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Netsurf - like Firefox but less bloated

  • 11-01-2009 12:10am
    #1
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭


    I may get a bit of a lashing here, but I just want to raise awareness about this overlooked web browser.

    http://www.netsurf-browser.org/

    The browser is at a stable stage now, and unlike firefox it does not consume that much memory. On a typical session, It only consumes about 30-40MB during constant use.
    It actually releases most memory back to the OS which is a plus:pac:

    I haven't tried the adobe plugin, but for general browsing this browser is pretty impressive at both rendering speed and memory consumption.
    This isn't a fork of mozilla code, which might be a disadvantage to some people. The main build seems to be for RISC OS, but the GTK works fine on other platforms.


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  • #2
    sedohre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 669 ✭✭✭sedohre


    Hi, I had a quick look at the link and was wondering do you know if it works on an intel macbook, osx10.5.6?

    Couldn't find any reference to osx and haven't got a clue:confused:


  • #3
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    They don't have a OS X installer, so you will need to download the gcc compiler and the netsurf source code and compile it for OS X.
    Why there is no Mac package is beyond me:confused:

    Sorry if that is not much use to you:(


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