I am the proud owner of a new Nexus 10, and I thought I would carry out some browser benchmarks to see which browser worked best as the earlier bechmarks using Chrome were a little dissapointing...
The bechmarks are lower is better with the exception of V8
Sunspider, V8(higher is better), Kraken
Chrome (stock) 1365ms, 3023, 11222
QQ Browser 881ms, 4032, 10087
Boat Browser 886ms, 3614, 10213 (italia0101 posted 762ms for sunspider on his N10 and also has an interesting video embedded on page 3)
By comparison here are the Iphone 5 benchmarks
Safari 908ms, 1553, 19618
As you can see - this thing really flies and is the fastest android device i've ever used
When will Google realize that chrome shouldn't ship with devices and should be optional. The stock aosp browser is so much faster,
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blackhand1001 said:
When will Google realize that chrome shouldn't ship with devices and should be optional. The stock aosp browser is so much faster,
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I know. I just buried (gave to my parents) my old xoom and I feel that the stock browser was somehow smoother and faster than chrome on the Nexus 10. And, you know, Flash and stuff...
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I am the proud owner of a new Nexus 10, and I thought I would carry out some browser benchmarks to see which browser worked best as the earlier bechmarks using Chrome were a little dissapointing...
The bechmarks are lower is better with the exception of V8
Sunspider, V8(higher is better), Kraken
Chrome (stock) 1365ms, 3023, 11222
QQ Browser 881ms, 4032, 10087
Boat Browser 886ms, 3614, 10213
By comparison here are the Iphone 5 benchmarks
Safari 908ms, 1553, 19618
As you can see - this thing really flies and is the fastest android device i've ever used
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Very impressive! Any way to try out the stock JB Broswer, the one on the Note 2?
the only way to install the AOSP browser is to root the tablet, which I don't think i'm going to bother doing...
Hey when Firefox 17 comes out could you do a benchmark on that please
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I don't know why anyone complains about Chrome. I use it exclusively on my S3 and N10 and it works great. There may be faster browsers but the syncing between all my devices and the ability to open any tab left open on any device on another device is absolutely priceless! My only complaint would be lack of Flash.
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the only way to install the AOSP browser is to root the tablet, which I don't think i'm going to bother doing...
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Why buy a Nexus and not root it though? Thats like buying a Toyota Supra and keeping it all OEM.
philipswich said:
I am the proud owner of a new Nexus 10, and I thought I would carry out some browser benchmarks to see which browser worked best as the earlier bechmarks using Chrome were a little dissapointing...
The bechmarks are lower is better with the exception of V8
Sunspider, V8(higher is better), Kraken
Chrome (stock) 1365ms, 3023, 11222
QQ Browser 881ms, 4032, 10087
Boat Browser 886ms, 3614, 10213
By comparison here are the Iphone 5 benchmarks
Safari 908ms, 1553, 19618
As you can see - this thing really flies and is the fastest android device i've ever used
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Thanks.. good to see these numbers.
May I request a few more tests?
Also include Dolphin in the tests for comparison.
Try these browser benchmarks -
Peacekeeper - http://peacekeeper.futuremark.com/
Google Octane - http://octane-benchmark.googlecode.com/svn/latest/index.html
HTML5 test - http://html5test.com/
Some "fun" HTML5 test from MS:
MS Fishtank test (100-500 fishes) - http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/performance/fishbowl/
MS Bubbles test (20-40) - http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/performance/bubbles/
WebGL test: http://airtightinteractive.com/demos/js/cubes/
I know it's asking lot from you
cheers!
I hit 762 ms in boat browser now thats speed, and actually faster than the ipad 4
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I hit 762 ms in boat browser now thats speed, and actually faster than the ipad 4
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Include all these in your review, pls! If possible please check out the Nexus Media Importer as well, which looks to be able to work with external media files
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997066
results.. as requested:
Peacekeeper, Octane, Html5 test.
Boat 1033, 2968, 298
QQ 1113, 2903, 298
Chrome 654, 2676, 390
philipswich said:
results.. as requested:
Peacekeeper, Octane, Html5 test.
