Re: Firefox alternatives?
On Wednesday 11 December 2024 05:42:41 pm Bret Busby wrote:
> On 12/12/24 06:14, Eric S Fraga wrote:
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> <snip>
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> > However, what depresses me is the number of responses suggesting
> > increasing memory etc. It's a sad state of affairs we have reached
> > where simple web browsing (and it *should* be simple) requires such
> > significant resources. Even banking should not lead to lag in window
> > management.
> >
> I believe that the problem, and, the reason that the Internet (on top of
> which, runs, or, hobbles along, the World Wide Web, hobbled by the web
> applications), is the malignant use of javascript client-side processing.
>
> If the web application developers more properly used server-side
> processing (and, even the sinister javascript has provision for
> server-side processing), the World Wide Web, and, under it, the
> Internet, would operate like they should, racing along, instead of
> operating like a pair of decrepit cripples, like they are, crippled by
> the client-side processing.
Agreed. I run a very sparse website (rtellason.com) and use almost no javascript whatsoever...
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