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Even up to when i sold my HD2 ive been using X-Scope browser i have tried most of them from stock, Skyfire, Dolphin and Miren but X-Scope for me remains the best there is, im just curious to know which browser people use?
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most people use stock browser I do too
I am probably not helping - I guess you are asking only those of us who evaluated many browsers
I use dolphin and like it very well.
What is it you like about x-scope so much?
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Tsais said:
I use dolphin and like it very well.
What is it you like about x-scope so much?
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it's fast,faster than any other browser ive used on Android, ive never had a FC with it either whereas i have with some other browsers.
I use stock browser, it is simple and fast. On wifi it download whole webpage with blink of eye.
I do use firefox sometime as it is linked with my laptop/desktop's bookmarks and history.
I tend to use FF because of syncing with my PC but I dig Opera too. Haven't tried any others.
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I use the default navigator
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Miren. I have for quite awhile and I feel that it provides a consistent experience
Mainly dolphin but opera works quite well too. I find the stock browser too bland and basic.
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Stock browser
on wi-fi, i use the stock browser, as it is fast, looks great and gives the desktop browser experience, but in my area i can only get edge and for mobile use i prefer opera mini, which with mobile view, pre-rendered and compressed pages and no flash gives you faster access to information while on a slow mobile network or while walking.
I prefer opera. Nice and fast and doesn't have trouble with file hosting websites etc which I've experienced with others for some reason .
Been trying out Opera Mobile recently, and find that it drains battery quite aggressively
Prefer the stock browser though... It seems faster than Opera!
Opera mobile for the best auto text reflow
Stock, no need to add more bloatware.
Dolphin Browser HD is good, swift and stable
I want to know what everyone uses for their internet browsing. I used to use Dolphin HD exclusively with my mt4g, but haven't really used any 3rd party browser yet on the Amaze.
Stock, Dolphin, Opera, Boat, etc...
Does anyone use multiple browsers to handle different tasks? Such as Dolphin for browsing and Opera for downloading?
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I always found the scrolling on Opera to be the smoothest out of all the browsers I've tried, but Dolphin HD comes pretty close. I use the default browser that comes with the ROM as the default app to open web pages, but whenever I actually have a site to check (Engadget, 9gag, Lifehacker, etc...) I use Opera
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+1 for dolphon HD, havent found ne thing i like better. Plus i hate "mobile-viewing" web sites and dolphin brings up pages in desktop mode perfectly
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Has Anyone that uses dolphin tried dolphin mini? I prefer it to hd honestly
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+1 for dolphon HD, havent found ne thing i like better. Plus i hate "mobile-viewing" web sites and dolphin brings up pages in desktop mode perfectly
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I 2nd this post. And that is what made me decide to open this thread, because the stock browser does that as well, so I haven't been tempted to switch yet.
Opera I always found to be overrated with it's UI. I used to use it way back in my Crackberry days, but when Dolphin came out, I left it.
Skyfire was pretty darn good for my last device also, I just disliked the way it looked.
No votes for Boat Browser yet? Anyone tried it. Now that I'm back at work and not in bed ready to fall asleep, I'm gonna DL and try a few to compare.
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Has Anyone that uses dolphin tried dolphin mini? I prefer it to hd honestly
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Not yet. I always saw the word Mini and just assumed it was for the devices with lesser capabilities. What do you like about it?
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I downloaded Boat, Boat Mini, Dolphin HD, Dolphin Mini, Maxthon, Opera Mini, Skyfire, UC Browser, and I obviously have stock. I will test and update my findings
Early update: UC browser and Maxthon don't even belong in the same discussion so I won't go on about them. They are just EXTREMELY slow. Unbearable.
I couldn't get the 2 Boat browsers or Opera Mini to display desktop view. Major buzzkill! With that being said, out of the strictly mobile browsers, Boat is noticeably faster than the rest. But I need desktop view.
