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>Samsung browser At least as far as browsers go, I think it's best to stick to the big 3 platforms which are Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. Who knows what secur

by na85 5y ago

>Samsung browser At least as far as browsers go, I think it's best to stick to the big 3 platforms which are Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. Who knows what security vulnerabilities have been introduced by Samsung on top of whatever engine they use? I would never trust the Samsung browser.

salamandersauce 5y ago
I don't even think it's installed by default anymore either. It's not on my Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, Chrome was installed by default although it was pre-installed on my slightly older A51. It's basically just Chromium with a few tweaks. They do have some very nice tweaks to Android. You can put apps in floating windows if you want or by hands, quarters whatever. You can even change the opacity of windows which is nice for using a photo as reference image while drawing for example. Dex has been handy a few times too.
- easrng 5y ago
  Floating windows works fine on stock, I don't remember what command you need but iirc the Taskbar app has instructions for enabling them with adb.
perryizgr8 5y ago
Internet is heavily optimized, compared to Chrome or Firefox. It feels much faster in usage, and consumes much lesser battery. It has a lot of features too, so that is a plus. Oh, and they understand the advantage of a consistent, stable UI. Things don't move around for no reason from update to update. I love the reliability that provides. I have exclusively used it for years, can't say that I've heard of any vulnerabilities that affect only Internet. PS: funny that people are bashing Samsung on a thread with a silly Google bug. This is exactly the sort of thing that never breaks on Samsung devices. QR codes have been a solved problem for years. If Google cannot avoid breakage here, wonder what critical infra they keep breaking without us knowing.
wvenable 5y ago
Samsung browser is, of course, based on Chromium and it's full of additional privacy protections, support for ad blockers, a private browsing mode that's better than most other browsers (desktop or mobile) that I've tried. And you can have actual browser tabs if you want. Firefox is my desktop browser and it was also my mobile browser until Mozilla dumbed it down to the point of being useless.
- na85 5y ago
  >Firefox is my desktop browser and it was also my mobile browser until Mozilla dumbed it down to the point of being useless. I use Firefox on mobile every day. Works great for me. All I really need is ublock origin.
  - wvenable 5y ago
    I have a Samsung Tablet and the Firefox experience used to be identical to my desktop experience. All the plugins worked and even synced from the desktop. It was beautiful. Now it's the same or worse than every other mobile browser. It's fine but it's no longer interesting enough for me to use.

by na85 5y ago

salamandersauce 5y ago

I don't even think it's installed by default anymore either. It's not on my Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, Chrome was installed by default although it was pre-installed on my slightly older A51. It's basically just Chromium with a few tweaks. They do have some very nice tweaks to Android. You can put apps in floating windows if you want or by hands, quarters whatever. You can even change the opacity of windows which is nice for using a photo as reference image while drawing for example. Dex has been handy a few times too.

easrng 5y ago
Floating windows works fine on stock, I don't remember what command you need but iirc the Taskbar app has instructions for enabling them with adb.

perryizgr8 5y ago

Internet is heavily optimized, compared to Chrome or Firefox. It feels much faster in usage, and consumes much lesser battery. It has a lot of features too, so that is a plus. Oh, and they understand the advantage of a consistent, stable UI. Things don't move around for no reason from update to update. I love the reliability that provides. I have exclusively used it for years, can't say that I've heard of any vulnerabilities that affect only Internet. PS: funny that people are bashing Samsung on a thread with a silly Google bug. This is exactly the sort of thing that never breaks on Samsung devices. QR codes have been a solved problem for years. If Google cannot avoid breakage here, wonder what critical infra they keep breaking without us knowing.

wvenable 5y ago

Samsung browser is, of course, based on Chromium and it's full of additional privacy protections, support for ad blockers, a private browsing mode that's better than most other browsers (desktop or mobile) that I've tried. And you can have actual browser tabs if you want. Firefox is my desktop browser and it was also my mobile browser until Mozilla dumbed it down to the point of being useless.

na85 5y ago
>Firefox is my desktop browser and it was also my mobile browser until Mozilla dumbed it down to the point of being useless. I use Firefox on mobile every day. Works great for me. All I really need is ublock origin.
- wvenable 5y ago
  I have a Samsung Tablet and the Firefox experience used to be identical to my desktop experience. All the plugins worked and even synced from the desktop. It was beautiful. Now it's the same or worse than every other mobile browser. It's fine but it's no longer interesting enough for me to use.