I have now had my Samsung Galaxy S2 for a few days and I already have a small list of things that is starting to annoy me >_<
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In the stock browser there is no settings for mobile or desktop so that you can actually choose to have the desktop feel rather then a crap mobile site
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When you download something, then the downloads under browser has no progress bar and only lists "In Progress". It might just be me but I actually like having a progress bar so I can see how far along each download is, and how fast the download is going at.
More to come later, but is there a solution to those 2 issues ?. Because going to about:debug with the browser does very little on the Samsung compared with other phones
for 1)
about:useragent if memory serves well, might be a bit different, it's somewhere posted in a thread here (IIRC there's also a thread to change it permanentely)
sorry, no idea for #2, I only download using a FTP client....
It is not phone related problem.
Try Dolphin Browser from Market it won't dissapoint you !
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dima613 said:
It is not phone related problem.
Try Dolphin Browser from Market it won't dissapoint you !
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I had the same issue on my past LG and tried Dolphin as a possible solution. 1: It didn't fix the issue. 2: And it causes other "issues" at least for making me go back to stock.
What really ticks me off is the need and requirement to actually go out and find other apps to make the phones works as they "should". Stock browser etc should be sufficient for at least a lot of users, but most of the manufacturers mess that bit up. HTC at least can have as stock browser that works like it is supposed to >_<
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I have now had my Samsung Galaxy S2 for a few days and I already have a small list of things that is starting to annoy me >_<
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In the stock browser there is no settings for mobile or desktop so that you can actually choose to have the desktop feel rather then a crap mobile site
2:
When you download something, then the downloads under browser has no progress bar and only lists "In Progress". It might just be me but I actually like having a progress bar so I can see how far along each download is, and how fast the download is going at.
More to come later, but is there a solution to those 2 issues ?. Because going to about:debug with the browser does very little on the Samsung compared with other phones
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i can suggest to use skyfire like default browser, so u can hit all the 2 problem here.
Have nice day
Using skyfire is not really a solution, since I want to prefebly keep the stock browser.
Ermm, isn't download progress shown we you pull down the status bar?
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Yes it is, but:
1: It only shows total progress of ALL files presently downloaded and also does not show the speed of which it is happening.
2: Clicking that progress bar basically shows you all the downloading files and shows "in Progress".
What I am looking for is individual progress bars, inside the browser. Ie so I can see the individual progress of each file and how fast its downloading when I am inside the browser.
As it is I have no issue with the overall progress bar in the notification bar, my issue is when you are looking at the "downloads" inside the browser. The LGO2x shows individual progress bars and speeds. Whereas the SGS2 does not.
And I happen to prefer the LG way in that regard.
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I've been an Opera user on desktop since before I was on Android so I was bummed to find out it didnt yet have flash support. Months and months of using Dolphin Browsers waiting for Opera to get flash with no updates or blog posts about it was starting to make me think the.project got abandoned. Well.. just opened up Market and there it is. Some changes include flash support and ui changes. Just thought id alert all the other opera fans incase you didn't know.
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Thank you for that. I ve been waiting for that for long time too. Opera mini on older java enabled phones is awesome so is opera desktop on computer.
I've never been a fan of Opera Mobile, doesn't render pages very well and has a bunch of other quirks. I'll probably check it out though.
Been messing with with since I posted this and the first thing I noticed is the UI is gorgeous. Pages seem to render properly and on large pages most of the content is already viewable while the rest loads. Also the scrolling is still smooth even while loading finishes. SO awesome to finally have my bookmarks and speeddail back.
Also I noticed the browser does use significantly more memory than others. I didn't notice any lag with my phone will opera sat in the background though.
YouTube videos play on the full site smoother than I've seen on any other android browser.
Now I need to try it with Turbo mode on.
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What is the big difference(s) between Opera Mobile and Opera Mini? I see that Mini was just updated to 6.0.
Opera mobile renders pages client side and you have access to your bookmarks. And now has flash.
Opera mini renders server side. And if I remember correctly you can only save bookmarks to your opera account but can't get full access to your bookmarks.
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It's definitely my favorite browser now.
I've used Dolphin (HD & Mini), Firefox, xScope, Miren, Skyfire and Boat Browser but Opera Mobile 11 suits me the most. It's simple, beautiful yet very fast and functional.
