Browser Performance in Sunspider (wow, Firefox really sucks) - Android General

Throught I would try out Opera, Firefox and the stock Gingerbread browser.
Shocked at how bad Firefox is. It's 5x slower than the other two...
Opera came out in top (unsurprisingly, it it always feels the fastest and smoothest), followed by stock, followed by Firefox ALONG way back (5x slower).
I didn't bother with Dolphin, as it will benchmark the same as stock, as it uses stock browser under the covers.
Tested on Xperia Arc S.
Opera Mobile:
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Stock Android:
Firefox:

Opera has experience in mobile devices, they were always the best browser on Windows Mobile. Back in those days devices has a lot less powerful hardware.
Heres what I got on my Droid 3:
Dolphin HD 3755.3ms
Browser 2.3.4 3675.3ms
Opera Mobile 1979.0ms
Firefox 1955.8ms
I'm not sure why Firefox is so slow on your phone. It does take a bit more RAM than the others.
I would like to see ICS with Chrome and the Stock, they've come quite a ways. Maybe later I'll try it on my Touchpad, but I think something with stock ICS like the Gnex may give better results.

Here is what i got on my Touchpad running cm9.
Chrome 2915.1 ms
Firefox 2454.2 ms
Stock 4.0.3 2844.5 ms

Stock 4.0.3 2784.6ms
Chrome beta 0.16 2776.5ms
Opera 11.5.5 3135.4ms
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stock 1760
opera12 1619
firefox 1650
dolphin 1940

Stock 4441.4 ms
Maxthon 3584.4ms
Opera Mobile 2827.5ms
tested on my Desire HD with Android Revolution HD 7.0.2, kernel 2.6.35.14-LorDmodNCT-5.0-CFS+.
Side note, I get 4000 ms on IE 8 32-bit at work.

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Toshiba TG01 is @$%@#$ AMAZING

http://vimeo.com/4844983?pg=embed&sec= view in HD
although they say it has 1 GHZ CPU it really feels like it has 2GHZ
everything is soo smooth. if the HD2 (whitestone) is not as fast as this thing then HTC will be out of business
i wish windows mobile 7 can be this smooth
it seems to be capable of viewing the HD version of youtube videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF3m2RD_GWE
i cant play SD youtube videos properly on my xperia
Wow! That is really amazing!
THE GRIZZ said:
it seems to be capable of viewing the HD version of youtube videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF3m2RD_GWE
i cant play SD youtube videos properly on my xperia
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What are you using to play the youtube vids on your Xperia? If I let the phone buffer a bit, I can play SD videos with ease on R2, and on R1 I was able to play SD videos without a hiccup and w/o buffering.
Just watched the video, have you guys actually tried Kinoma? I haven't tried it on my X1 yet nor have I tried this pre-release build, but I did try the current build on my old 400mhz Touch Cruise, and it was fvery ast on that device too. Its really difficult to tell how much of the speed is due to Kinoma's smooth code, and how much is due to the speed of the G01...
Man that looks good. Smooth as a baby's bum!
Specs are mazing
But I´ll wait for the next models with keyboard definetly:
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orb3000 said:
Specs are mazing
But I´ll wait for the next models with keyboard definetly:
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im not sure you are allawed to even think about owning one seing that you are a mod for an HTC site...jk
orb3000 said:
Specs are mazing
But I´ll wait for the next models with keyboard definetly:
http://www.gadgetfolder.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/toshiba-roadmap-300x294.jpg[/ IMG][/QUOTE]
yup..thats the one i'm waiting for, unless htc really delivers with the superstar
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[APP] Opera Mobile v10.1 Beta For Android

Its finally here the beta version of opera mobile is finally available for android
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Download it from android market.
Remember u need around 20MB free space for it.The file size itself is about 6.3MB
Didn't it come out a while ago??
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Didn't it come out a while ago??
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It was opera "mini"
To be honest, I find it a bit lame and slow. The only plus side for most users will be that it does have pinch to zoom. But aside that it might be pretty it really is not a step up from stock. Try the muiu browser it is a bit faster but more intuitive.
Loving it
I find this version is a bit slow on loading, but when the page is fully loaded there is no equal for panning around and reflowing text. However, this is the first beta and functionality can only increase from here! I'm just glad to have my Opera Link back! The functionality is better than stock imo, but the Desire Browser is still the best experience I've had on the Nexus. Although I'm trying out Cyanogen 6.1-RC1 and will be using Opera from now on
I've tried to install it but if failed (because of low memory) and now 5MB disappeared... and even after 5 reboots and deliting few caches i still can't return them
I really like it!
It fast, and beautiful.
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To be honest, I find it a bit lame and slow. The only plus side for most users will be that it does have pinch to zoom. But aside that it might be pretty it really is not a step up from stock. Try the muiu browser it is a bit faster but more intuitive.
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The miui browser can't block ads. I can add a urlfilter.ini file to Opera Mobile the same way I can with Opera on my desktop and ads are blocked.
Working on getting it to use a custom style to reflow the page so that blocked ad space is used and not just a bunch of empty negative space. That part isn't working so well
gggggooooooooooddddddd

