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
studacris said:
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.
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I just emailed the Dolphin HD devs and made them aware that this issue exists. I also let them know that Opera has fixed this issue, so it's not Honeycomb OS specific.. rather a coding issue on their part. I assume they modeled the base of Dolphin after the stock browser, hence why they show the same lag issue and also the same highlighting of the text field/box.. not sure if this blue highlighting is causing the lag, but Opera sure doesn't show this.
If everyone could just please take a min to send a note to the Dolphin devs letting them know also, I'm hoping we could get them to update this browser with the lag fix. I'd rather not use Opera, and I'm sure you prefer Dolphin more as well.
You could easily contact the devs in the Android Market.. within the Dolphin browser app page
Update:
Got a response from the devs. They're looking into this issue now. Hopefully you guys sent them a note also, so we could give this issue some priority
Definitely will do. I use dolphin as my default browser on my phone, but it needs some work on tablets.
I thought more people would actually put the effort to try and get a fix for this browser. I guess people aren't bothered enough by the lag. I hope I'm wrong and that more than two people actually wrote the devs.
Anyway, I've been communicating back and forth with the devs. I sent them here to check out the lag while typing in XDA after they requested sites for examples. They are looking into it, and hopes to have a fix soon. They have version 6 developing, and I saw a note for the beta testers, so hopefully it will come soon.
Thanks. I wrote too, and hopefully it'll be fixed soon. Now Google should also get their act together and fix this as well.
Sent them an email about this.
I've also noticed that when searching for images under google search, the page does not load properly; tiny thumbnails that can be zoomed in, but doesn't interactive properly. The stock browser does a good job at this.
Worse than the keyboard lag is the fact that half of the time when I long press a link and click "open in new tab" it doesn't open the tab. Never had that problem on my phone, just the tab. It got so bad that I went back to the stock browser, even though the keyboard lag is worse there.
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Worse than the keyboard lag is the fact that half of the time when I long press a link and click "open in new tab" it doesn't open the tab. Never had that problem on my phone, just the tab. It got so bad that I went back to the stock browser, even though the keyboard lag is worse there.
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it happens on the stock browser too. sometimes the new tab will not open. so dolphin is possibly a shell or uses some common api's that stock uses. unless we get the stock browser fixed i doubt dolphin will be able to fix anything w/o writing their own browser like opera did.
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it happens on the stock browser too. sometimes the new tab will not open. so dolphin is possibly a shell or uses some common api's that stock uses. unless we get the stock browser fixed i doubt dolphin will be able to fix anything w/o writing their own browser like opera did.
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This has not happened to me one time on the stock browser, but happens all the time in dolphin.
madsquabbles said:
it happens on the stock browser too. sometimes the new tab will not open. so dolphin is possibly a shell or uses some common api's that stock uses. unless we get the stock browser fixed i doubt dolphin will be able to fix anything w/o writing their own browser like opera did.
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having the same issue.
I'm a long time fan of Dolphin on the mobile, unfortunately the tablet version user experience it's not even closer
dropped devs an email too
Dolphin Browser Question
Is there anyway to have Dolphin Browser keep the navigation/tab bar at the top to be able to scroll down with the webpage... Its annoying to have to go all the way up to the top of the page just to select another tab or address etc.....
i'd like that too. esp since i'd be able to see if a link opens in a new tab or not without having to hit "menu."
agred. Would love to keep tab bar on top. Without it turning "load new tab in background" on becomes a pain in the ass.
I'm assuming this thread originally started with dolphin hd? Have any of you tried dolphin for pad beta?
for a lagless typing in the Dolphin browser and in any other browser for that matter just use the android keyboard not the Samsung one,I am actually typing in Dolphin right now no lag at all.
I'm using a Galaxy S II I9100G with DZKH4 stock firmware, Android 2.3.4. I'm finding that the browser sucks. Firstly, there's no Home in the menu. I can set a URL as Home in the options, but while I'm browsing, there's no way jump to Home other than opening a new window. Then the bookmark function is broken. I marked a page as a bookmark, but when I click the bookmark button, it doesn't show. In fact, the bookmarks list is totally empty! If I tried to re-add the same page as a bookmark, it says that the bookmark already exist, but I can't find it!
So the question is, why does it suck, and is there anyway to fix it, or even replace the stock browser with a better version? I like the stock browser on my (now dead) HTC Desire, is it possible to put that one into my Galaxy S II?
