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I guess I'm going to be forced to switch to Chrome now for safety's sake, but I've been avoiding it because it has some major usability problems that Android Br

I guess I'm going to be forced to switch to Chrome now for safety's sake, but I've been avoiding it because it has some major usability problems that Android Browser doesn't. In particular, not reflowing a web page when you zoom in is infuriating because I invariably end up zooming in order to be able to read an article, then I have to pan side to side for every line of text. Font sizing is bizarre too. Web pages suddenly have font sizes increasing and decreasing seemingly at random, and to the point of illegibility. I just tried loading this page up on Chrome for Android and the header text (new | threads | comments ...) is absolutely microscopic. I'm no browser snob -- I'm perfectly happy to use the stock AOSP browser even though it's got some stuff I don't like about it -- but I really can't understand how anybody uses Chrome for Android at all. I suppose it's probably time to re-try-out some of the 3rd party browsers again.

scintill76 12y ago
> Font sizing is bizarre too. Web pages suddenly have font sizes increasing and decreasing seemingly at random, and to the point of illegibility I haven't tried Chrome, but I see this in CyanogenMod's stock browser (probably close to AOSP) and Firefox. In Firefox's case at least, my research pointed to "font boosting" being the cause of increasing/decreasing, but I haven't found a good fix.
- hamburglar 12y ago
  Amazing! Now that I know the term to search for, I'm certain that this is the misfeature that aggravates me so. My AOSP browser (which is 4.0.3) doesn't have this problem. I like the comment in the webkit bug discussing it: "In terms of status, this is shipping in stable Chrome for Android with acceptable quality." Ugh.
  - scintill76 12y ago
    I thought it was something wrong with my CM build, or maybe because I didn't install gapps (Google's proprietary apps). I'm amazed to find the developers call this acceptable.
- andor 12y ago
  Recent (CM11?) versions of the Cyanogenmod browser are actually based on Chromium.

scintill76 12y ago

> Font sizing is bizarre too. Web pages suddenly have font sizes increasing and decreasing seemingly at random, and to the point of illegibility I haven't tried Chrome, but I see this in CyanogenMod's stock browser (probably close to AOSP) and Firefox. In Firefox's case at least, my research pointed to "font boosting" being the cause of increasing/decreasing, but I haven't found a good fix.

hamburglar 12y ago
Amazing! Now that I know the term to search for, I'm certain that this is the misfeature that aggravates me so. My AOSP browser (which is 4.0.3) doesn't have this problem. I like the comment in the webkit bug discussing it: "In terms of status, this is shipping in stable Chrome for Android with acceptable quality." Ugh.
- scintill76 12y ago
  I thought it was something wrong with my CM build, or maybe because I didn't install gapps (Google's proprietary apps). I'm amazed to find the developers call this acceptable.
andor 12y ago
Recent (CM11?) versions of the Cyanogenmod browser are actually based on Chromium.