Scrolling performance on Android on new phone?
I used to use a Galaxy S3 Mini. When using that, Firefox was buttery smooth most of the time and there was no issue at all.
Nowadays I'm using a Galaxy S5 and scrolling in Firefox on this is jerky and laggy, even though the phone's performance is supposed to be much better.
It didn't really hit me how much of a difference there was until I had to use my old phone again for while.
Chrome is super smooth, so I'm pretty sure it's not an issue with the phone itself. Why is the scrolling smoother on a worse phone? Are there any settings that can be changed to fix this? Already tried clearing all app data and starting fresh.
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Posted Jun 23, 2015, 5:23 PM UTC · edited
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This might help: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/33t0kt/firefox_for_android_needs_some_love/
It's good to know that they're working on it slowly, but why is it somehow not a problem on a midrange phone from over two years ago but it is on last year's Samsung flagship?
Possibly the higher DPI/resolution more taxing on the hardware
I guess that might make sense. The lag in scrolling and page rendering is even worse on my tablet that has a 1440p screen. I had thought it was a processor issue at first but screen would make sense.
It's a shame because I like the tablet interface a lot better than Chrome's. Switching is far easier.
Edit: punctuation
Different hardware, different drivers.