So, wondering how everybody feels about the stock browser? I've enjoyed using Dolphin in the past, but the stock browser seems to work pretty well. I've got both of them on my home screen now, and am using them both for the time being.
Was going to try Chrome, but with no Flash support, I'm going to wait on that one for a future beta.
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I am happy enough with it and don't plan on using anything else at least for now. I only do a little browsing so I don't need special features and things like that.
It seems decent enough, but I enjoyed Dolphin HD on my OG Evo, so I installed it. I'm also going to install Skyfire just because of how well it handles flash videos.
I really like the stock browser. I've been using the ICS browser on my XOOM for awhile now and love the quick controls.
My only issue was that at first I couldn't find how to launch incognito (which is part of the menu on the Xoom) but found it when you view the tabs. So all is good!
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The stock browser is pretty decent. Strange that it had flash turned off by default. But overall this is no better than browsing with the OG Evo.
I switched over a day ago to XScope. Sadly, XScope 5 (a version that is nearly 2 years old) is apparently incompatible. So I have to use the newest version for compatibility reasons.
In any event, the ICS menu button across the bottom is REALLY getting on my nerves! This phone does NOT have a 4.7 inch screen if that bar is always displayed! Seriously, when that bar is displayed, the screen size is actually slightly smaller than my OG Evo! In other words, aside from the screen being nicer, there's really no big difference between browsing with the stock browser here, and using any browser in the OG Evo.
I'm not sure if this is a browser issue, but I tried a login for a site I use for work and I get this error:Any ideas? My OG EVO loaded the site just fine.
Mine did that the first few time I tried to browse with that particular browser. I really don't know if I did anything special, but it went away.
Give Maxthon Mobile Browser a try, it's pretty good. That was my browser of choice on the OG.
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I'm not sure if this is a browser issue, but I tried a login for a site I use for work and I get this error:Any ideas? My OG EVO loaded the site just fine.
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I like the new inverted screen rendering option. It is a nice little touch, and makes night browsing or low light browsing easier on the eyes. Read mode is great too, gives you just the text without the frills.
I also like the incognito tabs option since I don't want my phone keeping history, passwords, form data, cookies, or any other data in case it gets lost or stolen.
The browser overall is snappier.
I dislike how pinch to zoom now requires the page to re-draw. It un-focuses and refocuses the text and entire page (sometimes blinks), it is annoying.
I dislike how when scrolling up the page the top menu and bottom menu bars always pop up.
I also miss Pinch to zoom out to go to the tab browser.
I love the desktop integration with Chrome. But, the stock browser is just smoother to me. I still plan on playing around with Chrome to see if I can tweak it to suit me. But, in my opinion, pages render smoother with the stock browser.
stock browser is decent but i'm LOVING the Chrome beta, it integrates with my desktop chrome SOOOO well
Me too. I always liked Dolphin on my OG EVO but I really like how Chrome synchs up with my desktop bookmarks. The default browser seems nice enough too.
Just wondering if my web performance is normal for this phone or if I have a problem? When the web is working good, its good. When its not working good, it can be ugly. It just runs so slow at times. I have had a few times that pages won't finish loading. Videos have to stop to buffer. Just experiencing problems I never had with my old EVO. I work outside so I don't have a building blocking my signal. Can sprint do anything to check the phone to see if its ok? Thanks
When you're sending/receiving data, you're competing with everyone else for the bandwidth of the cell tower(s) nearest you. So, if lots of other people in your area happen to be surfing the web when you are, your browser (and everyone else's) will run slower, regardless of how strong your signal is. That could be what you're seeing.
The good news is that Sprint is upgrading over 38,000 towers and their infrastructure within the next year or so to address these concerns. Along with LTE, we'll also see a boost in 3G performance in terms of speed, range and simultaneous subscribers served.
And the infrastructure upgrade is a big part of that, some people live near decent towers but once the traffic hits the local Sprint internal net, it clogs there. Right now, it's all a patchwork quilt of troubles.
But the build-out is underway and going well and Sprint calls it Network Vision.
Is anyone having issues with the stock browser locking up? Mine keeps giving me a white screen and the last time it sent an error report to htc. Wonderingt if it was just me or if this is becomig wide spred.
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I've been a long-time Dolphin user, but I'm really impressed with the stock browser. The interface is clean and simple, and pages load smoothly.
I also like the option to easily switch to desktop view directly from the drop-down menu, very helpful for a screen as large as LTEvo's.
However, not sure if this is a bug, or a preference that will be added in an update, but I don't like that the status bar is perpetually hidden. I switch keyboards via the status bar quite often (I type in more than one language, but even in English I toggle between Swype and Swiftkey), and once I open the stock browser, I'm stuck with a single keyboard for the entire session.
Anyone else find this to be a problem?
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I've been a long-time Dolphin user, but I'm really impressed with the stock browser. The interface is clean and simple, and pages load smoothly.
I also like the option to easily switch to desktop view directly from the drop-down menu, very helpful for a screen as large as LTEvo's.
However, not sure if this is a bug, or a preference that will be added in an update, but I don't like that the status bar is perpetually hidden. I switch keyboards via the status bar quite often (I type in more than one language, but even in English I toggle between Swype and Swiftkey), and once I open the stock browser, I'm stuck with a single keyboard for the entire session.
Anyone else find this to be a problem?
I hear you. I'm also quite impressed by the performance of the stuck browser. I'm still using Dolphin, but more and more tempted to revert to stock.
I have found the hidden status bar to be annoying as well. That's what has pushed me back to Dolphin as a matter of fact. What annoys me about using any browser other than stock, however, is that the phone won't keep the app association tied to that 3rd party browser. It always keeps reverting back to stock. Wonder if that's a bug as well?
