2010/3/24 George Matveev <[email protected]> > [snip interesting insights] > > The end result - very poor browser performance on all Tablets > (Loading objects, Loading objects, with complete freeze of UI), > frustrated customers and ultimately the failure of the platform > (since for most users browser is most popular application).
However, every review of the N900 says it has the best mobile browser by *far* and that it's the one redeeming feature for all the other shortcomings. Personally, I'm often frustrated by Maemo browsing but I think this is for three reasons: 1) Small screen and websites not designed for it 2) Poor bandwidth performance due to device or available 3G network 3) Poor browser engine performance #3 is apparently tackled somewhat in Maemo 5's PR 1.2 which includes an update to the Gecko core and numerous performance improvements. > To become a success a mobile stack needs to select best open source > components and integrate them seamlessly and effectively on best > platform (i.e. Debian) . LiMo is already doing this. I think pointing to LiMo as an example of a successful, open, Linux stack is somewhat ironic - if LiMo was so successful there'd've been no need for Maemo, Moblin or even, now, MeeGo. However, I don't think anyone would disagree with your assertion of "select[ing the] best open source components and integrat[ing] them seamlessly and effectively on best platform". It's the detail as to what "best" is where people disagree (rpm/deb, yum/apt, Gecko/WebKit) ;-) Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Flegg -- mailto:[email protected] | http://www.bleb.org/ _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
