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echo: rberrypi
to: COMPUTER NERD KEV
from: FOLDEROL
date: 2020-08-20 07:40:00
subject: Re: Lightweight Browser

On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 22:22:29 +0000 (UTC)
not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:

>Martin Gregorie  wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:46:36 +0000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Another that might fit the bill is Vivaldi - there is not a Debian ARM
>> download for it.
>
>Based on Chromium according to the Wikipedia page. But the OP is
>apparantly satisfied with it.
Indeed, but the Vivaldi people have quietly picked out most of the crap.

>They also now say that they're using a Pi4, so the true need for
>efficiency probably isn't as great as it would be if they were using
>a less powerful Pi model.

Also runs 'reasonably' on a Pi3. I don't have any older ones.

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