I'm new to Andriod and now have a Desire S.
I'd like to get peoples feel on what is the best browser on this phone and why.
The stock browser, Opera or opera mini?
I've always used Opera on WM before.
You can try either Skyfire or Dolphin HD. These can be downloaded from the Market.
On Desire S its the stock browser.
So fast and light.
opera mini work fine with https sites
titus1 said:
You can try either Skyfire or Dolphin HD. These can be downloaded from the Market.
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Dolphin is a piece of spyware. Google it.
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Stock browser is good. But if you are watching your bandwidth try Opera Mobile or Mini.
Edit : oh man, this is an old thread.
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Depends on network speed and coverage. Good speed - use the stock browser. Fast and light. Bad speeds - use Opera Mini. With its data compression named Opera Turbo even on 2G sites load very fast. But there is no flash and its not based on webkit so esp. mobile sites look different (e.g. Facebook) than with stock and other webkit based browsers.
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opera mobile...but dolphin HD is good too!!
Stock browser...its perfect..if u use mini the pages are soo malnourished.....
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Huh, I'd never actually used the stock browser before, I've had Dolphin since I got my phone. After reading this thread I tried it out, and it's so much better!
I use opera only for open a https sites the original browser can't open it (exchange for example)
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Opera aint too bad really. Its fairly fast.
Firefox has some nice features, but its dog slow.
I do tend to just end up using the stock browser.
Opera here, I find it much faster than dolphin
ben_pyett said:
I'm new to Andriod and now have a Desire S.
I'd like to get peoples feel on what is the best browser on this phone and why.
The stock browser, Opera or opera mini?
I've always used Opera on WM before.
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In my opinion the best browser is Opera Mobile. In case you do not have any FUP limits and internet is fast.
If you have FUP limitations or/and slow internet connections, better is Opera Mini.
I personally like maxthon browser for usability ,ninesky browser for general use because its webkit based so its pretty reliable, and xscope for shere speed
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maxthon browser is the fastest i've tried so far
and you have a lot of options
This is all going to be about personal choice, however, i've tried,
Dolphin HD
Opera
Firefox
Maxthon
and a few no names
However, the best, once you get used to it is the stock for me. Easy less polluted with skins and themes. You just need a browser to act as a Webview not to take up valuable screen space, and for me the stock one does the job well.
my two cents
Opera Mobile for me - I find the option to change user agent between desktop and mobile very useful...
Miren browser is the only browser for me.
I tried switching to other browsers because it's development has stopped, but none could match it for me.
It's fast, customizable and highly functional.
Prior to ICS I was always using Opera Mobile. It's a very fast and comfortable browser. I also tried out Dolphin HD which is in fact a good browser but I stayed with Opera
Now on ICS I prefer Android's stock browser as it's fast and quite stable. After mdj fixed the egl bug (in his early ICS versions) Opera simply became unnecessary.
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Im looking for the fastest browser to use. I was using Dolphin HD but didnt like all of the add ons. I just want a quick basic browser. The stock browser is nice except its slow.
i am using "xscope browser". i find it very quick and use it as default since i found out about it
I've been around the world and have landed back at stock browser. I sometimes use xscope for downloading files but browsing is stock.
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i have used all the browsers for my Droid and xscope is the fastest also has the best features
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+1 for xscope
Skyfire.
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No Opera Mini 5? I haven't tried xscope, but I love Opera on WM and Android. Fast, quick to access the sites I use, etc.
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No Opera Mini 5? I haven't tried xscope, but I love Opera on WM and Android. Fast, quick to access the sites I use, etc.
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Opera Mini is blazing fast on Android. I still prefer the stock browser though.
Been using dolphin since 1.6, but want a change. Suggestions?
You could try xScope, fastest browser in most reviews
I use Skyfire.
Great features and the speed is also very good
Have been using Skyfire since I got my X10, very fast and nice browser.
And the flash tab is very usefull in some cases.
However since yesterday I have started working with the Xscope 6 browser.
