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From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
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Subject: Re: Palemoon is da Greatest Browser
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 01:41:23 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-11-17, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> wrote:
>>On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 20:57:47 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:
>>
>>> Which one works better. Ghostery or Palemoon?
>>
>>All browsers should work the same.
>>
>>A browser is just a GUI wrapper around a rendering engine.
>>The engine converts the HTML/CSS markup into a screen
>>display.  The browser adds various "features," usually
>>junk, into the mix.
>>
>>There are many, many browsers but only a very small number
>>of rendering engines:
>>
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_browser_engines
>>
>>It is the rendering engine where the real difference lies.
>>Some are better than others in rendering HTML/CSS.
>>
>>There used to be compliance tests for rendering engines but
>>HTML/CSS has become so convoluted lately that all such tests
>>are useless:
>>
>>https://www.acidtests.org/
>>
>>Furthermore, very few sites use only HTML/CSS.  Most commercial
>>sites are overly bloated with ecmascript (i.e. javascipt) which
>>performs most of the work.
>>
>>Commercial pressure for more grandiose user "experiences" will
>>continue to drive HTML/CSS/Ecma into ever more ridiculous levels. 
>>
>>As a result, only huge enterprises like Google will be able
>>to produce rendering engines and the associated browser.
>>Before too long, there will only be one browser.  We are almost
>>there already.
>
>
> Free hint, dumbass, your joke browsers suck.  I just rented a movie,
> one I'd seen several times before, including new in a theater in 1998,
> but an old favorite, one relevant to my life these days, "The Truman
> Show" starring Jim Carrey.  Would be trivial to boot up my Fire TV
> device, and stream it to my TV, but slight drawback there, the audio
> would be through my TV's relatively lo-fi speakers.  By opening a
> Chrome window for Amazon Prime Video, dragging it across to my TV as a
> second monitor, and letting the audio flow into my computer speakers
> and subsequently into my headphones, I get a real "theater"
> experience, in my chair in my room.
>
> This is what you are missing, with your retardo setup, dumbass.
>

Rent a movie?
Are you a boomer?
Asking for a friend.

-- 
pothead

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