On 28 March 2011 23:01, Anish Mangal <an...@activitycentral.org> wrote: > Hi, > > With time, as hardware gets more complex, software gets bloated up to > use the excess processor cycles available. A part of it is the > websites that get more content heavy, bulky and slow with time. > Considering that the hardware on the XO-1 is not going to get any > faster, and websites _are_ going to get bulkier, I see a problem > gradually arising. > > For example, Google image search, blogger and other similar services > have recently refreshed their websites to be more user friendly at the > cost of being heavier. I have seen kids trying to use these heavier > websites in the classroom and it results in more time being wasted > because of a overall slower computer. > > I would like to get opinions on what will be an increasingly > significant issue, as websites get more complex and the hardware > essentially remains the same. > > -- > Anish
Webkit should help somewhat. Once the XO 1 gets a reasonably recent OS, Surf can be finished (in fact the porting could happen earlier, but I don't have time for it until late summer). _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel