Recommended browser for N900?
 

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.

Re: Recommended browser for N900?
 

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.

Re: Recommended browser for N900?
 

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.

Re: Recommended browser for N900?
 

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?

Re: Recommended browser for N900?
 

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).

Re: Recommended browser for N900?
 

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?
.....
It seems that I alteady have the latest(12.10.16) for Maemo5.

Re: Recommended browser for N900?
 

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.

Re: Recommended browser for N900?
 

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.

Re: Recommended browser for N900?
 

Flash?!
HTML5 is the future :)

Re: Recommended browser for N900?
 

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