Reply
Thread Tools
Posts: 69 | Thanked: 20 times | Joined on Feb 2009
#1
Arrrgh, the OEM browser is really starting to get to me. Takes a long time to load pages (Adblock is disabled, Flashblock enabled, "fit width to view" turned off), then when you think the page has fully loaded (nothing more on the progress bar, wait up to 30 seconds) and you go to move the page.. MORE loading.

And then you try and scroll...OMG! Every time i try and scroll makes me want to go and join Steve's fanboys.

Scroll, read, try to scroll, highlight, tap, try to scroll, highlight, tap tap, try to scroll, highlight, tap tap tap tap tap, scroll, read, try to scroll, highlight, tap, try to scroll, highlight, tap tap, try to scroll, highlight, tap tap tap tap tap, Use the slider bar, wheeeeee 1/2 way down the page in .05 seconds.

And god forbid you touch a flash frame or anywhere near a link frame while trying desperately to scroll, then you either have to wait for the page to load all the flash you didn't actually want, or jump to another page you didn't ask for.


So where do i stand? Are there 'tweaks' for the browser to make my life less miserable? Or has Fennec been improved since the last time i tried it? Will Opera's new touch browser be ported for Maemo ()?
 
qwerty12's Avatar
Posts: 4,274 | Thanked: 5,358 times | Joined on Sep 2007 @ Looking at y'all and sighing
#2
Tear or webkit-eal.
 

The Following User Says Thank You to qwerty12 For This Useful Post:
yerga's Avatar
Posts: 696 | Thanked: 1,012 times | Joined on Mar 2006 @ Asturies, Spain
#3
Uninstall flashblock and adblock. Just disable it isn't suffice.
__________________
Daniel Martín Yerga
maemo.org profile
Twitter
 

The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to yerga For This Useful Post:
dwould's Avatar
Posts: 529 | Thanked: 262 times | Joined on Dec 2008 @ Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK
#4
i haven't done any real tweaking of the default browser, I still have adbllock and flash. I don't find it as bad as described. but it still is slow.

Tear on the otherhand...wow it is way faster, responsive, scrolling is quick. handles pretty much everything I've tried with it.
if you haven't already...check it out, you'll be happier.
 
benny1967's Avatar
Posts: 3,790 | Thanked: 5,718 times | Joined on Mar 2006 @ Vienna, Austria
#5
how on earth do you try to scroll?! why would you be even able to accidentally select/click/... while dragging the scrollbar?
 
Posts: 46 | Thanked: 36 times | Joined on Sep 2008
#6
I scroll with the down button, held down not tapped, and the space bar / shift space bar?
 
sachin007's Avatar
Posts: 2,041 | Thanked: 1,066 times | Joined on Mar 2006 @ Houston
#7
yeah adblock and flashblock make the browser very slow and unusable.

Uninstall them and you will see a significant improvement.
 
allnameswereout's Avatar
Posts: 3,397 | Thanked: 1,212 times | Joined on Jul 2008 @ Netherlands
#8
^^ those suggestions. Or Fennec, once its ready. Its probably still too slow for now.
__________________
Goosfraba! All text written by allnameswereout is public domain unless stated otherwise. Thank you for sharing your output!
 
Posts: 220 | Thanked: 19 times | Joined on Jun 2006
#9
What you want. what you really want is this grasemonkey script
inline_blocker . it blockes all code that is run ofter onScroll. most of this code is just horrid java script to inform your masters you have fliped a page. also you can prevent onExit code from running. there is no reason you want java script to run when you leave a page.
java script timeouts can set in about:config
a search will show you how to change the d-pad behavior form scroll to page down
do i see a wiki page with browser tweeks evolving
 
Posts: 238 | Thanked: 22 times | Joined on May 2006 @ New Mexico, USA
#10
You should join Steve's Fanboys anyway!!!!!

Regards...

Omega
 
Reply

Thread Tools

 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 16:00.