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Comparing Browser speed with JS disabled is like comparing car speed without tyres.
by thewafflelord 3y ago
Comparing Browser speed with JS disabled is like comparing car speed without tyres.
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- Scaevolus 3y agoV's main draw is absurd vaporware claims.
- karmakaze 3y ago> Vox: Upcoming open-source... So no source yet, only the HN demo render. I might pay attention when the open source is published and can at least pass Acid3 tests and works on all the site I visit, not only the simplest one.
- pityJuke 3y agoIt is surprising the amount of claims (well, future promises) on here for a project that is clearly getting off the ground. Compare it to Ladybird's [0], where it is nice and simple. They're building a browser, but they're not ready yet. There's no claims as to the future. It should already be cool enough that you're building a brand new web engine. There is no need for claims about performance, ad blocking or vertical tabs, when you're nowhere near there. [0]: https://ladybird.dev/ https://ladybird.dev/
- Y_Y 3y agoWhat a beautiful car analogy. Anyway it uses V8 just like all the other Chrome-alikes, so it should have the same performance there.
- freediver 3y ago> What a beautiful car analogy. Almost but not quite. Web worked just fine without JS and to some extent still does (this site for example). So a better analogy would be something cars were fine without, but now have it and it improves experience (and sometimes bloats it eg one more thing to break). Electric windows, seat heaters, GPS, come to mind.
- debugnik 3y agoBut you can drive on any road without those, while you simply can't use much of the web without JS. I don't think there's a good car analogy.
- Y_Y 3y agoMy comment may have been a little tongue-in-cheek reference to outdated /. humour. Anyway for the record Karl Benz first produced his Patent-Motorwagen in 1885 whereas the pneumatic tyre wasn't to be invented for another two years and even then in faraway Ireland. So in some some sense cars do predate tyres.
- nkali 3y agoThings are more complicated than that, I'm afraid. Lots of CPU time (and browser complexity) is spent on DOM/CSSOM bindings and the way browser engine handles updates/redraws.
- ehsankia 3y agoNot only that, but from the screenshot of Hackernews (which itself is an extremely simple website), it seems like it can't even do very basic HTML/CSS rendering either yet. It probably doesn't even pass ACID 1.
- rvz 3y agoMy goodness, calm down. The author just said it is in 'alpha'. What did the author ever do to you?