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Help New to Android...Best browser to use on Nexus rather than stock?

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Shockwave78

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There are a few things i dont like about the stock browser, mainly the way the bookmarks are laid out.

Anyway..I tried Opera out and its pretty good, any other recommendations?
 
I like most of Dolphin HD. There are some workflow issues that I have with it (mostly personal preference) but it's got a whole bunch of plugins and such.
 
Dolphin is probably widely accepted as the best, but I much prefer the stock browser, and ICS seems to have improved on that.
 
is there anyway to just have a list of bookmarks on the stock browser? Not these huge tiles you have to scroll through?
 
i have always prefered stock browser over 3rd party browsers, its just like having chrome on your device instead of internet explorer
 
Shockwave78 said:
is there anyway to just have a list of bookmarks on the stock browser? Not these huge tiles you have to scroll through?
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Couldn't tell you off the top of my head. I'm stuck with the Sense browser right now. I don't recall a way to change the bookmark layout, unless it's something new they added.
 
Shockwave78 said:
is there anyway to just have a list of bookmarks on the stock browser? Not these huge tiles you have to scroll through?
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Not that I've found.

Dolphin browser HD will have what you're looking for. Just drag the screen to the right and a list of your bookmarks will appear onthe left side of the screen.

Very slick, easy bookmarks access.
 
There should be a way to have the bookmarks in list mode. I haven't looked for it yet, but at least in older Android versions you could.

Has anyone found a quick way to access bookmarks? It seems like there is an extra step.

Also, Dolphin is a great browser. I use it and stock about the same. I usually set Dolphin for non-mobile and use stock to view mobile sites
 
mush10 said:
Has anyone found a quick way to access bookmarks? It seems like there is an extra step.
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quick menu in the labs setting.

It's bigger on my eee transformer, but you have swipe/stop access to your bookmarks. Love it on the GN!

edit: sorry that was for accessing the windows, not the bookmarks.
 
Dolphin is what I use now. The plug-ins are great, especially Read It Later.
 
Interesting. Dolphin browser HD has been crashing on my gnex...did they do a recent update? I uninstalled it and I'm just using stock browser right now...
 
If this helps I found a decent way to get to bookmarks. Press and hold the the back button when you are in the browser and it goes to a page where you have quick access to bookmarks, history, and saved pages. The only issue now is it defaults to History. If I can find a way to have it default to Bookmarks, I am in business.
 
I'm going stock. I usually only hit about 5 sites on my phone anyway, and the device syncs with my Chrome bookmarks in the cloud.
 
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