Boat 1033, 2968, 298
QQ 1113, 2903, 298
Chrome 654, 2676, 390
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Thanks!
Chrome doesn't seem to be best right now. Google should work fast to bring it to desktop level.
Boat/QQ looks faster than Chrome now.
philipswich said:
I am the proud owner of a new Nexus 10, and I thought I would carry out some browser benchmarks to see which browser worked best as the earlier bechmarks using Chrome were a little dissapointing...
The bechmarks are lower is better with the exception of V8
Sunspider, V8(higher is better), Kraken
Chrome (stock) 1365ms, 3023, 11222
QQ Browser 881ms, 4032, 10087
Boat Browser 886ms, 3614, 10213
By comparison here are the Iphone 5 benchmarks
Safari 908ms, 1553, 19618
As you can see - this thing really flies and is the fastest android device i've ever used
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Hmm I don't know if its the fastest
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I've been using QQ Browser since I started browsing and I can say that it is much faster than Chrome. I ended up disabling Chrome because of a suspicion that it's causing random restarts on the N10, but all is well with the QQ browser.
boat browser is my fastest, coming in at 768ms, iv included it in my video which will be posted very soon!
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boat browser is my fastest, coming in at 768ms, iv included it in my video which will be posted very soon!
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768ms is very good, is your N10 stock?
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768ms is very good, is your N10 stock?
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Indeed it is ..
See attached
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Oh wow guys these scores are glorious, engadget and their biased misleading reviews... I can't wait till they restock on the 32gb one to get mine. and while i prefer the AOSP broswer to Chrome (as it feels smoother on all my devices) for some reason Chrome still scores better than anything else in my SGS2 (Boat and QQ get about 1700ms in sunspider while Chrome get's scores in the 1500s
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Oh wow guys these scores are glorious, engadget and their biased misleading reviews...
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You can't blame them, this is Googles fault, they should have either drastically improved chrome or just use the AOSP browser as stock.
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I'm using it mainly for the auto text reflow but I'm missing some features from the original browser.
Is opera mobile also "hardware accelereated"?
MUST check boat browser mini. Best! Found it a few days ago. Solves desktop issue...some of other browsers don't.
Another browser based thread.
One thing we should keep in mind that Stock browser is the best out there. There is no real competitor out there. When Stock one is so good I don't find a reason to need for another. Well if you do need, then it is either Miren or Dolhpin-HD, but as I said no true competitor of Stock.
Regards.
I agree about stock browser...this one is not stock tho. Been tweaked by Samsung.
Take 10 graphic heavy sites and compare boat to stock.
Stock falters.
I'm not sure if Opera is faster, but it's very smooth and unlike the stock browser there is virtually no checkerboarding. I think I remember hearing that hardware acceleration is something that will come in the future, but I think that's more something to look forward to for people on slower devices because I don't really see how performance can improve on the SGS2. There are a few other issues with it though, like the dumbphone google sites instead of the HTML5 ones.
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I agree about stock browser...this one is not stock tho. Been tweaked by Samsung.
Take 10 graphic heavy sites and compare boat to stock.
Stock falters.
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Alright, I will try Boat and post back.
Regards.
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Opera mobile is much faster but only coz you can run it in mobile view.tbf tho the stock browser is decent too!
Stock sux. I cannot download via FTP. I use firefox (extensions = adblock)
GO for dolphin HD... amazing features....
Overall the stock browser is unbeatable. But I use Opera sometimes on my Transformer because of the better Flash compatibility with some sites ... the downside is, that Opera's loading times are much slower, but scrolling is fast and smooth.
But on a phone, especially the S2, the stockbrowser is good enough for my taste ... I don't use it for long surfing sessions.
End of Story & Browser debate!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome
Sweet!!!
Chrome on Android... Yikes~!
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End of Story & Browser debate!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome
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Thanks Man!!! Installing now, this is huge!!!
