Miren browser

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Miren browser

Postby Pete_S » February 3rd, 2011, 3:05 pm

After a search, I noticed Warpedflash has already mentioned this browser, but I think it's good enough to mention again. I came across it by accident and it's turned out to be the best I've tried so far, it's taken over from Opera 10.1, my previous favourite.

For a relatively unknown app it seems very mature and designed by someone who, er, actually browses the internet ;) Virtually every aspect of how it works can be customised. For example, both a short click and a long click on an url can be separately set to open in same tab, a new tab in front, or a new tab in the background. The User Agent setting can be easily changed whilst browsing. The tab bar can be hidden or permanently on top. Downloads have their own window and show progress in Mb, %, and download speed. There are many more customisations, and it even has a "forum mode" which I haven't tried yet.

Pages load quickly and scrolling is smooth. If you go back and forth in the same tab, pages load instantly. And, it seems to have a true exit button which can be set to clear the cache and the app disappears from the task list completely. I've only used it for a couple of hours but it seems a real winner.

Update: a specific website (run by Google funnily enough) crashed the browser & locked up the Scroll - this was repeatable. Also, I was wrong about it disappearing from the task list after exit.

Update 2: It was a particularly nasty webpage relying completely on javascript (google's adwords control panel) so don't dismiss miren just for that, I haven't found other problem pages yet :)
Last edited by Pete_S on February 6th, 2011, 11:31 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Miren browser

Postby barrelockingnut » February 3rd, 2011, 7:59 pm

I downloaded this and also think it is excellent,now replaces Dolphin and Skyfire as my choice !!!
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Re: Miren browser

Postby andrewW » February 3rd, 2011, 8:02 pm

Tried it and agree it's quite quick. Looks very similar to the Dolphin Browser from which it automatically imported my bookmarks!
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Re: Miren browser

Postby bitsink » February 3rd, 2011, 8:26 pm

Really good browser.
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Re: Miren browser

Postby evilbobbins » February 5th, 2011, 12:40 am

Very nice browser, quick but lots of extras :)
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Re: Miren browser

Postby intruder2402 » February 27th, 2011, 11:12 am

.... I found it in the market and totally agree with all the comments... well worth trying out... cheers!!!!
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