Any good alternatives to chrome? On my S3 it drains my battery like hell. Even the screen uses less battery.
Have tried dolphin on another device but found it very slow.
Lightning?
Never heard of that one. Is it new.
I use puffin browser. Chrome seems to be poorly optimized for tablets.
Lightning Browser
Recommended by Corinna (cvxda) on the S5 lineage 14.1 thread. Works for me. Was on Chrome Beta b4. Wouldn't go back.
Phillip Capron.
Orbitum Browser
My tablet browser of choice
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orbitum.browser
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I've had my DX2 (rooted) for about a week now. Since rooting, I've gotten improvements in many of the oft-mentioned areas except for web browsing. Seems when I launch the default browser, it is slow to load the homepage (Google Search). If typing in a url, it seems equally as slow to resolve to the target page. Is anyone else experiencing these issues and is replacing the browser the eventual solve? I haven't yet tried FF or Dolphin, but would be willing to do so if that will speed things up. Or if there are other tweaks/tunes that will help, I'm open to trying them as well. Thanks so much in advance!
The stock browser for me was really laggy. I always use Dolphin HD, especially since it is the main browser I use on my Asus TF..Try it, or even Miren Browser, it's kinda fast too.
I don't like Firefox on my phone (or my laptop that much). It is always laggy and freezes on me.
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SwiftLegend said:
The stock browser for me was really laggy. I always use Dolphin HD, especially since it is the main browser I use on my Asus TF..Try it, or even Miren Browser, it's kinda fast too.
I don't like Firefox on my phone (or my laptop that much). It is always laggy and freezes on me.
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Thanks, I will give that a try this evening and report back on the results!
Is Dolphin beta 6.2 faster than stock or is it just me ? :s
Just want your opinions please
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Is Dolphin beta 6.2 faster than stock or is it just me ? :s
Just want your opinions please
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Just signed up for the beta. I'll let you know after I try it out but I don't see how it could be as fast and smooth as the stock browser's seemingly hardware accelerated speed.
I'd be happy if Dolphin was as fast or faster than the stock browser though cause the stock browser is a PITA to use after you've used Dolphin.
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Yeay it's a shame. Dolphin rocks with features. But it's rather slow.
I like the speed of the stock. And it is stable in my eyes though.
Where do I get Dolphin 6.2 beta? I've searched market and also googled it, cannot find any working link to Dolphin 6 beta.
Dolphin uses the integrated rendering-engine, so I can´t see how it could be any faster then the stock-browser.
Don't think there's much in it myself, but I always felt like Dolphin drained the battery more than stok.
I think that Opera has been the fastest for me on my SGS II. I have random hanging and time outs with the stock browser for some reason. Have tried multiple and changed apn and modem. Opera does act strange on screens with log in and passwords. Like ebay or paypal etc. But I think it is a good alternative. If the stock browser didn't have hiccups for me I would never leave it
I will wait for the final version of Dolphin 6
Isn't x-scope the best browser by far on Android?
What browsers are you all using? Why do you like it. I was using stock for a while, and recently switched to opera, but i am finding it quirky and a little flaky.
Depends on what your needs are. If you want a quick, touch based interface, stick with Opera. The UI just got updated and it's a lot easier. It can also download through filehosts. Otherwise, if you're using an external mouse, try chrome beta or maxthon. They have small, hard to touch buttons, but the mouse makes it feel more natural. Chrome is still in beta though and it crashes rarely.
I don't like, on opera, how often when I click on the page, it zooms. I also had several posts that I did on facebook that showed up there, but when I used another browser they were not there. There are some other issues that don't come to mind now.
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Depends on what your needs are. If you want a quick, touch based interface, stick with Opera. The UI just got updated and it's a lot easier. It can also download through filehosts. Otherwise, if you're using an external mouse, try chrome beta or maxthon. They have small, hard to touch buttons, but the mouse makes it feel more natural. Chrome is still in beta though and it crashes rarely.
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What UI elements did they change in Opera? I keep wanting to switch, but I utterly can't stand not having visible tabs on top.
Additionally, the stock browser and ICS+ have spoiled me beyond return with site specific desktop agent mode. I think that is my most critical feature at this point.
I really like Boat Browser. Very fast, simple but very configurable interface and options, stable, and supports Flash.
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What UI elements did they change in Opera? I keep wanting to switch, but I utterly can't stand not having visible tabs on top.
Additionally, the stock browser and ICS+ have spoiled me beyond return with site specific desktop agent mode. I think that is my most critical feature at this point.
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Extremely minor, if you click on an X, it will close instead of having to click it twice.
Try Chrome beta!
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I like chrome but no flash support. Granted I don't need flash all that much so it it generally fine to use even with fingers. I don't know why someone said it has small buttons. If I need flash I just use the stock browser. I don't know why everyone insists on NOT using it. I like chrome because I can access my desktop bookmarks and that pretty much the only reason.
