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As we all know the Froyo browser is bad.
Is there something that can be done? AOSP browser maybe? Galaxy Tab browser? Eclair browser?
I know this might not belong here, but I am sure the devs here could come with something up!
WE NEED A FASTER BROWSER!!!
Amen to that.
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+1 !!!!
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I'm running JM6 pre rooted with EXT2 and its quicker than JPC. IMO its fine.
Did you disable flash?
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http ://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803678
Try this, certainly feels a lot smoother than before the fix.
It is SLOW compared to eclair!
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pmos69 said:
Did you disable flash?
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Yes, it is smoother but still not iphone smooth. But anyway, we deserve a fast browser WITH flash!
Let's add a bounty as well!
huxflux2003 said:
Yes, it is smoother but still not iphone smooth. But anyway, we deserve a fast browser WITH flash!
Let's add a bounty as well!
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Flash is slow
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Never going to get a smooth browser with flash, if you don't have a dedicated chip for Adobe flash acceleration...
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It is not Flash that is slowing it down.
Disable it and you will see.
On the Droid X the browser is by far smoother WITH flash enabled.
There is something else going on here.
clubtech said:
It is not Flash that is slowing it down.
Disable it and you will see.
On the Droid X the browser is by far smoother WITH flash enabled.
There is something else going on here.
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Yes the problem is that with flash enable,the available memory is gone making the phone so slow to scroll etc.Its a memory management problem
Agree, we have far too little useable ram, and the browser is using way too much.
Opening pocketnow.com uses 120mb ram on jpa, it causes a fc and memory dump.
We barely have 120mb useable to begin with!
Very very annoying... Time to start posting on samsung facebook page
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Flash is not the problem. I don't think any sane person runs Flash "always on" on the galaxy s unless they enjoy feeling frusterated.
With flash off, scrolling is pretty bad, pinch to zoom is pretty bad. It varies from pretty good to terrible.
I don't like my phone being whooped by a 9 month old Nexus One in terms of browsing performance, when mine has better specs!!!
Maybe Opera Mobile, which is coming out this month, is the solution. Opera browsers are always very very fast.
Also, has anyone hands-on experience with the Galaxy Tab? How is the browser performance there?
I hope that Opera will be good. Thing is, the Froyo browser should be absolutely amazing on this phone but Samsung screwed it over. Hopefully Cyanogen can take care of it.
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android53 said:
Agree, we have far too little useable ram, and the browser is using way too much.
Opening pocketnow.com uses 120mb ram on jpa, it causes a fc and memory dump.
We barely have 120mb useable to begin with!
Very very annoying... Time to start posting on samsung facebook page
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I just opened pocketnow.com and it's perfectly smooth..
I have no complains with my froyo browser except it has problem downloading from megaupload.
Have you tried auto killer?
O loved Opera Mobile on WM, let is hope that on Android it will be equally good. I can't wait for it.
Why have Dolphin HD and xscope the same problem with the ram? I check it both have 100 MB two. (pocketnow)
I did a search and can't find anything on how to fix this. My market is very slow. It is 2.2.7 I believe (I dunno how to check the version) but it's the new one. Is there a fix where it doesn't stay "loading" for like a minute?
After I installed the updated apk mine is also pretty laggy. Much slower than the older market. Not sure why. I think mine may be the 2.2.6 version. It was the first release.
Atleast it isn't just me then. I would love a.solution to this.
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Hows everyone's experience with Google chrome? I like it alot but seems to be unstable n hella slow....anyone else seeing those issues???
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achang9523 said:
Hows everyone's experience with Google chrome? I like it alot but seems to be unstable n hella slow....anyone else seeing those issues???
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No issues at all on FF09 or FF11, buttery smooth and fast for me on FF11 and FF18
With the latest update its more useable than before
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Agreed very smooth on venom boa rom
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Any modified APKs around that allows one to install it on GB? I'm staying away from ICS until the source comes out. Too many problems woh my attempts. I miss Chrome a lot though as I have tons of bookmarks from my desktop on it.
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akarol said:
Any modified APKs around that allows one to install it on GB? I'm staying away from ICS until the source comes out. Too many problems woh my attempts. I miss Chrome a lot though as I have tons of bookmarks from my desktop on it.
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Nah. Just use the alpha 5 CM9 bro. I hear ff11 is nice too
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So, does Chrome not support Flash? I went to watch a video on my phone, and it just said "looking for plugin". Videos work fine in stock browser...
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Chrome works perfectly fine for me on CM9 A5.
However, I does not have flash, so just a heads up.
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So, does Chrome not support Flash? I went to watch a video on my phone, and it just said "looking for plugin". Videos work fine in stock browser...
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Chrome does not support flash and Google has no plans to change that.
iahk said:
Chrome does not support flash and Google has no plans to change that.
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BOOOOOOOO. Have they said why?
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BOOOOOOOO. Have they said why?
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Because adobe isn't updating flash for mobile platforms after ICS.
