I would like to buy an Xperia z ultra however the thing putting me off is that it's a normal phone style web browser.
On chrome on the phone I would like to be able to see the tabs at the top like you do on desktop chrome or galaxy tab etched
I think what I would like is called a tablet version of chrome for android.
Anyone have any ideas?
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You could root the phone and use Xposed and change the DPI of the webbrowser to tablet mode.
Or there is dolphin browser, ..hmm I don't know any other browser that has desktop like tabs enabled in phone mode. But Firefox might have it too in tablet mode and boat browser perhaps.
Puffin browser and, I believe Maxthon has it also
Dolphine HD is the best one for this purpose...
As a web developer, i can tell you with certainty, that Dolphin HD is the best for mobile devices currently available on the market.
I use Xposed with Chrome, Screen setting 800x1280, Chrome is tabbed. Works a treat.
Am using boat browser worth a shot, I like it the best
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I use "Chrome UA" change user agent to tablet mode.
But, you need root your device.
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I like naked browser, pretty minimal interface with very little bloat.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fevdev.nakedbrowser&hl=en
declan8888 said:
I would like to buy an Xperia z ultra however the thing putting me off is that it's a normal phone style web browser.
On chrome on the phone I would like to be able to see the tabs at the top like you do on desktop chrome or galaxy tab etched
I think what I would like is called a tablet version of chrome for android.
Anyone have any ideas?
Cheers
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Dolphin feels bloated and slower compared to Chrome or especially Boat...which has menu controls at the bottom of the screen...important for Ultra
UC browser HD
I like UCbrowswser HD for pad is the best and it has flash too, try it UCbrowser HD for pad:good:
I can vouch for Boat Browser, used it since day 1 with adobe flash.
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Is there a better browser for the Vegan 5.1 release? The Facebook website in particular has a problem with the bottom-docked chat bar scroll up the screen and getting in the way of games and posts.
Thanks!
Jim
I have seen the problem your talking about on Facebook. I haven't used any other browsers on it besides the default, an old version of fennec and the crashy veiwsonic one. When I get back home ill check out how fennec does on Facebook. I know dolphins a popular browser but I've never tried it. Does anyone know how it does on the gtab?
Decided to use my precious limited data on my Htc Aria, Xda app
I've been really happy with Dolphin HD on Vegan 5.1. The up and down gesture controls are pretty helpful.
There is also skyfire and xscope
Okay, I installed Dolphin on my Gtablet. It seems like a nice browser and a little more adapt for tablets than the regular android browser in froyo. It still dosnt seem to be better with the facebook chat bar. To tell you the truth I wasnt expecting the bar to work at all in any browser in android when i fist got my gtab. Im hoping for better browsers soon. If you take a look at the demo of the moto Xoom, It looks like they might have put chrome in honeycomb, if so it would be much better than any browser for android right now.
They are all sorta lacking
Skyfire has a nice feature in being able to easily switch between mobile and desktop rendering of a web page. I find their little toolbar at the bottom of the screen that lets you integrate with Facebook to be annoying and there's no way to turn it off. The tabbed browsing isn't very friendly. You have to access it from a button on the control bar which opens another screen to select the tab. I never did figure out how to close a tab. It is pretty speedy. It's the only one I tested that isn't compatible with my Netvibes homepage--I don't know why, so I don't know what other sites might trip it up.
For me, Xscope was noticeably slower than the others in rendering pages. It's tabbed browsing works well, more like a computer browser's would. This one seemed to be the best at keeping flash-based items framed where they are supposed to be in relation to the rest of the webpage. (The facebook chat bar still rides up on this one...it rides up on all of them.) I don't like the fact that you cannot save webpages/bookmarks as shortcuts on the device's desktop with this browser.
No reason to talk about Opera Mobile.
I am using Dolphin. The tabs are best of the bunch. Swipe right and the bookmarks show. You can save bookmarks as shortcuts on the desktop. It's not quite as fast as Skyfire, but faster than Xscope. It does get to acting flaky sometimes--like trying to enter a term into the search field on the XDA site here. I've had it shut down a few times. To me, this ones features and usability set it apart from the others.
I mainly use Dolphin HD but have also installed Dolphin Mini and I really like it on the Gtab.
