[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CZ Eddie:
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UPDATE AS OF 3/11/2013

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So with much time passed and with me using AOSP 4.2.2 ROM's now, I needed to provide an update to this thread.

Chrome was my previous favorite under ICS, but now sucks (for the purpose of the torture test thread anyways).

I don't know what happened, but for the last few weeks, Chrome has not been able to display the torture-test GIF's webpage smoothly. So I set about looking for a new Browser.

Here are the new results.

UNACCEPTABLE:

Opera Mini

Quick ICS Browser

Skyfire

Lighting Browser

UC Browser (must not be compatible with 4.2.2 yet)

STUDDERING MOTION AND FAR FROM FLAWLESS:

One Browser

Angel Browser

Baidu Browser

Niesky

Maxthon

Naked Browser

Dolphin

Dolphin mini

Boat

Boat Mini

VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE:

Opera Beta

Opera Mobile

Firefox

I then opened Opera Beta, Opera Mobile and Firefox all at the same time so I could check their performance against each other, while also being able to display the images while the phone was being heavily used.

Opera Beta *started* out with the fastest performance. With Firefox second and Opera Mobile a distant third.

But after a few minutes, Opera Beta stopped playing the gifs at all.

Opera Mobile was "okay" but starting to studder just a tad.

Firefox on the other hand was still sitting there blazing through the GIF's without any trouble at all!!!

So, unless Firefox ends up having a horrid GUI, it is now my new favorite go-to Browser!

Firefox download link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&feature=search_result

Edit. I just discovered FireFox Beta. Looks like it's pretty darn good also.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5tb3ppbGxhLmZpcmVmb3hfYmV0YSJd

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This is my Android Browser "torture test". I click the link below and let all the gifs load up. I then do the same on my computer. Then I compare the results between the two. I watch to see how fast & smooth the gifs are when compared to how I see them on my fairly heavy duty home computer.

Oh yea, the link below is often

NSFW

!!!

edit. link removed due to not being SFW.

Though I made sure this particular page was PG13 at the worst.

Not a BS website. Actually a pretty cool one, if you're into Motorcycles.

And lots of funny GIF's on this page. :D

Anyways, tonight I tested a bunch of popular browsers. At least the ones that the Play store suggested as being most popular. And I'm really disappointed with how poorly the majority worked.

My phone:

AT&T Galaxy SIII

ROM - ARISTODEMOS AOSP Jelly Bean (I float around a lot)

Kernel - Ktoonsez Jelly Bean TW @ 2ghz Overclock

LTE @ ~18mbps & WiFi @ ~3mbps

And here are the browsers and "score" I gave each. Score is 1-4 on a scale of, uhh, 1-4 with 4 being "best".

VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE:

Chrome = 4

ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE:

UC Browser = 3

Opera = 3

UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE:

Boat = 1

Maxthon = 1

Stock Jelly Bean = 1

SkyFire = 1

Dolphin = 1

Your own results may vary. These are just MY results. But I thought I'd share them with others who like to look at gifs and don't have time to do their own testing.

I had similar results with a slimmed down testing I did a few months ago of Dolphin & Stock Browser vs. Chrome on AOKP. Chrome blew them away back then also.