This is in my macbook project.
- Core Duo (32 bit) 1.83 mhz
- 2 GB Ram
- Intel GMA950 GPU (64 mb vram!)
- 250 GB HDD Sata 2 (sata 1.5 system
No interest? Don't bother. Got one and wanna use it? Read on!
So I've just redone my macbook again, screwed something up (dunno what), and my backup drive died. No matter, fished it from the trash and it was IDE anyways. So, I'm thinking about what I need to redownload. Libre office, VLC, update itunes again... What about a browser?
I have VERY strict requirements for a browser, especially for a laptop like this one, where if I'm working on web code, working on a thread here, going through email, webdev, testing, youtube (720p for non-netbooks like this, 360p for anything lesser than this core duo mac), Twitch Streams, audio streaming, the works. So, heres my Rules:
Needs to do 720p60 video setting on YT. For the hardware I have, I know it is possible.
Needs to handle local renderspace of websites EXTREMELY well
NO memory Leaks!
I need to be able to watch a twitch stream at medium settings
Needs to be lightweight over all
Text wrapping cannot be shit WHATSOEVER.
Now, I did try to use the normal browsers.
Chrome:
Did not have luck. Chrome 38 is the newest browser that I can run and its memory leaks are rampant. Cannot handle any youtube videos at all and slugs this system to a crawl. Also, the text wrap is so bad that I have to have fullscreen space to see anything (spacing is bad, text not clear, problem for a 1280X800 screen). Not an Option.Chromium:
Some advances! Text is good! PROBABLY because the newest I can get (with help from a little tool called Chromatic that pulls and builds straight off git) is version 40.08somethingsomething! Still... Memory leaks. Can't go to the poll thread without needing to reboot the machine even (yes, this site is a perfect benchmark). Doesn't slug the machine down so bad but I blame the code being newer. Still can't do YT past 360p and 720p60 videos, after a full render, slow to 60F/2s so its smooth, sure, but the video is slower than the audio then it skips ahead. NOT WORTHY.Firefox:
Its shit. It doesn't handle videos at all on this system and it slogs the machine just as an idle process. Takes up a gig of ram if I let it sit. Can't do it, not worth the wait to even get to google.
NOW
I know what you're thinking. Isn't it an old ass macbook? Its shit isn't it? Why bother!
PAH. Well I need this thing for school in a year and all of the hardware is MINT. So where did I end up for a browser?
Ever heard of Roccat? I don't blame you if you thought of the mouse.
http://runecats.com/roccat-browser-for-mac/
- Roccat:
Handles video, handles streams, takes up 130 mb of ram, renders YT videos LOCALLY (I have wanted this on PPC machines, more on that in a minute), text wrap is A+ if not S rank, is a reasonable size, pages load rather quick, and it looks good too! Well.... To me anyways.
Now, BONUS!!!!
It has powerpc support.
Now sadly RIP my ibook. My powerbook is still operational but it weighs a shit ton. A metric shit ton almost. I have yet to test it on powerpc but if its anything like this core duo AND compiled correctly for the chip? Well shit I'll have a favorite browser.
I have one complaint though. Only one.
In the picture above you don't see the tabs. It has tab support and all that but it's tabs are bubble tabs, meaning you see the page and that is the tab. I haven't jumped into the settings yet but I imagine there is a way to not have the bubble tabs. I just hide them away and have more room!
So yeah, ROCCAT.
Its great. Shut up and get it if you have a mac.
Edit
No way to change the tabs, sadly, but cmnd+shift+arrow and you switch tabs how you like! I love it!
Also, there is an iphone browser. Sounds stupid huh? Login on both machines and they cache all your sites and you can access it from your phone. It'll suck when they go out of business but oh well. Snappy as shit.
Edit 2
Interesting feature. Since it renders videos locally, Roccat seems to automatically scale videos to your screen's resolution. 1080p becomes 720p and down. Interesting.