Update 7/19: We have been working around the clock to get v8.6.1 to you today. Specifically for our EVO 4G and Android 2.3 devices users, this new update will fix a couple of the minor issues you reported. We are listening so please send us your feedback.
We would also like to say a very special thank you to our users for taking the time to give us tons of helpful feedback and beta reviews for v8.6. You rock!
So let’s take a look at what we are talking about:
1. Dolphin Connect gets more connected
From your tablet to your phone you can now sync:
- Tabs: Keep the tabs you are interested in open, no matter what device you’re on.
- History: Forgot what website you were on? Check your history, we even keep a record from over 30 days in the past.
- Bookmarks: Instant access to all your favorite sports, daily news and music websites.
How:
1. Connect your Dolphin with your Facebook or Google account. Settings > Account & Sync
2. Turn on Bookmark Sync/Tab Sync/History Sync
3. Go to Bookmark sidebar. Click the cloud sync button at the top left
4. Enjoy your bookmarks, tabs and history across all your devices
*NOTE: You can even check tabs you have currently open in other devices. History > “Other devices”.
Another concern we all had was that with your brand spanking new Android 4.0+ devices there were a couple of snafus. No problem. Check out the checklist below of our fixes.
2. Performance improvements and a full Dolphin scrub down.
Our check list to improved stability:
☑ Pinched to zoom on Android 4.1
☑ Flash on Android 4.0 in fullscreen
☑ Find on page on certain devices
☑ File saving on certain devices
☑ Text overlapping on certain devices
☑ Keyboard opening on certain devices
☑ Gesture on certain devices
☑ Open in new tab on certain devices
☑ Stability and performance improvement
Also we heard that some of you might encountered issues with Flash on v4.1 but unfortunately Adobe has discontinued support for all Andriod 4.1. We are sad to see this happen, but unfortunately is out of our control. Please read the official message from Adobe below.
*** NOTE: FLASH PLAYER WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED ON ANY ANDROID VERSION BEYOND ANDROID 4.1
Check out this article for more information about Flash discontinuation.
So get synced and connected and
download Dolphin Browser v8.6.
As always, we love your feedback, please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@dolphin-browser.com or keep us posted on Facebook and Twitter.
Thanks,
Team Dolphin
Great post. I used to be checking constantly this blog and I am impressed!
I take care
Extremely helpful information specially the final section
of such info much. I was looking for this particular info for a very
long time. Thank you and best of luck.
A stupid question from me… where are the bookmarks stored at Google? I synced my dolphin bookmarks with my google-account afterwards I try to find it somewhere but neither Google+ nor drive, sites, etc. let me show them….
“NOTE: FLASH PLAYER WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED ON ANY ANDROID VERSION BEYOND ANDROID 4.1″ Is Dolphin committing suicide? I love Dolphin but no Flash support is insane considering how ubiquitous Flash has become.
Thanks for your comment, Scott.
As Flash Player is discontinued by Adobe, playing flash on Android 4.1 devices will cause Dolphin unstable.
If you want to watch videos, you can change User Agent to iPhone to watch them in HTML5 format.
Is there a way to clear the “other device” history?? I. Using the same device but in diferent Android versions, and it still shows me the history despite all the wipes!
Thank you for your comment.
But I don’t really understand your question.
Do you mean that you can’t clear the history of other device on your current device even if you have wipe them off on that device?
I liked mini broswer, so I’m looking forward to using this. But one guestion. Why not have a toolbar across the top or side with drop down menu, everything in one place?
Thanks for your suggestion, Debra.
I’ll pass it along.
Wow beta 8.7 is 10x better than 8.6.1
Thank you!
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A link on my default homepage referred me to download 8.7 beta, is this legit?
Yes, it is.
It is an official download link that we put in Dolphin a couple of days ago.
1 of the most attention-grabbing factor for this post
is not the advice which you have offered but is the style in which you have shown
the details. Impressive blog post. Continue the good work.
hey guys i have a request please solve the arabic text copying problem. it paste the text in messed up way.
