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I just found there is a new version of Dolphin Browser, it is called Dolphin Browser HD.
http://androidandme.com/2010/05/news/dolphin-browser-hd-arrives-for-android-2-0-users/
It is quite good, especially the "gesture" for opening bookmark.
But, too bad, there is no bookmark "folder" support
Yo, its a sweet browser indeed an one is able to import bookmarks from the other browser.
Thanks for the heads up on that! It looks pretty nice, it feels a bit sluggish though, maybe just me, or maybe because it is new.
i think its the best browser so far, havent used the youtube downloader yet and didnt check the flash support but the rest works best
Pages seem to load a tiny bit slower, but scrolling and zooming is the smoothest I've seen yet. It looks great.
Ads though
Best browser by far Love the tabs and gestures
Awesome, nice find bud
There's a nice addon for this browser in the Marketplace "Google Services".
you tube download issue
this is an awesome browser. -skyfire > uninstall!
however when you try to download a you tube clip it says, no storage space. I have loads of room on my sd. is it trying to download to internal ram and therfore no room?
*********scrub the comment above, it was my card!
nice browser but somehow slower than stock one..
Youtube downloader is pretty good. Just downloaded a couple of music videos. Files were around 20MB and the quality is better than I had expected.
I'm just hoping that we get a decent Chrome or Firefox at some point in the future.
Nice as this is, I'm not going to live with ads in my browser, and I'm obviously not going to pay for one.
This browser supports Flash Lite.
I have no problem paying this, but for that price ($4.99), I want:
- Bookmark folder support
- A bit more faster site loading + rendering
tuatha said:
I'm just hoping that we get a decent Chrome or Firefox at some point in the future.
Nice as this is, I'm not going to live with ads in my browser, and I'm obviously not going to pay for one.
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tuatha said:
I'm just hoping that we get a decent Chrome or Firefox at some point in the future.
Nice as this is, I'm not going to live with ads in my browser, and I'm obviously not going to pay for one.
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Do they adverts show up anywhere other than the bookmarks menu? Because I haven't seen them anywhere else.
Think that's the only place. Not the most intrusive, to be fair, but still. I object to being told to find Jesus when I'm searching for gmail.
tuatha said:
Think that's the only place. Not the most intrusive, to be fair, but still. I object to being told to find Jesus when I'm searching for gmail.
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LMAO! isnt that on the xda app too tho?
Thanks for bringing it to our attention... absolutely excellent browser, love it! A little slower and buggier with multi-touch and scrolling sideways compared to the default (clicks links too often and easily with simple scroll touches as well as bringing the side thumb menu out too easily) but still my choice browser now. Love the standard gestures and the fact that they work so well consistently.
I'm just hoping that we get a decent Chrome or Firefox at some point in the future.
Nice as this is, I'm not going to live with ads in my browser,
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Do they adverts show up anywhere other than the bookmarks menu? Because I haven't seen them anywhere else.
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Never seen them anywhere else here too.
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Just found this too,images take a while but maybe because they aren't scaled down , nice browser imo
I've tried all browsers and I must say the stock one is still the best imo (2.1)
qubit76 said:
Yo, its a sweet browser indeed an one is able to import bookmarks from the other browser.
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how to do u import chrome browser bookmarks? I could not find any option. Do they stay in sync with chrome bookmarks.
Latest update removes YouTube video downloading.
Read the market description and don't update if you want to keep it.
Just sayin:
http://www.goodandevo.net/2010/11/m...intuitive-browsing-experience-to-htc-evo.html
** My favorite parts:
1) Doesn't show the page until it is fully loaded and ready to view top to bottom.
2) Instantaeous back/forward - no waiting while pages reload.
3) Zero screen lag while scrolling.
4) Clean iPhonish interface (which I personally have always liked).
5) Very intuitive. Stuff is where you expect it to be and works like you expect it to work.
Did I mention it's fast?
** The ultimate test - I just loaded www.redskins.com. This website has always absolutely destroyed every other browser I have tried - usually just giving up 20 seconds after clicking the link. Miren loaded this ready to go in 5 seconds.
Update >> 6) Saves your spot on your bookmark list so that when you go back to it, you can see where you left off instead of starting again at the top. This is something I always liked about Dolphin.