I use Dolphin Browser HD, free on the market. Lots of addons and highly customizable.
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I like the stock browser, Well the old one with bounce and not the new one with crappy overscroll.
Only thing i wish it had was tabbed browsing. I know Dolphin has that but i dint really like that one.
As for the OP bookmark issue ive no idea why that is happening, it certainly shouldnt be. Have you tried clearing the cache/data in settings?
use opera browser, dolphin hd they are good ones from the market..but for me i love my stock cant live with out it....and if you press menu button while in browser you can get options to make the browser the way you want.....i cant live without it
I switched to Opera mobile from day 1. The stock browser doesn't reflow text when zoomed in, make reading articles a pain in the butt.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome&rdid=com.android.chrome&rdot=1&pli=1
I'll try it out tonight when I get home.
Could someone check if extensions work? That would be awesome. (I'm still on 3.2 because I have TF101.)
edit: and how Google Docs work.
Not available in Ireland (Europe?) yet unfortunately!
Finally. Really hope that this will be a good browser that can take advantage of the hardware.
Was a little disappointed in how Primes browser speed and stability was with the stock browser.
Here the apk for us that don't live in the "right" country for the beta.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3xaxwd2xrn0rkgr
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It is a Beta, so it's pretty unstable, from what I've seen so far. Also, there is no way that I can see to change to use agent to Desktop, which is pretty annoying.
Yeah, I wish there was a way to access the desktop version of pages. Either way I have been waiting for this since I switched to android. Yes its beta but I can't wait to see where Google takes this. Sucks I can't get it on my Skyrocket where mobile view would be better suited.
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Ok, I installed it and here are my first impressions:
Good
- Bookmarks and stuff are synced at first-run
- URL bar is QUICK at giving search results and URL results.
- Switching tabs is instantaneous
- When there's lots of links close together and you try and touch one, it'll pop-up a zoomed window so you can accurately tap the right link. Cool! (tried it on news.bbc.co.uk)
Bad
- Pages don't load super quick and panning while loading is jittery
-- Once they're loaded is pleasurably smooth.
---Sometimes when panning heavier pages (like engadget.com) it will take a couple seconds to load tiles, so you'll have white parts of page.
- No way to set User Agent (at least not from my few minutes of poking around)
- Can't play flash videos (tried on news.bbc.co.uk)
That's what I got so far. Gotta get back to work!
Someone try about:debug in the address bar and see if any additional options show up, just like in the stock browser.
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Someone try about:debug in the address bar and see if any additional options show up, just like in the stock browser.
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I tried it, it keeps rerouting me to chrome://debug/, and then saying "this webpage is not available.
Won't use as default until someone discovers how to change the User agent, which I'm sure won't take long. Maybe Chrome Browser + will be released by the guy who made the ICS + browser? However, I love the tab interface, and it has been running very smooth for me thus far. It is indeed faster than the stock browser. At first scrolling can bug and make everything on the screen disappear, but eventually it scrolls very smoothly and fast. is silky smooth and hasn't been jittery or freezing for me yet, and omnibar is fast to populate.
Definitely a huge improvement! Love it!
Veddy Nice
Installed immediately. Was coming here to post about it, and 9 replied already. I love this community!
Agreed with everyone so far, it doesn't do Desktop for user agent, which is a PITA, but it should be figured out soon. Another CON I noticed is that I can't login to facebook for some reason.
I hate android's facebook app on the prime. It sucks. But when I enter my password, the page resets while entering a capital B. Shift B on the hardware keyboard seems to be refreshing the page, even in the password field. I can enter a capital "L", but my password doesn't contain any Ls
Heres a picture of the iPhone 4s browsermark score on iOS 5 and some other devices.
GNex ICS Stock Browser.
Now GNex on ICS with Chrome.
Asus TFP ICS Stock Browser.
Asus TFP ICS Chrome Browser.
We can see that on tegra 3 there isnt much of a improvement according to the benchmark. But on the GNex there were HUGE improvements.
I don't see any option to install Extensions??? "Sorry, your operating system is not supported just yet".
and no Flash
By far the most promising browser. I have tried just about all of them and they all have their good points. I know we have the user agent options in most browsers but to be honest i'd just like a desktop browser on the prime and forget about the mobile sites.
I use chrome all the time so if we can have chrome on android that's definitely the way I will go.
