Re: Best browser
 

Thanks! I just saw this post:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=55762
About abandoning it!! but the package page is still up
http://maemo.org/packages/view/chromium/
without the possibility to download it!
So sad that i did never test it!!! :o:(

Re: Best browser
 

I love to use that preinstalled microb. I like it has flash plugin, it is quite fast, it has good switching between windows.
Firefox is very very slow, and is without flash support.
I didn't tried Opera yet.
Chromium is good, it also has possibility of flash but is much slower even when overclocked than default browser. Plus I don't like it has no zooming possibility and overall is quite from another world, I think it doesn't fit good in maemo.

Re: Best browser
 

Hey, what everybody means by

Re: Best browser
 

add this line to your sources.list and apt-get install chromium-browser
deb http://maemo.jacekowski.org/ fremantle free non-free #chromium

Re: Best browser
 

The easiest and quickest way of switching windows I can think of is ctrl+backspace for dashboard, then using the key shortcuts (q for first window in dashboard, w for second, a for first on second row, etc, also shift/fn + key closes). This requires CSSU (but no extra tweaking, though could be wrong).

MicroB is much more usable after applying the speed patch, however it still sometimes just shows a white screen when switching between browser windows.

Re: Best browser
 

Or download .deb file from there:
http://maemo.jacekowski.org/pool/free/c/chromium/
and manually install it through x-terminal

Re: Best browser
 

Hi all,

Yesterday I installed Firefox 8 (beta 1) and I did notice that both startup and use is a bit faster than with previous versions (not a lot, but you notice it).

Unfortunately at some point the N900 froze (maybe temporarily, but after 1 minute it didn't respond to anything) so I had to turn it off (had already an uptime of 30 days :)

I don't know if Firefox is/was to blame. I continued using it a bit and had no problems..

Re: [Maemo 5] Best browser?
 

For me microb still. No better alternative.

Re: [Maemo 5] Best browser?
 

Here are my awards:

Best UI and overall performance to functionality ratio: MicroB
Fastest browser: Opera
Most modern rendering capabilities: Firefox
For surfing mobile/iPhone sites: Macuco

Re: [Maemo 5] Best browser?
 

If you need speed, Opera is your Browser hands down.

If you need to keep track of what you've opened before (including desktop), Firefox is your browser.

If you need practicality and flash with reasonable speed, Microb is your Browser.

If you need Java+everything else, and don't care it is not finger compatible, Chromium is your browser.