Kan any one please publish the apk, for us pore non eng users
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Just installed it myself. In fact, I've using it for this post.
I've tried some of the more intensive sites that I know; cnet, ign and espn. I'm sure there are better test canidates.
So far, I'm putting it on par with Dolphin, but the native support for ICS makes me hopeful.
Its pretty fast, good for a beta. Faster than stock browser by a mile. Lacks request desktop site at the moment but thats not a big problem.
This is odd, but is anyone else having problems using a capital "c"? I'm using the dock and all it does is backspace.
Was super excited to see this, but the first thing I noticed was none of the keyboard shortcuts that work with dock+stock browser work in chrome . Can't Ctrl+t to open new tab or anything like that.
dondavis007 said:
Kan any one please publish the apk, for us pore non eng users
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Here you go.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3xaxwd2xrn0rkgr
**Edit**
Now here too:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...et-the-chrome-for-android-beta-apk-right-now/
I'm going to use it because it seems quicker than the stock ICS browser, but it does NOT support Flash.
hate to say it but Opera still blows this out of the water for loading and smoothness even just loading these forums and scrolling down in threads......
this is sick! anyone know how to change the user agent?
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this is sick! anyone know how to change the user agent?
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doesn't look like its available yet... remember this is the first BETA.
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.3; en-us; Transformer Prime TF201 Build/IML74K) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Safari/535.7
Doesn't have the keyboard shortcuts of stock or a way to change UA and such AFAIK. Hopefully these will change in time and the Beta will get updated frequently (like Chrome) and not once in a blue moon like Chrome to Phone.
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My understanding is that flash for mobile is on its way out. Maybe that's why? I agree, it does suck though.
A single quick run on Sunspider 0.9.1 Javascript Test (smaller is better):
Stock ICS Browser: 2332.2 ms
Mobile Chrome Beta: 1858.7 ms
...about 25% faster on javascript. Not bad.
Edit: and Opera Mobile: 1746.2 ms
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My understanding is that flash for mobile is on its way out. Maybe that's why? I agree, it does suck though.
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Yeah... HTML5 will replace that and adobe has already said they are killing any more releases to Flash for mobile. But, that doesn't mean it is gone. And, granted the tablet is running android, it shouldn't be on the same par as a 'mobile' device like a phone. These things have more computing power than phones. Flash shouldn't even be an issue to run on the Prime.
You beat me to posting this. Awesome browser.
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I know its beta, but so far, I'm liking Dolphin a little bit better. Creature of habit maybe, but scroll speed and general ease of use are a notch above Chrome.
I think the big difference you will notice with this release is that after leaving your prime for 30 mins and returning your open tabs will not refresh.
Any1 tried Naked Browser yet on your SGPs yet? Its a really fast and very lightweight browser. Almost a Dolphin Browser replacement.
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Yeah, I just tried it. Very smooth and fast. Just needs a better ui.
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I like the UI. The dev said that he would rather have a fast, fully functional browser then making it look good. I uninstalled Dolphin and using this for now on. It rates a 95/100 on the Acid3 test which is really good. I forgot what Dolphin got but to score that high all for a fast and lightweight browser, im impressed.
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Yeah, I just tried it. Very smooth and fast. Just needs a better ui.
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Agreed, very ugly
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Agreed, very ugly
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Well, all what I can say is that it is a very lightweight browser that loads pages pretty fast. Just throwing that out there.
I'd stick with Dolphin since UI kinda matters.. And well.. Dolphin is the best!
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I'd stick with Dolphin since UI kinda matters.. And well.. Dolphin is the best!
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Depends for what..i found maxthon browser the best for GB but opera is still far the best in mobile rendering of pages (when you read something text is always filling the screen)
Like i use chrome on nexus 7 but text is always to small and if i zoom i want see all text and on opera i zoom and no matter how much i zoom text reformats for reading so i find opera best browser for reading.
And for speed AOSP browser is fastest (but only awailable for cm9 and cm10 and derivates) and this naked browser is also very fast.
