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Which Browser do you use?

What's Your Preferred Browser?

  • Stock Browser

    Votes: 172 54.8%
  • Opera Mini

    Votes: 3 1.0%
  • Skyfire

    Votes: 17 5.4%
  • Dolphin HD

    Votes: 112 35.7%
  • Other

    Votes: 10 3.2%

  • Total voters
    314
I Have been using dolphin hd for a while now. I have just about all of them on my phone, but dolphin is about all i use.
 
I have to say, I have been playing around with xScope a bit and it is all kinds of awesome. Very fast. Reminds me of Chrome on my PC.
 
I have to say, I have been playing around with xScope a bit and it is all kinds of awesome. Very fast. Reminds me of Chrome on my PC.

I like xScope a lot, but there were always quirks with either rendering or mobile sites not showing flash that other browsers would. Like it a lot, but the little things add up.

I'm currently back to Dolphin hd. The only thing I don't like is the menu interface (usually sluggish) but all the rendering is fantastic. Very slick and more powerful than stock.

From my Incredible Drooooiiiiiid.
 
Such as...?

coolbone got to it before me

That and I recall it being the slow despite their speed claims. Considering they have a paid version, I would expect MUCH MORE over completely free browsers. IMO, it had absolutely nothing to really offer to justify its cost.
 
If you use Flash much, Dolphin browser works better, with more sites and game content and allows doubletap for full screen. You can also zoom it to fit better if the screen is not filled up. The actual resolution of the content is better this way, since zooming the smaller video icon on the page will have less resolution and also can get bogged by other Flash content that may be running as well.

My testing of far too many game and video sites:

1. Stock works with 70% of content
2. Dolphin 90% (no Hulu, Dailymotion or any other site that plays "Hulu" like content will not work- on purpose by provider).
3. Skyfire plays most video sites that do not on Dolphin, but some video sites that work with Dolphin, do not with Skyfire. Sites that Skyfire can not play are sites that have built-in video commercials that require another button press to play the actual video.


I like Dolphin HD but try this and it will crash on me everytime, doesn't happen with the stock browser. Find a flash video, double tap to zoom in (so it will open by itself) then play the clip, it will play just fine, but try to stop it, or fast forward to certain part, it will crash everytime. I already emailed the Dolphin team so hopefully they will have a fix for this soon. I like the tabs and interface more than stock but this is a no go for me...:(
 
Here's a question for you xscope users. Is there a way to set the browser to NOT load mobile sites by default?
 
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