And I love the zoom function by just swiping. Have not seen this function in other browsers. Some of the functions I don't love so much, but still a fast and basic browser.
If you visit alot of flash websites (why would you ? ;-) ) I would recommend Skyfire.
Otherwise try the Xscope.
Both are very nice.
my favourite browser is Dolphin HD
fast and very comfortable to use
Try Opera Mobile 10.1 beta (Android 1.6+)
http://www.opera.com/download/get.pl?sub=++++&id=33290&location=270¬hanks=yes
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my favourite browser is Dolphin HD
fast and very comfortable to use
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Maybe its just me but how do you control the zoom in dolphin hd?
In the old one it had + - buttons that showed up when my touched the screen but now it just seems to be double tap to zoom in with no option to control just how much or little it zooms.
Annoying on my chess site where the board is either far away or too close to see the whole thing....
In the Dolphin Browser you can activate it in Settings. It was already checked when i had Dolphin but maybe its unchecked in yours. Dont know how it was called but it easy to find. I like the Firefox Browser but the Browser still need alot of work becouse no HTML5,no Zoom in and out Buttons and eats to much Internal Memory and RAM but i like the Style and how to switch Tabs and all.
try miren browser (miui browser)
i've tried the default android browser, skyfire, dolphin HD, opera, etc, and none of these come CLOSE to the speed of the miren browser. no lag, lots of settings, etc.
you can get the english version on the main xda apps forums. they're crazy over it.
the also seem to like the UC browser. i haven't tried it yet but people say it is good.
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try miren browser (miui browser)
i've tried the default android browser, skyfire, dolphin HD, opera, etc, and none of these come CLOSE to the speed of the miren browser. no lag, lots of settings, etc.
you can get the english version on the main xda apps forums. they're crazy over it.
the also seem to like the UC browser. i haven't tried it yet but people say it is good.
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MIUI is good.
lawonga said:
try miren browser (miui browser)
i've tried the default android browser, skyfire, dolphin HD, opera, etc, and none of these come CLOSE to the speed of the miren browser. no lag, lots of settings, etc.
you can get the english version on the main xda apps forums. they're crazy over it.
the also seem to like the UC browser. i haven't tried it yet but people say it is good.
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Thanks for the UC browser tip....installed it and its speedy fast...wow...loving it..and the UI is nice.
Definitely the best browser I have used so far.
I´ve installed and tried about six other browsers by now but none of them stopped me using Opera (mini or mobile) yet. Must say I used Opera as my phone-browser since 2006, so that probably makes it harder to get used to those fancy new browsers. Well I do like to try them, but it would take so much time to actually test and compare. If I had to choose right now, I would pick DolphinHD, for looks and feel (next to Opera .
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I´ve installed and tried about six other browsers by now but none of them stopped me using Opera (mini or mobile) yet. Must say I used Opera as my phone-browser since 2006, so that probably makes it harder to get used to those fancy new browsers. Well I do like to try them, but it would take so much time to actually test and compare. If I had to choose right now, I would pick DolphinHD, for looks and feel (next to Opera .
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Opera is best!!
I think everybdy agree.its jst they need sm chng
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Miren Browser, now supporting multiple languages...quick and well designed...
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Opera is good though
Xscope is fast browser but hard to use .
but how to zoom using Opera?
I use opera mini
how do i install the miui browser?
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how do i install the miui browser?
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It is now called Miren browser and the apk is in the android section games/apps...
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Miren Browser is the best ive tried too, just a question not a big problem but, do you pollpixx have any problems with miren when you click a youtube link in the browser and it doesnt work? on mine it just shows a "Page Cannot Be Displayed" screen...
Didnt noticed that yet, only thing I noticed that all external links are blank and you manually have to refresh, but they working on that as we speak...just watched a youtube movie from a twitter message directly and it went okay...
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I use Opera, but it is a massive battery drain and also taxing on my phone's memory.
I love the Opera bookmark system, and it's URL and tabbed browsing features. I am also very used to it from Windows Mobile. Should I wait for an update that may not happen, or look at other options? What options are there?