Out of the desktop view browsers (dolphin, dolphin hd, and Skyfire, I was BLOWN AWAY by skyfire's UI and BLAZING speed. It was loading full Google pages and video streaming sites as fast as Dolphin was mobile views of sites, and significantly faster than Stock. Wow.
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I use Firefox on my Amaze. You can also add extensions to it!
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I use Firefox on my Amaze. You can also add extensions to it!
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I left FireFox off the list because I thought it was still in beta stages and isn't polished yet. Dolphin has more add ons than any mobile browser. Dolphin, imo, is the FireFox of mobile even with FireFox being mobile
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I would love to say that Opera browsers (mobile or mini) are the only browsers that is fully compatible with Blackboard, if you are a college student. I don't know, it may be some sort of support for javascript and java (runtime thingy is required to run blackboard in PC). With Opera you can load the files in blackboard rather seamlessly, and it was about last year I ran through all the browsers and Opera was the one that didn't fail. However, iphone's safari although stock by itself was able to run Blackboard much better than Opera. So should I try to f*ck Apple or ALL Android's 3rd party browsers (not forgetting Android's stock)?
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I would love to say that Opera browsers (mobile or mini) are the only browsers that is fully compatible with Blackboard, if you are a college student. I don't know, it may be some sort of support for javascript and java (runtime thingy is required to run blackboard in PC). With Opera you can load the files in blackboard rather seamlessly, and it was about last year I ran through all the browsers and Opera was the one that didn't fail. However, iphone's safari although stock by itself was able to run Blackboard much better than Opera. So should I try to f*ck Apple or ALL Android's 3rd party browsers (not forgetting Android's stock)?
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Nice nugget of info for all college students. Have you tried Dolphin with maybe the proper plug-ins (if any) or skyfire? I'm really digging that ome right now
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Ilike skyfire mostly because of the fact it can also play silverlight videos
I use stock most of the time, but like it was mentioned earlier, I use dolphin for desktop view. Just keep Android agent on one, desktop for the other.
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Sleipnir is the best I've tried so far.
I have been playing with it for a while now and have always loved the desktop version as well (not as much as chrome but close) just wonder what others thought and experiences with it were
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Runs absolutely smooth. For me it is better than stock. Just remind to install phony as addon so you can switch to desktop views instead of mobile views.
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dolphin is better.
I prefer Firefox over dolphin just cuz of the desktop skareing stuff I wish they would finish chrome
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I downloaded it about a week ago, and it didn't have the zoom in text feature that all othe browsers have.
If they fix that, I'll totally replace Opera.
@plasma what exactly? Double-Tapping on any text-column resizes/zooms lightningly fast, definitely faster than stock 2.3.6-browser.
try dolphin browser hd, trust me you will love it
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dolphin is nice but i just prefer to use firefox. granted, anything is better than the default browser.
firefox is nice back lack of flash support turned me to dolphin.
but after getting CM9 i seem to like the stock ICS browser better.
the only browsers i use are opera, most of the time and dolphin if opera fails to load some sites.
i have tested ALL web browsers and so far the best compatibility is dolphin even with desktop only sites but i like simple UI, so I'm still with opera.
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The text reflowing feature of opera or stock browser is not there in Firefox. It has essentially preset zoom levels and text sizes. There no dynamic reflowing or reformatting of text on the fly as you zoom in.
It's the main reason I don't use it. It works with HTML5 sites better than opera, and would love to have it work better.
I tried really hard to get into firefox for my atrix but it just kept turning me off.......firefox for pc is amazing as well as chrome but I find Dolphin Hd the best bang for $0.00......the features are nice and its so simple and all it really is nice.I havent stopped using it since I first got it,I dont think I would use another browser unless firefox gets more features added but I'm sure over time it will
Dolphin HD or opera mobile are far faster and better
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A very powerful browser! ! !
Dolphin started to frighten me after their privacy problems!
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even though firefox is a good browser for android it's still a bit slow. does anyone know about a better browser than firefox and dolphin?