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I always go back to Dolphin Mini. I've tried a dozen others and they don't quite match.
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Careful, Dolphin, Maxthon, Boat, and many other browsers out there spy on you, wasting battery power, bandwidth, and CPU in the process. I made Naked Browser in response to these privacy violations. You can check it out here in the Google Play Store.
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Careful, Dolphin, Maxthon, Boat, and many other browsers out there spy on you, wasting battery power, bandwidth, and CPU in the process. I made Naked Browser in response to these privacy violations. You can check it out here in the Google Play Store.
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You have done great work. The concept is well founded. It was fast browser, but the interface made my eyes hurt. Soften the look and add tabs on top and I will am sold. On the other hand, privacy can always be a good idea, but the tracking done is mostly to enhance the experience. This is why Google results are still most likely to be correct for the user. If you are not doing anything wrong while browsing, then what is the worry?
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You have done great work. The concept is well founded. It was fast browser, but the interface made my eyes hurt. Soften the look and add tabs on top and I will am sold. On the other hand, privacy can always be a good idea, but the tracking done is mostly to enhance the experience. This is why Google results are still most likely to be correct for the user. If you are not doing anything wrong while browsing, then what is the worry?
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Thank you very much.
If you can explain what exactly was hurting your eyes, I can fix it. Naked Browser has been out for less than 2 months and I am working on it daily. What do you mean by "soften the look"? Please provide mockup screenshots if possible.
Tabs on the bottom is on my list for the paid "pro" version.
I disagree that the tracking done by Dolphin, Boat, Ninesky, Miren, and most of the Android browsers out there is meant to enhance your experience. "Enhanced experience" is what these rats are telling you and certainly what we'd like to believe, but it's obviously not the truth. Read Dolphin's privacy policy. They don't care about their users. The reason they ask for the "Phone state & identity" privilege isn't for your enhanced experience. It's to tie the data that they collect to your real world identity. Read the thread that I linked previously. They're sending your data to China, and beyond. They're selling you out, all these browser makers.
Spying wastes your battery power, bandwidth, and CPU cycles. But if you don't care about all of that and you don't care about your own privacy...what's the point?
You mention Google collecting data. They do BUT they are a large, established, public company that has a strong incentive to treat your data properly. Also, a browser maker is in a unique position to know basically everything you do on line. Google, Facebook, etc. can't pull this off just by you visiting their sites.
This message is for everyone who uses spying browsers made by incompetent people. You don't have to use Naked Browser but you shouldn't be using all the other crap out there.
The Web is still full of sites which use Flash which is why Adobe are still supporting Flash on Windows laptops and desktops for the forseeable future.
On Android there is excellant desktop support for Flash using premium browsers such as Dolphin, Skyfire, Boat etc. which provide the same Web experience on the Nexus 10 as using a Windows laptop or desktop.
However, because Apple does not support Flash then the iPad will never be able to use the Web as well as the Nexus 10 or a Windows laptop or desktop no matter how many apps there are to compensate.
Erm...okay?
so what's the question... xD
This. If only Flash was dying, but it isn't. Half the web is Flash, and if you want streaming, an OS that supports it is a must.
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This. If only Flash was dying, but it isn't. Half the web is Flash, and if you want streaming, an OS that supports it is a must.
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Not exactly a question lol. Are you trying to state that the Nexus 10 is better for browsing because it can support Flash?
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omgi0wn said:
Not exactly a question lol. Are you trying to state that the Nexus 10 is better for browsing because it can support Flash?
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Sould I state my opinion with question marks? Hell, why not?
Which devices gives you the more complete browsing experience, the one that can display all pages and content, or the one that cannot?
You do know that browsers like skyfire and puffin are available for the iPad as well and support flash pretty well right?
Neither will do it out of the box.Both do it with 3rd party apps.
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You do know that browsers like skyfire and puffin are available for the iPad as well and support flash pretty well right?
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Yeah but Adobe had longer support for Android, so I'd imagine flash content is more stable even post-ICS.
Apple has 3rd party apps that support flash as well.
I would typically not be using flash in day to day Web browsing, and don't have my primary browser set to support flash.
Both tablets are pretty good for Web browsing. The n10 loads pages very quickly. I prefer the aspect ratio of the n10 for Web browsing compared to the iPad.
I don't care about flash
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Who cares if the iPad can't run Flash. Flash is being deprecated all over the web. I don't have any special love for Apple but you can credit the iPad's lack of Flash for most of the video sites offering HTML5 instead.
I haven't bothered to install Flash on my Nexus 10. Not missing it at all.
What gives you the most complete web experiance ? The the new surface rt lol. What is the point of this post it is pointless and only brings up android vs apple.
Some one please close this thread its people like this that give android a bad name.
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Can anyone confirm this for me as I have not got a ICS or later device (yet).
If a website has a menu structure where the user hovers the mouse to get the menu to pop up on desktop, if the root of the menu had a link in android you could never get into the menu structure because whenever you press to bring up the menu it actually redirects you to the page, whereas in iOS it does not do that and will bring up the menu.
That is one disadvantage I have with Android, if there is a fix that I am not aware of then yea inform me
Ok aside from flash, my big concern after owning a tf300 is just over all expereince..the tf300 was slow...tried every browser and it just wasn't as responsive. i know that most people blamed the I/O on the TF300.
At work we just got a shipment of Ipad 4's and just messing with them and surfing the web it is very fast and fluid. Can i expect the same from nexus 10? I konw the Chrome browser is not the best, but maybe using Dolphin or boat?
I have only seen a couple of youtube video's testing this
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cdrshm
cdrshm said:
Ok aside from flash, my big concern after owning a tf300 is just over all expereince..the tf300 was slow...tried every browser and it just wasn't as responsive. i know that most people blamed the I/O on the TF300.
At work we just got a shipment of Ipad 4's and just messing with them and surfing the web it is very fast and fluid. Can i expect the same from nexus 10? I konw the Chrome browser is not the best, but maybe using Dolphin or boat?
I have only seen a couple of youtube video's testing this
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With Ocean Browser the Nexus 10 is as smooth as the iPad 4. With Dolphin + JetPack is also comes close but it has a few wonky glitches that hold it back.
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With Ocean Browser the Nexus 10 is as smooth as the iPad 4. With Dolphin + JetPack is also comes close but it has a few wonky glitches that hold it back.
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Thats good news, thanks for the info!
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With Ocean Browser the Nexus 10 is as smooth as the iPad 4. With Dolphin + JetPack is also comes close but it has a few wonky glitches that hold it back.
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I tried to get a video demonstration on Ocean Browser but I couldn't find any. Not many comments on it either, that's one rare stuff, any review of it around?
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I tried to get a video demonstration on Ocean Browser but I couldn't find any. Not many comments on it either, that's one rare stuff, any review of it around?
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No luck here either, would love to see one
drcujo said:
Apple has 3rd party apps that support flash as well.
I would typically not be using flash in day to day Web browsing, and don't have my primary browser set to support flash.
Both tablets are pretty good for Web browsing. The n10 loads pages very quickly. I prefer the aspect ratio of the n10 for Web browsing compared to the iPad.
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Good 2 know, thx
So I just got my nexus today and wanted to reserve judgment for a couple of days but couldn't help myself, mostly because I'm looking for answers. Out of the box I actually prefer the materials used for the nexus. The back has more grip to it but still manages to feel premium. The speaker grills are deceiving because sound only plays From the very top of them. The nexus is wider so it might just take some getting used to but for the time being it is a bit awkward to hold in landscape orientation. Watching movies that are intended to be in high def are actually sharper looking on the iPad than they are on the nexus. Both YouTube and Netflix movies. These are less complaints and more just differences I noticed
...That said my real gripe is with the chrome browser because this is what I find myself doing with the tab most frequently. Safari and even chrome on the iPad were buttery experiences. Even chrome on my note 2 is fantastic but for whatever reason chrome on the nexus 10 gives me unbearable load times, and once its loaded scrolling up and down web pages is painfully choppy and basically has a load time of its' own. I'm wondering if anyone else is in the same boat as me as far as the browser goes and what their solution was. I was going to root and flash cm10 but would like to stay in rooted so that I can use my time Warner Tv app. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate your help thanks.