I primarily use Dolphin HD as my browser. Definitely check it out if not Miren Browser is supposedly good too.
Dolphin Mini
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miren browser, hands down
Dolphin Mini for the win.
Dolphin HD. I have FireFox which is nice to sync with my desktop version, but it just isn't as smooth as Dolphin HD on the phone.
Xscope...but really it comes down to what you do with the browser and your personal taste. Skyfire is another good one that I use as well.
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Xscope or Miren for me.
Dolphin mini rocks as far as I'm concerned. Been using since first beta and just keeps getting better.
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My favorite so far is Dolphin Mini.
Are there benefits to using Dolphin HD vs Dolphin Mini?
I've just been using the stock browser and have never really been completely satisfied
I used to use Miren exclusively until the newest update made everything appear in chinese. So now I use Dolphin Mini, and while it is nice, I still miss Miren.
for me on stock firmware, the stock browser is the fastest, but my favorite is dolphin hd
Does anyone like Opera Mobile?
I keep hearing good things about Dolphin Mini but haven't used it personally (yet). I have used Skyfire and its worked well for me. Maybe that's why I haven't got around to trying Dolphin yet.
Currently using Dolphin Mini and it is great!
I have been using x scope 6 and it is pretty awesome
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Does anyone like Opera Mobile?
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Yes, I like Opera Mobile beta quite a lot. Interaction is smooth, and it tends to render non-mobile sites very nicely. I love Opera Turbo when I'm on a slow connection or limited on data. When they iron out the issues (there are still a decent number), get Flash support, and include a few more options, Opera Mobile could be the best browser on Android.
Edit: Oh, the MAIN issue with Opera Mobile is that it doesn't save its state when the operating system closes the program. It also uses a ton of memory. This means if you switch away from the browser, there is a very good chance that it has closed along with all the pages you had open, and anything you might have been doing online. Major issue that will be fixed before release.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to use it lately because of a weird font conflict on my phone between Opera and Beautiful Widgets.
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Stock browser works fine for me. Never had a motivation to change it.
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I use the AOSP browser, compiled from source. It's faster than any other browser here, by FAR
What browsers are you guys using? and why? I seem to be fond of Dolphin Mini, it is quick. I tried Firefox, and I get quite a bit of "checkerboarding" when pinching to zoom.
I use opera mini usually and opera mobile when on wifi
I use skyfire. its fast and simple
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I use opera mini usually and opera mobile when on wifi
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I had problems when I used the Opera browsers. They always crashed, or just didn't load. Do you ever have this problem? It has done it on multiple ROMS.
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I had problems when I used the Opera browsers. They always crashed, or just didn't load. Do you ever have this problem? It has done it on multiple ROMS.
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Never had a problem with Opera Mobile. It's fast and has cool features, but I usually stick with stock (except on CM7, for some reason stock browser sucks on CM7).
I've used Dolphin HD and now on xScope...
I also use Opera Mobile and have had 0 issues with it. No crashes, very fast. Like the way you can choose a download location when downloading files aswell.
I use Dolphin HD and Miren Browser. Both work well for me.
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I also use Opera Mobile and have had 0 issues with it. No crashes, very fast. Like the way you can choose a download location when downloading files aswell.
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Problem with opera a lot of websites think your mobile even with mobile view off
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Miren Browser. Surprised at how little mentioned this browser is.
I have Firefox installed, but waiting for it to mature a little more before before it gets put to more regular use.
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+1 for Miren
Awesome browser.
Miren! Love it. I use opera mini for less intensive sites, because it blazes.
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Opera mobile.
I used to like dolphin hd but it had performance issues with cm7.
Miren for browsing etc. Skyfire for video stewaming
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Miren does great for streaming videos on my Streak. It does a fine job on my Inspire as well.
Actually, the only reason I switch between Dolphin HD and Miren is because I can't decide which one I like better. Its like Ginger or Mary Ann?