Nice thanks.. trying it nao
Seems to be a lot of browsers floating around. It's hard to stick with one when I keep trying out new ones and they all seem to have some perks.
On to try this one out
It is blazing. these chinese devs know what they doin. Tnx again for sharing.. Hope they add skins soon
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It is blazing. these chinese devs know what they doin. Tnx again for sharing.. Hope they add skins soon
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Yep. It's almost funny. I guess I am used to pages taking a certain amount of time to load then being kind of jerky as you scroll through them - especially if the page isn't 100% done loading.
Anyway, first webpage I opened with this actually kind of made my head jerk back like damn, that was quick. Then I noticed how smooth the scrolling was and I was in love.
When you double tap the screen it transitions very quickly from overview to close-up - again without the stuttering your get in other browsers. Its kind of like they took the best bits of Opera, Dolphin and Stock Browser and mashed 'em up.
** Oh yeah, another thing I like. When you open a bookmark, if you go back to the bookmark list from the webpage, it "saves" your spot and doesn't take you back to the top of the list. I like this because I often like to go through my favorite links one by one and hate having to start from the top again every time.
Going to test it out..thanks.
It just became my new default browser, buh bye Dolphin
Just tried it and didn't seem any faster than the stock browser
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No doubt its the fastest ive used thus far... but no mobile view? I hate scrolling from side to side when im looking at a webpage.
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No doubt its the fastest ive used thus far... but no mobile view? I hate scrolling from side to side when im looking at a webpage.
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Agreed but I think the speed more than makes up for side scrolling.
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No doubt its the fastest ive used thus far... but no mobile view? I hate scrolling from side to side when im looking at a webpage.
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An alternative would be just to double tap screen. It quickly goes to overview mode. Then double tap the place you want to read and it zooms in. It's pretty quick doing this - sort of like Opera.
I use XScpe and I tried this just now, I'm keeping XScope. Others should try it as well. BTW Dolphin HD the slowest browser out there, even slower than the stock browser, only tooted for it's abilities for themes, plugins, settings, etc, no big deal, I think speed is way more important on 3G.
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I use XScpe and I tried this just now, I'm keeping XScope. Others should try it as well. BTW Dolphin HD the slowest browser out there, even slower than the stock browser, only tooted for it's abilities for themes, plugins, settings, etc, no big deal, I think speed is way more important on 3G.
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I prefer this over xScope simply because I like the UI better. xScope is fast but when you scroll webpages it has a tendency to stutter. This does not. One of the reasons xScope is fast is that it has no overhead, even bookmarks are rendered in html; however, if you want your browser to be fast and pretty, I recommend this
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I prefer this over xScope simply because I like the UI better. xScope is fast but when you scroll webpages it has a tendency to stutter. This does not. One of the reasons xScope is fast is that it has no overhead, even bookmarks are rendered in html; however, if you want your browser to be fast and pretty, I recommend this
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I've noticed scrolling is laggy but I only notice it when I zoom through a website, so the lagginess doesn't really matter to me since I'm not trying to read anything obviously and I'm still able to make out pictures and certain texts. I like that it's a lightweight browser, it loads quickly and does not have so many bells and whistles.
Q.Does Miren have the option to render a page before it's fully loaded, I don't like that it doesn't?
Isn't this the MIUI browser?
Very well designed but I don't like the clashing look with stock Android. WAY too iOS like. I might make a Android themed version.
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Similarity to iOS is purely a matter of personal taste. Some like it and some don't. An Android skin would be quite popular I'm sure ;-)
One other thing I noticed that I like is that you can arrange your bookmarks into folders - yay!
One odd bug I noticed that is probably the result of this being translated from Chinese. All the folders are listed in REVERSE alphabetical order.
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Ah just found out where it has a setting for mobile web page browser. You need to adjust "bandwidth-saving mode" in settings.
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Some pages were cruising some were sluggish as all hell. Been messing with it but can't tell if I really like it. Am so used to the layout of Dolphin. Some claim its slow but no other ones feel "faster."
I did like the instantaneous forward / back loading of pages though.
SWYPED from my SUPASONIC
Hulu is kind of sluggish, but everything runs real smoooth.