For those who don't want pages to be compressed, just turn off Opera Turbo. You have a choice to let it render server side or locally.
ive always been a dolphin fan...but it is very bloated, and can be laggy.
opera lacks features, but is very lightweight and extremely speedy.
just upgraded my opera version and right away, upon opening, the UI looks so much sleeker. my only complaint as of now is not being able to set a homepage. like looking at google right when i open my browser
also, theres no "exit" button......i want the option of either pressing the "home" button and leaving my browser open in the background, or clicking exit so my browser completely shuts down.
EDIT: one more gripe....cant add bookmark shortcuts to homescreen or folders
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i know it sounds like im being overly negative, but dont read too much into it. im seriously ocnsidering dropping dolphin for this. which says a lot cause ive only used dolphin since i started using android altogether. im just sharing observations and *****ing out loud .....still a fantastic browser!
I think the lack of a homepage is to promote the speeddail. I too wish for a exit button but since the task manager is only a long press away its not that big of a deal to me.
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you can set the home page in opera:config
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you can set the home page in opera:config
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Can you please classify....where is "config"...i don't see it here in the settings
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type "home" into the search bar and it'll come up.
tried it, still like the feel of stock browser.
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type "home" into the search bar and it'll come up.
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i typed "home" in the search bar, and the navigation bar.....it just acts as normal behavior
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i typed "home" in the search bar, and the navigation bar.....it just acts as normal behavior
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Its just like firefox. Type opera:config in address bar and hit enter and it will take you to configuration settings. Scroll all the way down to user pref and expand it and you will find what you are looking for.
1.type opera:config
2. user preferences
3. custom user agent
4. paste this Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00
5. save & restart browser.
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Nice browser for sure. Needs better copy/paste and google live search in search bar. Any one tried new Firefox released today ?
try scrolling fast when page is long, magic button pops up
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try scrolling fast when page is long, magic button pops up
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I saw that too but mine only shows when scrolling up
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I saw that too but mine only shows when scrolling up
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i get it up and down....maybe a bug or something.
ps. tried Firefox on my Nexus One.....didn't feel like its complete...but web pages loaded a bit faster then on Opera, at least they did a few times that i tested.
On many websites the back button should take you to the previous page but it only reloads the current web page. As an example go to CNN.com non Mobile site and try to navigate back and forwarded. I find this same thing happening. On many websites. Is this for real? This is basic web browsing here! Why is this $600.00 super tablet not able to navigate websites better than my phone?
Thanks for any answers to this issue.
The back button generally doesn't function correctly when the page is flash intensive.
Will this be fixed and why would this be the case? It really annoying.
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On many websites the back button should take you to the previous page but it only reloads the current web page. As an example go to CNN.com non Mobile site and try to navigate back and forwarded. I find this same thing happening. On many websites. Is this for real? This is basic web browsing here! Why is this $600.00 super tablet not able to navigate websites better than my phone?
Thanks for any answers to this issue.
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Does it work on XDA for you?
mine does that too. Xda is a site this often happens to me.
I had to change XDA to classic and now it works. Sad that this browser can't handle this basic function. I hope the soon to be released update fixes the browser issues and typing lag.
Same here. Its quite annoying
I have had this happen but only on the xda forums. It is comical how bad the xda forums are on an android device:
- can't use search
- can't use back button
- horrible scrolling lag
I guess they don't fix it because they want us to get the xda app?
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I have had this happen but only on the xda forums. It is comical how bad the xda forums are on an android device:
- can't use search
- can't use back button
- horrible scrolling lag
I guess they don't fix it because they want us to get the xda app?
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Ok this is odd but it never worked on XDA for me. Then I reflashed back to stock Rom and pershoot's kernel and now back button is working perfectly. Works everytime on XDA. Not sure what did the trick but im not complaining
Mine does not work with [Odin]Stock EH06 Deodexed with CWM 3.1.0.1/Root/Busybox 1.19/Working Browser. In the browser that is. It appears to crash the browser. I would post this in the appropriate forum, however I have not made enough filler posts to.
Mine works just fine. Rooted, stock Verizon LTE 10.1. I usually use Dolphin Browser, but just tried my stock one and went through a bunch of cnn pages and xda pages... then went back, no problem.
