Recommended browser for N900? - maemo.org

rbrito | # 1 | 2013-08-22, 16:50 | Report

Hi.

I have been trying to find a modern, still-supported browser to run on my N900, but I have failed so far.

On my N900, I have MicroB, Opera, Fennec (I think that it is version 7 or so), Crochick's Macuco (not really a full-blown browser), and I tried to install hydrogenbrowser, but none of them are that good.

I am using the latest stable community update and some of the browsers above are OK, but Crochick's Macuco is, hands down, the fastest/most responsive while using GMail. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to want to load Google Calendar, which is a real pity.

MicroB is, of course, the most well-integrated browser. Opera is, perhaps, OK, but nowhere near Macuco. hydrogenbrowser just gives me a black screen with no feedback and I have to force quit it.

Fennec is, supposedly, a more modern browser, but it takes ages to load one page after you've clicked on a link.

So, what are, in the community opinion's the current best, modern browser that one can use on an N900?

Thanks a lot for any recommendations from fellow users.

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sixwheeledbeast | # 2 | 2013-08-22, 16:54 | Report

http://wiki.maemo.org/Web_browser

I use Opera 11 at the moment but hopefully in the future I will use Apolex on my main device. This will require CSSU-Thumb.
Fennec is very memory intensive and therefore slow on most devices.

It all depends on what features you require.

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rbrito | # 3 | 2013-08-22, 17:24 | Report

Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast View Post

http://wiki.maemo.org/Web_browser

I use Opera 11 at the moment but hopefully in the future I will use Apolex on my main device. This will require CSSU-Thumb.
Fennec is very memory intensive and therefore slow on most devices.

It all depends on what features you require.

First of all, thank you very much for your reply and your indication of the link to the wiki. I am a bit sleep deprived and forgot to mention that I had seen that many browsers are way, way outdated (e.g., midori is only version 0.2 while the current version is 0.5 or newer).

Essentially, all the browsers that I saw available either had abandoned development (Opera, Fennec for N900), could be installed due to unsatisfied dependencies (dooble), were too ancient (midori), didn't start (hydrogenbrowser) or, when, I tried to load Gmail, would simply be in an infinite redirect loop (I don't recall which one, but I can recheck).

I would just love a simple, barebones browser that had some modern javascript, which were mostly maintained (well, I can try to help with maintenance---but this would exclude closed-source browsers like Opera) and which allowed me have the same experience as Macuco2's.

BTW, thanks again for the pointers and, also, for the hint on Alopex.

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drcouzelis | # 4 | 2013-08-22, 18:06 | Report

I use Opera. Version 12.1 was released less than a year ago. Also, I like the "built in" ad blocking ("~/.opera/urlfilter.ini").

Is Macuco faster than Opera because Macuco is downloading the iPhone / mobile version of websites and Opera is downloading the desktop version?

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lancewex | # 5 | 2013-08-22, 19:21 | Report

I'm curious what the problem is with MicroB? You don't really say. NEVERMIND--tried it on Gmail and related for first time in a while. Usually use Opera (but rarely go to Google stuff since I use an N9 for that stuff).

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biketool | # 6 | 2013-08-22, 19:30 | Report

Thanks SIxwheel' for the wiki link I didn't know that Opera had a repo of its own, I think I got my Opera from OVI store, is the N900 store or the apps from OVI even updated anymore?
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It seems that I alteady have the latest(12.10.16) for Maemo5.

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sixwheeledbeast | # 7 | 2013-08-22, 19:52 | Report

There is a opera repo but I don't think we will see updates from it.
Many people have had issues with Opera 12 randomly crashing.

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handaxe | # 8 | 2013-08-22, 21:55 | Report

Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast View Post

There is a opera repo but I don't think we will see updates from it.
Many people have had issues with Opera 12 randomly crashing.

It was stated by Opera that 12 is the last maemo version. Sad as it is the best for me (no flash tho) and stable.

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sixwheeledbeast | # 9 | 2013-08-22, 21:57 | Report

Flash?!
HTML5 is the future

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handaxe | # 10 | 2013-08-22, 22:13 | Report

Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast View Post

Flash?!
HTML5 is the future

BBC with html5? Indeed it is the future but flash is sticking around...

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