On 4 Feb 2011 Rob Kendrick wrote: >> Now obviously there's a big advantage in coding in assembler for a >> specific processor family rather than using C and making the code >> portable,
> I wouldn't call it an advantage. And none of the browsers you list here > are written in assembler; they're all written in C. OK, so that takes away one possible reason for the difference. >> but the main reason seems to be that NetSurf is trying to >> reformat the whole page over and over again, taking note of dimensions >> only after the images have been downloaded. > Also, NetSurf implements *FAR MORE* of HTML and CSS than either Fresco > or Oregano. The amount of work it is doing is an order of magnatude > greater. The test pages were 'any browser' compatible so Netsurf didn't have to do far more than the other browsers. -- Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ mailto:r...@minijem.plus.com I don't want a "user experience" - I just want stuff that works.
