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https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/connected-car/openhu-project-continuing-mike-reids-t3410038

I was reminded of this when benchmarking a website, so I tested the site again.. much better loading times (12.5s), still a crazy number of web requests (492) WebPagetest Test Result - San Francisco :...les-new-chromecasts - 10/01/15 18:53:19

I re-ran that last test sigh WebPagetest Test Result - Dulles : www.and...-nsa-and-gchq-hack - 03/23/15 13:28:33

Problem: my minivan won't go very fast because it's packed with stuff and towing a huge trailer full of really heavy things. Solution: don't lighten the load, fit a bigger engine to drag all that stuff along faster.

same test, 269 http requests now, but much much faster to fully load - a bit under 10.5 seconds. WebPagetest Test Result - Dulles : www.and...-nsa-and-gchq-hack - 02/23/15 13:19:09

fx: sound of desert wind tumbleweed blows past

here's a test simulating a Nexus 5 on a 3G connection in Dulles WebPagetest Test Result - Dulles : www.and...-cheer-big-savings - 12/16/14 22:23:54 total page load time 43 seconds. wow. a mere 243 page assets this time. conclusion: Android Central's web programmers are bat**** crazy.

wondered why the desktop site is laggy too? My laptop is a fairly decent spec, and can download and render most web pages in the blink of an eye, clearly spends time downloading and rendering Android Central. Since AC seem disinterested in doing any analysis, I ran one for you... here's a...

I deleted my backlog of AC articles in RSS but it's building up again. Going to have to unsubscribe. Sad.

I've now subscribed to Android Authority RSS, haven't dropped AC yet as it's got great coverage but is now my secondary news source in case AA miss something.

The forums are slow to load too, but once the page has loaded it's fine. I've noticed on the regular news pages that the load on my phone is sufficient to even slow down the Swype keyboard! Like I said, using Sony Xperia Z Ultra, 4.4.4, and Google chrome browser. Wi-Fi connection is uncontested...

p.s. the page is slow even when I am on wifi at home, which is an uncongested 802.11a/n wifi connection sync'ing at over 100Mb/s, with a 36Mb/s connection to the internet. There's no point in trying to load the page when I am on 3G (don't have LTE) even when it's getting 4 to 8 Mb/s!

problem hasn't got any better since I first reported it... using Sony Xperia Z Ultra, 4.4.4. Most sites render just fine, but Android Central is just terrible. You try and scroll but nothing happens. When you click back to close the page, the phone will hang briefly as all the RAM gets freed...

I read android central using rss reader on my phone, Xperia Z Ultra. When I want to read the full article, I click the link and web page loads up in chrome browser and the phone grinds to a halt. Scrolling becomes very stuttery, menus stop working for quite a while. It doesn't matter if I wait...

I'd love one of these for my daughter