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I wish browsers would aim to become lighter, not heavier. One already needs a ton of RAM, a fast CPU and a decent graphics card to render smoothly webpages that

by lrossi 6y ago

I wish browsers would aim to become lighter, not heavier. One already needs a ton of RAM, a fast CPU and a decent graphics card to render smoothly webpages that consist of basically just text and a few images. It’s ridiculous.

sfink 6y ago
But they're not just text and a few images. They're text, a few images, and megabytes of advertising (and often tracking) JS. The site creators will argue, with some merit, that the crap is necessary to provide income in order for them to create and maintain the site. You can make the browsers lighter, but they wouldn't browse today's Web. Which is fine; I'm all for getting away from the shitshow that is today's Web, but simply making browsers lighter weight would not be a winning Jenga move.