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0 pointskevingadd14y ago0 comments

Android's browser isn't nearly as good as Chrome or Firefox and only gets updated with the OS (which means never, for most phones).

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nextparadigms14y ago

This is why I'm hoping they will finally switch to Chrome in Android 5.0 or whatever version is announced at Google I/O (Android/Chrome event). And then they update that Chrome browser every 6 weeks, too. It's not like they couldn't. They can already push all their core apps to automatically update for Android 2.2+.

zobzu14y ago

i dont think the chrome multiprocess model works well on mobiles yet. it needs more memory specifically if you start having a few tabs.

Aissen14y ago

it needs more memory specifically if you start having a few tabs

- have you seen the specs of the latest high-end phones and tablets? 1GiB of RAM is the norm now

- the number of concurrent open tabs can be limited. It has already been done on Android and iOS (and might still be the case).

resnamen14y ago

Starting with ICS it is Chrome.

hub_14y ago

And lots of users won't even get ICS. Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab 7", Nexus One, etc.

cpeterso14y ago

[citation needed]

According to this HTML5 compliance test, the ICS browser scores 230 (out of 450), while Chrome 15 desktop browser scores 342. Why would these browsers have such distant scores if they shared the same browser core? For comparison, the Firefox 8 desktop browser scores 314 and the Firefox 8 mobile browser scores 314.

http://www.html5test.com/results-mobile.html

lukeschlather14y ago

There are a variety of options that are disabled on the mobile build to save memory and cpu. It's the same core, it just doesn't have all the bells and whistles enabled for a variety of reasons.

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