Anyone else notice how much RAM the web browser uses up after about 5 minutes of using it? The phone get so slow! And that's with plug ins set to on demand!
I'm starting to get tired of this, I may consider returning this and getting the atrix or iphone4.
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Two words... Opera Mobile. Android web browser sucks on Hummingbird processors.
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I've searched this topic and surprisingly haven't found too much on it. Simply put, does anyone know what the smoothest pinch-to-zoom browser there is out there? I have the lowly HTC HERO (for only 1 more month!) and the pinch to zoom is just awful (very laggy on stock browser). I was wondering what people's experiences are on different browsers pinch to zoom smoothness (and does this directly correlate with scrolling smoothness, which is also a problem)? I honestly don't know how this will vary from phone to phone, but I'm curious as to if there are any improvements on a particular browser that I should try out? Thanks!
And I hate to compare with apple's products, but my 2nd gen ipod touch seemed to be very smooth on pinch to zoom, even compared 1ghz single core android phones. I have a hard time believing it's the hardware that's holding android phones back, it has to be the software. And the question is, is it the browser or the operating system?
There's no hardware acceleration in the browser which is why most are not smooth. The Galaxy S and S2 both have GPU acceleration in the browser which makes scrolling very smooth at the expense of a bit more battery life.
Pinch to zoom is smooth as hell on my DHD MIUI. I'm using the stock MIUI browser (Miren i think) and Dolphin Browser HD 5 beta 2
Opera mobile for me is much smoother than the stock browser or any other browser for that matter. Firefox mobile is a good choice aswell.
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for your phone i would say Opera browsers, when i had my MT3G opera was all i used and it was very smooth
So I've seen a lot of benchmarks of the Sensation's stock browser and it appears to be quite slow, in fact often slower than 1Ghz single core devices. It also has microlags when scrolling on graphically intensive pages.
I managed to find a screenshot of the Sensation running pre release firmware and it actually had a higher Sunspider score of ~4500ms see:
http://www.slashgear.com/htc-sensation-benchmarks-with-sunspider-and-quadrant-12145810/
Is there something inherently wrong with the Sensation's firmware that means the browser doesn't use both cores? shouldn't it at least be twice as fast as say the Samsung Galaxy S?
I think perhaps HTC have not made a very good browser because after searching I found this:
http://onlygizmos.com/android-powered-htc-incredible-s-review/2011/04/
The Incredible S also has a terrible Sunspider score.
If you don't try Sunspider you can also try Browsermark which is a more comprehensive browser test that includes all sorts of animations.
Btw my Sensation gets the following scores:
Dolphin HD
Sunspider: 5106.4ms +/- 2.7%
Browsermark: 40735
Opera Mobile
Sunspider: 2630.2ms +/- 2.5%
Browsermark:26832
Stock Browser:
Sunspider: 5749.2ms +/- 2.4%
Browsermark:38424
Firefox Beta:
Sunspider: 2520.0ms +/- 2.7%
Browsermark: 43408
Good little insight
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It's HTC's browser - look at Firefox and Opera. For reference my G2X with CM7 Stock browser get's 2300ms on Sunspider 0.9.1.
And Opera on G2X gets 2000ms
The Sensation hardware is up to the task, it's just the HTC browser
Why is the stock browser so bad?
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Definitely something up with the browser, I suspect its down to something HTC did Lokhor.
If I clear the cache in the Sensation and SGSII and load the same page the SGSII is a lot faster. It would be interesting to have a pure stock Android 2.3.3 browser too, I supect it will be a bit faster than the Sensation, but not as quick as the SGSII (which Samsung improved with hardware acceleration, the reason it can play 1080p flash in the browser smoothly).
There is a serious problem with text entry in the Sensation stock browser too when its in Desktop UA mode (actually this affects all browsers I've tried).
I've switched to Opera for now, as much as anything because its easier to switch to mobile UA where text entry is required.
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Definitely something up with the browser, I suspect its down to something HTC did Lokhor.
If I clear the cache in the Sensation and SGSII and load the same page the SGSII is a lot faster. It would be interesting to have a pure stock Android 2.3.3 browser too, I supect it will be a bit faster than the Sensation, but not as quick as the SGSII (which Samsung improved with hardware acceleration, the reason it can play 1080p flash in the browser smoothly).
There is a serious problem with text entry in the Sensation stock browser too when its in Desktop UA mode (actually this affects all browsers I've tried).
