When Samsung's stock browser works perfectly it leads me to believe it's Chrome, not my phone. Network lag wouldn't make scrolling a fully loaded page be choppy anyway.
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When Samsung's stock browser works perfectly it leads me to believe it's Chrome, not my phone. Network lag wouldn't make scrolling a fully loaded page be choppy anyway.
Well then, stick with stock Samsung apps I guess.
I have a galaxy nexus, and even on that, experience 60fps scrolling on a fully loaded GAF page for instance.
I get this all the time. It's absolutely horrible. Drives me insane.
Huh, I've never seen chrome behaving like that on my N5 or my wife's OPO. I wonder if it has something to do with the displayed ads. I have ad blocking on my mobile devices. I'd let it run on Gaf like I do on desktop but it's not as easy to be selective on the phone.
I don't use ad blocking and its still fine
osiris3355
Banned
Neogaf is 60 fps for me as well but that is only because its lightweight and very mobile tuned. If you go to a heavy site like the verge or android police its a choppy nightmare.
Regardless, I thought google was changing this soon so it no longer happened. I believe they are switching it so touch has higher priority over the page loading.
Regardless, I thought google was changing this soon so it no longer happened. I believe they are switching it so touch has higher priority over the page loading.
I just tested a few heavy sites... 60fps even while it's loading too. Guess that's why I don't get the complaints with chrome.
The verge scrolls at 60fps, but it has god awful checked boarding and initially there's a lag in response when interacting with the site (scrolls 2 seconds later after I've initially done it)
osiris3355
Banned
Chrome repaints the DOM while scrolling so you must have a super phone. Unless your not factoring in the touch lag your seeing.
Jazzy Network
Member
My S6 running Chrome is garbage. Been using the stock browser and while it's not perfect, it's better than Chrome.
Well, kinggroin your video is much different than I experience. It's weird too, because sometimes (rarely) it would work like that for me, but the majority of the time it's just not good at all. It's not a "rogue app" causing the issues for me, either.
I am still comfortable saying that the issues that many people have are Chrome's fault. You guys are not the majority. I'm jealous though, because I really don't like having to use another browser.
There's *sometimes* a half second touch lag at very beginning then everything's scrolling as usual while there are a bunch of blank spaces getting filled in. Maybe what I see on my N7 is closer to what you guys are seeing but on my N5 it's blazing fast.
I'm on that and got an S6 on Next on launch day.
edit: But I think I remember not being able to do it online. It tried to get me to pick another plan. You can do it in store though.
longdi
Banned
I do that now, but is not intuitive and slower than swipe left/right. I still need to reach for the box with my other hand. For all the importance tab browsing, i am annoyed Google didnt thought more on how to switch tabs easily with one hand. They used to have swipe anywhere from the screen to switch, but some complained about accidentally switching and they moved it to the top address bar only. At least have it at the bottom where our thumbs are.
No, it is worse. The task switcher would mess with the order of Chrome tabs and placed your latest apps switched on the front. Another brainless Google feature
As annoying as Chrome design is, i found it to be the most stable and fastest scrolling of Android browsers, even faster than Samsung browser. After Maxthon crashed like hell on Z2 5.0.2, im forced to use Chrome and coming to neogaf complaining about how un-intuitive the tabs switching still is.
Perhaps you can try reinstall the apps? or perhaps you need to change some settings in Chrome?
Guess I'll have to go to an actual store. I tried to do it at Best Buy. The guy seemed to feel pretty bad that he couldn't help out. He called like 3 different departments from Best Buy and AT&T before they told him they could only do it in corporate stores.
The Faceless Master
Member
sometimes some plans are like that.
i'm on SERO so i can only upgrade in corporate stores or on the website.
Wait, you're using the original Galaxy Nexus with a custom Lollipop Rom and it runs that smooth? Tell me your secret. My Galaxy Nexus has incredibly laggy, poor performance regardless of what ROM I use.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I have this same issue and it's horrible. Once iOS gets a little more pro, I'll likely switch over. I prefer elegance over useless nonsense that many Android users seem to prefer, like the "just give us the option!" foolishness.
Safari really is great. My iPhone still sits on the sidelines most of the time, though. Not sure what it is exactly (notifications are a big part), but I just always go back to my Android phones. I'll still always own both, though.
osiris3355
Banned
I will never support them regardless of the product due to their anticompetitive tactics. I swear they try to pull something new every year.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/4/8540935/apple-labels-spotify-streaming
They are the richest company on earth yet they feel the need to pull bullshit like this. Scary
http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/4/8540935/apple-labels-spotify-streaming
They are the richest company on earth yet they feel the need to pull bullshit like this. Scary
I don't know. I notice choppy scrolling on my iPad Air 2 all the time. It's not exactly smooth all the time like what people keep saying. It's certainly not worth the trade off for what Android offers most of the time.
