im just curious as to which browser you guys run and which ones you guys think run faster on past experiences. i use chrome as my daily driver but have been curious as to what might run faster. I would just download opera and try it but im at school and cannot run .exe files. thanks!
Kevin001111 said:
im just curious as to which browser you guys run and which ones you guys think run faster on past experiences. i use chrome as my daily driver but have been curious as to what might run faster. I would just download opera and try it but im at school and cannot run .exe files. thanks!
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Firefox is the best.
Rapid.
Has Ad-Free.
Better than Chrome/Opera.
Of the two, I prefer Chrome. Opera has some nice features, but seems to get sluggish after a while (in my experience). Chrome is fast, lightweight, and has some nice extensions to customize to your liking. You should also consider the newest version of Firefox. I've been using that for a couple weeks and the speed improvement is nice.
Quinn1513 said:
Of the two, I prefer Chrome. Opera has some nice features, but seems to get sluggish after a while (in my experience). Chrome is fast, lightweight, and has some nice extensions to customize to your liking. You should also consider the newest version of Firefox. I've been using that for a couple weeks and the speed improvement is nice.
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+1 on firefox...
I'd really wanna know which browser will run well on a Pentium 4 PC with 512MB RAM. On Windows XP. So far FF is beating Chrome with a slight edge.
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firefox the best!
I stay with Chrome.
Chrome all the way! I hate Firefox. Here's Lifehackers' browser speed test btw: Clicky<--
I don't like Firefox's new update and I tested it out, not for me. I prefer Chrome, it's simple and I just like simple.
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I don't like Firefox's new update and I tested it out, not for me. I prefer Chrome, it's simple and I just like simple.
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This.
For the longest time, I was a diehard Firefox user.
Since they updated to 4, that ish is laggy as hell for me. I couldn't stand it.
So now I'm using Chrome.
Much better, in my opinion!
boothten said:
This.
For the longest time, I was a diehard Firefox user.
Since they updated to 4, that ish is laggy as hell for me. I couldn't stand it.
So now I'm using Chrome.
Much better, in my opinion!
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I thought it was only me who was having the laggy issues. Glad to see I'm not the only one. But, glad to see you're enjoying Chrome
I'm still using the old version of firefox. Haven't tried the opera browser.
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Chrome rocks but the new IE9 is also right up there...
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I thought it was only me who was having the laggy issues. Glad to see I'm not the only one. But, glad to see you're enjoying Chrome
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It was awful!
Loading times for pages used to be really quick. Then, when I updated, it got pretty bad at times. I'd have to restart Firefox sometimes.
I'd never had that problem, and have really fast internet, so I didn't understand what it was.
No problems whatsoever on Chrome though!
my browser
I'm using firefox 4.It's amazing
Royal Wedding Mysteries
DanWilson said:
Firefox is the best.
Rapid.
Has Ad-Free.
Better than Chrome/Opera.
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Chrome is the best. End of.
Smaller, lighter, faster, more user friendly.
Chrome and mozzila are great
flyboyovyick said:
Chrome is the best. End of.
Smaller, lighter, faster, more user friendly.
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This. Opera is too buggy for me
I am a diehard fan of Chrome. Not only do I run it on my Acer Netbook, but on my CR-48. I love how no matter what machine I use it all syncs up automagically.
Sparky WAS in the doghouse. Now, He's allowed on the deck at least.
My Nexus S is annoying me.
chrome!
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chrome is for noobs who wanna be cool by using somthing "trendy" and different ..
get outta here ya yuppies , who you tryna fool , real men use latest firefox pre alpha nightly builds
Related
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/19/on-mobile-phones-firefoxs-big-bet-is-nokia-android/
...Mozilla will release Firefox for Windows Mobile and then Android, he said.
Why? Because he thinks there is a lot of overlap among folks who use Firefox and those who might buy Android-based devices...
“Until recently, Android was Java, but they released Android NDK which uses C/C++ and that is what we program in, so we are now looking at developing Firefox for Android,” said Jay Sullivan, vice president of Mobile for Mozilla.
“Mozilla Firefox will be the first mobile browser to support add-ons,” boasted Sullivan, pointing to the fact that nearly 2 billion Firefox add-ons have been downloaded to date, and they’ve spawned successful companies such as StumbleUpon. He expects similar traction for Firefox on the mobile. “We have been spending a lot of time on making sure that JavaScript and our engine work really fast on ARM processors,” Sullivan said. “That has taken some time.”