I've switched to Opera for now, as much as anything because its easier to switch to mobile UA where text entry is required.
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I also use Opera Mobile but it doesn't render all pages correctly
It's because the browser isn't hardware accelerated I believe.
Stock browser is ok for me. The only problem is its always running at back. Need to kill it every time.
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Which browsers are hardware accelerated?
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Opera Mobile for sure.
Skyfire is where its at for me!
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No way would the stock browser be faster. The vanilla stock browser is by far the worst browser, especially in gingerbread. It's stuttery and choppy as hell. It's the worst thing about the Nexus S, and is one of the reasons why I now own a Sensation. I'd take the HTC browser any day over vanilla.
That said, hardware acceleration in the browser like that found in the SG2 would be very welcome. I don't think you'll see a browser overhaul until ice cream sandwich though. Prove me wrong HTC.
For more speed, Opera mobile is excellent.
I dont really like Opera. Lol.
What.are other browsers that are hardware accelerated?
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My question is why is galaxy S II 2 browser so effin smooth? What makes it so different than whats in say the Sensation, or the LG Optimus Big, or G2x for that matter. Can it be ported over? Whats the deal here? How did SAmmy accomplish this?
If Sammy comes out with Qualcom Galaxy S II varient and if that browser is smooth as silk like the one in the original can that be ported over to the Sensation?
Enlighten a polite noob!
the difference is the browser is designed for your specific phone. that is why it is so smooth.
also, with phones that are dual core it is important to find a browser that optimizes the use of the two cores simultaneously. by that i mean let's say you open a web page that has some flash on it... unless the app (and that optimization is within the app, not the phone) is telling one core to do (x) and the other to do something else, your phone will use both cores to perform the same tast... such as loading text from the page... other pictures.... the flash animation itself... so on and so forth.
your browser was probably coded with that stuff in mind.
Having got fed up with Apple nonsense (even with jailbreaking) I sold my iPad 4 and got the note 12 (p900) - I should point out that this is the 3rd time I'd tried to flee Apple, my previous attempts via the original 10in note, and a windows tablet resulted in my fleeing back to Apple. This time tho I think ive finally found an android tablet that ticks all the boxes. However... I'm baffled how it is that Googles own browser chrome runs slower and less effectively on Android than IOS. Pages with gifs e.g. tumblr, senorgif are slow, to the point of not animating, and pages with videos often won't play when clicked, just buffering/spinning forever.
I found that firefox behaves much better, if still not quite as efficiently as chrome on the iPad. I checked task manager and both apps account for less than 30% max cup usage, and not a lot of memory.
It's not enough to make me jump ship - especially now I can have a 64gb sdcard filled with comics! - but it *is* disappointing. =(
I will have to agree with you on this. But Chrome is slow on my Windows 8.1 Ultra book too. But try Chrome Beta...it is a bit faster on the Note Pro
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Yup, chrome is horrible yet I somehow put up with it lol. I keep a copy of Dolphin on my gallery as well which performs better on some pages. With some tweaks chrome can be improved a little (google "speed up chrome android" and experiment with flags, especially setting the max tile one to 512) but still will crumble on some pages.
A good example of poor performance on chrome is trying to scroll on Android Central before the page finishes (it's even jerky after).
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A good example of poor performance on chrome is trying to scroll on Android Central before the page finishes (it's even jerky after).
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OMG! Android Central sucks on Chrome! I use Tapatalk when on that site...or their app.
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Yup. My wife's iPad 2 works fine for that site though using chrome... Go figure.
Hey
I'm wondering what browsers do you use on your tablets. I'm using aosp one for most of the time but it's pretty slow nowadays and I'm looking for something new. I tried chrome/chromium based browsers and they're fast but ram usage is huge and that makes them work bad with bigger pages.
What browser gives you the best experience on your tab 2?
Sleipnir is my best browser give it a go to see by yourself
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iks8 said:
Hey
I'm wondering what browsers do you use on your tablets. I'm using aosp one for most of the time but it's pretty slow nowadays and I'm looking for something new. I tried chrome/chromium based browsers and they're fast but ram usage is huge and that makes them work bad with bigger pages.
What browser gives you the best experience on your tab 2?
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I prefer UC browser-fast download.
It is pretty fast and it also has a good media player which supports all formats.
It additionally has a unique night mode which is pretty good.
It also gives us live scores of any sport if asked,Moreover it's only around 18mb in playstore for free.