Sunday, September 2, 2012

Firefox - the only full desktop browser for Android

I have not found a single website that it cannot do, including google blogger and boostmobile.

I have tried all Android browsers including Opera, Dolphin, Skyfire and many other unknown ones, none of them can log into boostmobile account.

It supports add-on like Adblock+.

This article is done entirely with Firefox on Samsung Galaxy Tab 7, incliding screen captured photo inserting/uploading. But for everyday browsing, Opera is still the one - this firefox is too bulky and buggy, taking up at least 20MB space.


6 comments:

  1. No offense, but Opera is way 2011, so is Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.

    Try the stock browser on a newer device with Jelly Bean (like Nexus 7). You'll be amazed how smooth and fast a tablet browser can be (which completely beats Opera). Trust me, I just switched to Galaxy Nexus and then ditched my Droid X immediately because of this.

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    1. I agree, I've played the stock browser on Galaxy Nexus and it is the fastest. But it is still a mobile browser. If you try FireFox on your Nexus 7, you might be even happier as N7 has more power for the hungry FF.

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    2. One thing I like Opera the most: no matter how I zoom, text is always reflowed. All other browsers cannot do that, only double-click gives full lines.

      Even one more unique thing about Opera: when I type in text boxes, I always see full lines. With all other browsers, I cannot see a full line while typing.

      If you run Opera on a fast device like Nexus 7, it should beat the stock browser on every aspects including performance, as it is already super smooth on an old phone like Incredible 2.

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  2. If you try FF aurora or newer, as of my post date, it has an option in settings to reflow text on pinch to zoom.

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  3. I would greatly appreciate it if you re-tagged this page I'm a bit miffed your site says king of tweaks then lists Firefox for android but there are no tweaks listed.
    So either please re tag your page or I report it to google for falsely being listed in the top 3 listings with bogus info.

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  4. Finding a good browser for Android is not a tweak?

    I haven't tagged any of my articles so far, all done by google.

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