There's also a newer browser named Miren Browser. Check the market for it. It supports full flash and has tab browsing. Pretty neat.
Scott
Miren and Dolphin HD are my "go to" browsers on this.
Miren just "looks" nicer for some reason then Dolphin HD. I tend to use Miren more for aesthetic purposes.
Either browser sometimes gives me download errors when I try to download. Once in a while (more often then not) I get the following error when trying to download: "Can't download as file size is unknown" and then it just quits.
Any one have any ideas how to fix that?
I'm also for Dolphin HD. Lately it's been FC-ing on me, but I'm not blaming Dolphin itself (I'll be repartitioning today).
Dolphin Mini, seems to be geared more towards the g-tab. I've tried several of the others and mini works best for me.
I just put vegan on my gtab but many of the applications wont show up on the market and when i find them via browser it says they are not compatable with my device ie launcher pro and any of the dolphin browsers. I love HD on my droidx and would love to have in on my gtab aswell
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I just put vegan on my gtab but many of the applications wont show up on the market and when i find them via browser it says they are not compatable with my device ie launcher pro and any of the dolphin browsers. I love HD on my droidx and would love to have in on my gtab aswell
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All u have to do is look at the sticky that says READ HERE FIRST. its got a market fix that will let u access everything
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take a look at firefox. Was using Dolphin, but this is much faster.
I have been using dolphin browser hd. It has been working well on my g-tab
Swyped from my St0n3d VEGAn 1.0 Beta 5.1.1 G-Tab
On the G-Tab I have tried most of the browsers.
Dolphin HD is my favorite so far. I am really looking forward to their public beta of the tablet optimized version.
Skyfire is fast, but I HATE that bottom bar.
Firefox 4 is out for Android, but the website graphics are bad compared to others. Some type of optimizing I am guessing. Despite that it is still slow.
I need to try Miren. I have not had a chance yet.
Being a tablet as opposed to a phone I would love for them to just release full Chrome on it.
Dolphin HD has some nice features, but it seems to present a condensed version of my favorite daily newspapers. I've tried typing in the full url, but it changes it and won't seem to present the normal view, that the stock Vegan browser presents. (An example, AZcentral.com.) Anyone know of a fix. Meantime I will try Miren. Can't get firefox to download to my Viewsonic, as Google does not recognize it as a android device. (I heard that going back to stock rom will fix that??)
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Dolphin HD has some nice features, but it seems to present a condensed version of my favorite daily newspapers. I've tried typing in the full url, but it changes it and won't seem to present the normal view, that the stock Vegan browser presents. (An example, AZcentral.com.) Anyone know of a fix. Meantime I will try Miren. Can't get firefox to download to my Viewsonic, as Google does not recognize it as a android device. (I heard that going back to stock rom will fix that??)
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That's probably on the newspaper's web site, reacting to the fact that it is a mobile browser. Go in to the Dolphin settings and change the user agent to Desktop, and see if that helps.
I know about sky fire, fire fox, dolphin. But honestly it doesn't seem like any of these are a better alternative to the stock web browser. Dolphins ability to view desktop pages is cool though. Can anyone recommend a browser that is actually all around better than stock or does such a thing exist?
XScope is not bad. I use DolphinHD myself.
http://androidandme.com/2010/04/app...-the-fastest-alternative-browser-for-android/
I like Miren Browser the best out of all I have tried. It's a very simple UI with tabbed browsing, and I find it to be the fastest of the browsers I have used (I'm sure many people would disagree with this, but on my phone this is what I've found). Hope this helps!
xscope and miren are the best. xscope is due for another major update.....cant wait.
My vote is going to have to go with Miren as well. I have been using it for the past week and a half and i have to say, it's slightly faster, and it fits well with my blue theme. Simple UI, advanced features when I need it, all around solid browser. Dolphin HD seemed a little slow for me all the time, but then again, other people may have diff experiences.
To me it's a toss-up between Dolphin HD 4 and Miren. Both are fast and feature packed. Dolphin mini was ok but lacked add-ons that I use with HD.
Opera Mobile 10 seems to work best for download sites such as filesonic, etc. but is a little slower and usually re-directs you to mobile websites even when setting the 'Mobile View' option off.
