Android users - Which browser?

[neilski]

Due to moving out of my flat very soon, I've cancelled my broadband contract and am using my Streak as my main way of connecting to the internet for the time being so was wondering what people are using as their browser of choice these days.

At the moment I'm using Opera Mobile as I gather it compresses images and doesn't automatically load Flash to save on my monthly data allowance or have I got this totally wrong and there's another browser that's a PH favourite and miles better than the rest?

[neilski]

Marf said:

Opera Mini here

CzechItOut said:

I use Opera Mobile, as it is the "least worse" of all the browsers I have tried.

How does it compare to Mini?

Mobile has a "desktop client" mode that fools websites into thinking you're on a PC rather than a phone so it doesn't switch to the mobile version of the site by default. One thing I've found is that using the desktop client mode you can watch iPlayer over 3G instead of wi-fi which iPlayer normally forces you to do.

On my Nokia (not Android) there's a data counter that displays the amount of kb being downloaded as each page loads and Mini uses considerably less than Mobile but without such a counter on Android there's no way of knowing if this still holds true.

Mobile also seems slightly quicker than Mini (on my Streak).