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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike Redrobe)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Amiga Web Browsers
- Date: 11 Apr 96 12:54:57 +0000
- Message-ID: <1572.6675T774T2870@Redrobe.demon.co.uk>
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- Hi, Thomas Tavoly , on 10-Apr-96 21:03:09 you scribbled....
- >In article <4kfhj5$q1t@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU> s9507594@minyos.its.rmit.EDU.AU
- >(Morden) writes:
- >> Hans-Joerg Frieden said:
- >> : Apart from the fact that the original post didn't belong in this group at
- >> : all,
- >>
- >> Well, it's here now 8) ehehhe
-
- >Set Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.networking then.
-
- >> AWeb's quite slow to draw itself on a DoublePAL screen. It also seizes the
- >> CPU while it decodes its images. Fine if you're only AWebbing, damn
- >> annoying if you're IRCing.
-
- >AWeb is the fastest browser I have seen on any platform, in some cases
- >faster than ALynx. If you have trouble with CPU usage while images are
- >being processed you should not blame AWeb but the datatype you use, because
- >that's what is written inefficiently.
-
- Nope - its not any particluar datatype...its the OS remapping that freezes the
- cpu like that...
-
- > Alternatively you can use Executive
- >to manage priorities.
-
- >> MUI-based web browsers are just as fast net-access-wise (except for
- >> IBrowse, and I can't figure out why) as AWeb.
-
- ...and what has the gui go to do with speed of network access? different part
- of the code...
-
- >Definitely untrue. Perhaps you are using a GFX card, in which case MUI's
- >overhead doesn't count that much, but on standard AGA machines AWeb is
- >definitely faster.
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- Mike
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