Which web browser app are you using for the iPad mini? - Page 3

yourmother · 11:00 PM

Mercury pro. But try mercury to see if u like it.

Ad blocker, font resize ability, disable images option, import bookmarks from Chrome or firefox.

These features are perfect for me when I use my ipad mini at work or at home.

Edit: Oh also you can go full screen which is great for landscape and watching youtube on the browser

TacticalDesire · Dec 3, 2012, 11:00 PM

Dolphin. May give merc another go though

weckart · Dec 4, 2012, 12:25 AM

Mercury Pro, but it does have one flaw. If your screen blanks when surfing in private mode, you lose everything - Mercury reverts to a blank page. That is taking security too far for me.

AppleRobert · Dec 4, 2012, 02:44 PM

I installed mercury pro on my gf's mini. It was working fine but I just lost the keyboard looking to search in google to type out what I wanted? Where did the keyboard go??

Back to safari!

Highboy90 · Dec 5, 2012, 05:39 AM

Weeks later using my Mini, I find myself using Mercury (bottom page "arrows" are nice) the most but also like Dolphin (bookmark tabs are more defined).

Like the previous poster, the keyboard does "vanish" on occassion. Not sure if it's me or not.

AppleRobert · Dec 7, 2012, 03:18 PM

Can you use an alternate browser for tapatalk? It points to safari to view a forum.

And how do you save a forum you are interested in viewing in that app?

Jnardis · 12:11 PM

I've been using Chrome, but like what Mercury offers (bigger font).

Jman13 · Dec 30, 2012, 12:58 PM

I've used them all extensively and I prefer Dolphin above all of them.

1rottenapple · Dec 30, 2012, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeorgieAcevedo

Safari

Me to. Safari for the "reader" feature that makes it way readable when you strip the web data and just have the article you are reading displayed.

AppleRobert · Dec 31, 2012, 10:18 AM

I do not see a way to increase font size for chrome or dolphin. Is there a way I am missing?

BruiserB · Dec 31, 2012, 10:31 AM

Found this as a way to increase font size in any browser window. Works fine on Safari....don't know if the bookmarklets can be installed and if they work on other browsers.

http://marcos.kirsch.mx/2012/04/29/f...-bookmarklets/

Installing on your mac and syncing to iDevices via iCloud works great.

AppleRobert · Dec 31, 2012, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BruiserB

Found this as a way to increase font size in any browser window. Works fine on Safari....don't know if the bookmarklets can be installed and if they work on other browsers.

http://marcos.kirsch.mx/2012/04/29/f...-bookmarklets/

Installing on your mac and syncing to iDevices via iCloud works great.

I did that on Safari to the mini and use Perfect browser on occasion as well. Not sure those macros would work on other browsers. Maybe I will throw some searches into google to see what someone may have come up with chrome and dolphin to increase font size.

Kayakphotos · Dec 31, 2012, 04:02 PM

Mercury Pro here. I have been using it with an enlarged font instead of safari. I have also experienced the "disappearing keyboard" on occasion and it is slightly slower than safari, but other than that I really enjoy it.

robdam1001 · Dec 31, 2012, 06:39 PM

Atomic

dreamerdonkey · Jan 1, 2013, 10:07 PM

Chrome is good enough for me.

AppleRobert · Jan 4, 2013, 03:33 PM

I now have the font on Perfect Browser set to 110% and I can pretty much read nytimes and CNN now in portrait mode. The brightness setting and room lighting makes a big difference to be able to do this. I use to have it set at 120% for those sites.

I am a little more open to folks feeling the mini screen is pretty darn good cause my reading vision is pretty bad. While using reading glasses before and still doing so, I see improvement in reading website text in portrait. If their vision is very good, then I can see them having no problems with the mini.

Piccio · Jan 17, 2013, 10:25 PM

How is possible that Safari can't handle the text reflow? There is "Reader" but it's not the same and it doesn't work in some website. It can't be added or what?

If you got any Android device you should know how incredibly useful and easy to use that function is...

Especially on iPad Mini, where is quite essential manage the fonts size, but also for reading it's ridiculous to scroll right and left at every single line of the text on Safari.

LaurieAnn · Jan 19, 2013, 06:16 PM

I'm using Mercury Pro it does Google Chrome Bookmark sync. My bookmarks remain the same among all my devices.

