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I have used Dolphin for years and ditched Opera a long time ago. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&hl=en https://play.google

by baldfat 11y ago

I have used Dolphin for years and ditched Opera a long time ago. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.Tun...

pmontra 11y ago
I went the other way for two reasons: 1) Dolphin uses the stock browser's rendering engine, which is not updated as often as an external one. For older devices is not updated at all. I remember two or three updates in an year on my tablet, which went from 4.4.2 to 5.0.2. Opera is updated in sync with Chromium/Chrome. 2) Opera has text reflow and that made me ditch Dolphin instantaneously. I checked it again now and Dolphin still doesn't have text reflow.
- random_ind_dude 11y ago
  Dolphin does have text reflow. There is an option that says 'Auto-fit pages' in advanced settings, which is the same thing as text reflow. That option is the only reason I'm using Dolphin as my mobile browser. I used to use Opera before, but after they switched to Blink, an annoying bug that reloads a tab when it is selected, became a deal breaker for me.
  - pmontra 11y ago
    Doplhin's text reflow works on some sites but doesn't work in HN. If I zoom a page of comments I have to scroll right and left, which defeats the purpose of zooming. Do you experience the same behavior?
    - random_ind_dude 11y ago
      It doesn't work for me either. The fault lies with HN. I think the reason text reflow doesn't work on HN is that HN styles its content using old-fashioned HTML tables instead of DIVs.
      - pmontra 11y ago
        Yes, it's the table layout but Opera manages to reflow it so I'd say that HN is a difficult customer but Dolphin is not doing a good job at managing it.
- digi_owl 11y ago
  Not quite. Dolphin do provide Jetpack that is a updated (ish, their last release was a year ago) webkit engine.
  - pmontra 11y ago
    There have been a number of vulnerabilities in Webkit since that last update. https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=Webkit&search_type=all&cves=on https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=Webk... Maybe they don't apply to Jetpack. Do you know if they have a bug tracker?
    - digi_owl 11y ago
      none off hand.

by baldfat 11y ago

pmontra 11y ago

I went the other way for two reasons: 1) Dolphin uses the stock browser's rendering engine, which is not updated as often as an external one. For older devices is not updated at all. I remember two or three updates in an year on my tablet, which went from 4.4.2 to 5.0.2. Opera is updated in sync with Chromium/Chrome. 2) Opera has text reflow and that made me ditch Dolphin instantaneously. I checked it again now and Dolphin still doesn't have text reflow.

random_ind_dude 11y ago
Dolphin does have text reflow. There is an option that says 'Auto-fit pages' in advanced settings, which is the same thing as text reflow. That option is the only reason I'm using Dolphin as my mobile browser. I used to use Opera before, but after they switched to Blink, an annoying bug that reloads a tab when it is selected, became a deal breaker for me.
- pmontra 11y ago
  Doplhin's text reflow works on some sites but doesn't work in HN. If I zoom a page of comments I have to scroll right and left, which defeats the purpose of zooming. Do you experience the same behavior?
  - random_ind_dude 11y ago
    It doesn't work for me either. The fault lies with HN. I think the reason text reflow doesn't work on HN is that HN styles its content using old-fashioned HTML tables instead of DIVs.
    - pmontra 11y ago
      Yes, it's the table layout but Opera manages to reflow it so I'd say that HN is a difficult customer but Dolphin is not doing a good job at managing it.
digi_owl 11y ago
Not quite. Dolphin do provide Jetpack that is a updated (ish, their last release was a year ago) webkit engine.
- pmontra 11y ago
  There have been a number of vulnerabilities in Webkit since that last update. https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=Webkit&search_type=all&cves=on https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=Webk... Maybe they don't apply to Jetpack. Do you know if they have a bug tracker?
  - digi_owl 11y ago
    none off hand.