This used to be a great app, but that is no longer the case. Technically, you can still browse the internet (hence 2 stars instead of 1), but it is no longer designed to focus primarily on a good user experience. That is sad to me given how much I liked Dolphin Browser in the past. The sponsored shortcuts keep getting added back (profit chasing or just bad programming?) and you can’t use the open in new tab/open behind tab feature when holding down on a link anymore (one of the best design features in the past). I see there are data privacy concerns from others, but now the functionality benefit is gone too. The forced shortcuts getting added back often are very annoying/disconcerting, and that makes the user feel like their personal preferences/experiences are low priorities to the developers/owners. Time for me to stop using what was a great app for a new app, hopefully one where the developers and owners didn’t abandon the user’s interest so badly.

I use dolphin as my secondary browser to keep certain long read tabs open—I use it every day and love the tab organization, the gestures function, and even the themes. Today though, it has been unusable. On both my iPad and my phone the app opens with a black white box in the middle of the screen. I cannot exit the tab, I can’t open a new tab, I can’t even scroll down the page I am on. The box looks like a pop up function but no options pop up to open close or read anything. I have restarted my phone, I have open and closed the app. The issue remains.My only other issue recently is some weird bug with bookmarks—they all delete and seem to cycle through default options every other day. I assume that’s to do with their fillr separation.

This was my main browser for ages then it seemed like an orphaned app last year. Since it came back, it feels like a shell of its former self. I had an account breach last year and like I said, this was the only app I used to log in and since I found out who the developer is, I suspect they maybe getting logins. This app also keeps changing my search engine from google to yahoo. It doesn’t matter how often I do it, it’ll always change back to Yahoo. This app has gone from being amazing to being suspicious and annoying. The only reason I keep using it is because I’m weening myself into another browser. I’ve used dolphin for 3+ years so I can’t just jump to another browser but I no longer use it to log into any account I own. I don’t recommend this app to anyone until they overhaul it and show that it’s no longer an orphaned app.

While this browser has some positive features that make it superior to other browsers, it also has many serious flaws that need to be addressed.Pros: This browser is fast and efficient. One of its best features is the ability to control text size. This is especially good when browsing the internet on your phone. More browsers should have this feature. Tabbed browsing is also excellent on this browser.Cons: Now here is the biggest game breaking flaw. The keyboard will randomly disengage when you are typing, sometimes causing you to lose all of the text you have entered so far. This is extremely aggravating and it ruins what could be the best mobile browser.The app will also not let you permanently delete the built in book marks. So if you delete them to make room for your own choices, they will randomly return and sometimes will end up deleting your personal bookmarks. I implore the makers of this browser to fix these issues. Dolphin has the potential to be the best browser for Apple mobile devices and tablets, even better than Safari.