I've narrowed this issue down to either the mod that removes ads from the browser or the UAString mod. Went back to stock deodexed ME and back button works fine.
like some of the people here, my stock browser will hang up and be unresponsive on a regular basis. Sometimes a force close helps, but sometimes, when I look in the Asus Task Manager, or if I go to Settings> Apps > select "Running Apps", the browser doesn't show up, as if it's not even considered running. I usually have to select the app itself from settings > apps and then force close it.
Anyone else find it strange that the device doesn't even show the app as "running"? I don't know what to make of this, but perhaps someone else here does.
BTW, I did try Gary's Key's experimental fix, and got rid of Chrome and flash, rebooted, and then reinstalled Flash, but I'm still having the same problem.
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like some of the people here, my stock browser will hang up and be unresponsive on a regular basis. Sometimes a force close helps, but sometimes, when I look in the Asus Task Manager, or if I go to Settings> Apps > select "Running Apps", the browser doesn't show up, as if it's not even considered running. I usually have to select the app itself from settings > apps and then force close it.
Anyone else find it strange that the device doesn't even show the app as "running"? I don't know what to make of this, but perhaps someone else here does.
BTW, I did try Gary's Key's experimental fix, and got rid of Chrome and flash, rebooted, and then reinstalled Flash, but I'm still having the same problem.
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Ya, uninstalling Chrome and Flash didn't work for me either. I want to say that the browser hanging issue has been a problem with mine ever since I got it, but I honestly can't remember for sure. Hopefully this is something that is fixed soon as the browser is probably the most used thing on a tablet, so it is quite an annoying thing to have to deal with.
As far as the browser not showing up in the Running Apps list, I know I have seen the same thing with other apps as well. I'm not sure off the top of my head which Apps they were but I know in the past I have tried to go to the Running Apps list to try and force close an app only to find that it wasn't listed. I had to switch to the All Apps view and found the app that I wanted to kill that way.
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sometimes, when I look in the Asus Task Manager, or if I go to Settings> Apps > select "Running Apps", the browser doesn't show up, as if it's not even considered running. I usually have to select the app itself from settings > apps and then force close it.
Anyone else find it strange that the device doesn't even show the app as "running"? I don't know what to make of this, but perhaps someone else here does.
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Have you tried tapping "Show Cached Processes" in the top-right corner? Android apps might appear to be "running" but are in fact suspended and cached ready to be instantly restored provided that the RAM being used to cache them isn't needed for other purposes.
I havent looked to see if the browser shows up in apps running.....
BUT BY GOD FIX THE BROWSER.....OH THE HUMANITY!!!
I may have 10 apps intalled, stupid ones. Even before I installed ANY apps I would get the "browser not responding...wait/cancel...."
It seems to have gotten worse with the latest updates. Now I get LOCKUPS like others are talking about. Resets havent helped.
Dont know, but this **** is getting old!
EDIT: Why the hell do I have to go thru all these apps, resets, clear caches etc.....the browser should, well just freaking work.
I've noticed more and more browser issues lately. Like playing a game on Facebook.... forget it. Then I get the dreaded wait box. Why can't Google make a browser that actually works?
Do you have plugins set to "always on" or "on demand" in the stock browser? I found that setting them to on demand stops all that. I think it's the flash plugin and the way sites are using it that's causing all the problems.
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Do you have plugins set to "always on" or "on demand" in the stock browser? I found that setting them to on demand stops all that. I think it's the flash plugin and the way sites are using it that's causing all the problems.
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I get problems with the stock browser with them on "on demand". "Always on" would slow things down too much to leave on anyway.
I had these problems since the Prime's inception.
I really like to see an Internet Explorer for Android. That's how bad the current batch of Android browsers have sucked so bad. I have to turn to IE for hope.
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I had these problems since the Prime's inception.
I really like to see an Internet Explorer for Android. That's how bad the current batch of Android browsers have sucked so bad. I have to turn to IE for hope.
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I realize the quasi-joking, but what a horrid comment.
I'm sorry, but I feel that Opera Mini generally does a better job than IE ever thought of: then there's Opera Mobile, it's the only one I'll consider for my phone. ICS Browser+ does a good job of showing you what the stock browser could be. MaxthonPad handles and looks pretty well, I don't personally use gestures and the new tab button is kind of in a bad place IMO.