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I've been using Boat browser, since it didn't crash that much, but have been lately switching back to ICS+ since I like the quick controls.
I've been using Boat Browser most of the time since it supports Flash, desktop mode works for most sites and I can easily adjust the fonts for my dang old eyes.
ICS Browser +
Only browser not to force close on me yet. Absolutely love it. Shame i cant use it on my phone which has gingerbread.
Maxthon Browser
I've been happy with Maxthon. Never heard of it until I ran across it in the app store. Redraws are very fast, autosizes to wide pages, has gestures, etc. Very few add-ons, but seems to do the job. I have version 1.5
Another vote for Boat, and I think I've tried all of them.
But the best is doing a remote desktop and using Firefox on Windows.
Since .13 update i am using stock browser. It is far more stable and pretty fine. I have chrome, Firefox, opera and dolphin inhaled. The second preferred is dolphin.
Had some keyboard issues with Chrome Beta, so sticking with the stock browser: seems stable.
Prefer the Chrome bookmarking though.
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Opera mobile used to be good but now it crashes all the time.I suggest Boat browser & Dolphin HD.
I kinda swap between Opera and Chrome although i will probably go straight to Chrome as soon as it's out of beta cause it's hella fast at the moment and will probably just get faster. The only thing I don't get is why they didn't release it earlier.
I use Opera if I want to 'chrome-to-phone' and download something, otherwise I use Chrome for everything else.
I've been using Chrome beta since it came out - before I unlocked and installed the Virtuous Prime ROM. It was working better than the stock browser (less freezeups/stalls etc). Still wasn't working the way I'd hoped though. Decided yesterday to try the stock browser again. What a difference. Compared to the stock browser on Virtuous Prime, Chrome beta is a dog! Scrolling is much smoother on the stock browser, and rendering pages is fast as or faster. No annoying empty tabs when trying to search too!
I just assumed Chrome would be better, but I guess the beta's got a ways to go.
Anyone have Chrome working better than the stock?
agreed at this point stock is much better, but in time im sure chrome will be... they got some bugs to work out and alot of features to add. like user agent for starters until that is added i cant even think to try and use it... mobile view of sites is not gonna work for me.. but you gotta remember it's just in beta it will get better...
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Google Chrome is better than Stock whenever I'm on the train. I'm assuming it's handling the 3G communication differently. Not to mention it has a "Network action prediction" feature.
It's not stable yet, but pages load a lot faster with Chrome.
The important things for us prime owners will be keyboard support^^
Try ICS+ browser its free in the market - its improved stock browser with full keyboard support. Can only recommend it
Well no kidding that Stock is better than Chrome right now. Chrome is in beta, as in: it isn't finished.
Chrome is still missing a lot of the features that both the stock Android browser and Chrome on the desktop offer, however once Chrome comes out of beta I guarantee that it will replace the stock Android browser in official builds of Android.
For my money Boat Browser is better than Chrome beta and Android browser. It has the look and feel of Chrome, with most of the stock browser's features plus many features all its own. It is also faster and much more stable than either Chrome Beta or Android browser. If you want an improved browsing experience on the Prime I would seriously suggest giving it a try.
If you have not tried the Boat Browser then you are missing out on a great experience.
Not only does this browser support Flash, but it also includes a really good password manager, bookmarks speed dialer and full screen mode.
If you want a Windows browser experience on Android then this browser provides it.
I've used Boat extensively and while it's pretty damn good it really can't hold a candle to Ocean Browser as far as rendering speed and scrolling speed. Ocean is essentially the AOSP browser, but unlike AOSP, it can be found on the Play Store and you don't have to be rooted to run it.
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I've used Boat extensively and while it's pretty damn good it really can't hold a candle to Ocean Browser as far as rendering speed and scrolling speed. Ocean is essentially the AOSP browser, but unlike AOSP, it can be found on the Play Store and you don't have to be rooted to run it.
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I tried the Ocean browser and it is fast. However it crashes when you try to play video on full screen and it keeps losing the Desktop mode. It also lacks a Password manager and Speed dialer, which is probably why it is fast, because it is not a fully featured browser.
I have the Ocean browser as a backup, but so far the Boat browser copes with everything.
I particularly like the password manager which fills-in my login details and the speed dialer where I keep all my bookmarks rather than use the tablet home screen.
I personally like AOSP and Chrome (Chrome on stock ROM, AOSP on anything else). I rely on Google Sync, and I just like having "stock" browsers I guess (Chrome is stock on stock; AOSP is (usually) stock on anything else).
Haven't really had any want to use a 3rd-party browser yet. Even on stock Chrome hasn't disappointed me (I hear horror stories of crashes and slowness from others, but I can't recall me having any crashes, and performance is very acceptable, for what I view anyway).
My mom's Galaxy Prevail has Boat Browser on it though (default by ROM creator). Works alright I suppose (or at least I haven't found a need to switch to anything else ).