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Can anyone comment on Webcat's performance on the Nexus 5 (under Sailfish obviously)?

I'm finding that Firefox in Android under Update 10 causes the out of memory killer to happen almost every time I use it, closing all open apps (except phone app).

This forces me to use Webcat pretty much exclusively, but it doesn't perform quite as well as Firefox Android and really feels like it could use a better CPU (and more RAM). Then of course there's the fact that it also triggers the out of memory killer very frequently, albeit not every time.

If Jolla are going to make Alien Dalvik available on Sailfish generally**, then I'll immediately and happily get rid of the Jolla. The RAM issues are too frustrating to deal with anymore .... and I'm also beginning to find the poor touch accuracy and responsiveness of the Jolla's screen an increasingly big issue, having spent more time on my Sony Z3c due to traveling****. If the Nexus 5 feels and performs significantly better, I'll swap to it.

** SailfishOS.org claims Android applications work on Sailfish, not the Jolla
**** Browser wifi log in still doesn't work on Jolla