I just wish I could find a browser that doesn't destroy battery life.
I just wish I could find a browser that doesn't destroy battery life.
Kill Your Masters
Member
Rich getting richer.
At least with Google and Microsoft you can see them try new things, invest the cash, try and experiment with new stuff.
Apple is a hoarder.
Maybe there's just too much stuff running in the background? Even my N10 is smooth once the page is loaded up except for pages that have ads that follow the scrolling. 30fps though, not 60 like N7/N5. I know when I used to have Samsung phone the stock rom ran a lot slower than many other stock based, optimized custom rom.
osiris3355
Banned
Safari stops painting the DOM when scrolling. Chrome does not. That is your answer.
Well I've had all the Nexus devices and still own a 5 and 7(2013). I haven't used Chrome on my girlfriend's 6 too extensively so maybe it's fine on there. I'm pretty into mobile systems/development so I consider myself far from an average user that may install a bunch of junk apps that run in the background or something to that effect. I know what's running on my phone, and it's nothing frivolous.
The bottom line is that other browsers run better on the same devices that run Chrome poorly (in my experience). That points to an issue with Chrome, not the device.
Even all that aside, there shouldn't be issues with the stock/premier browser from the creators of Android in any case, under normal use.
I'm not trying to bash Chrome for fun; it took a lot to get me to stop using it. I hate not using it. But I can't deal with the choppiness.
I'm really just curious why I don't see it performing as poorly as a lot of people suggest for all these years I've been using chrome. Even on my GS3 it's still running at 30fps scrolling and that's the only device I have that I've ever seen pressing a button taking a couple seconds for the drop down menu to appear sometimes on gaf. The only thing I can think of is I go pretty far turning off stuff I don't need and that's every single Samsung app on the GS3.
Chrome on my Z3 is crappy too. It is the one thing that immediately stands out vs ios
Following up on a previous poster's comments about improved idle time with the Z3 update, I've now had mine on for two full days and night and the battery is showing 53%, predicting two more days usage. That is barely using it over the weekend, I was just testing.
I've always had it off. Still shit.
rrvv
Member
Yeah. Is the only app I have that drain battery like crazy
Hm, only other thing I do different from some people is not have the tabs and apps merged and keep that little square in the top right for tab switching. Also rarely go over 5 tabs,
CheezyMac88
Member
I've just received an OTA update for my S6 Edge (Sprint). It fixed the auto rotation and night clock issues.
Have a S5. Just last week I started experiencing an where all my notifications in the notification bar stopped appearing.
I went to sounds/notifications and made sure the apps which I vitally need real time notifications from are turned on.
I use my phone for work email and now have to open the app and manually refresh for the email inbox to update.
Don't see anything else in settings that could be the cause.
Anyone know what's causing this? It's not just email, work and gmail, but also hangouts, text messages, whatsapp...etc
I went to sounds/notifications and made sure the apps which I vitally need real time notifications from are turned on.
I use my phone for work email and now have to open the app and manually refresh for the email inbox to update.
Don't see anything else in settings that could be the cause.
Anyone know what's causing this? It's not just email, work and gmail, but also hangouts, text messages, whatsapp...etc
here's how theverge.com runs on my n5 in chrome 30fps video
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_x2Y5eEGTUvZWdoc3dYSTRTYVU&authuser=0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_x2Y5eEGTUvZWdoc3dYSTRTYVU&authuser=0
Ads may be coming to HTC BlinkFeed:
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HTC: Samsung only cares about money.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Do you guys know how to fix the nexus 5 boot loop? It won't turn on or anything.
Looks good to me.
LG confirms G4 does support Qualcomm Quick Charge after all
http://pocketnow.com/2015/05/11/lg-g4-quick-charge
'oh yeah, it does'
http://pocketnow.com/2015/05/11/lg-g4-quick-charge
'oh yeah, it does'
FallingEdge
Member
Have a G3 and was thinking of upgrading to the G4 but the battery being subpar will prolly cause me to hold back. No clue what is going on with the Z4. Maybe wait for the Note 5/N5 Edge, but that OS.
Oh well.
Oh well.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Do you even really need to upgrade?
The new camera seems kind of upgrade worthy. Plus the 808 is apparently super smooth so that might matter to some with a G3.