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...Its like Ginger or Mary Ann?
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Lol. That one took me a sec, but...
Mary Ann would be my preference... The bombshell type doesn't do much for me...
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Dolphin HD
I use the stock browser mostly but I'll have to check out this Miren browser.
Oh and I use Firefox occasionally - I'm actually somewhat fond of Firefox for mobile - and it scores 97/100 on the Acid3 test while the stock browser gets a 93. Doesn't really affect much but it does show that the rendering engine is more standards compliant in Firefox.
EDIT: Okay I think I'm sticking with Miren. Even though its an overlay for the stock browser, its features are awesome - hell I have 13 tabs open right no and its not lagging at all and the swipe to go back/forward is genius.
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I use the stock browser mostly but I'll have to check out this Miren browser.
Oh and I use Firefox occasionally - I'm actually somewhat fond of Firefox for mobile - and it scores 97/100 on the Acid3 test while the stock browser gets a 93. Doesn't really affect much but it does show that the rendering engine is more standards compliant in Firefox.
EDIT: Okay I think I'm sticking with Miren. Even though its an overlay for the stock browser, its features are awesome - hell I have 13 tabs open right no and its not lagging at all and the swipe to go back/forward is genius.
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Yup, Miren kinda terminated my browser browsing.
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Opera Mobile has had some massive improvements as well though. I actually played an HTML5 game on Opera Mobile - it sucks that you can't zoom out though. Also, for what its worth, Opera Mobile gets 100/100 on Acid3 and it gets a deviation of +/- 1.6% on Sunspider, which is in reference to stock Webkit. That's pretty amazing performance.
I just picked up my Fire and wasn't entirely pleased with the browser performance, so I sideloaded Dolphin HD...definitely an improvement over stock Fire browser. Feel free to post any results you guys get from other 3rd party browsers so we know our options!
Agreed...I went into the settings and unchecked accelerate page loading and that seemed to help with the speed. I'm not that impressed with the silk browser
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I wasn't overly impressed with the speed to be honest with you, and after loading Firefox 7 on, I think I'll stick with that (plus I can use AddOns). Mobile browsing is never lightning fast, but I think they touted the Silk browser as the best thing since sliced bread. I'm not as convinced.
I installed Opera Mini and it works great. It's not full featured, but for general browsing it's much quicker than the stock browser.
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I installed Opera Mini and it works great. It's not full featured, but for general browsing it's much quicker than the stock browser.
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I am also using Opera Mini.
As stated, it is much faster than the Stock Browser.
ii have found opera mobile to be my fav so far. fast rendering and smooth page navigation.
Can you guys link or post to the other browser APKs?
Silk is smooth as...gravel :-/
Miren browser is super fast and has all of the features that I need. I am trying to get the stock aneroid browser loaded, that would be perfect.
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I'm going with dolphin hd for now as well.
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Can you guys link or post to the other browser APKs?
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I got Opera Mini v6.1 here:
http://search.4shared.com/q/1/opera mini apk?suggested
Opera has apk downloads right on the mobile site:
http://mini.opera.com/mobile
I got Dolphin from the google apps zip in the first post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1349902
Opera Mobile here. Using it as my main browser on my phone and tablet.
I've loaded Dolphin HD, Opera Mobile and Firefox and tried them all out on the Fire. Opera Mobile is now my daily driver. Even if you choose not to use Opera Turbo (The Opera equivalent of Silk), you get really good speed and fast rendering.
What's more, when you go back to a previous page, it comes up like, instantly, whereas there's more load time for the other browsers. Makes navigating really fast and painless.
Being able to hit back and not have to load the page again is the best feature.
Ive been using both Dolphin HD and Opera Mobile over the past week and I'd have to say im liking Opera a bit more. Feels speedier and more responsive.
didnt they say it connects to amazon server to makes it faster 20 times :s
I thought the stock browser performed just like every other stock browser, like crap. I installed Opera and I really enjoy the interface on the larger screen, browsing is much more enjoyable than on my Galaxy SII.