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Can a website slow down a low-end device?

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navel

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Hello guys!

I noticed that when I visit some websites using every kind of browser (even opera mini) the phone starts to be slow and laggy. This happens also when a simple app shows an animated advertisement: the phone starts to be laggy for 6-7 seconds and many processes (like maps, viber,etc) restarting on their own, and of course I don't use any task killer. Why? Is normal for a low-end device like an Acer Liquid Metal nowadays? Just for info I'm running cyanogenmod 7 (unofficial porting). Thank you in advance!
 
I forgot to say that the kind of websites which slow down my phone they all have animated stuff.. Is it normal for a low-end device nowadays? Please help me to remove all the doubts and then I accept the fact that my phone is too old (or better, not supported by Acer anymore). Thanks
 
navel said:
This is an example
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ThatOneRearEnd said:
For very bad web design...
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Not good, even on my quad core desktop PC with 4GB of RAM, on a T3 connection!

Anyway...results on my Venture:
  • Stock browser: Seems ok. Too tiny to read without zooming.
  • Opera Mini: Doesn't load/display right.
  • Opera Classic: Takes forever to load. Seems tolerable once loaded. Too tiny to read without zooming.
  • Boat Browser: Takes forever to load. Response more laggy than stock browser. Too tiny to read without zooming.
  • Naked Browser: Hangs at 49% loaded, then continues. Text is zoomed appropriately but background is covered or missing. Somewhat laggy response to interaction.

Results on iPad3:
  • Safari: Runs better than anything.
  • Opera Mini: Takes forever+1 to load. Doesn't display background pics. Somewhat laggy response to interaction.
 
divinebovine said:
yup.gif


Not good, even on my quad core desktop PC with 4GB of RAM, on a T3 connection!

Anyway...results on my Venture:
  • Stock browser: Seems ok. Too tiny to read without zooming.
  • Opera Mini: Doesn't load/display right.
  • Opera Classic: Takes forever to load. Seems tolerable once loaded. Too tiny to read without zooming.
  • Boat Browser: Takes forever to load. Response more laggy than stock browser. Too tiny to read without zooming.
  • Naked Browser: Hangs at 49% loaded, then continues. Text is zoomed appropriately but background is covered or missing. Somewhat laggy response to interaction.

Results on iPad3:
  • Safari: Runs better than anything.
  • Opera Mini: Takes forever+1 to load. Doesn't display background pics. Somewhat laggy response to interaction.
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Thank you very much for your test! So it was not very good to your low-end device too. But just another question: did you notice any lag in your phone (e.g homescreen) after you closed the browser? Because at that moment I quickly went into settings and I discovered that some apps crashed and were restarting by themselves... and of course this fact causes me lag
 
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