Try a custom ROM / custom kernel combination. I'm currently on AOKP [PUB] / Trinity Ten and have nothing but smooth performance across all my apps, good battery life, etc. Also make sure you use a youtube app that can support HD. You might have better results with the above. YMMV
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Download Boat browser. It's fast and wastes less on screen space
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I also notice my WiFi is extremely slow compared to all my other devices connected to the same network
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So I just got my nexus today and wanted to reserve judgment for a couple of days but couldn't help myself, mostly because I'm looking for answers. Out of the box I actually prefer the materials used for the nexus. The back has more grip to it but still manages to feel premium. The speaker grills are deceiving because sound only plays From the very top of them. The nexus is wider so it might just take some getting used to but for the time being it is a bit awkward to hold in landscape orientation. Watching movies that are intended to be in high def are actually sharper looking on the iPad than they are on the nexus. Both YouTube and Netflix movies. These are less complaints and more just differences I noticed
...That said my real gripe is with the chrome browser because this is what I find myself doing with the tab most frequently. Safari and even chrome on the iPad were buttery experiences. Even chrome on my note 2 is fantastic but for whatever reason chrome on the nexus 10 gives me unbearable load times, and once its loaded scrolling up and down web pages is painfully choppy and basically has a load time of its' own. I'm wondering if anyone else is in the same boat as me as far as the browser goes and what their solution was. I was going to root and flash cm10 but would like to stay in rooted so that I can use my time Warner Tv app. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate your help thanks.
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Get the aosp browser on there. Its butter smooth. Also go to developer options and turn on force 2d rendering.
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blackhand1001 said:
Get the aosp browser on there. Its butter smooth. Also go to developer options and turn on force 2d rendering.
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Where do I get asop browser
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Where do I get asop browser
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Alot of custom roms have it pre-installed. Otherwise search for a thread here that will show you how to download and install it.
Cosign on aosp browser. Best browser to date imo.
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my real gripe is with the chrome browser because this is what I find myself doing with the tab most frequently. Safari and even chrome on the iPad were buttery experiences. Even chrome on my note 2 is fantastic but for whatever reason chrome on the nexus 10 gives me unbearable load times, and once its loaded scrolling up and down web pages is painfully choppy and basically has a load time of its' own
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Here's the thing with iPad browser compared to Android; Apple values UX above everything else, so as soon as you touch your finger to the screen, iOS devices stop EVERYTHING and handle the scrolling process exclusively making it nice and smooth. When using Safari, for example, if the page is half-loaded and you touch the screen and start scrolling, iOS stops the page from loading and will not load anything more until you release the screen. Sure, that gives wonderfully smooth scrolling, but it means it won't finish loading the page until you stop scrolling...
On Android, however, while Project Butter does raise the priority of the surfaceflinger and HWComposer, the pages still load when scrolling. On sections of the page that have already loaded it should be just as smooth, however if you scroll to a section that needs to be loaded, Android browsers will all load this section of the page while still scrolling, resulting in a small amount of jutteriness as the scrolling, rendering and loading processes fight for CPU priority. It's getting better as the OS slowly makes better use of multiple cores, but that's the basic jist of it.
This is all paraphrased from an Android development engineer as background explanation of Project Butter and iOS vs Android scrolling experience. (sorry if this is explaining what you already know, I figure the info could be useful to other people as well)
Anyway, as for Chrome vs other browsers, I personally HATE Chrome for Android (it messes up the rendering of lots of sites, only renders at quarter native resolution and loads mobile phone versions of sites by default), and so I use Dolphin Beta instead, which is incredibly smooth and fluid for my uses!