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Won't use as default until someone discovers how to change the User agent, which I'm sure won't take long. Maybe Chrome Browser + will be released by the guy who made the ICS + browser? However, I love the tab interface, and it has been running very smooth for me thus far. It is indeed faster than the stock browser. At first scrolling can bug and make everything on the screen disappear, but eventually it scrolls very smoothly and fast. is silky smooth and hasn't been jittery or freezing for me yet, and omnibar is fast to populate.
Definitely a huge improvement! Love it!
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Not going to happen unless the Chrome for Android code is rolled into Chromium, plus it may not be legal to use that name.
Now Chromium++ For Android, maaaybe !
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The code will be added to Chromium. Google already said that. So we might see some great browsers soon!
Until they make the same pop out side controller the stock browser has - Quick Controls - I will not use.
No Flash support, but I don't care 1 bit about that.
Chrome is not open source project. No1 will make version "+" of Chrome browser. Maybe in future google will release menu with browser agents.
No flash support - adobe said that will not release flash for chrome. Rest of browsers will be supported by adobe. http://www.androidcentral.com/new-browser-chrome-doesnt-support-dying-plug-flash
JAVA support !!
Imba bookmarks sync.
Fast but when will load full page.
Gmail, maps and others woorks good in browser.
No lag text input.
U can move position tabs by drag and drop like in PC chrome.
Not smooth like stock ICS browser.
Pages are to bigggg and is not possible to change it...looks like 800x600 resolution on PC with 20" .
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User agent
I found this page in Chrome: chrome://chrome-urls/
I tried all options, but found no user agent config. Maybe someone else can figure this out?
Just done a first impressions video on this. Ultra fast browser but obviously needs work on it as useless for tablets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBHGpfzXr2M
P.S. how do you embed videos? The youtube video button doesn't seem to work.
What is the obsession with Android web browsers and new tabs?! Dolphin Browser HD, my preference, is great but EVERY TIME I want it to open a link it opens in a new tab. EVERY TIME I click a link from a desktop widget Dolphin opens and creates a new tab. Why? My desktop browser overwrites the content on the tab I have open unless I tell it not to. Mostly I prefer that. I don't need instant access to the last three tabs I had open yesterday. Why is there not a control to change that behavior? Seems so simple. Dolphin has no control for DO NOT open in new tab. Neither does Opera for Android. Neither does Firefox for Android.
try chrome beta instead.
chrome beta opens link in the same tab, but when you long-press on a link, you have a few options, like "open in new tab"
AFAIK only Chrome does that but u need ICS in order to install it
It doesn't do it to me everytime. But regardless I cant sway away from dolphin HD. The only problem i have had with Dolphin HD is downloading things.
There's a setting in Dolphin to control this. I don't know where it is. Try contacting Dolphin support.
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boat browser
Try Boat Browser. I've been using it since my droid charge and onto my razr maxx. Allows new tab controls. Other very cool features to go with it as well. Completely replaced my stock browser
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try chrome beta instead.
chrome beta opens link in the same tab, but when you long-press on a link, you have a few options, like "open in new tab"
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Aye it does, but Chrome beta is ICS-only. It worked wonderfully on my Galaxy Nexus, and I was sad to find out it doesn't work here
Just be aware that some websites default to opening external links in new tabs. vBulletin forums do this, and XDA is vB if I'm not mistaken. So, it's not necessarily a browser issue.
I'm running the excellent Toldo P7510 JellyBeanRom ICS v6 but I'm having problems with opening links in browsers using desktop useragent. For instance if I go to digitalspy I can't open ANY links by short clicking them. If I long click them and then select 'Open in a new tab' it opens fine. This is true for Dolphin and stock browsers.
However if I change the useragent to Android then it all works fine.
I also sometimes have a problem where the back button doesn't work as expected. Pressing it once refreshes the screen to the same page. If I press it many times in succession it will eventually go back a page (or more)
Anyone else experience these problems
Is nobody else having this problem? It's driving me bonkers!
I've hat the same errors. but two days ago I switched to this kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877784
and till now I don't recognized this error. anymore. maybe it's an issue of the A1 Kernel Toldo uses in his v6 rom.
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Thanks marco.michel, I tried the new kernel but it behaves the same for me. However I managed to fix the link problem by disabling javascript in the browser settings. Still have the intermittent 'back' button problem though.
Just realised that disabling javascript breaks a lot of web pages that use it to function properly so that's not an option.
Anyone else on ICS having this problem with links not opening? Can people try going to digitalspy and click a few links for me, would be interested to know if t's just my tab or a general problem.