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Preferred browser for ICS?

DroidAbuser

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As the title says, what is everyone's feelings now that ICS is rolling out for the GT for their preferred browser?

I like the stock browser but I do not think you can export out bookmarks...so I am hesitant in getting to cozy with it!

I have been trying Dolphin for the last few days and frankly it is getting on my last nerve. Seems they have tried to condense it down so much that I can find anything easily....for instance...it does not even have a back button!!! What kind of browser does not have a back button?

Also, I don't like how the top bar disappears so you have to scroll all the way up to the top to go to a different site or navigate away from the page. I used Dolphin Pad on the GT back when I was running HC and like that a lot better.

Thinking about trying Chrome or Firefox....any other opinions out there so far?

Thanks,
Michael
 
I swap between the stock browser and chrome beta, although I've found myself using stock more and more lately. The top bar disappearing has never been a big deal to me. Just touching the screen and moving the page slightly brings it back up, then I just click the address bar so it stays while I type my stuff in or hit the bookmarks button.

If its not broke, I won't fix it. Stock browser has always been good to me, so I show it love in return ;)
 
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I swap between the stock browser and chrome beta, although I've found myself using stock more and more lately. The top bar disappearing has never been a big deal to me. Just touching the screen and moving the page slightly brings it back up, then I just click the address bar so it stays while I type my stuff in or hit the bookmarks button.

If its not broke, I won't fix it. Stock browser has always been good to me, so I show it love in return ;)

Thanks for your response. I would def consider using the stock but the whole exporting BM's kind of sucks.......I have a lot of BM's:)

I can't believe Dolphin removed something as simple as a back button....lol

Maybe I will check out chrome and/or ff sometime soon!
 
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Thanks for your response. I would def consider using the stock but the whole exporting BM's kind of sucks.......I have a lot of BM's:)

I can't believe Dolphin removed something as simple as a back button....lol

Maybe I will check out chrome and/or ff sometime soon!

I have a lot of bookmarks too, and I use chrome on my desktop, so its a plus for me to be able to just sign in to my account on the phone and have all my bookmarks sync over. I use 3 different devices so I just edit bookmarks on the desktop and let the rest sync.
 
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Stock is good. Especially with desktop mode.

I've tried those mentioned in this thread and other browsers, and I'm still looking! My problem seems to be primarily with NBC TV full episodes. I've tried my usual Dolphin HD browser, the stock browser, and also Opera, ICS Browser +, Maxthon, and Chrome. With Dolphin and the stock browser, the little circle indicating loading just keeps spinning and nothing ever loads; with ICS Browser, Maxthon and Chrome, the area just stays black, and Opera seems to freeze on the site altogether. I have no problem viewing CBS TV episodes. Is anyone able to view TV episodes on NBC.com? If so, I'd appreciate any suggestions. (I did try different episodes in hopes that the problem was limited to only one; no such luck.) Thank you!
 
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Chrome. I use the desktop version too. It is very nice to have any and all bookmarks synchronized between my phone, my desktop, my laptop and my Note 10.1

Chrome user here as well. I have it on 2 desktops (work and home) phone and tablet. Besides the great syncing I love the "other devices" in settings. For instance if I am reading something at work and cant finish it I can read it later when I get home or enroute to home when taking the train.
 
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As the title says, what is everyone's feelings now that ICS is rolling out for the GT for their preferred browser?
I use Firefox which is tablet compatible now. I also use Firefox on my PC at home, much better interface, tabs, and speed over the stock IExplorer which is a bloated piece of software. The plugins for Firefox are much more logical and the selection is much better. IE is just garbage thrown in for the sake of having a web browser in Windows.

Firefox is much faster than stock on my Tab as well as it renders as it downloads rather than waiting for data and then rendering the page.
 
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