I posted here in the forums shortly after the nexus 7 launch asking what browser everyone was using because chrome suffers really annoying lag when scrolling and pinching to zoom. Some of you said you don't have the issue. Which is simply not true. Some of you don't notice, but its there for everyone. In fact, the culprit had been found by a poster in XDA and Google themselves have acknowledged the issue. In build 23 they say the issue has been resolved, however it still had not been released to the public. This was now about a month ago. This issue needs to be fixed now. The browser performance can be so bad that its hurting reviews and review scores on devices like the Nexus 7, Nexus 4, and Nexus 10. Three devices with extremely powerful hardware that are all having the same issue. Choppyness and dropped frames when scrolling and pinch to zoom in Chrome. The browser is a core part of any mobile OS. Its arguably the most used app on every device. Google is shooting themselves in the foot by not fixing this especially when their old stock android browser on ICS, JB worked just fine. If you don't notice the issue. Go play with an iPad using safari. Go play with a microsoft surface using IE 10. They simply don't have these issues. The surface in particular has flash built in on some sites and even with video playing scrolling and pinch to zoom is faster than chrome.
Here is the XDA article where the guy has done extensive research on the issue. I recommend reading through the whole thread.
Reason Chrome for Android lags on certain sites. - xda-developers
Here is an example comparison video between the surface RT and a Nexus 10 using chrome.
Microsoft News | Microsoft Surface vs Google Nexus 10 shows the advantage of desktop-class browsing
Would love a discussion on this topic and to read everyone else's experiences so far. Maybe even an updated list of 3rd party browsers you are using until Google can fix the issues.
Here is the XDA article where the guy has done extensive research on the issue. I recommend reading through the whole thread.
Reason Chrome for Android lags on certain sites. - xda-developers
Here is an example comparison video between the surface RT and a Nexus 10 using chrome.
Microsoft News | Microsoft Surface vs Google Nexus 10 shows the advantage of desktop-class browsing
Would love a discussion on this topic and to read everyone else's experiences so far. Maybe even an updated list of 3rd party browsers you are using until Google can fix the issues.