I have like 5-6 of the best browsers I'm comparing..lol. lets see if this one is better than stock or opera mobile.
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i have a browser folder with like 5 in it i cant choose
lol, silly name for a browser but awesome looking (reminds me of a chrome/xscope look), I will give it a try
this is a great browser. my only gripe with it is that it takes forever to get back into it from the recent tasks bar. other than that, its just as smooth as opera and it plays flash.
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i have a browser folder with like 5 in it i cant choose
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Same here. Made a folder called Browsers. This boat browser is really nice. Only thing is the quick settings and taskbar options n everything all over the place. You have to get use to it. I like that it lets you customize the quick setting on the tasknar at the bottom.
ANYONE know how to transfer bookmarks from opera mobile?
looks and feels great, but lacks keyboard shortcuts like ctrl t, ctrl w, ctrl tab and etc. So its not that easy to use while docked (most of time for me). otherwise pretty damn solid browser
Nice! Thanks for the heads up.
My only tiny gripe is that panning while loading is still a little jittery. Dolphin is the smoothest when loading but Boat"s flash prowess might make it my browser of choice.
robomo said:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.boatbrowser.free
Simply awesome browser.
It handles extremely heavy Flash websites like Grooveshark like a boss. It's smooth, handles multiple pages well, handles annoying popups well (!) without going ape****. It inherently knows keyboard shortcuts like "CTRL+A" when selecting all the text in a text box. Knows CTRL+C, CTRL+X, CTRL+V. It does *not* know CTRL+F to find, you have to click through to find text, which is one of the very few minor downsides.
It's smooth, elegant... like Chrome for your desktop, except it's for your Prime.
Enable Desktop User Agent mode in the settings and play around with Flash settings til it works for your needs. But it will handle *almost* any flash website you browse regularly, bar none.
Independent review here: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/boat-browser-chrome-mobile-safari-inspired-browser-for-android/
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Very nice browser. I like it. Doesn't seem very fast, but has been stable and nice to use.
Is anyone able to pinch-to-zoom using Maxthon Browser? Either the tablet version or the version for Android phones. If I could get it to work, Maxthon would easily be my browser of choice.
One and only bump. Let me know.
I just installed it on CM7 and it worked right away. The phone version, that is.
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Thanks for checking. I really just need to flash CM7 already, I'm getting sick of things not being compatible with the stock ROM.
Yeah, pinch to zoom doesn't work with Maxthon on the B&N ROM. Double-tap does zoom in and out, and the on-screen zoom buttons do work.
It's not only a problem on the NT though: http://forum.maxthon.com/viewthread.php?tid=81629
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the bug was fixed for most devices on one of their more recent updates. Unfortunately, the NT wasn't one of those devices, haha.
I really do like Maxthon though, especially the ability to create your own navigation gestures directly on screen. It seems to worth a lot smoother than Dolphin HD's system.
Thanks for checking on that for me, rete.
does it seem to you too that the note has identity issues? When I visit web sites with my captivate and double tap the screen the font enlarges to a readable size. with this phone this behavior is unpredictable. Any ideas as to what my phone is going thru and would therapy be in order or is it just growing pains and give it some time?
What browser are you using? I'm using Opera, and double tap consistently zooms in for me.
try dolphin browser
Hi i am using doplphin browser...works fine
busybeebusy said:
Hi i am using doplphin browser...works fine
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+1
Like said dolphin browser works best for now, till ics browser comes.
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Another +1 for dolphin hd.
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+1 for the Fins HD
I've noticed though that Dolphin lags quite a bit when scrolling around a webpage. The stock browser is much smoother.
flintdragon said:
I've noticed though that Dolphin lags quite a bit when scrolling around a webpage. The stock browser is much smoother.
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I agree with you about the lag on Dolphin browser. Although it has more functionality the stock browser is much smoother. I did a simple test between Opera, Dolphin HD, Boat, OverSkreen and Stock and I found that Stock, Opera, Boat and OverSkreen were the only satisfyingly fast ones. Opera is very fast but I find I don't like it's functionality. OverSkreen is fantastic but honestly feels more gimmicky to me at the moment as I haven't found a good use for multiple browsers simultaneously. At the moment I've been using Boat browser which has been to me the best mix of functionality and snapiness. It has a really customizable tool bar and lots of quick buttons so I would suggest it to you.
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I agree with you about the lag on Dolphin browser. Although it has more functionality the stock browser is much smoother. I did a simple test between Opera, Dolphin HD, Boat, OverSkreen and Stock and I found that Stock, Opera, Boat and OverSkreen were the only satisfyingly fast ones. Opera is very fast but I find I don't like it's functionality. OverSkreen is fantastic but honestly feels more gimmicky to me at the moment as I haven't found a good use for multiple browsers simultaneously. At the moment I've been using Boat browser which has been to me the best mix of functionality and snapiness. It has a really customizable tool bar and lots of quick buttons so I would suggest it to you.
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hopefully when we get that ics we cn get google Chrome.... only thing is it doesn't support flash....
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Did SAMSUNG already state "It's not a phone, not a tablet"?
Because its both.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
SKyRocKeting727 said:
Because its both.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
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Then that's the answer for Op statement??(question) in the title
Using Dolphin: I have the user agent set to desktop and I dont use any plugins and it runs about as smoothly as the stock browser (which is to say, it isnt fantastically smooth but it isnt unusable either).
However, I also hadnt rebooted the phone in three weeks either so I decided to do so now and just tested again with www.cnn.com with both the stock browser and Dolphin and it is MUCH smoother after a reboot (again, both are about the same).
My phone is stock unrooted.
To help the stock browser perform more like a tablet however, I do the following on every new Android device I get...
Open the stock browser.
Hit the menu button.
Tap Settings.
Tap the 'Auto Fit Pages' option.
I also UNcheck the option 'Load Images' (to make pages load faster - not related to making the browser work more like a tablet but Im mentioning it in case people find it useful).
You could also change the zoom level (the top most option) to far instead of the default medium zoom level - just be warned that this will make the text on web pages small - possibly too small for some people.
Can you give a specific website that you are double tapping on that is giving the response you are talking about? Every page Im going to with the default browser is taking me to a mobile web page which has nothing to double click on.
I would like to request for pdf reader to be made with animations like in the ICS App Drawer (and as smooth) or those found in the stock ICS Gallery App. Repligo is decent but sliding from page to page is no where near as smooth as it is in the ICS Gallery/App Drawer and is slow at rendering pages.
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I would like to request for pdf reader to be made with animations like in the ICS App Drawer (and as smooth) or those found in the stock ICS Gallery App. Repligo is decent but sliding from page to page is no where near as smooth as it is in the ICS Gallery/App Drawer and is slow at rendering pages.
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Ezpdf is the fastest but it still has lag if you go reaaaaly quick. Its faster and smoother than repligo
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anarox said:
Ezpdf is the fastest but it still has lag if you go reaaaaly quick. Its faster and smoother than repligo
B60 TF101 16gb WW version. Never rooted.
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I tried ezpdf and the thing I really dislike about it is that we need to swipe very quickly/hard to actually change pdfs. Everything is seemless and smooth in the Gallery App
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I tried ezpdf and the thing I really dislike about it is that we need to swipe very quickly/hard to actually change pdfs. Everything is seemless and smooth in the Gallery App
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There is diffrent ways to change pages, fasteset is horizontal. No page flipping (page flipping by button) is the most stable
B60 TF101 16gb WW version. Never rooted.