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Some pages were cruising some were sluggish as all hell. Been messing with it but can't tell if I really like it. Am so used to the layout of Dolphin. Some claim its slow but no other ones feel "faster."
I did like the instantaneous forward / back loading of pages though.
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I think what you are interpreting as sluggishness is just a different way this browser loads pages.
Most browsers load pages a piece at a time. Because of this, the page "looks" like it is loading fast because you see the page even though it is not usable yet.
With this browser it only shows you the page once it is fully loaded, thus it may appear on occasion that it is slower.
I prefer the wait-till-its-ready method.
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So i tried today paulburton's ICS Port ,
The main thing i wanted to try was the stock browser , the browser much better then HC's browser ,
Its barely have the white blocks (edit : doesn't have white blocks at all ) , overall i loved the new framewere
This version not usable yet , but if u want to try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430447
That's right, keep rubbing it in.
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That's right, keep rubbing it in.
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You could try it if your tablet is rooted. Even easier now the paulburton has build a CWM flashable zip.
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Barely white blocks? Do you think that that is because it's not a finished build?
There are no white rendering blocks in ICS - they have changed the way the pages are rendered it seems.
Now rather than redrawing the part of the page you scroll down to, it is already rendered, but left in a very low rez state which becomes full rez once the page has stopped moving
If you scroll up and down quickly you can see the text and images on the page very blurry low rez
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Now rather than redrawing the part of the page you scroll down to, it is already rendered, but left in a very low rez state which becomes full rez once the page has stopped moving
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Very nice addition. Looking forward to the stock browser improvements.
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So i tried today paulburton's ICS Port ,
The main thing i wanted to try was the stock browser , the browser much better then HC's browser ,
Its barely have the white blocks , overall i loved the new framewere
This version not usable yet , but if u want to try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430447
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If you want to use the browser you can just use one of the custom ROMS and use the ICS theme. Using revolver and ICS Theme and it at least looks and definitely feels like ICS browser. The settings are a bit different, it's faster, and flash works better too. At least, it worked much better then it did when I was on stock rom.
Man I'm starting to be excited about ICS. I just strayed over to the Xoom forums and they have like 6 ICS ports plus an official leak now and all they can say is "this feels like a new, much faster tablet etc"
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If you want to use the browser you can just use one of the custom ROMS and use the ICS theme. Using revolver and ICS Theme and it at least looks and definitely feels like ICS browser. The settings are a bit different, it's faster, and flash works better too. At least, it worked much better then it did when I was on stock rom.
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I'm on revolver with ics theme (since I had root) , and the browser is not even close to the ics browser ,
The browser on ICS is very close to be perfect
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I'm on revolver with ics theme (since I had root) , and the browser is not even close to the ics browser ,
The browser on ICS is very close to be perfect
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Really? Wow I had no idea it was that much of a difference. At least on Revolver and OC the tablet flies. Pages, scrolling, browser, everything. I will definitely keep root with ICS. ICS needs to hurry up . If I get too impatient I guess I might have to try the early build. Anyone know if ICS fixes the extra bar added to the task bar once you use HDMI cable. That's really annoying.
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Anyone know if ICS fixes the extra bar added to the task bar once you use HDMI cable. That's really annoying.
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I really hope so. It's super annoying!
I'm pretty sure that extra bar is there to keep the ratio when you're mirroring. No amount of software updates is going to put more pixels on your tv to avoid that.
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I'm pretty sure that extra bar is there to keep the ratio when you're mirroring. No amount of software updates is going to put more pixels on your tv to avoid that.
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Yes, this is unavoidable. For those of you who hook your laptop up to your TV via HDMI, this happens during this as well. I'm staring at the black bars right now actually as I type this post.
Hi i want to ask you if you know good browser with flash support. I want it to be as much as similiar to aosp browser. And yes i know i can root and install it, but on nexus device i dont want to ( i know hoe to root, i have galaxy ace and i'm running cm10 jellybean). I found naked browser, but the design is very poor. Thanks in advance
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Never tried AOSP, but if you can't "duplicate" it with ssLauncher, there's probably nothing close.
edit: LOL, sorry got "Launcher" and "Browser" confused... Boat works for me.
