Mihamina Rakotomandimby <mihamina.rakotomandi...@rktmb.org> writes: > On 07/01/2015 09:21 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Hi ... As web browser, Midori was claimed to be light, but I see almost no >> difference with Firefox. Please any advice for a *really* light one, >> suitable for that old machine? > > Most browsers rely on the redering engine. > On that field you mostly have no choice but Webkit and Gecko. > Unfortunately, they are the engine under Chrom* and Firefox, even Opera. > Espacially for Midori, it's Webkit. > These are IMPOV really heavy pieces of softwares. > > OTOH, as you mentionned, nowadays webpages are full of those Javascript > pieces of code that really need to be parsed and interpreted. > There is one point of salvation, anyway: the mobile layout, that is mostly > kept simple and light. > Try, with your browser, to switch the "User-Agent" so that the website > detects it as a mobile then sends you the relevant layout. > On some browser (Firefox) you'll have to install an extension (you looked for > lightness, but...).
Good advice. It works. Thanks. Rodolfo
