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[Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have concerned about Chrome/Chromium, especially the memory usage. But yes it's definitly faster. At this time, there is no lightweight browser which is really better than others.
We need some benchmarks in differents situation to do the right choice.

Regards,
Julien Lavergne

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:22:35 -0500
Mario Behling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> yes, I am also having the discussion about browsers. I agree, we need
> a more lightweight browser.
> 
> At the moment I have not seen a browser that is convincing. We have
> talked about this in Taiwan as well, but no solution yet. We need to
> test suggestions like your one.
> 
> In Taiwan some said, the best choice might be to take Chrome, maybe
> the version without the Google data collection functions.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mario
> 
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The choice of the browser is not final for Lubuntu 10.04. It will be discuss during the cycle, and also during Ubuntu Developpers summit. You can see details on this 2 specifications :
> > - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Specs/LubuntuLucidApplications
> > - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Specs/ArmLightweightBrowser
> >
> > Regards,
> > Julien Lavergne
> >
> > On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:58:00 +0200
> > mehageg <mehageg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> as lubuntu is a fast-lightweight version of ubuntu, maybe it's time to
> >> consider using arora <http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/arora> instead of
> >> firefox as the main web-browser.
> >> from my personal experience, arora fits very well as my main browser, it
> >> supports the main state-of-the art technologies (javascript+ajax, flash,
> >> java applets etc), has the main features you find in firefox (ad-block,
> >> live-http, privacy mode, tabbed surfing, smart bar).
> >>
> >> in the bottom line, it's just as great as firefox, just much faster and
> >> slimmer. matches perfectly the lubuntu/lxde way, as I see it.
> >
> >
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> > Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
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