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What browser do you use on GB?

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draconius

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As the title says, which browser do you use with gingerbread? I am using xscope and it's SLOW and cumbersome. I prefer to use a browser that supports the use as if it is a computer.

Any suggestions?
 
I swore by xScope for the longest time. I've switched to Dolphin HD since recent updates seem to have sped it up a bit.

I still feel like my workflow in xScope was better - the compact toolbar really handled everything I needed, without a lot of intrusion on the screen real estate, which I don't get with Dolphin. It's either full-screen browsing (requiring me to press the menu button - one extra button press every time), or a lot of space taken up. Also, I can't set a default action for long press on a link - I liked that you could get xScope to automatically open a new link in the background.

So... Dolphin HD for me, but not without some complaints. Just extra button presses and taps to do things that I used to be able to do more quickly.
 
binary visions said:
I swore by xScope for the longest time. I've switched to Dolphin HD since recent updates seem to have sped it up a bit.

I still feel like my workflow in xScope was better - the compact toolbar really handled everything I needed, without a lot of intrusion on the screen real estate, which I don't get with Dolphin. It's either full-screen browsing (requiring me to press the menu button - one extra button press every time), or a lot of space taken up. Also, I can't set a default action for long press on a link - I liked that you could get xScope to automatically open a new link in the background.

So... Dolphin HD for me, but not without some complaints. Just extra button presses and taps to do things that I used to be able to do more quickly.
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You can set Dolphin to open new tabs in background.
In Dolphin settings check open in new tab and open in background.
 
pool_shark said:
You can set Dolphin to open new tabs in background.
In Dolphin settings check open in new tab and open in background.
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Yes, I know, but you can't get it to just do it by default instead of popping up the menu when you long press. Xscope lets you just set it to always open in a new background tab when you long press any link.
 
binary visions said:
Yes, I know, but you can't get it to just do it by default instead of popping up the menu when you long press. Xscope lets you just set it to always open in a new background tab when you long press any link.
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I see, you only want it to open a link in a new tab when you long press the link, not every time you tap the link.
 
Opera Mobile is the smoothest browser (aside from the Samsung-modified stock browser on the Galaxy S phones) I've used since it supports hardware acceleration.
 
currently using xscope and pretty happy with it. tried Dolphin before on my Ally, and didn't reallly care for it. although, some of the comments here are making me want to give it another go.
 
draconius said:
As the title says, which browser do you use with gingerbread? I am using xscope and it's SLOW and cumbersome. I prefer to use a browser that supports the use as if it is a computer.

Any suggestions?
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In the xscope settings you can easily set the user agent setting to computer and thus see websites as your computer would and not the crappy mobile websites.
 
Stock browser. I have Dolphin installed and use it from time to time, but my main browser is the stock. I tried Firefox (which is what I use on all my desktop pc's), but I was just not impressed with the mobile version.
 
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