However, not sure if this is a bug, or a preference that will be added in an update, but I don't like that the status bar is perpetually hidden. I switch keyboards via the status bar quite often (I type in more than one language, but even in English I toggle between Swype and Swiftkey), and once I open the stock browser, I'm stuck with a single keyboard for the entire session.
Anyone else find this to be a problem?
Yeah, I'm with you on this for sure. I've been meaning to update my thumbs up, thumbs down list in post #12 I just never get around to remembering it.
I certainly like that the bar does not take up screen space during browsing, but it would be nice if there was a way to at least get to the notification bar when it is wanted. (it looks like there is a way using the hidden "quick controls", however I don't use them, so it is counter productive).
I used to get to incoming messages reflexively during internet browsing by pulling down the notification bar and jumping right to them. I could used the new "Recent Application" hardware button to hop over to messages, but it is still not my reflex.
I also use the notification pull down to check the progress of current downloads. It shows the percentage complete bar in there.
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Stock browser seems to be destroying my battery. I'm not sure why it would start doing so out of the blue but my phone is just sitting here on my desk, battery is slowly ticking down, and when I check what has been using the power, right there at #2 (31%) is "Internet". I haven't browsed the internet on my phone since this morning and it was only for a half hour on the train.
Edit: Ok so I tapped on the battery use to look further into it. My battery is currently at 47% since I took it off the charger 8 hours ago. When I first got the phone, it would be at about 85% at this same time.
Anyway, I only used it for 30 minutes on the train this morning and quickly to look something up at lunch yet it has consumed 17% of my battery. It says "CPU Foreground" 1h 15m 56s. Data sent and received only totals 20mb. What's the deal? Of course it's a stock app so I am SOL unless I decide to root.
I hate the stock browser( how do I uninstall it?),i dwnld dolphin and boat browser which is very fast. Cant seem to set one of those two as my default browser, when I do so the stock over rides it this is the reason why I would like to unsintall
Yep, still having issues with the stock browser. It keeps tweeking out (quite literally), the screen will start flashing when trying to scroll and out of the blue it will force close without a force close message and sense will restart. This has happened half a dozen times over the past week. I've stopped using it altogether. I've had more issues with the stock browser on this phone than all the browsers I used (5-6) on the OG Evo combined.
Hey there...when I wanted to go to another website I used to be able to touch the address bar and the URL that was already there would highlight green automatically and I could begin typing the new URL. Now when I touch the address bar nothing is highlighted. I have to press and hold, touch select all and then I can type in the new URL. Anyone know how I can fix this?
I tried one called dolphin. It was ok. I ended up just going back to the default. Perhaps I'll try Chrome tonight. Thanks...
I'm running dolphin right now and I really like it.. I'm thinking about switching to chrome though.. We shall see.. For now dolphin is sweet enough for me
Hey there...when I wanted to go to another website I used to be able to touch the address bar and the URL that was already there would highlight green automatically and I could begin typing the new URL. Now when I touch the address bar nothing is highlighted. I have to press and hold, touch select all and then I can type in the new URL. Anyone know how I can fix this?
Op,
Does this happen for all times you want to use the address bar?
Have you tried a different browser? Chrome is pretty sweet
I installed Chrome this morning and it seems to be working out pretty well. All of the little annoyances that I experienced with the stock browser are pretty much non-existent with Chrome. If I had one thing to complain about, it's that Chrome lacks a Home button. At least I haven't seen one yet. I've been at work all day so I'll play around with it tonight when I get home. Thanks for all of the advice and assistance.
Hat-tip for Boat, definitely worth a try. It has the ability to redirect to Youtube app, etc. so that's nice for non-rooted phones. Since Early was slacking on his usual advocacy
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You don't have to uninstall it. You can install on top of it and keep the one you want as a default. And, YES, you have to be rooted to remove/uninstall the default browser..
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Go to Settings, then App Association, then Web URLs and choose Chrome. Have you tried Dolphin yet? I use that one and Chrome.
I finally did this the other day. Much better than having to go into settings and close tabs that I was done with days ago just so I could open a new link.
I open up the browser -menu- bookmarks, and deleted the preloaded sites, but the bookmark widget still shows all the preloaded bookmarks. I can't seem to rid them from the widget.
for your bookmark widget issue, I'd check Gmail. If I had to guess I'd say that those default sites were possibly backed up from your phone to your Gmail account and may be why they are still appearing in the widget?
Beyond that, maybe a sync issue of some sort is happening.
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As mentioned, it may be thhe way the bookmark widget was set up.
I added the stock widget, chose local (not my gmail) and placed ot. Opened the web browser and deleted/added bookmarks and the widget reflected my changes immediately
I then added the widget and selected my gmail. These bookmarks appear to only be edited by editing them from logging in on my chrome browser on a pc. This sync is also controlled at
Menu.settings.accounts and sync.gmail addy.sync internet
How do I change a password which the browser has saved ?
How do I change a password which the browser has saved ?
Some websites require a periodic password change. Accordingly, I have changed my password on a website. The HTC browser saves passwords. It has saved the previous password, and uses it to attempt to log onto the website. The old password fails, so the log in fails. How can I remove the old specific password for a specific website, and save the new password, so that I don't have to enter it again and again?
Also,
What is the name/source of the default browser and is there any way to access the browser settings?
Thanks.
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Stock browser (discussion/help)?
Any ideas? My OG EVO loaded the site just fine.
I like the new inverted screen rendering option. It is a nice little touch, and makes night browsing or low light browsing easier on the eyes. Read mode is great too, gives you just the text without the frills.
I dislike how pinch to zoom now requires the page to re-draw. It un-focuses and refocuses the text and entire page (sometimes blinks), it is annoying.