That's right, I forgot about that. Thanks.
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Chrome has become my daily browser since I started using Dolphin with my Nexus One.
With the last update for Chrome and FF09, it's the smoothest browser I've used on Android. However, there are still instances where scrolling is jerky and sometimes scrolling stops working for half a minute. It seems like it only happens when I try to scroll while a page hasn't finished loading, but all of the browsers I've tried seem to have issues with scrolling an incomplete page. Closing and reopening the tab will fix the jerky scrolling.
Chrome also freezes on me forcing me to force stop it through settings -> applications. I cannot reliably reproduce this problem and it is annoying, but the benefits of having access to the open tabs on my computer on my phone outweigh this problem.
I do wish Google would iterate the Chrome beta app as fast as they iterate the desktop version of Chrome beta because I'm assuming they mean for this browser to become to default one on Android and jerky scrolling and freezes is pretty bad.
I absolutely do not know which Chrome people are using that they find "buttery smooth" and "fast". It is a terrible laggy and crappy browser on my end. The last update killed it for me where it only launches to a white screen and just freezes. If and when it does decide to work properly, it's stutters and jib-jabs when scrolling, no flash, just all around terrible. No wonder it's surname is still BETA.
Dolphin browser (mini or HD) puts it to shame, really.
You can also try firefox... It's very smooth, and untill now, I didnt find any problem
I like it but I never use it. No flash is... well, no flash. No plugin support like the rest of em either. you'd think with google being the og devs for android. Could make it all work out.
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Play store says not available for my device...
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The hell are we supposed to do without flash? Just hope websites start using html5 all of a sudden? Ugh reminds me of using an iphone.. gross
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Play store says not available for my device...
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Chrome is only availible on android 4.0 and up. Are you on gb?
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Just thought I'd drop a blurb.. Fennoc has started building for armv6 almost a week back.
Since the ftp is still dev/tester (from official ftp but not official release as of yet), I won't link it, but not too hard to find the ftp with a good search engine
Once your in, .../mobile/tinderbox_builds is where you want to grab your choice of beta, aurora or nightly (in central); listed most stable to most experimental.
Yeah there are plenty great free browsers on play store, but this is arguably the best open source browser. So search about and enjoy.
Rob
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pretty sure this has been posted multiple times now once by myself lol
Firefox on android is a little disappointing though... (The features in general and not the beta build...)
sharingan92 said:
pretty sure this has been posted multiple times now once by myself lol
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Looked up your post.. a link to a working mod. These are Mozilla (concurrent) builds.. started 06/21/12. So its newsworthy I believe.
AceRoom said:
Firefox on android is a little disappointing though... (The features in general and not the beta build...)
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The great thing about open source is.. if one is dissatisfied, it can be modded. Even if not a dev-type, one can test and send statistics (which help the Mozilla team).
Which feature do you most dislike?
I am impressed by Firefox/fennocs print to PDF personally... formats better than other browsers (or their plugins) from my experience.
Good input.
Rob
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Good input!
I just meant, overall as for the user experience goes, there were better browsers for android but I didn't know about those features. Let me give it another evaluation and get back to you.
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Hey again. I took another good look at firefox. I think the thing which made me dislike it initially was the lack of a full screen mode (I was using the ICS browser at the time and the way it manages the full screen mode is brilliant).
But as you said, it does have some good features. I like the master password (That's why I keep switching between ff and chrome on the PC) option. I suppose the firefox sync would be an advantage if you use it (I personally don't). And the way tabs are organized are good. I would still say that firefox needs some more work if it wants to compete with the ICS browser or dolphin.
Lol I was about to post this. Only just noticed it really.
Thanks anyway for sharing rob
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Most of the time it take a long to to load a page,its like it not responding, it takes 12-15 sec for the keyboard to come up sometime it don't even appear ..?
I had to stop using it and go back to using the browser app..;( its a shame..
I know its not the rom cause it does it in all the ones I have tried.
Is it to do with the memory the W has or something..
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Most of the time it take a long to to load a page,its like it not responding, it takes 12-15 sec for the keyboard to come up sometime it don't even appear ..?
I had to stop using it and go back to using the browser app..;( its a shame..
I know its not the rom cause it does it in all the ones I have tried.
Is it to do with the memory the W has or something..
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If I know it well, its in its beta stages... so its not really that good a browser... just what I think
Thrown out by my custom CM10 with CastagnalT's kernel.
Chrome is a heavy browser so I assume that galaxy w cant handle it with so few RAM. Thats the issue
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For me, Chrome works smoothly.
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FelixMG said:
For me, Chrome works smoothly.
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Remove clear data of the program maybe would be smoother
or run a turbo script or download a root cleaner to have more ram
cuz more ram is more smooth ..
even I have tried the google browser and it is slow, the stock CM browser is the most stable and fast for me but you can also try maxton browser :good:which is very fast in the scroll,pinch-to-zoom and in loading pages.