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Browser speed compared to iphone browser

Hi all,
Can someone try the web version of vimeo (http://vimeo.com) and compare the speed to iphone browser? Mine seem terribly slower than the iphone's browser, especially the transition between pages.
I'm running the cyanogen room 5.0.5.3 if that makes any different.
thanks.

Just compared it with my Co workers iPhone. My browser us quicker. I'm on Enomther's ROM if that helps.

rjhay22 said:
Just compared it with my Co workers iPhone. My browser us quicker. I'm on Enomther's ROM if that helps.
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Interesting. Is it a smooth transition? I flashed the Enomther's room to see what's up. The transition is still not as smooth as on the iPhone browser.
I tried the website on the iPod Touch 3G btw.

Cyanogen changed the javascript engine, this in the changelog:
* Disable V8 in Webkit and switch back to JSC due to app incompatibilities
V8 was apparently much faster, so if that site is javascript heavy.
It stemmed from some app called Epocrates not working with V8.
I'd rather have V8 if you ask me, the last version to have it was 5.0.5.1-N1

Hero Browser slow :(

Hey,
I don't have no idea, but my hero browser seems to be very slow
It's takes quite a lot of time, until browser will load full page... And a lot of pages wants to load in mobile view...
IS it a normal laggy browser or not?
I use android 1.5

Yup... that's normal. Biggest disappointment ever.
I think it'll get better in 2.1 though... I've seen great speed improvements when my friend got an update to 2.1 for his cellphone (though not a hero).

1. Root device
2. Flash BeHero+ v1.2
3. Flash behnaam #23 2.6.29 OC kernel
4. OC your device to 691mhz
5. Disable flash in the browser
enjoy your hero as it was meant to be with android 2.1 and blazing fast

Or, consider using Opera as your browser. You might like it

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Or, consider using Opera as your browser. You might like it
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I second that,... Opera is an excellent alternative.

Better browser

Is there a better to use that still utilizes the flash support? The browser seems to really lag on some sites and isnt as smooth.

The browsing experience magnifies greatly after flashing to some different roms.
Roto's rom has changed my opinion of the Tab on a whole. I now do things on the tab that I was going back to my lap top to do.
There are lots of threads on which browser to use. However, my personal favorite is Miren with the default browser being second.
I can not stress enough how much of an improvement a rom can make.

heythorp said:
The browsing experience magnifies greatly after flashing to some different roms.
Roto's rom has changed my opinion of the Tab on a whole. I now do things on the tab that I was going back to my lap top to do.
There are lots of threads on which browser to use. However, my personal favorite is Miren with the default browser being second.
I can not stress enough how much of an improvement a rom can make.
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Ok, I usually flash custom roms on my android devices but I thought this was ok, but I'll try some custom roms out. Thanks.
I don't see many different roms? Am I missing something? Whats the one getting the most interest these days?

There are a lot of threads talking about a lot of roms and some of them will "lock" you into only being able to use 4 different roms (they have bootloaders, before you flash make sure the rom you are using does not have a bootloader).
AT&T and TMob tabs can use Clubtechs files or Roto's. I had very good success doing what is in my sig.

I could not agree more. The browsing experience prior to flashing Roto's JMC was horrific. I am very pleased that I flashed! My Tab now runs smooth as could be when browsing and in general. I too am using Miren browser and have it set to default with the native browser in 2nd.
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I see most are using an app to get into this forum prior to flashing loading this page was horrible now flashed and using my 3g card it loads quickly and run smoothly big big difference
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Now to find someone and see what they flashed on their tmobile tab. I still want to use 3G on it and all I am reading are ones that get voice but edge only.

I use dolphin HSBC with the adblock plugin
Edit: dolphin hd even - HTC autocorrect for you
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I'm using the stock rom with with no changes and have a magnifigent browsing experience with Miren.
Though I would strongly recommend setting Flash to "on demand".
In Miren, it's adjusted in Settings/Advanced/Web Page/Display Flash Content/ "Show on Demand"

I almost exclusively use Miren Browser. It's flat-out the best of the best. Fast, feature rich, excellent tab management and looks damned good to boot. My only real gripe is how slow it handles the World of Warcraft forums, HOWEVER that is entirely on WoW's end, not Miren's. It's a javascript/html5 heavy site.
I don't even touch Dolphin. Evil laggy browser.

Does touchwiz 4 have hardware acceleration?

Is the interface and browser smooth like the ipad? I ask because i tried out a couple of stock android tabs like the sony s and xoom at a store and their scrolling and zooming was quite laggy compared to the ipad, same goes for the browser.

The whole issue about the unsmooth scrolling is much better on 3.2 ROMs, like for example Task650 GalaxyTask ROM.
It isn't entirely gone, but I hope this will come with Ice Cream Sandwich/Android 4.0.
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And to answer your questions: Yes, apart from occasional stuttering, it is as smooth as the iPad. Custom ROM/TouchScreenTune App do the trick for me.