The reason: Mozilla wants developers to embrace the more open HTML5 standards instead of developing separately for different mobile platforms. “For a company of 20 people, it is hard to support multiple platforms,” Lilly said. “Even if one platform takes 20 percent of the market, there are other platforms you still need to develop for, and that isn’t easy for a small company. So that is why we are with Google in supporting HTML5 technologies.”
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Watch out, WebKit! Gecko's coming to storm the scene.
I can't wait!
That would be nice. This webkit-based thing feels too much like apple has had its slimy hands in it.
cannot wait, this is gonna be superb!
As horrid as the test version was on WinMo, I'm not holding out any serious hopes.
whats that like firefox mobile
kilaclwnjuggalo said:
whats that like firefox mobile
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yes.........
It cant be much worse than the old WinMo version was.
And with webkit generally being quicker than Gecko, and with firefox's main bow of extensions not really having a place on a mobile (with current memory constraints at least), I'm not really that excited.
Here's hoping though!
Opera Mobile on the other hand......
kevo said:
It cant be much worse than the old WinMo version was.
And with webkit generally being quicker than Gecko, and with firefox's main bow of extensions not really having a place on a mobile (with current memory constraints at least), I'm not really that excited.
Here's hoping though!
Opera Mobile on the other hand......
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Opera can just die.
Does it actually work on ANY website? Or is it *absolutely* worthless?
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Opera can just die.
Does it actually work on ANY website? Or is it *absolutely* worthless?
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lol. It works on all the websites I've come across while using it.
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that was also winblows mobile.....anything winmobile touches turns to crap. just my opinion. I cant wait to see how this turns out though, should be a great addition to the android market
hey i love firefox, so i am hoping to get a great version of fennec for android
I"m curious about how the add ons would work on a mobile
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I"m curious about how the add ons would work on a mobile
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as am I. considering that the non-selling points of addons in the past was memory constraints, and now with the advent of being able to install the app directly to the sd instead of the phones internal storage through android, this could work out very well.
we'll have to just wait and see
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I think the key part of your statement was "wimo"... which basically excludes the possibility of anything actually being *good*.
Opera Only Looks Good!
I keep hearing that the Opera browser works on most sites. Well, it doesn't work very well on many sites. I have even Opera 10 with turbo and it is limited. Now the Skyfire browser isn't so pretty but it works on most sites. I hope some of these browsers for mobile get it together.
Opera is a *terrible* browser -- on ANY platform.
From time to time I look at it, but it is cumbersome, and tends to just *not work*.
John Cipolletti said:
I keep hearing that the Opera browser works on most sites. Well, it doesn't work very well on many sites. I have even Opera 10 with turbo and it is limited. Now the Skyfire browser isn't so pretty but it works on most sites. I hope some of these browsers for mobile get it together.
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Little update:
http://blog.vlad1.com/2010/02/02/android-progress-more-pixels-edition/
Edit: more...
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Android
Blahaha! Mike you got banned lmfaoo!
lbcoder said:
Opera is a *terrible* browser -- on ANY platform.
From time to time I look at it, but it is cumbersome, and tends to just *not work*.
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what a load of bollocks, its faster than stock browseron wifi when its on gprs and every site i use works perfectly and display great, sips ram aswell
Honestly I downloaded the official nightly pre-alpha build of Fennec and I'm quite disappointed. For starters the APK is 11mb and installed using CM6 Froyo APP2SD it showed installed it took up 18mb. This is the largest app for Android I've seen yet.
On top of the bloat it won't run at all on my G1. I just get a black screen. Considering Fennec is written for Android 2.1+ and uses the NDK it's probably built like Flash using Snapdragon specific optimizations that are incompatible with previous generation Androids. I'll probably keep an eye on it, but I doubt it will ever work on anything older then the Nexus One.
Just found a link to Skyfire 2 Beta, did a quick search and didn't see any info on this.
Tried it and works great!! Flash included.
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Just found a link to Skyfire 2 Beta, did a quick search and didn't see any info on this.
Tried it and works great!! Flash included.