Anyway, nothing I've tried has remedied the stock browser, and I hadn't noticed it missing in Running Apps, but it's not often that I look there or force close anything.
Both my ICS phone and my TFP as well as my friend complaining about it on his ICS phone are all unstable. Granted it has yet to really annoy me but I think its Android not the TPF. This is my opinion YMMV and it could be the ASUS fault in some way.
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Both my ICS phone and my TFP as well as my friend complaining about it on his ICS phone are all unstable. Granted it has yet to really annoy me but I think its Android not the TPF. This is my opinion YMMV and it could be the ASUS fault in some way.
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Not true.
I have a Galaxy Nexus with ICS and I never had this problem on that browser.
It's somewhat related to the TPF.
sad, because besides this problem I love this tablet.
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Not true.
I have a Galaxy Nexus with ICS and I never had this problem on that browser.
It's somewhat related to the TPF.
sad, because besides this problem I love this tablet.
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Like i said your mileage may vary. Three cases on my end is making me think its Android its self. You haven't seen the issue on your end so it points to the Prime. Different cases and different perspectives. Then again the Galaxy Nexus is also ICS Native so maybe that could be part of the problem I don't pretend to have that answer.
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markimar said:
I've noticed more and more browser issues lately. Like playing a game on Facebook.... forget it. Then I get the dreaded wait box. Why can't Google make a browser that actually works?
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Don't blame Google. Blame Asus. I've had a GSM Galaxy Nexus since launch, and the browser works flawlessly - no hangs, no unresponsiveness. This is all Asus.
Speaking of stock browser problems, anyone else notice anything like this? Some kind of malicious exploit in a browser's cache or something-other, apparently even an unrooted user got the issue so I just find it really interesting since that rules out changes to the hosts file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542804
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Annoying but works
Someone mentioned in the other post that taking off javascript and putting plugins on demand helps. No lies it does its like night and day. Nothing like just plugins on demand by itself. Im not sure if its Asus or Android but the problem is somewhere in there.
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Someone mentioned in the other post that taking off javascript and putting plugins on demand helps. No lies it does its like night and day. Nothing like just plugins on demand by itself. Im not sure if its Asus or Android but the problem is somewhere in there.
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It was me, and indeed ics browser+ without javascript is extremely fast. It's now even faster then chrome on my desktop pc.
It's gone from 5sec loading time for this forum to sub 1sec.
Only problem is that some sites need the javascript. But for that you can use a different browser.
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Don't blame Google. Blame Asus. I've had a GSM Galaxy Nexus since launch, and the browser works flawlessly - no hangs, no unresponsiveness. This is all Asus.
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Exactly!! If anyone remembers awhile back I was bragging on how the galaxy nexus running ICS put the iPhone 4s browser to shame & that was with flash running!!
I said once Asus got ICS it would blow Apple away. Well Asus screwed that up big time!
Guys, could someone who knows what he's doing change vm heap size to 128 or even lower and try then? I've done a bit of research and 256 seems way to high.
One thing for sure, its not browsers, chrome or flash fault.
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It was me, and indeed ics browser+ without javascript is extremely fast. It's now even faster then chrome on my desktop pc.
It's gone from 5sec loading time for this forum to sub 1sec.
Only problem is that some sites need the javascript. But for that you can use a different browser.
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Try using it while streaming radio in background. You'll be unpleasantly surprised.
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mgmCube said:
It was me, and indeed ics browser+ without javascript is extremely fast. It's now even faster then chrome on my desktop pc.
It's gone from 5sec loading time for this forum to sub 1sec.
Only problem is that some sites need the javascript. But for that you can use a different browser.
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How exactly do you know if a site uses javascript? Does the site just not load or is it minor? What kind of stuff uses it?
Going to give this a shot on my prime. The hangups are pretty annoying but I have really gotten used to and like the ICS+ browser so don't want to change!
I know it has been discussed time and time again, but I can't seen to find a solid answer. Opera mobile is my browser of choice for my phone and nook. On CM7, on the nook, it displayed in tablet mode, with the tabs and address bar an options menu at the top. Everything was shrunken, and websites like Google came up in tablet mode. Now, on ICS, opera mobile displays in phone mode. Everything is huge, and the tabs and options are at the bottom. It loads the phone versions of websites. Is there any fix at the moment to get it to display in tablet mode, while not ruining market compatibility? I see people posting up modified apk's that are forced tablet versions, so I'm assuming the answer is no, not without changing the screen density and ruining market compatibility, but I just wanted to make sure.
