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Android 3.0 Hardware Acceleration

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Re: Android 3.0 Hardware Acceleration

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Post by pkulak »

I tried out the Xoom, and the browser still felt like an Android browser. It didn't have that super-smooth feeling you get from an iOS device. If it's not hardware acceleration, then just what is Apple doing that Android isn't?

Re: Android 3.0 Hardware Acceleration

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Post by timdorr »

pkulak wrote: post #3

I tried out the Xoom, and the browser still felt like an Android browser. It didn't have that super-smooth feeling you get from an iOS device. If it's not hardware acceleration, then just what is Apple doing that Android isn't?

Android does a lot more reflows than iOS. iOS zooms by first scaling a raster image of the page and then reflowing after a brief delay of user input. That kind of resize is very fast, whereas a full HTML document reflow is slow.

Re: Android 3.0 Hardware Acceleration

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

pkulak wrote: post #3

I tried out the Xoom, and the browser still felt like an Android browser. It didn't have that super-smooth feeling you get from an iOS device. If it's not hardware acceleration, then just what is Apple doing that Android isn't?

iOS does that thing were the page sits still till it realises you're scrolling, not clicking, then accelerates towards your finger then decelerates again as it approaches your finger. Android (at least as of 2.2) seems to just snap to your finger once it realises you're scrolling. Could that be it?

Re: Android 3.0 Hardware Acceleration

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Post by phlux »

pkulak wrote: post #3

I tried out the Xoom, and the browser still felt like an Android browser. It didn't have that super-smooth feeling you get from an iOS device. If it's not hardware acceleration, then just what is Apple doing that Android isn't?

The browsing on an original and even 3g iphone are so enranging that they almost make me homicidal - so I think what you are seeing is a rev 1 vs a rev 4 product, so I wouldnt compare them in such degrees

Re: Android 3.0 Hardware Acceleration

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Post by refulgentis »

phlux wrote: post #8
pkulak wrote: post #3

I tried out the Xoom, and the browser still felt like an Android browser. It didn't have that super-smooth feeling you get from an iOS device. If it's not hardware acceleration, then just what is Apple doing that Android isn't?

The browsing on an original and even 3g iphone are so enranging that they almost make me homicidal - so I think what you are seeing is a rev 1 vs a rev 4 product, so I wouldnt compare them in such degrees

Erm, how long has Android been around again? It's hardly a rev1 product, and the iPad was "rev 1" under this definition and doesn't have the same trouble, and had half the processing power.

I'm an iOS developer and an Android developer, and I'm honestly disgusted by the level of excuses that is made for the horrible UX on Android. It reminds me of 10 years ago, when the meme on /. was "The Year Of Desktop Linux is always Next Year(TM)".

Re: Android 3.0 Hardware Acceleration

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Post by phlux »

refulgentis wrote: post #9
phlux wrote: post #8

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The browsing on an original and even 3g iphone are so enranging that they almost make me homicidal - so I think what you are seeing is a rev 1 vs a rev 4 product, so I wouldnt compare them in such degrees

Erm, how long has Android been around again? It's hardly a rev1 product, and the iPad was "rev 1" under this definition and doesn't have the same trouble, and had half the processing power. I'm an iOS developer and an Android developer, and I'm honestly disgusted by the level of excuses that is made for the horrible UX on Android. It reminds me of 10 years ago, when the meme on /. was "The Year Of Desktop Linux is al…

Well, I agree with you on some points completely. Though.the ipad was not rev 1 -- which version of iOS did the iPad run?

While honeycomb is android 3 -- it is a total rebuild.

However, to your point - the UX should be first in ALL of the android space's mind -- ESPECIALLY given that they dont have the design (UX/UI) powerhouse behind them that is Apple.

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