Post by Alexander AusserstorferPost by Richard AshberyPost by Alexander AusserstorferI don't think the web browser is the point. The point are the web
sites or pages. They are so small and fast - complettely in the idea
of RISC of course!
I'm lost on that one Alexander???
It was ironic.
"Sarcastical" describes it better ... ;)
A very interesting website to test any kind of browser is the website of
e.g. Alfa Romeo , <https://www.alfaromeo.co.uk> or <https://
www.alfaromeo.de/modelle/stelvio>. The BMW oder Landrover sites will do
as well. And <https://www.tesla.com/models> has all the bells and
whistles, videos included.
Any big mediawebsite (BBC, netflix, NY Times) will do as well.
!Netsurf - probably - won't run any of them.
We will see if !Iris can do.
For the long run and not to distant future the next chapter has been
announced: Virtual 3D in the browser. With Sonys new eyewear (headset
VR2) there will be a completely new experience - and a maximized
datastream and (therefore) needed calculation-power too. Some 30 MIPS of
a RiscPC won't be enough, an a RPi without the correct hardware decoders
could be unusable.
Eventually a type of "prerender proxy" (a second RPi) with Linux/BSD that
takes the websites an renders them into a picture or a "normal" website
could be a solution for the future. Such a thing can always be kept
operational and is mor up-to-date in terms of security, than a RISCOS
machine ever can be.
However: !Iris is an intersting project ! An looks promising too.
Thanks for the link.