Eh i'm looking for an app not a launcher. Btw. I don't think that this launcher will magically convert chrome into AOSP browser
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You might try the "naked browser" from the playstore.It works well on my N7 and does not need root.Very smooth and has a full screen mode that crome lacks.I have used asop since I am rooted but prefer the naked browser best.It is set up to load flash on demand and t sppeds up loading pages that have a bunch of flash content you don't want to see anyway.:laugh:
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I found naked browser, but the design is very poor.
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Do you mind sharing exactly what aspect(s) of Naked Browser's design that you found to be poor?
Yes i tried it. It's very smooth and fast, and i really like the fullscreen mode, but the icon could be better (it's not a deal breaker) and the icons in the bottom panel (settings,refresh- the upper row) could be a bit bigger. When i open new tab i would like to see my bookmarks with thumbnails. And also when i open the new tab i have to slide down a bit to see domain, weather,film review, because it's covered by open tabs. Anyway it's a good browser, better than google chrome
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Yes i tried it. It's very smooth and fast, and i really like the fullscreen mode, but the icon could be better (it's not a deal breaker) and the icons in the bottom panel (settings,refresh- the upper row) could be a bit bigger. When i open new tab i would like to see my bookmarks with thumbnails. And also when i open the new tab i have to slide down a bit to see domain, weather,film review, because it's covered by open tabs. Anyway it's a good browser, better than google chrome
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Thank you for responding. It's OK if Naked Browser is not for you. It's just another choice that I want people to know about.
Let me express my position. I made Naked Browser in response to the privacy violations of most browsers out there. All along I focused on speed, stability, and features rather than user interface. I made the icon in 3 minutes from memory. Some people like it. If they don't it is easily changed in some launchers. In others, if you search for "change icon" in the Google Play Store then apps can change the icon. A few people have been telling me to reduce the height of the bottom menu but you are the first to say that it is too small. The start page does not have thumbnails because it is designed to show as much information as possible in a small space as quickly as possible. The "slide down" on new tab is something that may take getting used to. In the end, I believe that the behavior of the Naked Browser menus is more efficient than any other browser that I've tried. Naked Browser has been out for less than 2 months so things may change.
Anyway, I'm posting this information for anyone that cares. You can find Naked Browser here in the Google Play Store.
Naked Browser is not for profit. Please do not try it if you don't want to.
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Thank you for responding. It's OK if Naked Browser is not for you. It's just another choice that I want people to know about.
Let me express my position. I made Naked Browser in response to the privacy violations of most browsers out there. All along I focused on speed, stability, and features rather than user interface. I made the icon in 3 minutes from memory. Some people like it. If they don't it is easily changed in some launchers. In others, if you search for "change icon" in the Google Play Store then apps can change the icon. A few people have been telling me to reduce the height of the bottom menu but you are the first to say that it is too small. The start page does not have thumbnails because it is designed to show as much information as possible in a small space as quickly as possible. The "slide down" on new tab is something that may take getting used to. In the end, I believe that the behavior of the Naked Browser menus is more efficient than any other browser that I've tried. Naked Browser has been out for less than 2 months so things may change.
Anyway, I'm posting this information for anyone that cares. You can find Naked Browser here in the Google Play Store.
Naked Browser is not for profit. Please do not try it if you don't want to.
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Thanks for your quick respond. I didn't said that i don't like quite oposite i reaally like it and thanks for clearification on the new tab issue. Keep it up, it's a great browser
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I'm just looking for a good browser to use on a regular basis while Google gets their act together and fixes the freezing and crashing issues that exist with Chrome and the N10. What have you found works best with the N10? I'm using Firefox right now, which is fine but I would like to use something that handles tabs better.
Thanks.
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If you like the feel of the normal stock browser on the phones I would suggest giving ocean browser a go. Personally I use that and chrome. Ocean is noticeably faster but some pages it looks a bit strange, like the screen ratio is a bit off. Hard to explain but other than that it's great. I'm hoping chrome will become decent with a few updates
If you are rooted you can download and copy the good old stock android browser into /system/app. Its extremly fast and fluid.
