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by adrianmsmith 1254 days ago
> under-powered hardware ... one would think that for limited-scope usage (e.g. browsing ...), it should perform well.

Alas, I fear that browsing is probably one of the things that require good performance and a huge amount of software and complexity. Because browsing probably involves "checking Gmail" (huge amount of JS, need a good fast JS engine e.g. with JIT etc.) or "watching a YouTube video" (need to have video codecs correctly connected to the graphics card hardware), etc.
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prmoustache 1254 days ago
nah.

I eventually found out that only the shittiest websites force you to have powerful computer and I could browse many of the most interesting ones using lagrange through a web to gemini proxy. Feels like having all the web in reader mode. Same can be done using a browser for the terminal such as w3m or links. Both support images nowadays.

A web browser is unnecessary to check emails anyway. Your example is probably the most easily solved.

Video streaming is another thing.

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UncleSlacky 1254 days ago
It sometimes helps to use the mobile versions of websites instead. There are also dedicated email clients and tools like youtube-dl for downloading videos.
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soperj 1254 days ago
Just check gmail using lynx ;)
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avhon1 1254 days ago
Unfortunately, logging in to Google now requires JavaScript.
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UncleSlacky 1254 days ago
Email clients are still a thing.
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