Posted by skblakee
Is there any advantage that Opera has over the stock Android browser? Is it worth it to go ahead and installing Opera on say the SGGS2 or the HTC Sensation?
I do like Opera but just don't know if it is worth it to install.
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Only advantage i know of is that Opera handles HTML5 better than stock Android browser, accordjing to the HTML5Test site that is.
Personaly i prefer the stock Android browser, its UI is much easier to use and its not a major resource hog, which Opera is.
With the Android2.3 browser you dont realy have to use 3rd party browsers, its seriously fast and effecient even with Flash content.
Posted by skblakee
On 2011-08-15 11:08:55, Tsepz_GP wrote:
With the Android2.3 browser you dont realy have to use 3rd party browsers, its seriously fast and effecient even with Flash content.
Thank you. I thought so myself. Just wanted other views. Thanks.
Posted by Xajel
If I'm going to non-stock browser I'll go to firefox... but I'm not at least this time...
the main reason is book mark sync. between desktop Firefox and Mobile Firefox... the only problem is that I don't use Firefox in desktop.. I use Chrome... and the only solution to sync. Chrome's book mark is to relay on 3rd party chrome extensions/add-ons and Android apps... and I didn't find one that good enough for me !!
Posted by dave1000
I use Opera and find it far superior to the built in browser. Its intelligent text rendering makes complex web pages very easy to read. BBC news is a good example of what it can do. I would recommend trying it - you won't want to go back!
Posted by sn3ipen
Opera Mobile when I am on a fast network and Opera Mini when I am on a slow GPRS network.
Posted by Bonovox
Lately I am finding Opera very slow. And you should try Dolphin browser HD it's faster than the Android stock browser but based on it too.
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-10-11 20:15 ]
Posted by DarkKrypt
there are heaps
i have on my arc->
stock browser
Opera Mobile
Mozilla Firefox
Dolphin Browser HD
you can also get/try->
Opera Mini
SkyFire Browser
Boat Browser mini
Miren Browser
UC Browser
Maxthon Browser
InBrowser (for private browsing)
xScope Browser
Boat Browser
ChromeMarks Lite (Access your Chrome Bookmarks from your device)
NetFront Life Browser
Ninesky Browser
Persian Browser (A Persian(Farsi)/Arabic compatible browser based on Android's default web browser - for the persians at esato - i know there are a few)
Free Private Browser
so there you go a whole list of browsers and one or two additional things.
*[note) these are all free apps and some you can purchase*
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Bolt Browser was also released yesterday for Android, and convenietly Opera released Opera Mobile11.5 and Opera Mini6.5 on the same day for Android, these browser wars in Android have brought with them some awesome browsers.
NetFront Life Browser has to be one of my favourites, innovative way of displaying bookmarks and loading pages, its very fast to, another favourite of mine is xScope, unvelievably fast browser even with JavaScript turned on it fly through the pages.
[ This Message was edited by: Tsepz_GP on 2011-10-12 11:00 ]
Posted by Bonovox
I just downloaded Net Front Life browser and its really good
Posted by doministry
I always thought Opera browsers are amazing.
Now I must say - Android browser on 2.3.3 is amazing too and enough for almost anything.
Fast, efficient and handles Flash perfectly.
Opera Mobile 11.5 is great, it has worse Flash support but is sometimes faster though.
Opera Mini is especially great in slower connections, where nomal browsers are terribly slow.
And is the fastest.
Of the two, I would absolutely go for Opera Mini.
[ This Message was edited by: doministry on 2011-10-14 17:23 ]
Posted by idumbakumar
i like Opera Mobile
switching between tabs is really usable and in a comfortable way than stock.