Dolphin browser for Android adds multitouch support on Droid
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Nov 29th 2009 6:56PM
posted Nov 29th 2009 6:56PM
posted Nov 29th 2009 6:56PM
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ha@opening part of the video- Adnroid
hurray for Spelling!
@oldmanhorton How about the logo... it's like firefox with a cheap looking dolphin... KIRF
@oldmanhorton also check out the logo, it's like firefox but with a cheap dolphin KIRF
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And at the end.
"Design the future android Broser for yourself"
Still going to hold out for Firefox for Android.....
Chris, can you change the title?
"Dolphin browser for Android adds multitouch support on Droid"
Works great on all Android phones, not just the Droid!
@Johnny Rockets true, though this story specifically about the droid compatibility that was added on the 24th!
@Chris Ziegler
and how is the browser mediocre? oh wait its not the iphone's browser /s
@DefPoet frankly, the iPhone browser sucks compared to the n900's!
@Chris Ziegler
Nice! Is there a full N900 review coming soon? Exciting!
@Johnny Rockets yep... might be a few days, but we're working on it.
@Chris Ziegler
YAY thats actually the most intelligent comment by an editor ive read on engadget i commend you. now where can i vote for moar 9700!!
I guess someday I will figure out why people are so hung up on this pinch and zoom "feature" that it makes a perfectly capable browser "mediocre."
I have never found the pinch all that intuitive or user friendly, but fine, now it is here for those that want this "must have" Apple-esque feature. Can we move on now?
I can almost understand the complaints about the Droid's keyboard being too flat (*almost*, because just how flat is a glass screen virtual keyboard), but honestly... if this is the "feature" that is keeping you from getting a Droid... you'll just find something else to complain about.
@JayMonster Because it is much easier pinch/zoom than it is to Tap Tap Tap. It is an intuitive feel and it is natural when making the movement (and I don't own an iPhone but a Pre). Not to mention, it is much faster than tapping in or out of zoom.
Love the Droid and have one of those too. The Dolphine is better than the stock webkit.
@(Unverified) If you say so... again, for me, I don't find it so much easier that this is such a talked about feature. Obviously some people like it, and that is fine... so now it has it... hopefully that is the end of this discussion because for all this phone does, it seems silly to dwell so much on this single point that every story about the Droid has to have this point drilled into it.
I've been testing Dolphin on my DROID and find it to be the best browser option for Android 2.0 (at the moment).
Multi-touch, with which I'm somewhat indifferent, is well-implemented and resolves what was widely regarded as the one thing that kept the DROID from being the finest handset currently available.
I gave Dolphin a little try on my Hero and boy is it ugly! It also didn't seem any quicker than the stock Android browser (unless HTC have been fiddling with the one on the Hero). It also made my notifications bar disappear when I went back to my home screen, and had no multi-touch as it does on the Droid!
I guess this is great for the Droid, but not so much for other Android handsets. I'll hold out for Fennec before considering changing mobile browsers.
I'm interested on what rendering engine this browser uses.
I'm expecting Firefox Fennec (Mobile) to blow out every browser on any mobile device yet when it fully releases, but this browser seems really cool.
I my self also like the pinch to zoom feature. It's really easy to zoom in. I like the taps too, but the pinching is more natural and easier to control what you see and where.
I like it, its an interesting alternative. Although its not going to replace the stock Android Webkit browser for me, its Very Nice.