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Phanpy is extraordinary, and my main client. Unfortunately, it pushes mobile browsers to the limit. The scroll performance in Firefox for Android is abysmal, an

by Aissen 3y ago

Phanpy is extraordinary, and my main client. Unfortunately, it pushes mobile browsers to the limit. The scroll performance in Firefox for Android is abysmal, and deep threads can make Chrome choke on rendering. Despite all that, I keep using it for lack of better alternative.

Vinnl 3y ago
Odd, it works really smoothly for me, on Firefox for Android as well. Which is not to discount your experience, but just to emphasise that people will probably have to try for themselves to see what it'll be like on their device.
- Aissen 3y ago
  Did you try on both Firefox and another chromium-based browser to compare? If it works similarly for you, I might take more time to investigate why it's janky here. Edit: I tested with nightly (so a new profile), and performance is similar: lower on Firefox than Chrome, even on already-loaded content. I don't think it was fair to call Firefox's performance "abysmal", but this is definitely not 60fps scrolling; but then I have no idea how to measure that.
  - Vinnl 3y ago
    I did not (and it's a bit too much of a hassle given the lack of password manager and having to mess with OTP codes to try it now), but it feels basically instant, especially in normal use (e.g. just scrolling from post to post). So even if it were even faster in a Chromium-based browser, I really don't think yours is as fast as mine - you wouldn't be calling it janky, and it wouldn't be a hurdle to use it. I think you're just unlucky, e.g. with the combination of Firefox+your device?
Terretta 3y ago
I hadn't read this far so went ahead and used it on Safari for iPadOS. Performed, scrolled, threaded, etc. smoothly enough I forgot it was a web page.
burgerrito 3y ago
I have a suspicion that this is due to the blur backdrop effect. I wish that many website have an option to turn this off. It doesn't have any benefits other than aesthetic.

by Aissen 3y ago

Vinnl 3y ago

Odd, it works really smoothly for me, on Firefox for Android as well. Which is not to discount your experience, but just to emphasise that people will probably have to try for themselves to see what it'll be like on their device.

Aissen 3y ago
Did you try on both Firefox and another chromium-based browser to compare? If it works similarly for you, I might take more time to investigate why it's janky here. Edit: I tested with nightly (so a new profile), and performance is similar: lower on Firefox than Chrome, even on already-loaded content. I don't think it was fair to call Firefox's performance "abysmal", but this is definitely not 60fps scrolling; but then I have no idea how to measure that.
- Vinnl 3y ago
  I did not (and it's a bit too much of a hassle given the lack of password manager and having to mess with OTP codes to try it now), but it feels basically instant, especially in normal use (e.g. just scrolling from post to post). So even if it were even faster in a Chromium-based browser, I really don't think yours is as fast as mine - you wouldn't be calling it janky, and it wouldn't be a hurdle to use it. I think you're just unlucky, e.g. with the combination of Firefox+your device?

Terretta 3y ago

I hadn't read this far so went ahead and used it on Safari for iPadOS. Performed, scrolled, threaded, etc. smoothly enough I forgot it was a web page.

burgerrito 3y ago

I have a suspicion that this is due to the blur backdrop effect. I wish that many website have an option to turn this off. It doesn't have any benefits other than aesthetic.