Thanks!
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I know it has been discussed time and time again, but I can't seen to find a solid answer. Opera mobile is my browser of choice for my phone and nook. On CM7, on the nook, it displayed in tablet mode, with the tabs and address bar an options menu at the top. Everything was shrunken, and websites like Google came up in tablet mode. Now, on ICS, opera mobile displays in phone mode. Everything is huge, and the tabs and options are at the bottom. It loads the phone versions of websites. Is there any fix at the moment to get it to display in tablet mode, while not ruining market compatibility? I see people posting up modified apk's that are forced tablet versions, so I'm assuming the answer is no, not without changing the screen density and ruining market compatibility, but I just wanted to make sure.
Thanks!
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The new ICS kernel (4-9) allows opera mobile to load in tablet mode. It functions well and gives us a browser that plays some website video's.
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The new ICS kernel (4-9) allows opera mobile to load in tablet mode. It functions well and gives us a browser that plays some website video's.
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Will it be included in the nightlies any time soon? Or has it yet to be merged into CM?
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Will it be included in the nightlies any time soon? Or has it yet to be merged into CM?
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It has not been merged yet. Looks like the feedback is mostly positive, so it should be merged soon per "keyodi".
When I updgraded to ICS, Dolphin HD behavior changed in several ways - all of them for the worse.
If these were global issues under ICS, I'm sure I could find info on them elsewhere.
I'd like to narrow down whether changing ROMs would resolve any of these problems, or whether it's something specific to my setup.
So, if you're a Dolphin HD user, can you reply with info on which ROM you're using and whether or not you've seen any of these problems? [Yes, I'd like to hear from people for whom Dolphin is working fine.]
1) In Gingerbread, long-pressing on an empty area of the screen loaded a menu (close tab, find on page, etc)
I can no longer get that menu on ICS
2) In Gingerbread, when I highlighted text and chose Share, Dolphin would send the URL and Page Title along with the selected text.
ICS only shares the selected text, without any contextual info.
3) Open Link in New Tab / Open Link in Background Tab only work intermittently under ICS. Frequently, no tab is created at all - foreground or background.
4) The Dolphin: Evernote Add-on (com.dolphin.browser.addons.evernote) creates notes with empty bodies. In Gingerbread, it copied the webpage into Evernote.
5) New tabs frequently display a label of aaaaaaa instead of the title or URL.
FWIW, I went from Stock Gingerbread (rooted) to the Kies update (which I then rooted).
Thanks for any info. Needless to say, this has been extremely frustrating.
Yea I also experience #3 pretty often, it is pretty frustrating. I'm using Team Objection ROM
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I've used dolphin for 2 years, I'm currently on a Rom that is not on xda, it's a cm9 based Rom though.
Long pressing on a page only brings up the text selection, can't recall the menu you're referring to haven't been on gingerbread since the first leak.
New tab opens every time with the proper url displayed. Actually, open link in New tab, is my default behavior.
Don't use any add ons so Idk.
Don't use the share option, never have, o just copy the url and send that to whomever i wish to share with
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I've used dolphin for 2 years, I'm currently on a Rom that is not on xda, it's a cm9 based Rom though.
Long pressing on a page only brings up the text selection, can't recall the menu you're referring to haven't been on gingerbread since the first leak.
New tab opens every time with the proper url displayed. Actually, open link in New tab, is my default behavior.
Don't use any add ons so Idk.
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Same here been on dolphin since the htc hero lol
Best browser. None even come close.
Long press brings uo text selection
Long pressing links. Prompts. Such things as open in new window/tab
Havent had the issues you is.
I used dolphin browser for a while but then I switched to chrome, its awesome I love how everything is synchronized with my computer and how smooth the tabbed browsing is
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Yeah...i mean who needs flash support anyway?
I doooooooooooooooo,
#1 and 2 are true on stock Motoblur ICS, so this is not a ROM issue.
#3 - 5 work fine for me.
#1 works on Dolphin Mini. #2 crashes Dolphin Mini
I, too, don't know why this issue isn't found elsewhere. I'll be raising a bug report with Dolphin, for whatever that's worth.