Hi Omar.
This is a known issue for us.
If we fixed it, I’ll let you know.
Gostava k m desem ,uma idéia mais realista
How do I delete current history?
I’m using a Cowon z2, newest firmware via their site. The agent doesn’t matter-mobile, desktop, iPhone, they all don’t scroll in the chat box on the site I mentioned. Which is strange as the beta allows me to scroll my chat box, what’s even stranger is that my Cowon z2 is the only android device in my home doing this. My Asus Transformer Prime doesn’t care what version of Dolphin, it across the iaudiophile forum chatbox just fine.
Hi.
Does the stock browser on your Cowon z2 have this problem either?
Actually, besides your Dolphin beta and Firefox beta’s (stable, nightly, Aurora), no other browser has scrollable chat boxes on my Cowon z2. On my tablet (Asus Transformer Prime Android 4.0.3), it doesn’t care what browser or certain, it just works automatically. It seems that my Cowon z2 is picky or it could be gingerbread or the new engines you and Firefox use in your betas (or a 3 hit combo of them all).
Thanks for you further info.
I’ll pass it along and see whether we can fix it for you.
Hi there,
Please give dolphin users in one of the next updates the choice again to use flash, hence it still works with the stock browser (not chrome!) on jelly bean. Those who don’t want flash can disable it in the settings anyway. You had the choice since froyo with dolphin hd! Because I think android is for choice it’s (fortunately) not ios. Please reconsider it at least.
Great work and kind regards
Nik
Thanks for your feedback, Nik.
Because Flash Player is not compatible with Android v4.1, enabling it will affect the browser experience.
So we disabled it in Dolphin.
Hope you can understand.
Can’t understand why you disabled flash support after 8.5.1 on JB – just because Adobe don’t officially support it, I have 8.5.1 on JB 4.1.1 and flash works fine (Nexus 7)
Thanks for your comment, Mike.
Enabling flash on JB will affect your browsing experience on Dolphin.
If you want to watch videos, we suggest you to change your user agent to iPhone to watch HTML5 videos.
Updated to 8.6.1… crashed within a couple minutes.
ATRIX 4G
Hi Justin.
Can you write your problem in detail and shoot an email to support@dolphin-browser.com?
Our customer service will help you out there.
Hi!
I really love your browser, using it on Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.1.
Unfortunately since last Update the address bar does not disappear when scrolling.
I really loved that behavior because it saved some space on the display and I wish it comes back…
Thanks!
Josef
Thanks for your comment, Josef.
I’ll direct your request to the appropriate team member.
Locks and crashes within a couple page views. Can’t open bookmark side tab from second tab, must force close.
Favorite browser, please fix.
Motorola ATRIX 4G.
I don’t know if just me or what. The new update is the worst. Freezing every couple of seconds, force closinh every couple of minutes…i can’t take it! Gonna reverse back to 8.5…sending from Samsung i5500 froyo 2.2
Thanks for your feedback.
We are trying to fix it now.
Stay tuned for the updates.
Websites chat boxes were scrollable in the Dolphin Beta but final release reverts back to the broken model. Try both the beta and final release of Dolphin on the iaudiophile.net/forums chat box (must sign up but it’s fast, code name yourself Dolphin). You’ll notice that the dolphins react to the chat box differently.
Thanks for your comment.
Can you send us your device model and firmware version?
And does it happen in mobile view or desktop view?
Hey guys, it’s me again. So… did you guys like the night mode add-on idea and are working on getting it on dolphin soon? Switched back to using Dolphin only but wife has to turn over to go to sleep because my screen is to bright despite it being at at the lowest brightness setting (is the reason). Night mode was an excellent add-on as it really allowed me to enjoy my web surfing without disturbing my wife, I’m sad that Margin has had that feature for a while and you guys don’t have it.Hopefully you guys will pop it out sooner or later.
great job guys…looking forward for more interesting updates…
Thanks!