Gtablet Web Browser Wars 3

GUIMark 2.0
Latest GUIMark takes advantage for Flash 10 and HTML 5, even better you don't need Flash to render results so I was able to add Firefox 4 to the mix.
Viewsonic G Tablet running CM7 flash 10.2, Gingerbread vs Motorola Droid X Froyo
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Viewsonic G Tablet browser:
HTML5 | Flash scores are fps
Skyfire 1.68 | 11.1
xScope 1.69 | 13.22
Dolphin 1.68 | 13.57
Miren 1.72 | 13.98
Browser 1.74 | 13.67
Firefox 3.04 | wnr
Opera 8.13 | 11.26
Again Opera takes a title, if Firefox gets Flash working it will start contending better. All other browsers tied on HTML5. Flash 10 shows 3 similar scores on the top end and lower end. Browser looking good on Flash 10.
Motorola Droid X Froyo
Miren 1.41 | 6.7
Dolphin 1.64 | 6.94
Browser 1.62 | 8.62
Skyfire 1.68 | 12.71
xScope 1.67 | 13.37
Firefox 2.68 | wnr
Opera 3.78 | 11.88
Conclusive evidence that gaming Flash 10 on G tablet is the way to go. Dual core Nvidia Tegra Rocks at a blister 13.5 fps on half the web browsers.
Great info! Thanks
Interesting info. I like the small size of Opera but find it does some weird behavior on certain sites.
Dolphin is currently my "default" but Opera is much more clean UI.
I've noticed the same thing, Opera can be pretty finicky on the web. I want to make it my default browser, its a great desktop browser, full support for major platforms, great set of features. Just has to get bugs figured out. It was the default browser on my Nokia 770 back from 2005, one of the first great tablets.
I'm stuck between
Opera Mobile
Dolphin HD
Browser
but really want Firefox to mature and join the club of Flash supported mobile browsers. Long overdue.

[Q] Is there a way to remove the "suggested" add-on's from Dolphin Browser?

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Is there a way to remove the "suggested" add-on's from Dolphin Browser such as Evernote, TrustGo, Phonegap, and Pocket?
They sure are cluttering up my stuff.
Or are those like ads and that's part of how Dolphin makes its money?
Any input would be appreciated.
When I did use an play store browser I switched over to boat browser because dolphin started acting funny but now that we have ics I just use the stock browser because it does everything I need it to.
But when I did use dolphin browser I remembered that I was able to uninstall the plugins through the regular applications manager.
Also I just downloaded dolphin browser to check it out and it seems like it might be cross app promoting because the add ons aren't installed they are just available for download through that link
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Also I just downloaded dolphin browser to check it out and it seems like it might be cross app promoting because the add ons aren't installed they are just available for download through that link
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That's what I'm talking about
It's really annoying.
That it all.
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indeed it is
Ugh, this is a frustrating development. Dolphin is my favorite browser, but I'll abandon ship if I can't drop the fluff.
I find these 'default' add-ons too very annoying!
Giving me again the feeling of not owning my device . .
Of course I gave dolphin a try after realizing an enthusastic usership,
but now I'm starting to doubt the concept!
Gestures and voice could be nice but I would again have to learn
one technique to be able to control just one app . . .
Btw. the scrolling works nicer with the default or firefox - even chrome
is now giving me a better feeling.
To accept one Amazon bookmark in firefox is bearable.
Still I'm too curious how the default add-ons (especially the antivirus!)
If you install the advertised app, it will let you remove it.
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Stock browser rendering vs Chrome Beta

Anyone know how to tweak Chrome to render a website so that it doesn't zoom in so much?
Stock Browser:
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Chrome:
This is Qnap desktop that I use several times a day to transfer files on my home network. Since Chrome zooms in so much, I'm forced to go into portrait mode so I can see more info on screen when I'm in the Qnap File Manager. The Stock browser seems to work much better. It's just a minor annoyance, but I wanted to see if anyone would know of a Chrome tweak to force it to zoom out a little.
D.
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If you're rooted perhaps changing the DPI setting for Chrome in Xposed module App Settings to a lower value (its counter intuitive) will help. Default resolution is 320, perhaps drop it below 300 and see how that works.
I currently run a setting of 256 to get a window width of 1600. I also run Chrome User Agent to force a desktop setting and have manually set max tiles for interest area to 512mb to increase how much memory chrome takes up. Browsing is pretty good in Chrome now.
Already running Chrome User Agent and use the max tiles tweak. Tried a few others in chrome://flags without any success. I'll try App Settings on Xposed. I was running it previously on the first firmware that came with the tablet, but kept getting some graphical glitching when watching videos, so I removed it. Haven't tried it again with the ANC5 firmware I have now. I'll give it a try
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Still no luck with Xposed & App Settings @ 256dpi. Tried different options in screen dp as well. Booooo...
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