For all those who intend to use Opera 12.x indefinitely, may I ask how do you intend to do so? Unless you use Opera for basic low/no JavaScript browsing only, it's highly unlikely to be working properly a year or two into the future. Support for all those (buggy) JavaScript-heavy websites (most of which are constantly being modified/rewritten) depends on an up-to-date browser.jsFILE] exception file. It will simply be getting more and more broken over time.
You're basically left with Chromium and Firefox, which are way too heavy on resources and not as customizable as even the earliest Opera versions. Midori, Xombrero, Vimprobable, etc. are just like Chromium. When it comes to resource usage, the interface is peanuts compared to the layout and JavaScript engines. It's Webkit that makes them all heavy.
Unless you want us to use the Windows version under WINE (not going to happen in a million years). There's not even a Linux version to run through the Linuxulator (only a half decent idea).
Besides, it's not like the latest NEXT version is any better/more useful than Chrome 1.0.
Yes, NetSurf looks promising, but just like Dillo, it is far from perfect and lacks even the most basic JavaScript support (even your router's control panel won't work). Also, development is painfully slow.taz said:for some time now I have been watching over one project that I have always had a plan switching to. It's not not ready yet for nowadays internet but, in time, it will be. It has the ability to run on frame buffers and this is why I'm so interested in it. NetSurf is the name.
You're basically left with Chromium and Firefox, which are way too heavy on resources and not as customizable as even the earliest Opera versions. Midori, Xombrero, Vimprobable, etc. are just like Chromium. When it comes to resource usage, the interface is peanuts compared to the layout and JavaScript engines. It's Webkit that makes them all heavy.
Probably because it won't be working fine or at all on 95% of the Internet in the near future.drhowarddrfine said:Why?taz said:But now I'm definitely dropping Opera
Unless you want us to use the Windows version under WINE (not going to happen in a million years). There's not even a Linux version to run through the Linuxulator (only a half decent idea).
Besides, it's not like the latest NEXT version is any better/more useful than Chrome 1.0.