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derf
04-09-2011, 11:00 AM
Which android browser are you folks all using? I used the Dolphin browser on my last phone but I want to try something new.

I downloaded the Opera mobile, Skyfire, Mozilla Mobile, Dolphin HD, Dolphin mini, and the regular Dolphin browser.

Opera seemed like the best browser from the get go, but I found that loading mobile pages slightly larger than my screen size was annoying when it would cut off the side, when set to load them as mobile pages the browser looses some data and dummies down the page. I did like the opera standard 9 button home page with the top 9 pages you use on it.

Skyfire seemed good, but it wasnt exactly easy switching between tabs, and more often than not I had to try 2 or 3 times to switch tabs.

Mozilla was good, but the interface wasn't natural, and I still havnt figured out how to get tabed pages

Dolphin HD is good but has some small quirks that surprised me, tabs stuck at the top of each web page, plus its a resourse hog.

Dolphin mini seems like the best option so far. I really like the tabs, open page, back and forward buttons, and generally easy interface.

What are your opinions on android browsers? Which one do you use, and what are the real world pros and cons that you see.

Dave
04-09-2011, 12:28 PM
I use the stocker as tweaked by cyanogen and chevyno1. Hated dolphin and firefox

Trip
04-09-2011, 01:43 PM
stocker, it works fine for me

Corey
04-09-2011, 05:08 PM
Stock here too. I hear the latest Firefox is slimmed down from the last time I tried it, but I haven't had problems with stock.

Rangerscott
04-09-2011, 08:42 PM
I just use the stock one. Dolphin is too much of a resource hog. Skyfire just kept crashing.

I still blame FLASH for most of my crashes, even on the stock browser. On my Droid 1 I was able to uninstall flash and the crashing would stop.

Dave
04-10-2011, 05:44 AM
I just use the stock one. Dolphin is too much of a resource hog. Skyfire just kept crashing.

I still blame FLASH for most of my crashes, even on the stock browser. On my Droid 1 I was able to uninstall flash and the crashing would stop.

Still have it? Rooted? You really need to try out ss 5.2

Rangerscott
04-10-2011, 03:04 PM
I have an X now. Haven't done anything to it yet.