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sweet!!! finally
This mostly likely contacts the server like all their others when launched and they will remotely disable the flash support...
this is now the baddest browser on the planet for android I would say give this a try even if you tried the first version. Its way better than version 1
It is finally actually a desktop browser with full flash.
Does it run slower than molasses still?
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Does it run slower than molasses still?
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just try it man. There is nothing better. not even close
This won't parse on super eclair or myn's warm donut on my sd card i'm going to try to reinstall the system and see if that fixes the issues
It already soft reset my phone when going to google.com Using Super Eclair build.
hmm, one thing i've noticed having not used skyfire since WinMo is that it's alot slower then on winmo, sites take forever to load
Yea, it's still garbage... Flash isn't that important to me...
Doesn't run too smooth on our Phones, but i've seen it on the N1 and it runs silky smooth
I tried the flash and it's nice, but honestly i'd rather run the YouTube app. Opera gives a much nice and faster browsing experience imo
A bit off-topic here, but has anyone been able to play a High-Quality YouTube video from the app without the app fc'ing? Mine only plays on the low-quality...
Running Myn's latest!
you can download skyfire off the android market now
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Doesn't run too smooth on our Phones, but i've seen it on the N1 and it runs silky smooth
I tried the flash and it's nice, but honestly i'd rather run the YouTube app. Opera gives a much nice and faster browsing experience imo
A bit off-topic here, but has anyone been able to play a High-Quality YouTube video from the app without the app fc'ing? Mine only plays on the low-quality...
Running Myn's latest!
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I wonder how it'd run on the incredible...
Edit: lol, nm, I totally forgot they were pretty much the same hardware... I don't know why I thought N1 was 800mhz...
tried it and I wasn't impressed. It seems like a skinned version of the standard browser? Also it was too slow to be useable even with my phone overclocked to 510
I know that everyone will have a personal opinion and preference (not to mention that this question has probably been done to death); but with the latest GB update/ROM, 2.2 roms and so forth...At this point in development, is the stock browser just as good/fast as 3rd party ones (specifically sykfire and opera mini).
I am updated to the 1/28 Gingerbread, and while the stock is ok, I still prefer Dolphin. I have a difficult time exiting out of stock (the back key just pages back, does not exit), and downloads don't always seem to complete in the stock browser for me. Just my 2 cents.
Yeah I figure it really depends on the user's needs/wants. I read this interesting review, (tried to post the link but not allowed yet :-( and it looks like skyfire is the best overall (supposedly plays flash on non-flash devices pretty well)
Miren is the best.
Skyfire for Flash video conversion support. Also a good system for tabs and a great browser overall.
LATE EDIT: I read the topic wrong, I thought it was like a poll... Umm, the stock is still nowhere near as good as Skyfire or Dolphin.
I use dolphins mini.
ive used xscope for quite a while and nothing else ever really feels right when i try it
I like miren as well.
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I'm using Opera atm but I don't like that there is no pinch to zoom or text formatting when I zoom in. It's still much better than stock, maybe I'll check out dolphin or miren
I would say boat browser
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Miren seems like a really good browser. I like it.
Was using Opera now Dolphin is my primary, however a bit frustrated with not being able to set my home page. They all run rather slow to open up and are sluggish on my phone. Web pages are a pain in the *** on all of them. Either too small or too big.
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Miren seems like a really good browser. I like it.
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Haven't heard of it. How does it compare. Why do you like it. I might have to give it a try.
Opera Mobile
Now using Opera Mobile and I find it is very snappy. I tried Dolphin and it seemed a bit cumbersome. I will have to check out Miren.
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ive used xscope for quite a while and nothing else ever really feels right when i try it
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Xscope is very good, especially the newest version as they worked out alot of bugs, it is a paid app tho. Try the different versions of dolphin browser they are really fast and customizable.
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I liked the functions embedded in Skyfire, but on the aospCMod, it seemed to cause some FC and weird booting issues.
I use dolphin HD licensed and skyfire for flash yxplayer fc's on me in aospcmod
Best browsers for android
For me it is opera mini ucweb for more info
my-source-codes.blogspot.com/2011/03/best-android-browser.html
I’ve tried few and have to agree skyfire works best.
My N5 is on stock 4.4.2,
Having read that the Nexus 5 CPU throttle back when it hit it's preset temperature to prevent overheating (while charging or running intensive apps) generally doesn't affect much of the UI, most apps and gaming (still buttery smooth) but the throttling had affect Chrome so badly that it's absurb !!
