Thread: Best browser for Storm

I was just reading the thread on desktop browsers and it sparked a question I've had for a while w. my Storm.

Blackberry browser, Internet Explorer, and Firefox and the 3 choices on browser identification and BB and IE are the 2 choices for browser on the Storm. Does anyone have any feedback on what's the optimal choice for each of those...and I mean optimal from a memory management and browser speed standpoint.

Thanks!

I have heard the smoothest, fastest one is the BB browser.

I have tried firefox and it was very slow. (due to loading all the pics of a normal web page)

Nothing integrates better with a BB Browser, than a BB Browser,...imo..you always loose some functionality with other browsers.

I'm happy with the standard BB Browser. Since updating to .122 it is pretty fast on my phone.

I use Opera Mini for almost all my web browsing I love the speed and full page view that it offers.

Originally Posted by bmtenney

I use Opera Mini for almost all my web browsing I love the speed and full page view that it offers.

yea, and i also heard that Bolt is good to use too.

Originally Posted by Neolantis

yea, and i also heard that Bolt is good to use too.

Bolt was super slow on my phone (and I mean slooooow) I loved the changes on the new version, but couldn't stand how slow it was.

Originally Posted by bmtenney

Bolt was super slow on my phone (and I mean slooooow) I loved the changes on the new version, but couldn't stand how slow it was.

yup, i've heard 50/50 on Bolt. some love, some don't

I found the speed with Bolt to be comparable with that of Opera Mini. Both are much faster than the RIM browser. Bolt had a few quirks that I grew tired of. Opera is nice, but downloads still must pass through the RIM browser, which I don't like.

Originally Posted by Neolantis

yup, i've heard 50/50 on Bolt. some love, some don't

Ain't that the truth it cracks me up that you can have two people side by side with storms, and on one a program rocks and on the other it sucks. Same with memory leaks some apps cause it on one phone but not another. Sometimes it gives me a headache.

Originally Posted by Neolantis

yup, i've heard 50/50 on Bolt. some love, some don't

But I haven't figured if there's a way to make Opera or other browsers the default so when you click on a hyperlink in a message, it launches Opera (or other) instead of the BB...is that possible?

Originally Posted by snmemx

But I haven't figured if there's a way to make Opera or other browsers the default so when you click on a hyperlink in a message, it launches Opera (or other) instead of the BB...is that possible?

I dont believe so.. You could always hide which ever browser/s that you dont use much so you can forget they are there

Originally Posted by snmemx

But I haven't figured if there's a way to make Opera or other browsers the default so when you click on a hyperlink in a message, it launches Opera (or other) instead of the BB...is that possible?

No its not a real bummer

Originally Posted by snmemx

But I haven't figured if there's a way to make Opera or other browsers the default so when you click on a hyperlink in a message, it launches Opera (or other) instead of the BB...is that possible?

Nope, can't be done...no way I'm aware of.

Originally Posted by Stiefler07

I dont believe so.. You could always hide which ever browser/s that you dont use much so you can forget they are there

Now why didn't I think of that. :dunno:

Originally Posted by snmemx

Now why didn't I think of that. :dunno:

Cool, it seems though, you make realize a gain in page loading or other small improvements with other browsers.The decrease in the functionality of browsers, other than the BB Browser is very apparent imo.

Originally Posted by cruznthru

Cool, it seems though, you make realize a gain in page loading or other small improvements with other browsers.The decrease in the functionality of browsers, other than the BB Browser is very apparent imo.

Yeah, I just tried to convert to Opera and gave up...I'll stick w. the BB Browser...I'm used to it and it's integrated w. hyperlinks so the familiarity makes it easier to use.

I was hoping to see skyfire come thru with a decent browser for the storm but after months n months of awaiting its arrival don't think it gona happen

Originally Posted by beergoggles

I was hoping to see skyfire come thru with a decent browser for the storm but after months n months of awaiting its arrival don't think it gona happen

It's been known that they do not have any plans for supporting BlackBerry. bad news for us.

Yeah I dont even think they made it to beta. I think they dropped it in alpha testing.

bolt now has an add on which makes it the default browser and adds a link in the menu to open with bolt. but i personally dont like bolt much.

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