Xscope 6.x seemed to be the most feature-packed and perhaps the most bloated. It was considerably slower in loading AND rendering pages than all the other I've used.
Don't even waste your time with Firefox - it's the slowest of them all and has a lot more development to go before it can be a usable browser on android.
Skyfire is different than the above because it uses proxy servers to render content so it appears faster because of this and also has video capabilities. Since it doesn't connect to websites directly and instead uses proxies you may experience slow connections or no connections (happened to me a few times). The main advantage is you can view flash video content from sites like CNN.COM and ESPN.COM. If you are running Android 2.2 or higher you can view flash content directly and therefore Skyfire it not really needed.
Opera Mini works similar to Skyfire in that it uses proxy servers to view websites but doesn't have video capabilities (last time I checked).
I don't really like browsers that use proxies (UCWEB is another), I want a direct connection to websites just like on my PC.
I haven't really found the 'perfect android browser' since I sometimes I find a site that works better with one browser than the other which is why I keep Dolphin HD, Miren and Opera Mobile. I guess my main browser would have to be Dolphin HD.
gorealmighty said:
I know about sky fire, fire fox, dolphin. But honestly it doesn't seem like any of these are a better alternative to the stock web browser. Dolphins ability to view desktop pages is cool though. Can anyone recommend a browser that is actually all around better than stock or does such a thing exist?
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Dolphin mini is my favorite. its about the same speed for me on the vibrant but on my girls mt3g slide it is super fast. dolphin mini not dolphin hd
Opera mobile is my fav. Reminds me of Firefox for desktop.
My second is Firefox mobile.it jusy doesn't seem as fast as Opera IMO.
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I have a little problem. I love the opera mobile browser....but each time when I am browsing and decided to switch to another application on my vibrant, for e.g messages, yahoo messenger e.t.c. when I try returning back to opera mobile to continue from where I stopped using the task manager it just open opera mobile afresh with all the tabs I was reading gone. does any one know the solution to this?
xScope is fast but the UI is hideous. (no offence but I really hate the UI).
I was using Dolphin Mini for a very long time, it's lighter and faster than HD. I've just switched to Opera Web recently but I haven't decided if I want to keep it yet.
belushi7 said:
I have a little problem. I love the opera mobile browser....but each time when I am browsing and decided to switch to another application on my vibrant, for e.g messages, yahoo messenger e.t.c. when I try returning back to opera mobile to continue from where I stopped using the task manager it just open opera mobile afresh with all the tabs I was reading gone. does any one know the solution to this?
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Are you using any task killer? If you are, stop using it.
If programs still get killed too fast, get minfree memory manager, set it to a value that gives you more room for apps running at the same time.
Maxthon was posted in the main android dev forum on here a couple weeks ago. I have been using it some and like it so far.
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I use Dolphin HD and love it. As a LastPass user, it has the built in browser plugin that is essential for me.
Try the Miren browser, it's nice, can do flash just like the stock google browser, and home pages when opened up.
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amazing how much smoother it is i really hope ics can help with this
I've found that the tab key doesn't navigate through forms properly in Opera. Anybody experience this or know how to fix it?
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I've found that the tab key doesn't navigate through forms properly in Opera. Anybody experience this or know how to fix it?
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i didnt even know there was a tab key what is it lol
jdbaker82 said:
i didnt even know there was a tab key what is it lol
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He's using the dock. Me thinks
i love opera mobile but not being able to watch embedded youtube videos is a bummer. Ift it could do that it would be perfect.
You guys should try maxthon browser, it is really smooth and has a great interface.
I can't get flash to work in Opera, I just hear the sound but see black squares. Also when searching google, it uses google mobile and not classic, which is very annoying. Any way to fix these?
Is there a Firefox browser for Android?
EDIT: nvm, I found it, it is http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/
Why aren't any of you with the Prime using a real browser, get Firefox.
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You guys should try maxthon browser, it is really smooth and has a great interface.
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I like maxthon. I used it on my original TF but for some reason on the Prime, when it closes, it actually doesn't keep the tabs I had open. It actually starts as if the browser was never running previously.
