It was claimed to provide much faster loading times
than the default browser and provides better web page capability.
Not exact matches
Brave is a privacy - focused, secure web
browser that blocks ads by
default and provides surfing speeds up 7x faster
than its competitors.
There are a LOT more options
than in the
default browser.
I also gave the Sunspider benchmark a try using a different
browser than Android's
default.
Even better, the Droid RAZR M comes with Google Chrome as its
default browser, which promises faster page load speeds and more features
than the stock Android
browser that most of its competitors come with.
There were not a ton of settings with the
default web
browser other
than bookmarking.
The new
browser is five to ten times faster
than the
default Android
browser and, in some situations, twice as fast as Google Chrome Beta, according to Dolphin.
The
default Honeycomb
browser is pretty good, but when it comes to dealing with Flash video it seems to bite off a little more
than it can chew.
By
default the homescreen, web
browser and mapping are spread across both screens creating a single display with a diagonal area of almost 7in that is also significantly wider
than a standard 7in tablet's aspect ratio.
The Android
browser will continue to sync your web pages, allow you to have up to 16 tabs open at the same time, as well as, opt to save the page for reading offline or in a desktop view rather
than mobile (set as
default).
The touch experience seemed to be much smoother, and third party web
browsers such as Dolphin HD seem to run much more smoothly
than the Adam's
default browser.
Mozilla Firefox is a faster, more flexible
browser than the Windows
default, Internet Explorer.
There are a couple of downsides to using Google Chrome on iOS devices: first, iOS doesn't allow you to set your
default browser to anything but Safari, so when you open web links in e-mails and other applications, they'll open in Safari rather
than Chrome; second, only Safari is granted access to Apple's super-fast «Nitro» rendering engine, so Google Chrome is stuck using the somewhat slower UIWebView rendering engine.
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN ANDROID 4.3 UPDATE — OpenGL 3.0 Support — GALAXY GEAR Support — TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)-- ANT + Support — Samsung KNOX Implementation (KNOX bootloader and dedicated application)-- Samsung Wallet comes pre-loaded — Improved RAM management — Improved Display colour reproduction (Display looks much sharper
than before)-- Improved TouchWiz Launcher (Much less launcher redraws and less lag)-- New Samsung Keyboard — New Samsung
Browser (Full screen by
default, new tab interface and more)-- New Reading Mode (Optimises display for reading, used by only a few specific applications)-- New Camera firmware — Minor UI tweaks (Contacts app, Flashlight Widget, dialog boxes etc)
This could be a result of the European Commission's pressure on Microsoft to offer Windows users a choice of
browsers rather
than just the
default Internet Explorer, according to StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen.
If you are in an app and click on a link with a URL longer
than 260 characters, it will bring up the «Open with...» dialog instead of opening with your
default browser.
In March 2018, Google Chrome remained the leading
browser with a share of 61.77 %, which means that more
than 6 in 10 PCs are actually running this
browser and not the
default one.
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN ANDROID 4.3 UPDATE — GALAXY GEAR Support — TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)-- ANT + Support — Samsung KNOX Implementation (KNOX bootloader and dedicated application)-- Samsung Wallet comes pre-loaded — Improved RAM management — Improved Display colour reproduction (Display looks much sharper
than before)-- Improved TouchWiz Launcher (Much less launcher redraws and less lag)-- New Samsung Keyboard — New Samsung
Browser (Full screen by
default, new tab interface and more)-- New Reading Mode (Optimises display for reading, used by only a few specific applications)-- New Camera firmware — Minor UI tweaks (Contacts app, Flashlight Widget, dialog boxes etc)
Perhaps Google's advice is easier said
than done, especially for the casual gamers in the crowd, but disabling the
default Android
browser and installing Chrome, Dolphin or another full web
browser is good advice regardless the issues.