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What is the best Android Browser?

July 16, 2012 · by Espen André Øverdahl

The popular website Lifehacker is making an attempt with a poll to determine what is the best Android browser. The candidates are Firefox, Chrome, Dolphin Browser HD/Mini, Boat Browser/Mini and Opera Mobile/Mini.

If you like what we are doing, then we'd appreciate if you vote Opera! :up:

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  • praetor87Monday, July 16, 2012 8:06:57 PM

    Only Mini Next.

  • CarolMonday, July 16, 2012 8:31:07 PM

    Opera mini, but Chrome on mobile has some nice features

  • selurusMonday, July 16, 2012 8:36:28 PM

    Opera Rocks :headbang: voted

  • leiriany estefany pinheiro de paulaMonday, July 16, 2012 9:00:51 PM

    :up:

  • WizardMonday, July 16, 2012 9:22:01 PM

    I use Opera mobile/mini and sometimes Dolphin, ... both good browsers, on my Android Samsung Galaxy 2. ...but Opera mobile/mini is superior. :up:

    Voted!

  • D1sasterp1eceMonday, July 16, 2012 9:33:55 PM

    I haven't tried all of them, I've only played for a while with some Android devices, so I won't vote.

  • David KinlayMonday, July 16, 2012 10:33:06 PM

    To quickly get to a page, I use Opera mini all the time :bigsmile: :love: :yes: :up: :wine: :star:

  • SchizenMonday, July 16, 2012 10:47:36 PM

    I wont vote as the one I find best on my Asus transformer is the one it come with Chrome is ok but very utilitarian Firefox is disappointing as it is so different from the Mac/Windows version and Opera mini is unstable on Ice cream Sandwich and although it looks like the Mac/Windows version does no function in the same way so is confusing to start with after getting used to it, it is just annoying you have to use it differently.

  • Erik HauboldMonday, July 16, 2012 11:17:50 PM

    well...opera is one of the best concerning the technology, but chrome uses much less space on the screen.
    on my htc one s, in opera i have 3 bars (navigation, url and the one with the android-option-key), chrome hast just one.
    can you improve this in further versions? that would opera really make awesome (not just under the hood :wink: )

  • slackwrdaveTuesday, July 17, 2012 1:53:11 AM

    For me, Opera Mobile is the most advanced and refined. Chrome is after Opera. Firefox is usable but runs slow and handles formatting badly. I haven't used any others on Android.

  • Yeni SetiawanTuesday, July 17, 2012 2:17:33 AM

    I only use Opera Mini Next on my smartphone. Stock browser still exist just for an emergency situation.

  • Ятоки СакаTuesday, July 17, 2012 7:16:32 AM

    Thank you for voting! Firefox 10.37% (1,267 votes) Chrome 39.49% (4,823 votes) Dolphin HD/Mini 26.07% (3,184
    votes) Boat Browser/Mini 2.23% (272
    votes) Opera Mobile/Mini 21.84% (2,667
    votes) Total Votes: 12,213
    :up:

  • smithyyyTuesday, July 17, 2012 11:48:07 AM

    [X] Opera

  • ouzowtfTuesday, July 17, 2012 12:07:46 PM

    Opera Mobile 13! :bigsmile:

  • pandjie sasongko03Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:36:15 PM

    opera mini next

  • /\/\€€TTuesday, July 17, 2012 8:50:30 PM

    Originally posted by ouzoWTF:

    Opera Mobile 13! :bigsmile:



    :lol:

  • alishterTuesday, July 17, 2012 9:35:35 PM

    nice opera mini

  • Muhammad Shahmi Bin Said @ SaidiWednesday, July 18, 2012 9:09:08 AM

    of course opera mobile and opera mini :yes:

  • truejuveWednesday, July 18, 2012 11:17:31 AM

    Opera mobile самая лучшая.

  • wazzup105Thursday, July 19, 2012 11:06:36 AM

    *lol*.. the page won't load on my desktop/opera...
    http://lifehacker.com/5925969/five-best-android-web-browsers

    *sigh*.


    Also, chrome and dolphin won't even install on my android tablet.

  • ИванFriday, July 20, 2012 3:48:18 AM

    Only Mini! :heart:

  • nlemusFriday, July 20, 2012 3:57:49 AM

    opera es lo maximo en buscadores relanpago

  • Kr0pr0XFriday, July 20, 2012 11:45:43 AM

    little late but still voted!!! go opera!!! xD

  • ChirpieSaturday, July 21, 2012 2:38:22 PM

    Originally posted by wazzup105:

    *lol*.. the page won't load on my desktop/opera...


    It opens just fine, troll.

  • Nicholas LoqueiruSaturday, July 21, 2012 8:02:12 PM

    Opera is my best browser, fast and I am notified of the speed when ever it slows down...Google chrome is quite good because of its AVG search, but it is slow. Opera is Superior !

  • Any TopixSaturday, July 21, 2012 10:23:14 PM

    opera rocks

  • johnsonyeenSunday, July 22, 2012 1:45:18 AM

    opera mobile and chrome,but like chrome for pc,chrome for android has nice features,especially on tablets .

