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I wonder if that works beneficial on old computers that freeze up when you try load the GB js ad-auction circus news circus website. I want to browse loaded pag

by 6510 7mo ago

I wonder if that works beneficial on old computers that freeze up when you try load the GB js ad-auction circus news circus website. I want to browse loaded pages while the new tabs load. If the client just hangs for 2 min it gets boring fast.

FabHK 7mo ago
Datapoint: During the pandemic, I had to use an old 2004 Powerbook G4 12" (256 MB RAM, OS X Leopard). Everything sort of worked and was even reasonably snappy. But open one website, and the machine went down. Unusable. Even if, indeed, I just wanted to read or look up a few kB of text. So painful.
- alanning 7mo ago
  One tool I've found useful in low-power/low-bandwidth situations is the Lynx web browser [1]. Used to be installed by default in most Linux distributions but I think that's probably not the case anymore. Wikipedia says its also available on OSX and Windows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
  - eru 7mo ago
    Links is a bit more usable than lynx, I found.
    - 6510 7mo ago
      https://www.netsurf-browser.org https://www.netsurf-browser.org
      - SpecialistK 7mo ago
        Not supported on OS X for some time.
  - lstodd 7mo ago
    Chawan is nice https://chawan.net/ https://chawan.net/
- NegativeLatency 7mo ago
  Didn’t want to upgrade the memory?
  - jazzyjackson 7mo ago
    It’s the speed of the JavaScript compiler, on those old browsers they were expected to handle a few kilobytes max of event listeners. The chrome vs Firefox browser wars sped up JavaScript compilation by 10x at least
    - NegativeLatency 7mo ago
      Yes I was alive for that. Just said that because that Mac could take up to 1.5GB of RAM
- deepsun 7mo ago
  If only there was browser-as-a-service. That would load the pages over it's fast connection and show them to you.
  - fwip 7mo ago
    I feel like there already was one, on HN a few years ago. If I remember right, they were hoping to charge $20/month. Edit: Ah, this was it: https://mightyapp.webflow.io/ https://mightyapp.webflow.io/

by 6510 7mo ago

FabHK 7mo ago

Datapoint: During the pandemic, I had to use an old 2004 Powerbook G4 12" (256 MB RAM, OS X Leopard). Everything sort of worked and was even reasonably snappy. But open one website, and the machine went down. Unusable. Even if, indeed, I just wanted to read or look up a few kB of text. So painful.

alanning 7mo ago
One tool I've found useful in low-power/low-bandwidth situations is the Lynx web browser [1]. Used to be installed by default in most Linux distributions but I think that's probably not the case anymore. Wikipedia says its also available on OSX and Windows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
- eru 7mo ago
  Links is a bit more usable than lynx, I found.
  - 6510 7mo ago
    https://www.netsurf-browser.org https://www.netsurf-browser.org
    - SpecialistK 7mo ago
      Not supported on OS X for some time.
- lstodd 7mo ago
  Chawan is nice https://chawan.net/ https://chawan.net/
NegativeLatency 7mo ago
Didn’t want to upgrade the memory?
- jazzyjackson 7mo ago
  It’s the speed of the JavaScript compiler, on those old browsers they were expected to handle a few kilobytes max of event listeners. The chrome vs Firefox browser wars sped up JavaScript compilation by 10x at least
  - NegativeLatency 7mo ago
    Yes I was alive for that. Just said that because that Mac could take up to 1.5GB of RAM
deepsun 7mo ago
If only there was browser-as-a-service. That would load the pages over it's fast connection and show them to you.
- fwip 7mo ago
  I feel like there already was one, on HN a few years ago. If I remember right, they were hoping to charge $20/month. Edit: Ah, this was it: https://mightyapp.webflow.io/ https://mightyapp.webflow.io/