HTC Sprint Hero: the browser
I ended up spending a lot of time on the browser because you all sent me a ton of questions about it and because it was the source of my most significant Hero complaints. After a factory reset, my focus has changed. The browser is actually fine under the right (unrealistic?) settings and circumstances. Sure, I’d like better performance, but this is no longer a deal breaker in my eyes.
I did my best while shooting this to address a list of about 25-30 questions readers and viewers have sent in. In the meandering part 1, I go from the ideal browsing environment to your average-to-heavy load. In part 2, I’ll beat that thing to death. (cont.)
Part 1:
This next one should be called Browsing the Bog. Here I push the Hero to its limit and offer some final thoughts on the browser. What it comes down to is that it pretty much won me over after a factory reset, although I would like to see a bit more processing power – more for the keyboard while browsing than anything else.
Part 2:
When you hold down on the home button, it doesn't show you a list of the programs that are currently running, rather it just shows you a list of programs that you've run lately. Many of the programs on Android don't actually continue running when you leave them. Only ones that are specifically designed to, like the music player, web browser, and some others. Android does a pretty good job of memory management, and will automatically close any programs that do run in the background whenever it needs more memory. To test this, open up the browser, and open several other windows within the browser. Now go back to your home screen, and run something not too resource intensive, like mail. Go back to home and push browser again. All your windows that you opened with different websites are still there. Now hit home again and start up something very resource intensive. Like a 250 page PDF file. Push home again, and press browser. Now you are restarting the browser fresh, 'cause Android needed the resources that the browser was using and closed it.
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