Same feeling :) -- Anidel
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Jonathan Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a feeling that my 915 subscriptions have something to do with > the load issues. ;) > > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Aniello Del Sorbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > That's weird, > > > > MicroB opens my Google Reader page with no issue at all, and is actually > > quite fast. > > > > -- > > anidel > > > > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Jonathan Greene < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I love the Fennec browser though it could clearly use less memory, be > >> more stable and launch more quickly. ;) > >> > >> It can actually render my Google Reader page which MicroB cannot ... I > >> find it super responsive and hope we see it packaged in a future > >> release. What I understood from the original Ars piece on the topic > >> was that they are pretty close relatives, but that Fennec benefits > >> from a later code base which seems to really make quite the > >> difference. > >> > >> For every day use though I am running MicroB as it is far more > >> reliable at the moment. > >> > >> JG > >> > >> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:31 AM, Quim Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > ext John Holmblad wrote: > >> >> All, > >> >> > >> >> for those who have not already seen the article whose url is: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080409-first-look-mozilla-fennec-targets-handheld-browser-market.html > >> >> > >> >> It provides a comparison of the performance of Microb versus Fennec > on > >> >> the N810. Fennec shows a ~6x speed improvement for javascript. > >> > > >> > Yes, the numbers of these automated tests are right. However, users > >> > having used both browsers will probably agree that in terms of real > user > >> > experience as for today both are pretty similar, and even the Nokia > >> > version is performing better in real use conditions. I'm talking about > >> > my own experience and comments I've heard. > >> > > >> > What is your opinion? I'm sure both Nokia and Mozilla developers are > >> > interested to know. > >> > > >> > Is someone lying? Not at all. It's just a matter of looking at the > >> > details. The current MicroB engine was developed one year ago by Nokia > >> > starting with a pre-alpha of the latest Gecko engine, the freshest > code > >> > available by then. The release under development done last Summer put > a > >> > Mozilla based browser at a level where nobody could before (including > >> > the own Mozilla guys, who were happily surprised btw). Now Fennec is > >> > shipping a most recent Gecko and of course putting both one by side > you > >> > get nowadays much better performance at engine level. How much > MicroB's > >> > open source code helped on that, I don't know but I guess it saved > them > >> > some work. > >> > > >> > But users don't deal with engines alone, you have the UI in between > and > >> > this is where the Mozilla browser in Chinook and Fennec differ most: > the > >> > first uses an own UI providing -as for today- much better performance > >> > that XUL, a component that seems like needing more work before being > >> > really fit in mobile devices. Are we going to keep this difference in > >> > the future? Time we tell. Both teams have a lot of work to do anyway. > >> > > >> > But in fact the best part of this Mozilla browsers comparison is not > the > >> > numbers competition part but the human collaboration part. The Mozilla > >> > and Nokia developers are collaborating and both projects are in sync. > >> > The current development of the Mozilla browser for Diablo+1 is based > >> > directly on the Gecko trunk and we are discussing ways of deepening > the > >> > collaboration, also at a community level. Imagine the wide community > of > >> > Firefox add-on developers targeting the maemo platform - that would be > >> > fun. > >> > > >> > We are even having some common exercises of exploration, both sides > >> > learning a lot i.e. Qt support - > >> > http://blog.vlad1.com/2008/05/06/well-isnt-that-qt/ > >> > > >> > Conclusion: We are as happy as you seeing the performance progress > done > >> > by the Fennec project. We feel honored by them targeting our platform > in > >> > the first place. Nokia is doing the right thing with the Mozilla > >> > development. Lots of potential for collaboration and cool stuff. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Quim Gil > >> > marketing manager, open source > >> > maemo software @ Nokia > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > maemo-users mailing list > >> > maemo-users@maemo.org > >> > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Jonathan Greene > >> +1.914.750.8740 > >> AIM / iChat - atmasphere > >> gtalk / jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Skype / Gizmo - JonathanGreene > >> blogs - http://www.atmasphere.net/wp / http://www.maemoapps.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> maemo-users mailing list > >> maemo-users@maemo.org > >> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > > > > > > -- > > anidel > > > > -- > Jonathan Greene > +1.914.750.8740 > AIM / iChat - atmasphere > gtalk / jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype / Gizmo - JonathanGreene > blogs - http://www.atmasphere.net/wp / http://www.maemoapps.com > -- anidel
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