Hi guys is there any alternative to IE for the Rose ?
I used opera for my old HTC TyTN II and the touch interface was fantastic is there a version of opera available for free for the Rose ? Or is there a better browser ?
Best?
Hard to define that. For most intents and purposes, Opera Mini 5 Beta works and is my most used browser. However, if you want to load any site which contains any amount of heavy lifting via Javascript you'd be best to look elsewhere.
My secondary browser is usually IE for mobile optimised (but not designed for iPhone) sites.
And thirdly, the next third party browser I have installed and don't really mind too much (however is no discontinued) is Torch Mobile Iris Browser (v.1.1.9). If you look around hard enough, you may still be able to find a copy of it hosted somewhere.
Skyfire works great, and can also use flash-sites like youtube
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Skyfire works great, and can also use flash-sites like youtube
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And redtube and youporn
What I do is use the default browser for looking up info quickly, like football scores etc and then use SkyFire if you want something that does a bit more.
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Skyfire works great, and can also use flash-sites like youtube
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The best browser HTC S740 are:
1-SkyFire (<--this is rhe best for replace IE)
2-Opera Mini (java)
3-Opera Mobile (only buy)
bye bye
I hate mobile sites. I know a few browser apps do it but really want GB browser. (what is with Samsung screwing this browser up? They have the best screen in the industry (ok other than Iphone)...so why kill the real deal?: desktop site views???
No need for a new rom (although the CM7 browser has a huge selection of User Agents to choose from). Dolphin browser is free on the Market and has a desktop UA mode.
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No need for a new rom (although the CM7 browser has a huge selection of User Agents to choose from). Dolphin browser is free on the Market and has a desktop UA mode.
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I Know that... as I said I'd really rather use GB browser... FStest one... I've tested them all many times. (I use boat browser mini now...2nd best in my 25 site download test).
But.. Do want GB.
I will look into C7 when more kinks are worked out.
type in url "about:useragent" to change user agent on stock browser. I like Opera Mobile the best though. It can download anything from filesharing sites.
I want to make a (more recent) comparison of web browsers available to us on the ASUS TF101 and TF201 tablets, something that is useful. In my experience we don't have all that many threads that are Really Good on this subject, that don't get bogged down with noise and opinion drowning out the signal after a while.
The browsers, web sites, and procedures I will use for testing are being collected HERE as they are written.
I am open to suggestions of things to test as long as they don't cost me $$$, are legit, and hopefully widely used by communities of people in general. If it has issues with the stock browser in HC/ICS/GB/Froyo in fast/simple usage, like crashy crashy! Then I am more likely to test a suggestion.
Note for mods: this is cross posted in the forum for both tablets.
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On my free time, I downloaded:
- Opera Mobile
- Maxthon
- Dolphin
- Firefox
- Firefox Aurora
I used the PeaceKeeper browser benchmark by FutureMark and tested each one.
The top scoring ones were all very similar: Maxthon, Dolphin, and Stock.
The middle ground browser was Opera.
The really low scores were Firefox and Firefox Aurora.
Maxthon, Dolphin, support more codecs and look pretty Chrome-like.
Is miren browser working for the prime?
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Nevermind I see it.
Interesting thread..liking forward to the results. Pretty extensive list you have of browsers. I have 5 of them out the list. MAXTHALON, OPERA MOBILE, ICS+, BOAT BROWSER, DOLPHin HD, and stock. The best performing for me are opera mobile, stock, n boat browser. SOMETHING happened after ICS update that drastically improved stock browser performance. It use to be my worst performer. BOAT browser is great also n runs flash very well. Just have to get used to its setup. OPERA mobile of course is always fast n only drawback is flash not working right on Prime version of Opera Mobile.
I've settled on Boat Browser. I've not experienced the lockups or pages not loading that all the other browsers that I've tried. It does take a while to get used to the format but if means no lockups I'll keep using it.
OK, I just ran almost all of the ones you listed through the peacekeeper browser test. The results are below. Each browser was only run 1 time and if its not listed it means the browser was not capable of giving me a score
Xscope - 378
Stock Browser - 361
Maxthon - 343
Boat - 369
ICS browser+ - 369
Opera Mobile - 274
Ninesky - 361
Angel - 375
Sleipner - 376
Dolphin Pad - 376
Firefox - 273
These are not in any particular order and I also only tested one opera and one dolphin, not all of them. Hope this gets the thread started.
