Re: a bearable browser

2021-12-22 Thread Tomáš Rodr
Look into luakit. I use it exclusively on similar hardware without much issue. It allows for javascript control and with adblocking it can give you the full modern web experience. On Tue, Dec 21, 2021, at 8:54 PM, Jan Stary wrote: > On Dec 20 09:44:38, mlar...@nested.page wrote: >> On Mon, Dec

Re: a bearable browser

2021-12-21 Thread Daniel Menche
On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 11:55:38 +0100 Jan Stary wrote: > Dear all, > > I know the question keeps repeating here, > but is there a web browser that is at least usable? > netsurf-gtk3 runs smoothly on my ~2008 Atom N270 netbook. Firefox, Chromium, and Iridium hardly run at all on it. More complex

Re: a bearable browser

2021-12-21 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 12:21:10PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 08:54:05PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > > > That's a CPU released in 2008. Thirteen years ago. While I agree that > > > browsers > > > have become more bloated, I think the "ridiculously unreponsive" claim > > >

Re: a bearable browser

2021-12-21 Thread Mike Larkin
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 08:54:05PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > On Dec 20 09:44:38, mlar...@nested.page wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 11:55:38AM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I know the question keeps repeating here, > > > but is there a web browser that is at least usable?

Re: a bearable browser

2021-12-21 Thread Crystal Kolipe
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 08:54:05PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > On Dec 20 09:44:38, mlar...@nested.page wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 11:55:38AM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I know the question keeps repeating here, > > > but is there a web browser that is at least usable?

Re: a bearable browser

2021-12-21 Thread Jan Stary
On Dec 20 09:44:38, mlar...@nested.page wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 11:55:38AM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I know the question keeps repeating here, > > but is there a web browser that is at least usable? > > > > I switched from Firefox to Chrome about a year ago, > > but it

Re: a bearable browser

2021-12-20 Thread Mike Larkin
On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 11:55:38AM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > Dear all, > > I know the question keeps repeating here, > but is there a web browser that is at least usable? > > I switched from Firefox to Chrome about a year ago, > but it has become unbearably slow and hungry. > > On a machine with

Re: a bearable browser

2021-12-20 Thread Allan Streib
I have used Firefox from packages, with uBlock Origin, for several years. I used to favor Chrome, it seemed to do better with Google stuff like gmail, docs, sheets, etc. but haven't noticed that lately. Every once in a while some site with some runaway JS garbage will bring Firefox to its

Re: a bearable browser

2021-12-20 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2021/12/20 11:55, Jan Stary wrote: > Dear all, > > I know the question keeps repeating here, > but is there a web browser that is at least usable? > > I switched from Firefox to Chrome about a year ago, > but it has become unbearably slow and hungry. > > On a machine with Intel(R) Core(TM)2

a bearable browser

2021-12-20 Thread Jan Stary
Dear all, I know the question keeps repeating here, but is there a web browser that is at least usable? I switched from Firefox to Chrome about a year ago, but it has become unbearably slow and hungry. On a machine with Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz, and 8GB of ram, about ten tabs