Mdwills3521
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- Dec 30, 2010
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I like Dolphin Browser.
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Both seem nice to me, but Skyfire seems to rely on the default browser, Dolphin does not. Since I removed the stock web browser my only choice is Dolphin.
. Once we get 2.2 there is nothing better than the stock browser IMO.
So far I am very happy with in on the s7.
Hi, quick into, I have a HTC Hero, and I am considering a S7, so no direct experience of using browsers on a tablet.
However
I have been developing a web site that specifically requires that the browser should use local storage and work offline.
I tested my web app on my HTC Hero and learnt quite a lot about Android browsers
I found that there are 2 types of browsers - the traditional type that send requests to the web server and get responses back direct, then there are the "tethered" browsers,these do not talk to the world,they talk to a single proxy server that then downloads and caches your page, they also re-format desktop pages into a phone friendly format. both the Dolphin and Opera droid browsers are tethered, I think the Safari Iphone browser may also work this may.
This tethering has some implications both positive and negative.
Plus side
quicker especially if you visit popular sites that are not optimised for droids
neggies
Mr Dolphin knows about every site you visit, they will doubtless be selling your ip address to advertisers etc
Offline caching does not work, as your browser does not recognise that cached files match the web sites "please cache" list
I also found that some of the browsers do not even work with local storage - in particular the new Opera browser.
A further niggle with the Dophin browser ( even in paid mode ) it goes and plants all sorts of unwanted junk in your book marks and makes it difficult to get the stuff back out again.
So to summarise
The default android webkit browser works fine but does not work offline - it does seem to caache files, but does not seem to know about cache manifests
Dolphin is a great browser - very fast but can not work with sites designed to work offline- I also don't like it knowing all my business
Opera Beta - again it's a nosey blighter and as yet does not support local storage
Skyfire - nice to use easy to access and edit bookmarks and works with my web site
I also tested a number of other browsers, none came close to the droid default, Dolphin or Skyfire browsers
In conclusion then my vote is for Skyfire - which also happens to be one of the top apps in the Apple app store
Pete