I highly recommend Scope Browser. I thought is was my Tablet causing crime to crash and lag. Been using it with no complaints. Its a paid app, but the dev keeps it updated
I really enjoy using the boat browser.....best one I have tried so far.
i agree with boat browser
i agree w/ dolphin and boat
they give the best desktop-like experience so far
You can't really go wrong with the ocean browser. Its the fastest browser experience on any android tablet IMO. Almost on par with the iPad
I've settled on the Boat browser after Dolphin and Opera abandoned Flash for I want a desktop experience similar to using Windows on my laptop without needing to install loads of apps to use some sites like Apple.
I tried the Ocean browser but gave up after it crashed when selecting full screen mode and there was no option to have desktop mode on all the time and got fed up re-selecting desktop mode every time a site changed it.
I paricularly like the Boat speed dialer implimentation and I use it for all of my book marks. It does mean that I need to return to the speed dial page for my bookmarks but because I have set that as the Boat home page then that is easy and quick to do.
It means my book marks are all stored within the browser and are not taking up space on the Android home screen which I can fill with app short cuts.
It also means there is no need for multiple tabs to be open at once for the Boat speed dialer page becomes the multiple tabs.
The bookmarks can still be saved as they are seperate from those on the speed dialer page.
AOSP Browser for me. There's something about the AOSP browser that I just love. dunno what it is though!
I love the layout of ocean, but for me, its not any faster than chrome on 4.2.1
for me its ASOP or Ocean they seem to be smoothest
I like chrome's layout, where it has the back and forward button built into the address bar which is nice since the N10's centered buttons are not rhe best design choice. But its really glitchy sometimes. It will run fast and smooth on some websites, then just call it a day and slow way down on others.
Dolphin Browser Beta has great potential it's quick scrolling and zooming, almost never stuttering. But Is very much a Beta and likes to close itself when things don't go quite right.
Regular dolphin browser felt the slowest on my N10
Ocean is Very fast and I love running it in full screen. But I've had some issues with websites not loading correctly.(scored 1,037 on Peacekeeper)
Boat is good all around. Stable, decent interface. it just seems to be a bit more sluggish than ocean and Dolphin Beta.
I did find another Post where someone figured out how to fix the Opera 12 User interface so it's not tiny. I'm giving that a shot for sure. Opera runs great on my O-Gnote.
I think any of these four is a Good choice depending on who you are and what you like.
I want to root and put the AOSP browser on there to try it, I'm just really gun shy with rooting.
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I like chrome's layout, where it has the back and forward button built into the address bar which is nice since the N10's centered buttons are not rhe best design choice. But its really glitchy sometimes. It will run fast and smooth on some websites, then just call it a day and slow way down on others.
Dolphin Browser Beta has great potential it's quick scrolling and zooming, almost never stuttering. But Is very much a Beta and likes to close itself when things don't go quite right.
Regular dolphin browser felt the slowest on my N10
Ocean is Very fast and I love running it in full screen. But I've had some issues with websites not loading correctly.(scored 1,037 on Peacekeeper)
Boat is good all around. Stable, decent interface. it just seems to be a bit more sluggish than ocean and Dolphin Beta.
I did find another Post where someone figured out how to fix the Opera 12 User interface so it's not tiny. I'm giving that a shot for sure. Opera runs great on my O-Gnote.
I think any of these four is a Good choice depending on who you are and what you like.
I want to root and put the AOSP browser on there to try it, I'm just really gun shy with rooting.
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Boat is the only one which provides a Flash player desktop experience off the shelf.
I've only tried Chrome and Dolphin so far. Dolphin was much faster.
do any other the browser do Tabbed browsing?
I used AOSP or ocean, ocean is really good for stock
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Boat is the only one which provides a Flash player desktop experience off the shelf.
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That's true, ocean does default to the android agent.
I don't mind Boat at all. It's very good and is still installed on my N10 so I can bounce back and forth. I just find myself going back to Ocean more often because I like the popup controls. You mentioned before it was crashing on you, I haven't had that issue so far.
I do agree with your earlier post, being able to set the user agent to desktop by default would be a nice option to have in ocean instead of having to hit request desktop site everytime.
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ady702 said:
do any other the browser do Tabbed browsing?
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The best options for Tabbed browsing (in my opinion) are Boat Browser and Dolphin Browser/Beta