Was also going to bench all with browsermark but the stock browser wouldn't get through it without crashing.
Higher score is better?
I've been using BOAT since I heard about it here.
Also, does everyone set their agent preference to desktop?
yes higher is better. Give xscope a try and you will see. I like setting my agent to iPad for some reason things just look good and flash still works unlike on iPad
Maybe we can merge these two together, and keep one good resourceful browser thread. Also, does this forum support multiple people being able to edit a post?
Not that I know of but I've been using the gdocs document for test procedures and a spreadsheet on gdocs for results, and those do support that. I planned ahead, else it'd all be a plain text file I could feed into perl lol.
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OPERA MOBILE just had a huge update today, finally. Supposedly fixes flash in Hc and ICS and compatibility issues with ICS. Going to test it out.
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Checked it out, seems they completely removed flash from opera mobile. Now there is no option for flash. Go to websites n it'll tell you flash or Java not installed or something similar.
Took another look at changelog and it says its known Flash has issues on latest version of ICS 4.0.3. Seems like we took a step backwards on opera now..lmao. hopefully next update will add 4.0.3 support SMH
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yes higher is better. Give xscope a try and you will see. I like setting my agent to iPad for some reason things just look good and flash still works unlike on iPad
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I never do this, because im sick of companies thinking ipad is the only tablet. I set mine to Android, and happily deal with anything that comes with doing that.
I grabbed X-Scope Pro free on Amazon a few months ago waiting for the chance to use on a tablet and so far I love it. I have been having issues with the stock browser closing randomly while surfing and that hasn't happened once in X-Scope. So far, so good.
They removed the plugins setting from OM as well. Maybe b/c it's really just flash in practice, and adobe isn't making a plugin for Android 9 someday. Or maybe it only applies to Android 4.0.3 devices --- looking at the what's new.
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A good site to test, and I didn't see on your chart, is www.espn3.com. That is their streaming video site and plays live and recorded sporting events. It is super heavy on Flash Video.
I watch it all the time, but it will not load and play in Opera (which we all know has problems with Flash).
I got an alert that Firefox has released a big update. I havent tested the old FF, but i might give it a shot, i liked the screeny they showed in the news article!
By the way guys, it would probably help to distinguish between browsers that are essentially just overlays on the stock browser, using the same HTML rendering engine, versus browsers that use their own HTML renderer.
Browsers like Dolphin, Boat Browser, and ICS Browser have roughly the same performance as the stock browser because they are all using a variation of the Webkit rendering enginer, whereas Opera and Firefox are using their own.
My spreadsheet always notes the rendering engine as possible, and assumes stock when no detail otherwise is found.
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Hi guys,
I' m tryng to find the best browser for the s tablet. What can you, suggest me? i m using dolphin but when i browse i see big withe portion of the screen not rendered. It take few second to render them but is hugli...
Thx
Hello!
I'm very satisfied with Maxthon For Pad 1.5. I't fast, it renders very well, and it has a lot of options. I'm using both Maxthon and Dolphin Browser for Pad Beta, so test both and tell me what do you think.
Dolphin is the best imo...
Personally I prefer opera. The rendering is very good. It just doesn't get enough credit. I strongly recommend it.
I can't make my mind up, I tend to wander between Opera and Dolphin HD. I've just had a go on Chrome for Android on my Vega tablet with ICS - beats anything on tablet S - so I can't wait for ICS on this baby !!!!!
I can't wait for ICS and Chrome for Android Beta, but at the moment, I'm actually using the Stock Browser. I love the Quick Controls Lab option for a properly fullscreen experience, although I previously liked Miren Browser (which is disappointingly phone-oriented, but still nice)
If it helps I prefer Dolphin HD myself. Just like how it works.
I've been using Boat, its pretty good, might give Opera a go see what all the fuss is about.
I too like the fullscreen stock browser as well
why is the default android browser too slow. Even opera mini is slow. But when i use dolphin and then use the stock browser it is blazing fast.
why?
Your question is like why stock rom is slower than custom roms!
Default android browser is made just for browsing whereas otbers like chrome, firefox or dolphin have been made for overall smoothness and perfect browsing experience!
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