Dolphin Browser Mini 2.2 (for Android)

Dolphin Mini is the slimmer, faster version of our Editors' Choice mobile browser, Dolphin HD (Free, 4 stars). As with its high-def sibling, you can navigate by custom gestures, set up Speed Dials, change your User Agent, and auto-translate pages. Dolphin Mini surpasses its direct rival Opera Mini in loading websites, supporting JavaScript, and the ability to change your User Agent to a mobile-optimized setting. Although it also supports Adobe Flash, I had trouble loading videos at times.

Going Green
For those accustomed to the stock Android browser, Dolphin is a fluid transition. Users can access everything from bookmarks to browsing history by clicking the phone's Menu button. I'm a bit dismayed that Mini doesn't bear more similarities to HD, however. I love Dolphin HD's swipeable drawers; Mini employs a different?green-heavy?interface. Compared to Opera, which maintains UI coherence, this difference can be seen as a drawback, requiring existing users to accustom themselves to another interface.

Nevertheless, when it comes to interface elements, the Mini and HD browsers maintain surprising parity. Mini taps Speed Dial, Google Bookmarks synchronization, and a basic data backup service. And, if you're already using Dolphin HD or the Android stock browser, Mini will ingest settings from either browser. One feature that I particularly like is Screen Cut, which lets you take a share a screen cap of a web page. The nuance: it takes the whole page, even if you would have to scroll to read it.

Meaningful Gestures
One of Dolphin's cleverest features is so obvious that it seems like it ought to be standard fare for any mobile browser. Gestures lets you draw symbols to perform commonly used actions. You click the Gesture button, pinned to either the bottom left or right-hand corners of the screen?for left and right-handed users, I'm presuming?to reserve the screen for your Gesture. For example, to refresh a webpage, draw a circle. To open a new tab, an N. In addition to eight preloaded gestures, you can even create your own Gesture: I used a B to open bookmarks.

Secret Agent Man
Dolphin's other killer feature is its knack for disguise. The fact is that some websites, including the best websites ?such as PCMag.com?serve up mobile-friendly versions of content upon identifying a mobile Web browser. Sometimes you want this, other times you don't. With User Agents, Dolphin can simulate another device; in other words, it can pretend to be an iPad or desktop so that you can get the un-distilled version of PCMag.com. For particularly finicky sites, you can even set a custom User Agent to simulate, say, a Windows computer running Firefox.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ziffdavis/pcmag/~3/uxphCcSMBB4/0,2817,2358196,00.asp

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