Dec 3, 2012, 10:37 PM	#51
yourmother macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Japan	Mercury pro. But try mercury to see if u like it. Ad blocker, font resize ability, disable images option, import bookmarks from Chrome or firefox. These features are perfect for me when I use my ipad mini at work or at home. Edit: Oh also you can go full screen which is great for landscape and watching youtube on the browser Last edited by yourmother; Dec 3, 2012 at 11:00 PM.
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Dec 5, 2012, 05:39 AM	#55
Highboy90 macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NY	Weeks later using my Mini, I find myself using Mercury (bottom page "arrows" are nice) the most but also like Dolphin (bookmark tabs are more defined). Like the previous poster, the keyboard does "vanish" on occassion. Not sure if it's me or not. __________________ iPhone 3S iPad Mini 16GB Mac Mini (late 2012) coming soon???
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Dec 30, 2012, 11:25 AM	#57
Jnardis macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2010	I've been using Chrome, but like what Mercury offers (bigger font). Last edited by Jnardis; Dec 30, 2012 at 12:11 PM.
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Kayakphotos macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Fordland, mo	Mercury Pro here. I have been using it with an enlarged font instead of safari. I have also experienced the "disappearing keyboard" on occasion and it is slightly slower than safari, but other than that I really enjoy it. __________________ Just a thought from Daniel iPad mini 16gb black/slate
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Dec 3, 2012, 11:00 PM	#52
TacticalDesire macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2012	Dolphin. May give merc another go though
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Dec 4, 2012, 12:25 AM	#53
weckart macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2004	Mercury Pro, but it does have one flaw. If your screen blanks when surfing in private mode, you lose everything - Mercury reverts to a blank page. That is taking security too far for me.
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Dec 4, 2012, 02:44 PM	#54
AppleRobert macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2012	I installed mercury pro on my gf's mini. It was working fine but I just lost the keyboard looking to search in google to type out what I wanted? Where did the keyboard go?? Back to safari!
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Dec 7, 2012, 03:18 PM	#56
AppleRobert macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2012	Can you use an alternate browser for tapatalk? It points to safari to view a forum. And how do you save a forum you are interested in viewing in that app?
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Dec 30, 2012, 12:58 PM	#58
Jman13 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Columbus, OH	I've used them all extensively and I prefer Dolphin above all of them.
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Dec 31, 2012, 10:18 AM	#60
AppleRobert macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2012	I do not see a way to increase font size for chrome or dolphin. Is there a way I am missing?
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Dec 31, 2012, 10:31 AM	#61
BruiserB macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2008	Found this as a way to increase font size in any browser window. Works fine on Safari....don't know if the bookmarklets can be installed and if they work on other browsers. http://marcos.kirsch.mx/2012/04/29/f...-bookmarklets/ Installing on your mac and syncing to iDevices via iCloud works great.
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Dec 31, 2012, 06:39 PM	#64
robdam1001 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2008	Atomic
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Jan 1, 2013, 10:07 PM	#65
dreamerdonkey macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Bangladesh	Chrome is good enough for me.
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Jan 4, 2013, 03:33 PM	#66
AppleRobert macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2012	I now have the font on Perfect Browser set to 110% and I can pretty much read nytimes and CNN now in portrait mode. The brightness setting and room lighting makes a big difference to be able to do this. I use to have it set at 120% for those sites. I am a little more open to folks feeling the mini screen is pretty darn good cause my reading vision is pretty bad. While using reading glasses before and still doing so, I see improvement in reading website text in portrait. If their vision is very good, then I can see them having no problems with the mini.
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Jan 17, 2013, 10:25 PM	#67
Piccio macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2012	How is possible that Safari can't handle the text reflow? There is "Reader" but it's not the same and it doesn't work in some website. It can't be added or what? If you got any Android device you should know how incredibly useful and easy to use that function is... Especially on iPad Mini, where is quite essential manage the fonts size, but also for reading it's ridiculous to scroll right and left at every single line of the text on Safari.
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Jan 19, 2013, 06:16 PM	#68
LaurieAnn macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2011	I'm using Mercury Pro it does Google Chrome Bookmark sync. My bookmarks remain the same among all my devices.
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