DownTheShorePray for Ukraine Premium Member join:2003-12-02 Beautiful NJ |
[Tablet] Favorite Browser?I've now got a Nook HD and a rooted Nook HD+, so I'm once again playing in Android world and have been trying out various browsers to see which is, for me, the fastest, most intuitive, and most fully featured one.
So far, I've tried out: the stock browser Puffin NEXT Dolphin Opera Firefox UC Browser Chrome
They all seem to have their pluses and minuses. Right now, my two front runners are Puffin and UC Browser.
I was wondering what everyone else's choices are, and why?
For example,the UC Browser with its tab button on the bottom bar makes it easier to access the tabs with my large fingers, as opposed to browsers that just display teeny tiny tabs on top. With Puffin, I like the quick controls that slide out from the sides for paging forward and back quickly; I also like its trackball option. |
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gjrhine join:2001-12-12 Pawleys Island, SC
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Chrome because I use it everywhere with bookmarks in the cloud. |
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juilinsandarTexas Gooner Premium Member join:2000-07-17 San Benito, TX |
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I use opera mini mostly with stock ICS browser when I don't use opera. |
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Alcohol Premium Member join:2003-05-26 Climax, MI |
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I'll second chrome because of superior tab management and passwords being synced from PC chrome. |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant? Premium Member join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC |
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I used the stock browser on my N4, but then moved to Chrome. Used for Goog searches mainly, otherwise it goes unused. |
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I used to use Dolphin HD until Chrome came out. Now I use Chrome on both the phone and tablet |
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chmod Premium Member join:2000-12-12 Lockport, IL |
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Boat browser when aosp isn't available. |
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Hayward0 K A R - 1 2 0 C Premium Member join:2000-07-13 Key West, FL |
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Mostly I use the Full Opera Mobile (not mini) as it handles file downloading well and some other thing, but also the stock broweser as it still recognizes FlashPlayer as Opera (as well as some others) has stopped. |
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Boat Browser. I like clear all records on exit. |
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not quite rightI'm not cool enough to be a Mac person join:2001-06-23 Puyallup, WA |
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said by Juggernaut:I used the stock browser on my N4, but then moved to Chrome. Used for Goog searches mainly, otherwise it goes unused. Isn't Chrome the Stock browser on a Nexus 4? It is on mine. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix? Premium Member join:2005-03-14 Woodstock, CT |
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Dolphin for me, clearing cache and history on exit is nice. Gestures also work well. I found the stock browser on the S4 to be junk. |
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Dolphin hands down!!!! |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant? Premium Member join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC
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Drat, you're correct. I was thinking of my Nexus S. Just put Chrome on it the other day. |
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I use Chrome because it words with Flash (most the time) and keeps a nice mobile view. It also sync perfectly with my laptop at home with whatever sites are open at the time or bookmarks in my bookmark bar. |
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Lone WolfRetired Premium Member join:2001-12-30 USA |
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I like Dolphin.
Tried many others but always come back to Dolphin. |
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Hayward0 K A R - 1 2 0 C Premium Member join:2000-07-13 Key West, FL |
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quote: Boat Browser. I like clear all records on exit.
Personally I have nothing to hide from gov spose, parents or siblings, not a share PC and live alone... I like the convenience of history. |
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said by SteelersFan:I use Chrome because it words with Flash (most the time) and keeps a nice mobile view. It also sync perfectly with my laptop at home with whatever sites are open at the time or bookmarks in my bookmark bar. Firefox does that too. Never that big a deal to me thouh as I use tablet far more than I do home PC |
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quote: I like Dolphin.
Tried many others but always come back to Dolphin.
Been long enough I can't remember why but there were a number of things I didn't like about Dolphin. Lack of Flash support even before Adobe pulled the plug perhaps the biggest. Though on a big Mem Tablet it is still installed as a last ditch if nothing else works... but really that hasn't happened. |
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navyson join:2011-07-15 Upper Marlboro, MD |
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Which browser is best for flash enabled sites. Most of the online video sites I visit daily still uses flash. |
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Rook008Miles To Go Premium Member join:2002-02-05 Far Rockaway, NY |
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Dolphin and Chrome.
Dolphin for most everything and Chrome when I'm leaving my PC and want to transfer Chrome tabs to my tablet. |
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I use the Android Browser. Like it better because of the Labs features, and also Flash still works with it. Also I just like the way it "feels", and it pretty easy to use, and pretty sleek and not a lot of clutter. |
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Tel join:2001-10-12 Mauldin, SC |
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I've had the best luck with Boat Browser. My previous favorite was Firefox Beta because it supported flash, but I started having a lot of problems with it and Boat's flash support works well. |
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DownTheShorePray for Ukraine Premium Member join:2003-12-02 Beautiful NJ |
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Which browser is best for flash enabled sites. Most of the online video sites I visit daily still uses flash. Dolphin, NEXT, Firefox, UC Browser and Puffin can all handle Flash to one extent or another. Photon Browser is supposed to handle it by allowing you to turn it on for a website, but I haven't had much luck with that. Chrome apparently blocks Flash. I use the Big Fish Games website as my test. I bring up an offered game page and if in the upper left side of the pictured game has a "Watch Video" button under it and it works, then the browser can handle Flash. If it can't handle it, the "Watch Video" button is missing. |
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skeechanAi Otsukaholic Premium Member join:2012-01-26 AA169|170 |
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Chrome...universal across all platforms (save for 2.x), has good features including excellent BM sync reliability and is very stable. |
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SpensergigPast my Prime MVM join:2000-03-26 Bradenton, FL |
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Re: [Tablet] Favorite Browser?ALMOST universal... I can't get my home page to come up by default on my S4. |
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WK2 Premium Member join:2006-12-28 united state |
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I prefer Chrome |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant? Premium Member join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC |
My test mule is my Nexus S. The latest iteration of Chrome makes it crawl. I don't like it. It's gone. |
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Chrome |
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Dolphin
The tabs seal the deal for me. |
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