When I'm charging, web pages takes ages to load on HSPA+ and never ever loads completely, the blue loading bar in Chrome will hang at about 9/10 of it's way thou page are readable but images don't load up. Pinch zoom and kinetic scrolling stutter, couple with Chrome hang for a good 2 sec before resuming itself. Web pages like the Verge, dpreview, gsmarena and xda forum can never load up completely and I'm getting incomplete texts and forget about images !!
I've initially though it's the N5's cell signal problems but atlas I downloaded Dolphin Browser, I can full load all the above mentioned web pages in about 7 - 10 sec. I think Google should really further optimize Chrome for upcoming Kit Kat updates, If they can make Chrome blazing fast on a x86-64 PC why not Android ?
I'll be sticking with Dolphin Browser for a while thou until 4.4.3, finger cross then
Anybody experience this problem too?
Weird this doesn't happen on
my nexus 5
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Weird this doesn't happen on
my nexus 5
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Maybe I should give Chrome a 'good cleaning' inside via clear cache and app datas
Or reinstall it
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I've noticed Chrome using much more battery then any other browser I've tried. Not sure exactly why I've since switched to Firefox which syncs with my desktop browser.
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I've noticed Chrome using much more battery then any other browser I've tried. Not sure exactly why I've since switched to Firefox which syncs with my desktop browser.
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Exactly... chewing up to about 12% of juice during my N5 9hrs usage time, forget to took a screen shot thou...
Just today I was also wondering why chrome is so slow. Slow to load and really bad scroll stutter. My GS2 with CM10.1 browser so much better. How can that be?
But lots of people reporting no problems with chrome. Would love to know what I should be doing differently.
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Just today I was also wondering why chrome is so slow. Slow to load and really bad scroll stutter. My GS2 with CM10.1 browser so much better. How can that be?
But lots of people reporting no problems with chrome. Would love to know what I should be doing differently.
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Short answer, Chrome sucks. First thing I did when I got my N5 was root it, install Titanium backup and freeze Chrome. I use Dolphin and Next for now. I do notice that in general, the browsing experience has gotten worse going from 4.3 to 4.4. Hopefully google will address this going forward.
LOL to root to freez chrome ?
just use the disable functionthat come with android
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LOL to root to freez chrome ?
just use the disable functionthat come with android
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Was a slight exaggeration, I flashed kernel trinity and rastakat before I froze Chrome
Shouldn't use dolphin. They have some serious privacy violations with all their apps. I recommend Firefox, Chrome, Opera or Naked Browser. Chrome does suck though IMO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
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After clearing cache and app datas, Chrome run like brand new again thou for less then 10 over web pages. It begin to rear it's ugly head again...
Looks like just have to wait for the next 4.4.3 again before I'm going back to Chrome... sigh.
Chrome has been my go-to browser since the galaxy nexus days, never had a problem. It's the only browser I'll use. JMO
jlevy73 said:
Short answer, Chrome sucks. First thing I did when I got my N5 was root it, install Titanium backup and freeze Chrome. I use Dolphin and Next for now. I do notice that in general, the browsing experience has gotten worse going from 4.3 to 4.4. Hopefully google will address this going forward.
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Yup Chrome performed wonderfully on my 2 yrs old Gnex with 4.3, maybe the codes are not yet fully optimised for 4.4... bummer.
1stx2 said:
Chrome has been my go-to browser since the galaxy nexus days, never had a problem. It's the only browser I'll use. JMO
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Happy for you, are you on LTE? because I've only HSPA+ and Chrome loads painfully slow...:crying:
stelv said:
Shouldn't use dolphin. They have some serious privacy violations with all their apps. I recommend Firefox, Chrome, Opera or Naked Browser. Chrome does suck though IMO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
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But dolphin has flash support
I think Dolphin's security exploit had been fixed after ver 7
check out their blog...
http://dolphin.com/webzine-does-not-store-user-data/
You really trust the people at Dolphin. Its up to you guys. I personally don't like handing over my private data to some untrustworthy company in another country. Check the privacy thread out. Dolphin Zero still has privacy issues too.
I think Firefox supports flash and you can always sideload it too.
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Just made the switch to the browser that comes with the tablet, realized that chrome on the tablet is very laggy for what ever reason. Anyone experience this?
