On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 07:12:09 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:46:36 +0000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>
>> Folderol wrote:
>>> Unfortunately none of the suggestions cut the mustard :( Although most
>>> of them are indeed lightweight and pretty quick to respond. There are
>>> very few websites that render anywhere near correctly.
>>
>> Hmm, well you never said that you wanted webites to render correctly,
>> and that's a very significant requirement. You're limited to browsers
>> based on Chromium or Firefox because they're the only ones that website
>> developers bother to test with, and their browser engines are both
>> bloated and slow to my standards.
>>
>> Some of us don't mind, or ever prefer, the broken (or perhaps better
>> termed "unintended") rendering of websites in lightweight browsers. No
>> adds, no pop-ups or hovering bars, no custom fonts, content isn't
>> hidden for the sake of styling. It's only when needing to interact with
>> some Javascript-based system that the need for a mainstream browser
>> unfortunately arises.
>
> Another that might fit the bill is Vivaldi - there is not a Debian ARM
>
For 'not' read 'now' - sorry about the typo.
> download for it. Not previously mentioned because its not really
> lightweight, but now the OP has upped the requirement from 'lightweight'
> to 'must render graphical websites correctly', it would seem to be in
> scope. Its an Opera replacement - from the same people.
>
> I looked at it some time back - seemed to be fairly quick but I couldn't
> get on with the options it offered for scaling on-screen text, but ymmv.
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