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Re: Browsers comparison on slow machine

 

I think when you get such a low hardware you are to pay for it. I had a 
system with 64MB RAM running XFCE and get to a usable sistem with SeaMonkey 
but with such as restricted HW you are to experience a slow connection all 
the time.

Regards,

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:11:02 +0100
Sylkis <sylkis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> but that won't work with interactive flash thingies like menus or
> slideshows, not mentioning games or anything - only videos would be
> supported, and flash is far more than that...
> 
> 2010/2/11  <Support@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > has anyone looked into using mplayer for flash content.... i believe there
> > maybe use a plugin that lets you click to watch then launches mplayer...
> > just a thought to have flash without flash
> >
> > Ronnie,
> > Buntfu.com
> >
> >
> >> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:59:11 -0000, Mikhail Maksimov <mcwillin@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, all.
> >>
> >> I've resurrected an ancient PC to try Lubuntu. Celeron 400 MHz, 256 Mb
> >> RAM and a 20 Gb PATA HDD. Here's my impression of running different
> >> browsers on the specified hardware.
> >>
> >> Tried this on my machine 266MHz PII, 128MB 66MHz ECC RAM, 6.4GB UDM2 HDD
> >> Only tested Midori so far, will try others tomorrow.
> >>
> >> Testing method:
> >> 1. Install Lubuntu from Lucid alpha2 preview2 iso.
> >> As above fully updated as of 10:20 UTC 2010/2/10
> >>
> >> 2. Install additional browsers (Chromium, Midori, Arora) from default
> >> Lucid repos.
> >> 3. For each of the four available browsers, measure startup time and
> >> memory usage on a freshly-booted machine (no executables cached), with
> >> homepage set to about:blank (no downloading/rendering on startup).
> >> 4. For each of the four available browsers, try to load three tabs:
> >> - open google.com, search for "Lubuntu";
> >> - open my gmail account, navigate to a 47-letters thread in
> >> lubuntu-desktop list ("default browser" discussion), hit "expand all"
> >> and wait for all to expand;
> >> - open http://www.rbc.ru, a news site in Russian with several Flash
> >> banners on the start page.
> >> 5. Examine memory usage afterwards.
> >>
> >> All memory usage numbers are listed as reported by Xfce4 Taskmanager
> >> with default settings (ie, with "Show memory used by cache as free"
> >> option active). These values are total numbers, including any memory
> >> used by system. A freshly-booted system with just taskmanager running
> >> reports 50..58 Mb RAM used.
> >>
> >> Startup times and memory usage after loading (homepage is about:blank,
> >> if applicable):
> >> Firefox: 13 seconds, 85 Mb.
> >> Chromium: 8..10 s, 81 Mb.
> >> Arora: 12 s, 78 Mb.
> >> Midori: 17 s, 108 Mb.
> >>
> >> Midori: 23 s, 75MB
> >>
> >>
> >> Common problems noticed:
> >> 1. Standard Gmail interface is slow. After initializing, it occupies
> >> about half CPU capacity constantly. Occasionally, several  seconds'
> >> delays happen just as I type this text.
> >> 2. Flash literally kills everything.  Several gtk-gnash processes take
> >> up all CPU power the machine has. Several times, I had to wait for
> >> more than 10 minutes (!) until taskmanager window gets redrawn and I'm
> >> able to see memory usage.
> >>
> >> Arora problem: never finished expanding the 47 messages thread. "Still
> >> Working" message remains shown for more than 10 minutes, and there are
> >> about 15 messages not expanded.
> >>
> >> Firefox problem: while expanding 47 messages, gmail shows
> >> "unresponsive script" warning at least once. Apparently, the script is
> >> suspended until the user makes a choice, so the loading process needs
> >> close user attention.
> >>
> >> Midori: initially, gmail did not identify it as a fully compatible
> >> browser and loaded a reduced "compatible" interface. However, after
> >> changing the reported browser type to Firefox in preferences, no
> >> problems encountered with the full version of gmail interface.
> >>
> >> Same problem and solution
> >>
> >> Memory usage with three tabs loaded:
> >> Firefox: 150..160 Mb.
> >> Arora: 175..185 Mb.
> >> Midori: 175..185 Mb.
> >> Chromium: 135..145 Mb.
> >>
> >> Midori: 74MB
> >>
> >> Conclusion: on low-grade hardware, flash and script-rich pages are
> >> painfully slow regardless of the browser. On less than 192 Mb RAM, you
> >> are likely to experience swapping with several pages opened in any
> >> browser.
> >>
> >> Given the available options, my vote is for Chromium *and* disabling
> >> flash by default. Best is to start playing flash only after the user
> >> clicks on it, however I'm not sure if it's possible without hacking
> >> the browser code.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Mikhail
> >>
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> >>
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