I hated opera at first then I realized I had Opera mini. Opera mobile owns all other browsers on the prime. I have always been a dolphin user til now.
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Is there a Firefox browser for Android?
EDIT: nvm, I found it, it is http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/
Why aren't any of you with the Prime using a real browser, get Firefox.
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its OK. I tried it out but opera is faster. plus Firefox doesn't display flashvideos also.
Okay, I am going to update my suggestion: boat browser. Even smoother than maxthon and allows Firefox, safari and even IE user agents!
I can't really see much of a difference between Opera and the default browser. Flash doesn't work at all in Opera for me and since Opera bookmarks are pain to access, default browser is the way to go for now.
Can't wait till Mozilla gets the browser fixed, browsing would be so much better with a decent adblock add on. Fennec is just way too glitchy to use now. Not to mention slow.
Opera is smooth but it has that strange issue with facebook posts. For example, you type something in a status box or comment and then post it. It seems to go through just fine but then when you go back and check the post was never submitted to the site.
LOL I thought you were kidding when you said boat browser but I just found it and am using it so far I like it interesting enough one of the sites I visit recognized it as safari 4.......
demandarin said:
its OK. I tried it out but opera is faster. plus Firefox doesn't display flashvideos also.
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Firefix doesn't support flash. Here is their comment: Adobe Flash and other plugins are not supported. Currently, enabling the Flash plugin results in a compromised user experience across Firefox for mobile
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Opera is the fastest and renders web pages the best. It also supports a wide variety of HTML5 video codecs.
I think opera mobile just needs an update to enable flash play on the prime/tegra3. My tegra2 Atrix 4g plays flash fine on opera mobile. Hopefully update comes soon. Stock Browser is the only one it seems to play flash video at the moment. That's half way decent, at least..lol
Opera is always a bit iffy with flash, need to try out a few different packages to find a winner. Definitely a lot easier once we have root and can tweak things around.
Here's my problem with opera: when I look at my NFL fantasy football league, opera keeps refreshing back to the main fantasy league page. It's annoying. I haven't found any other sites like that but that's my main site this football season. This happened in my original TF and so it continues here.
Oh btw, that boat browser is interesting
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Mine right now is dolphin and Google chrome. Dolphin because 1# Im used to it. I am getting sick of it because it freezes and make wait sometimes. Chrome is very nice but flash does not work.
Tried Dolphin but there is no option to always show the tabs.
Currently I'm using Xscope, it always shows tabs, uses GPU acceleration and supports flash.
Overskreen
It works faster than stock/Chrome and the only thing it is missing is Find On Page. Give me that feature and I'll forever forget the other 2 browsers.
Opera, because its the only one without "wait" issues. if I need flash, I'll open the android default browser.
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Overskreen
It works faster than stock/Chrome and the only thing it is missing is Find On Page. Give me that feature and I'll forever forget the other 2 browsers.
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This guy knows whatsup
Opera Mobile primarily with Chrome a close second. Opera Mini when I don't need flash. Opera is my primary browser on my laptop, sooooo I am use to it OKs it syncs all my bookmarks. I also feel that Opera Mobile is quicker and works better in a few situations than Chrome.
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OverSkreen for multi-tasking, I just pretty much use this lately and Opera Mobile for fast surfing due to it's speed. Tried Chrome but somehow became slow over time.
Is there anyway to turn off auto rotate in overskreen?
I find the HTC browser crashes a lot and loses all my tabs. Mainly using chrome atm
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Opera mobile for now.
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I'm using Dolphin now, used to be Boat but that just crashes WAY too much.
I can't seem to import bookmarks from my desktop with the other browsers so I can't use them.
Using Xscope and with no problem so far. Used dolphing but sometimes crashes when trying to open flash content, and facebook.com in desktop view is buggy.
I've been using ICS Browser+, although I will say that I do get the "wait" issue from time to time... it's still a very smooth browser and I like the gestures ability. On top of that (literally), I use Overskreen when I want to wikipedia something I'm reading, or if I want to do a translation.
Boat is smooth for me, but only when the page is fully loaded. Opera Mobile is fast at rendering, but panning around the page gets that weird ghosting looking that hurts my eyes.
goulies said:
Is there anyway to turn off auto rotate in overskreen?