Ok at this point I'm starting to think that the nexus 10 has an issue with wifi and connecting to some routers. After googling about wifi issues it returned way too many results to be a coincidence. My dads got an up touchpad that I put jellybean on and that thing is having absolutely no issues. This isn't an android issue this is definitely a nexus 10 issue. Every other device in the house connects flawlessly but the nexus could take a 30 seconds to google something and a minute to load theverge.com. I think I'll get it replaced. If the replacement has the same issue ill hang onto the ipad. Maybe get an up touchpad
You could try chrome beta too, its what I use and since then I haven't looked back.
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You could try chrome beta too, its what I use and since then I haven't looked back.
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I'm happy with Chrome beta too.
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Ok at this point I'm starting to think that the nexus 10 has an issue with wifi and connecting to some routers. After googling about wifi issues it returned way too many results to be a coincidence. My dads got an up touchpad that I put jellybean on and that thing is having absolutely no issues. This isn't an android issue this is definitely a nexus 10 issue. Every other device in the house connects flawlessly but the nexus could take a 30 seconds to google something and a minute to load theverge.com. I think I'll get it replaced. If the replacement has the same issue ill hang onto the ipad. Maybe get an up touchpad
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Dat definitely sounds like a problem. What rom are you using? If you are using stock and having this kind of problems, maybe your N10 is a lemon :crying:
@thatg: if you keep the N10 and want to root, there is a modified version of TWC-TV that will work. I don't have a link handy, but there's a thread here where you can download it.
Later: found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604776
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Oh boy typical iPhone fan boi crying wah wah wah
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jay7264 said:
Oh boy typical iPhone fan boi crying wah wah wah
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Its people like you that give android fans a bad name.
thatg said:
Ok at this point I'm starting to think that the nexus 10 has an issue with wifi and connecting to some routers. After googling about wifi issues it returned way too many results to be a coincidence. My dads got an up touchpad that I put jellybean on and that thing is having absolutely no issues. This isn't an android issue this is definitely a nexus 10 issue. Every other device in the house connects flawlessly but the nexus could take a 30 seconds to google something and a minute to load theverge.com. I think I'll get it replaced. If the replacement has the same issue ill hang onto the ipad. Maybe get an up touchpad
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Disable Wifi power saver. My wife has an ipad 4 and she loves my Nexus 10. Every time I turn around she is using it. Wouldn't be a problem if I enjoyed using her Ipad 4 but I don't like it. I tell her she should have got one, but she says: " I don't want to mess with it, I just want to take it out of the box and use it." Whereas I like to play with settings, tweak, and flash different ROMS. I like to customize my experience. Doesn't sound like android is for you.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet, but Firefox will solve your problems perfectly. Its bloody fast and renders just as well as chrome. No need to root or anything, just grab from the play store and you're done. This is assuming you don't have a hardware defect. FYI, Chrome was unusually slow for me as well, but I haven't bothered to try again since using Firefox.
I would also suggest using something like the speedtest app while standing next to your router and making sure all other devices/computers are turned off - if that app is being slow under these conditions it may in fact be a hardware problem.
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WiFi is always a PIA but there is no issue specific to N10's, in fact I can get better throughput using it than any other I've ever owned...including my iPad 3.
Its important to note that WiFi is a protocol, not a specific product. Consequently there are many implementations, from many different parties. Not all implementations are compatable unfortunately.
Best advice I can give is to turn any 'speed boost' modes off, ditto using a wider frequency band. Turn any compatability modes available on. If all else fails, try a different router. If you're getting issues with all routers, you may have a fault with your device.
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WiFi is always a PIA but there is no issue specific to N10's, in fact I can get better throughput using it than any other I've ever owned...including my iPad 3. ...
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I totally agree with you. Eventhough I do not have an iPad to compare with the first surprise I had with my N10 was how much faster it was than my old Galaxy P1000, both using the same N only network/router. Web pages almost exploded onto the screen with the N10. My router is a ASUS RT-N16 using the latest Tomato-USB firmware, it is not even a dual-band router.