Most of the apps in the system support H.W acceleration (browser , etc ) but the UI itself doesn't support it (it will come in ICS ) like the main launcher and the rotation and translations in the system that is why it shutters allot when using live wallpapers that is because the load is n the processor it self not on the gpu but ICS should fix all this issues, as i noticed even alpha builds are smoother than honeycomb

Android will always have more "stuttering" than the ipad. It's pretty simple to imagine why: on an ipad, all there is is a bunch of little standard sized icons. They don't display information, they don't change, they don't move or supply anything more than a link to open your app. They're just little cached images and so the whole interface moves smoothly because there's nothing to see, no work for the processor. Also, the screen is low resolution (1024x768), so there's less pixels to move around.
Android on the other hand has widgets that change and display information. They are not standardized and are often resizable. The whole interface is far more complex than the ipad. And the screen is higher resolution (1200x800) so there's more pixels.
So, sure, if "smooth scrolling of the homescreen" is your top priority, I'd say go with an ipad. It will always be simple and smooth. Emphasis on the simple.
If, on the other hand, you want customizability and information without having to open your apps, and a little jerkiness in the homescreen is OK with you, get an android tab.
Last bit: android allows you to install a different launcher (that's part of what I mean by "customizability"). ADW EX is very smooth...

Many of the roms on this forum can give you HW acceleration.

All i want is a silky smooth browser like the ipad/iphone. Tried android 2.2, 2.3,3.0,3,1,3.2, sense 3.0, sense 3.5, wp7, wp 7.5 NONE I REPEAT NONE can come close to the consistent smoothness of the safari browser. Is there a browser in the android market that can come close, cause i tried opera and its still not as smooth. Hope ICS will make it so.

Safari for ipad /iphone doesn't have flash so for sure it will be smoother , try opera mini it doesn't have flash so it shuld be faster

I've found that hardware acceleration is much smoother without TW. I'm running AOSP 3.2.2 (Overcome ROM) and have not noticed any lag and even noticed scrolling in say, Music, to not jump at all. Smoother than the iPad for sure.

I'm also verry happy with the Launcher in Overcome

Fasty12 said:
All i want is a silky smooth browser like the ipad/iphone. Tried android 2.2, 2.3,3.0,3,1,3.2, sense 3.0, sense 3.5, wp7, wp 7.5 NONE I REPEAT NONE can come close to the consistent smoothness of the safari browser. Is there a browser in the android market that can come close, cause i tried opera and its still not as smooth. Hope ICS will make it so.
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I use dolphin HD with flash loading on demand. It is the best browser I've used on any device so far.
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otaku1984 said:
I've found that hardware acceleration is much smoother without TW. I'm running AOSP 3.2.2 (Overcome ROM) and have not noticed any lag and even noticed scrolling in say, Music, to not jump at all. Smoother than the iPad for sure.
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My experience is exactly the opposite. Touchwiz is so smooth and fluid in ways that regular honeycomb can't touch. The typind lag in the browser in stock honeycomb was enough to ruin the whole experience.
The only overcome rom I see is a touchwiz rom, where is this aosp overcome rom? I'll check it out on the off chance it is better than stock android.

otaku1984 said:
I've found that hardware acceleration is much smoother without TW. I'm running AOSP 3.2.2 (Overcome ROM) and have not noticed any lag and even noticed scrolling in say, Music, to not jump at all. Smoother than the iPad for sure.
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Where did you get Overcome AOSP ROM and that too 3.2.2
It is still TW. Right?

How fast HTML5 app can be?

Dear All,
Since Firefox OS will be HTML5 based, is this likely a failure? Take a look at Facebook failure when they create their android app using HTML5 and they decided will abandon this and goes native.
They just said HTML5 isn't fast yet although Android use Webkit (which faster than Gecko anyway).
I wonder how Firefox OS can handled complicated and bulky app like we already seen in playstore today.
Thanks

HTML5 can be faster
dels07 said:
Dear All,
Since Firefox OS will be HTML5 based, is this likely a failure? Take a look at Facebook failure when they create their android app using HTML5 and they decided will abandon this and goes native.
They just said HTML5 isn't fast yet although Android use Webkit (which faster than Gecko anyway).
I wonder how Firefox OS can handled complicated and bulky app like we already seen in playstore today.
Thanks
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Regarding that, you should check out sencha's response to facebook. They built a HTML5 app, fastbook [ google it please, not allowed to post outside links .... yet ] that they say is faster and more feature rich than the native ones Facebook built after ditching HTML5.
HTML5 is not necessarily slower than native an especially since FirefoxOS will be doing away with the Dalvik Virtual Machine needed for android, it should have faster perfomance and fewer requirements.
The only way we can tell for sure is by running them and comparing so let FirefoxOS come out then do the comparison and pick whatever suits you

Faster than light

The point for FirefoxOS and Mozilla, it's that it implements WebApis that works with the Hardware of the devices that has installed FirefoxOS. All the WebApis are approved by the W3C, so don't worry about what it's better between native o web, the thing is how you develop your Apps, and how you implement the power of Gecko. Do you know how much frameworks and ways to make Web apps there are?