I find the HTC browser crashes a lot and loses all my tabs. Mainly using chrome atm
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Look on the market for rotation locker, it's a pink icon in the shape of an L. When you launch it, it will give you a menu, long press landscape or portrait, and you shouldn't have issues.
It also has a tasker plugin which I use on my phone for FPSE to keep it landscape, then set back to auto when I exit FPSE.
I kinda liked Maxthon before
I kinda liked Maxthon before but this was really cool to let you customize a browser.
http://custom.maxthon.com/
Using Opera Mobile Labs now. Think someone linked it on another thread in this sub forum. You can't get it in Play Store but if you do a Google search you should find the apk easily. It is in testing and by far the best mobile browsing experience ever. Using it on my Prime and my Evo 3D
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garbagedump481 said:
Overskreen
It works faster than stock/Chrome and the only thing it is missing is Find On Page. Give me that feature and I'll forever forget the other 2 browsers.
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Is there a way to make overskreen open full screen?
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Is there a way to make overskreen open full screen?
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As in no tool Bar? I don't think so.
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Well, I have used the overskreen browser since yesterday afternoon. Got it set to full screen when it opens. I am very happy with it. It is fast and feel state of the art.
Chrome Beta i have zero issues with lag it syncs wiht my phone and desktop bookmarks and im pretty much signed in on all my fav spots. Can't wait for it to loose the beta tag
I'm pretty satisfied with the stock browser, in my testing chrome was sometimes much slower, I believe when browsing asus website about firmware updates.
also IIRC it doesn't have the cool "slider button" on the right side of the screen as the stock browser has, which allows to scrolly the whole page quickly.
I'm using Dolphin HD with Ribbon's CM9 and it sometimes make things too blurry to see. I don't know if its the browser or the ROM though. Anybody else having issues like this?
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I'm using Dolphin HD with Ribbon's CM9 and it sometimes make things too blurry to see. I don't know if its the browser or the ROM though. Anybody else having issues like this?
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I use Maxthon Browser because it has a really good Advanced Gesture add-on that allows you to draw symbols on the webpage to navigate (back, forward, home, history, close tab, etc.)
Stock ICS.
Chrome Beta at times, mostly stock ICS.
I seem to be having the same issue with whatever browser I use. Must be the ROM i guess?
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I use Maxthon Browser because it has a really good Advanced Gesture add-on that allows you to draw symbols on the webpage to navigate (back, forward, home, history, close tab, etc.)
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Dolphin also has this feature.
Last time I checked, Dolphin made you hit the hand button before a gesture would be a recognized. Maxthon seemed quicker and more accurate.
Dolphin Mini - Because I drive a Mini.
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I use Dolphin HD. I like the ability to sync bookmarks between my Android devices.
Just downloaded Firefox beta seems to be fast. Was using dolphin, But I did not like how some of the pages were jumbled up.
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I use Opera Mobile to sync across all my devices. That, and it is pretty fast too.
Opera, tried them all and it's the only one I can ever get comfortable with.
Was using Dolphin and Opera for a while, but both started hanging up on me. I'd have to force close and restart a lot (more so with Dolphin than with Opera). Now I'm using Maxthon and it works well.
My browser has to have incognito mode. If you know what I mean.
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currently using the latest version of Firefox from the Play store on the latest build of CM9. Little jagged on the scrolling, as expected from the notes on CM9, but very usable otherwise
I use xscope browser. It may not be the most polished, but I am visually impaired, so I need to be able to zoom in on mobile sites, and most of the popular browsers won't allow that. I can put up with a few annoyances in order to be able to read the text on the screen. Xscope is especially helpful on my rooted evo 4g.
I'm using the stock only because I don't have it rooted. Haven't decided if I'm going to yet or not.
I didn't care for Dolphin HD and a dude from BN recommended Penguin, but that was terrible. I wish they would just update the stock. I hate that some pages are not compatible with it.
I've started using Boat browser for just about everything, and I really enjoy it. It has everything I liked about Dolphin, without all the extra stuff I didn't care about. I think I'll also give Chrome a shot, but Boat has been good.
was using dolphin HD but some times was not loading pages so moved to dolphin hd mini