Use Aurora from mozilla nightly/beta channel. It is fairly stable. Once you get used to firefox experience you'll never wanna miss it.
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i am running the ICS AOKP build and just installed Firefox beta.
first impressions: very impressive!
runs smooth and fast. no problems sofar.
Chrome is a beast when it works but it crashes alot.
Opera was the best browser for my needs on Gingerbread but it does not seem to work on ICS?
Dolphin for me is ok. It works well, but somehow for me it feels a bit off for some reason.
1900 ms in Sunspider.
Firefox
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cool, increasingly better
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Does anyone have a good browser? I'm using Dolphin HD and it's utter crap. Page's don't show when loaded until I scroll or zoom. The back button works awfully on it. It's unresponsive. Anyhoo, any good browsers? Other than Opera & Skyfire because they're both crap too. Cheers.
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From what i have used over years the only proper browser is Dolphin HD, even on my rubbish Chinese cheap tablet its much better than stock (slow), opera (issues with browsing no visible tabs to click), firefox (cant even download files properly). Maybe You have some problems with Your S2 firmware ? try updating manually to latest becouse "Page's don't show when loaded until I scroll or zoom" looks like memory leaks not becouse of the browser
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From what i have used over years the only proper browser is Dolphin HD, even on my rubbish Chinese cheap tablet its much better than stock (slow), opera (issues with browsing no visible tabs to click), firefox (cant even download files properly). Maybe You have some problems with Your S2 firmware ? try updating manually to latest becouse "Page's don't show when loaded until I scroll or zoom" looks like memory leaks not becouse of the browser
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I'm on MIUI and I'm not quite ready to update to v4, even though the stock browser is beautiful
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Dolphin HD is the best browser. maybe it's rom related problem..
Try maxthon browser ...
supports flash ...
Supports pause and resume downloads...
Awesome **
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Cheers for the help guys, I downloaded Miren Browser, it's amazing !
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I really dislike the default browser that comes with the s3.
Previous phones I have ran aosp browser and the miui browser. Both were much better imo.
Just curious as to what browser you guys are using and why.
Thanks guys.
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Dolphin HD
Give it a try, and you'll see why.
Dolphin HD is fantastic. Chrome in my opinion is ever so slightly more fantastic. I have both installed but Chrome is my default.
Chrome
I'm still using the stock browser for now. I will be however looking into other ones in a few days!
Chrome.
Tab sync FTW. (just wish I could also close tabs on my other devices too).
Just yesterday I was "snooping" on my wife using Chrome on my PC while browsing reddit, and I was checking out the tabs she was opening... 2xychromosome?!
I have tried dolphin browser and I am not too crazy about it. Never tried chrome for android, might give that a go.
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Dolphin HD for videos (flash support)
Chrome for general internet usage
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I used to be a big fan of Skyfire but they haven't updated their support for ICS yet. They seemed to also be a bit on the slow side but I stuck with them from their Windows Mobile days (HD2). Now though I use the stock browser and it allows for a desktop mode. Its quick and I have none of the downloading display issues I was having with Skyfire.
UC Browser.
Stock browser. It seems to do everything I need a browser to do on my phone
Firefox beta
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Chrome. I just wish i could get the widget to load thumbnails for the previews.
Browser plus
t-mobile sgs3 stock rom/rooted
Chrome .. teh best.
Chrome because I tie it up with my PC
I use chrome as my default and dolphin hd whenever I need to load a page in desktop mode that doesn't work with chrome.
Dolphin HD is what i have refereed on all other devices. Anyone have any reason this phone would be better with a diff browser than I'm used to? Thanks
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Dolphin HD is what i have refereed on all other devices. Anyone have any reason this phone would be better with a diff browser than I'm used to? Thanks
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Chrome if you use the google features. If you don't use Chrome on a PC or doesn't know what it offers, then Chrome isn't really useful for you.
Opera