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arikara

(5,562 posts)
Sun Jul 12, 2015, 09:36 PM Jul 2015

Ipad users, do you have a browser preference?

I use Dolphin, but its crashing more and more often so I think its time to try something new. Has anyone tried "Adblock Browser"? It seems to be pretty highly rated. I don't want to use any google products.

I have an Ipad 3, and I leave Safari for the Mr. when he uses it.

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Ipad users, do you have a browser preference? (Original Post) arikara Jul 2015 OP
I use safari marym625 Jul 2015 #1
Safari NV Whino Jul 2015 #2
Thanks! arikara Jul 2015 #3
For lightweight browsing, I use Opera Coast. Make7 Jul 2015 #4
Thanks for this! arikara Aug 2015 #5
Dolphin browser, Duckduckgo search + TunnelBear VPN (n/t) klook Aug 2015 #6

marym625

(17,997 posts)
1. I use safari
Sun Jul 12, 2015, 10:18 PM
Jul 2015

But Firefox doesn't seem to work with it. At least not well. Those are really the only ones I know

arikara

(5,562 posts)
3. Thanks!
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 02:30 PM
Jul 2015

As I mentioned, I leave Safari for the Mr so he doesn't have to log into his sites every time. I just started using Mercury, it seems pretty good and there is also one called Ad Block Browser, they have a trial version and the pay one is half price for awhile. It seems pretty popular too.

Make7

(8,543 posts)
4. For lightweight browsing, I use Opera Coast.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 01:52 PM
Jul 2015
Opera Coast is a gesture driven browser (e.g. swipe to the right to go back a page, swipe to the left to go forward). Using that with the MyScript Stylus handwriting keyboard and I feel like I'm approaching some kind of tablet web browsing utopia. (They are both free.)

Some Opera Coast caveats: no tabbed browsing (I said lightweight), the default search engine is Google and there doesn't appear to be a way to change it, no search for text within a page, it seems to crash infrequently on iOS8 whereas it almost never crashed on iOS7.

I have an older version (9.1.0) of the Mercury Web Browser which I really like for the full-screen mode (which I use for a specific work related purpose). Although I rarely use that browser, I do like a lot of the built-in features: ad blocker, popup blocker, assignable gestures, user agent switcher, etc. I imagine the current versions in the app store are pretty much the same - not sure what happened to their previous iTunes developer account under iLegendsoft, but the Pro version is free now (for a limited time I believe).

I haven't looked at iPad browser options in quite a while so there may be something new and wonderful out there - unfortunately the only way to know if you truly like software is to test drive it yourself. At least there are quite a few free options to try - and most paid browser apps are only a few dollars.

A quick Google search reveal a couple of browsers I hadn't heard of before but look like they might be worth checking out: Sleipnir Mobile (free) and iCab Mobile ($1.99).

It all depends on what features are important for how you browse. Let us know what you try and what you ultimately decide.

arikara

(5,562 posts)
5. Thanks for this!
Sun Aug 2, 2015, 10:30 PM
Aug 2015

Your Opera, Myscript combo sounds interesting, a totally different way to browse. I will definitely check out the other 2 you sent the links for too.

I've been using Mercury lately. I don't mind it and it seems pretty equivalent to the Dolphin browser I was using. I tried the ad blocker browser I mentioned in my earlier post but it was just weird and I didn't care for it at all.

So thanks Make7! I will get back to you.

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