I'm trying to find a browser without bugs to use on Beans 7 with stock kernel. Typically I prefer to use the AOSP browser but I have not found a method to use the AOSP browser on touchwiz. Here are my issues with the browsers I've tried so far.
Stock: Sometimes I'll click links and nothing will happen until I switch to another tab. Or hitting the back button will result in the page refreshing and not actually going to the previous page (LED back button and browser back button, same response).
Dolphin, love this browser but for some reason it will often times refuse to load a page. It will finish loading and the page will just be a blank white screen and no amount of refreshing or going to different links changes it. I'll have to switch to a different tab and close the blank white one to use the browser. Happened often enough for me to stop using it.
Boat Browser/Firefox/Opera, scrolling and pinching in these browsers all seem off. Kind of unresponsive. Like if I go to scroll down and then try to scroll up there will be a weird delay that Dolphin/Stock touchwiz don't have.
Chrome/Chrome Beta, Chrome beta force closed every five minutes and chrome was really laggy with scrolling and pinching. And the font is really damn weird on these browsers, I have no idea what thats about.
I'd like to get the AOSP browser working but haven't found one yet. There was one zip I found in the themes section for it but it didn't work for me.
Any browser recommendations would be greatly appreciated :highfive:
I tried them all and settled on Boat paid version. Easy to bookmark, easy to retrieve bookmarks and i don't notice the problems you mentioned.
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First off tapatalk prompts me to sign into my accounts almost every time I enter a forum even if I had already entered them earlier. ADW also will not let me set custom shortcuts. Is anyone else having these problems? Are they already known? Sorry of they have been covered I just got my nook yesterday and looked around some first.
I have the same issuewith tapatalk, however, it is only with 1 of forum. So it may be the configuration of that forum instead of tapatalk.
That's what I was thinking but it works perfect on my Droid X. It also prompts me on XDA, I even tried uninstalling it and installing it again.
Many of us have the same issue with Tapatalk.
Your launcher issues is also well known. You can drag apps out from the drawer and add Widgets, but custom shortcuts don't work.
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Yeah I know how to use ADW, I just wasn't sure if the problem was known but after looking the the screenshot thread I saw some people mention it. I think I will try grabbing a logcat and see if the dev can do anything.
It's not specific to ADW. It's an issue with every launcher. It seems like something from the OS is missing that handles the picker menus.
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The Dolphin browser developers have answered our requests and have fixed the keyboard input lag with HC3.1!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152180
If you're frustrated with the keyboard input lag on the stock browser and disappointed at the lack of auto zoom on Opera then Dolphin HD 6.0 should answer your needs!
Happy browsing and posting
That is good. I've been using Maxthon Pad for tablets. I was resistant at first as the brand power of Firefox and Opera stands out to me in terms of experience. But they have issues. Maxthon Pad has really been easy to adapt to and use. The stock browser will get an update to offer the Labs table in settings. This will off the thumb navigational pop up controls. I loved those on the Asus Transformer. But if the lag and crashes persist.... not much good they will do. Lol
Ill give Dolphin HD a try. I need to start zeroing in on a browser to build on. I don't like having to keep repeat saving bookmarks and logins.
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djchad72 said:
That is good. I've been using Maxthon Pad for tablets. I was resistant at first as the brand power of Firefox and Opera stands out to me in terms of experience. But they have issues. Maxthon Pad has really been easy to adapt to and use. The stock browser will get an update to offer the Labs table in settings. This will off the thumb navigational pop up controls. I loved those on the Asus Transformer. But if the lag and crashes persist.... not much good they will do. Lol
Ill give Dolphin HD a try. I need to start zeroing in on a browser to build on. I don't like having to keep repeat saving bookmarks and logins.
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Can you elaborate on the quick controls lab settings? Where did you hear this?
Yes.
1) The controls are on Asus Transformer, which I owned before returning for SGT10.1. The end result when enabled is this: you can slide your thumb(s) in from the edge inward and a popular menu appears. It remains until you lift thumb from screen. It is a half circle of controls that include back, forward, refresh, as well as, browser address line, tab switching/adding/closing, and settings. It also has a bookmark ribbon button to access the bookmark view and management page.
2) in general discussion a member reported getting the new Touchwiz update Friday. No one else has seen or received it yet, however that user confirmed the options are there post update.
If search on Asus Transformer browser review, you may find a video or screen shot. This makes it very easy to navigate the browser controls without stretching those thumbs too much.
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Oooo... yes I have the touchwiz rom and love the quick controls. Easilybest part of the browser. I misread your post as an update would turn it off. I almost cried. Thanks for clearing that up.
Btw Xda and Facebook still render like crap and text is still not consistent.
Lag is much better, but sadly the bug where you click "open in new tab" and nothing happens. Back to stock again.
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.
tylermaciaszek said:
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.
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 love the option on the browser that when you get to a page, you can click the green r button on the top bar and it'll organize the page so it'll be easier to read. I'm just curious if I'll lose it if I switch to a non touch wiz Rom. If it is a touch wiz thing, can anyone recommend an aftermarket browser that also does this?
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I love the option on the browser that when you get to a page, you can click the green r button on the top bar and it'll organize the page so it'll be easier to read. I'm just curious if I'll lose it if I switch to a non touch wiz Rom. If it is a touch wiz thing, can anyone recommend an aftermarket browser that also does this?
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It's a TouchWiz thing. I had to actually go see what the F you were talking about because I had not seen it before... I'm using chrome, not the stock browser, but I used the stock ICS browser on my HTC Incredible (running ICS, of course) before I got my SGSIII, and I know it wasn't there.
I can't recommend an alternative though. Sorry
I tried searching for even the name of that option and it doesn't show up anywhere. I know that the iPhone (ugh) also has this option and its called reader in ours browser but I can't seem to find the android alternative. Hopefully someone spots this within the million posts and can help out. Thanks for the help though