Yes.
Chrome is laggy on this hardware, I'm using samsung-stock-browser.
Try these tips to make Chrome Browser quite a bit faster on Android...
http://digiwonk.10-speed-hacks-thatll-make-google-chrome-blazing-fast
b00mb00mchuck said:
Try these tips to make Chrome Browser quite a bit faster on Android...
http://digiwonk.10-speed-hacks-thatll-make-google-chrome-blazing-fast
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This made it faster on my computer, not faster on my tablet.
Still laggy on my tablet. Surprisingly, I'm totally fine with the stock browser. It performs way better than Chrome.
Will definitely try the above linked page to see if it helps. I use stock browser for web sites I need to keep cookies/pw's for logging into, Firefox in private mode through a VPN for everything else. Google is too darned nosy for my tastes. Remember if you log into GMail etc even through a VPN Google has your IP address so don't use Google for a search engine or they still know who you are.
Yes i use Chrome + Chrome samsung support library
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Will definitely try the above linked page to see if it helps. I use stock browser for web sites I need to keep cookies/pw's for logging into, Firefox in private mode through a VPN for everything else. Google is too darned nosy for my tastes. Remember if you log into GMail etc even through a VPN Google has your IP address so don't use Google for a search engine or they still know who you are.
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cappa662 said:
This made it faster on my computer, not faster on my tablet.
Still laggy on my tablet. Surprisingly, I'm totally fine with the stock browser. It performs way better than Chrome.
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I'm using chrome on my tablet with android 5 and I don't get any lag at all, it didnt lag when I was using touchwiz either.
ok that's very weird because i use chrome every day :v no lag at all :v but at first, it was lag like hell :v but now it's smooth like butter
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wow this seems like it worked on my lg g3.
will try on my tablet when i get home
chrome in my tab s 10.5 T805 is unusable
cappa662 said:
Just made the switch to the browser that comes with the tablet, realized that chrome on the tablet is very laggy for what ever reason. Anyone experience this?
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Yes.
Chrome is laggy on this hardware, I'm using samsung-stock-browser.
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Chrome was really slow on Touchwiz.
Switched to CM12 and now its is super smooth and fast.
No more scrolling lag or stutter
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Chrome was really slow on Touchwiz.
Switched to CM12 and now its is super smooth and fast.
No more scrolling lag or stutter
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it's smooth like silk on my t805 with TW
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it's smooth like silk on my t805 with TW
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Really?!
Either Samsung have pushed an update since when I switched to (first CM11 and now) CM12.
Or it is due to the different processors the Tx05s have compared to the Tx00 wifi-only versions.
I heard those LTE versions somehow have more optimization or horsepower than the wifi versions...
Chrome runs pretty fast for me. There's a few hiccups here an there but not too bug a deal. If you have a low-end tablet it may not even be good at running Chrome. Try Chrome Beta and tell us if it goes any faster. I use that at love it. What do you mean by laggy? Is it sloe to respond to touches or load pages? That may be your internet connection slowng Chrome down
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Maybe try installing this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.deviceextras.samsung&hl=en
I'm not even really sure what it does but the reviews claim it speed things up.
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In my opinion who have good performance whit chrome have Tab s T800(snapdragon) and who have bad performance have T805 (exynos). Because is impossible that everyone have different performance whit the same tablet.
robox88 said:
In my opinion who have good performance whit chrome have Tab s T800(snapdragon) and who have bad performance have T805 (exynos). Because is impossible that everyone have different performance whit the same tablet.
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It's not impossible for different people to have different performance with the same tablet. It happens often and not only with browers. I like Chrome because it's easy to sync my bookmarks which I have hundreds with my desktop, laptop and phone. But it is laggy on my tablet so I often use Dolphin instead which runs very smoothly and supports flash.
True on that one. Chrome can run differently depending on how may apps you have, how many are open, WiFi connection, and evenbbatyery life. Chrin cab be a bit laggy at times if there's multiple apps open or your low on space.
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I do not believe. In my notes 3 Chrome runs very well always. My Tab s (T805) chrome, always turns bad, even with the tablet just formatted.
if someone is good and other is bad, there must be something underneath, or have different yardstick, or there is some version of the tablet that runs better, and others in which turns worse.
i use chrome simply because i have all my bookmarks and history from browsing on pc..