  • BulbasaurSunday, July 22, 2012 3:18:15 AM

    Dolphin Mini, without a doubt. Sowwy' Opera!

  • AbhinavSunday, July 22, 2012 8:42:39 AM

    oddly don't have an Android phone + more of a Opera Desktop fan boy... but once i get a smartphone/tab will surely start becoming a opera mini fan :bigsmile:

  • RockMuerte KTeImportaTuesday, July 24, 2012 1:21:44 PM

    Opera Mobile. Excelente

  • Coolfaslah bean kobenTuesday, July 24, 2012 1:40:15 PM

    operamini and opera mobile best browser ever i know

  • Preman_DatangTuesday, July 24, 2012 2:12:45 PM

    opera mini very fast

  • abineshb97Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:31:00 PM

    opera

  • hassanWednesday, July 25, 2012 10:30:45 PM

    that is life

  • hassanWednesday, July 25, 2012 10:32:05 PM

    that is a good life

  • Muhammad Diyel GarbaWednesday, July 25, 2012 11:08:21 PM

    see me see trouble,what kind browser pass opera!?I beg give me opera any day!

  • Michael MorrisThursday, July 26, 2012 2:39:36 AM

    Opera by far!

  • davidMonday, July 30, 2012 7:43:37 AM

    OPERA FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!

  • Cliff BarstowTuesday, July 31, 2012 3:02:53 PM

    I like Opera Mobile (I think this is different from the Mini version) It is very easy to use, has a great look, and seems to work well fro all the sites I visit. I tried Firefox Mobile which also is very good, but preferred Opera. I have not tried the others, as I dislike Chrome on my desktop (and have uninstalled it). Dolphin concerns me as most obscure browsers have lots of sites that they tend not to work well on. I had never heard of Dolphin prior to this vote.

  • David KinlayTuesday, July 31, 2012 4:02:33 PM

    Can't see any comments, why?:cry:

  • David KinlayWednesday, August 1, 2012 7:14:06 AM

    The whole process of making comments appear to be broken

  • andrianiiFriday, August 3, 2012 1:15:24 AM

    I happy reading

  • Robert RotariuFriday, August 3, 2012 1:44:22 PM

    I don't know which is the situation on Android phones, but I can say for tablets.

    I tested all major browsers (Opera Mobile, Dolphin HD, Firefox Beta, Chrome, Maxthon, Boat) that work on Asus Transformer Pad TF300 and, from the usability point of view, they all suck one way or another.

    I'm not talking about which pisses further away (i.e. has a faster Javascript engine), which has a bigger dick (i.e. loads a page 0.653 seconds faster), or some other shit like that.

    I'm talking about which is more usable. Which has more options to open a tab, which has more options to do with text copied in the clipboard, which can open and close a tab using the least clicks, which adds a new tab when I click a link in my e-mail app (unlike Chrome), which restores my tabs (session) from last time I used the browser (unlike Opera Mobile), which can switch between tabs in less clicks, which can do all those things without moving my arms around like an orchestra conductor (i.e. do those things while laying down on the bed, on your back and holding the tablet with both hands on the lower corners of the tablet, like a normal human being would hold a book) etc.

    So far, the best I could find is Dolphin, but there's no WOW! like there is with Opera for desktop. I fucking love Opera for desktop on Windows and I would pay for it, if needed (just don't sell it to Facefuck...err...Facebook), even if there are so many free browsers out there. I'm so sad I can't say the same about Opera Mobile.
    I repeat, I'm only talking about the experience on a tablet, not on a phone. Very different things.

    I still have to try UC Browser, because the featurephones (where Opera Mini rules) version had so many options it got overwhelming, so, I'm really curious how the tablet version looks like.
    I will also try Puffin on Android. If I really like it (i.e. it has WOW!, like Opera for desktop), I will buy the payed version.

    If those two also suck, there is definitely a need for a new browser for Android on tablets.

  • ndangsuryanaSaturday, August 4, 2012 1:48:46 PM

    dengan android opera mini semakin canggih...!

  • andrianiiSunday, August 5, 2012 7:38:07 AM

    good

  • andrianiiMonday, August 6, 2012 2:29:33 AM

    sip

  • ahsan majeed kharWednesday, August 8, 2012 5:49:56 PM

    opera is best

  • Евгеша Перович)))Friday, August 10, 2012 12:20:51 AM

    идите нахуй!я русский!но Опера самая лучшая :bigsmile:

  • ENTEMUPAOHFriday, August 10, 2012 12:49:04 AM

    :rip: fast speed lov fr33 browsinz:alien:

  • ENTEMUPAOHFriday, August 10, 2012 12:54:48 AM

    :rip: fast speed lov fr33 browsinz :alien:

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Published inChoose Opera
DateJuly 16, 2012
AuthorEspen André Øverdahl
Tagsvote, android, firefox, opera mini, chrome, lifehacker, opera mobile
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