[arthurrr]

I just wish that the guy who did the browser did a better job. I agree with Alan Kay when he said "the Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource", and "The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs."[1]

Here's an idea: Let's fix the web. I'm not talking about Web 3.0. Let's actually fix the web. Let's get rid of the browser. Let's stop building stuff on top of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, all of this so-called "technology". Let's fix the foundation first. And let's try to get it right this time.

I'm tired of my computer with 4gb of ram, 2 ghz processor slowing to a crawl whenever I open the browser, to the point where I'm reminded of typing over a 2400 baud connection.

Anybody know if it's possible to get the old Xerox Star OS running in an emulator? That seems like it might be a good place to start.

[1]http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/interview-wit...

[xradionut]

"I just wish that the guy who did the browser did a better job."

Amen! Last night I watched an "expert" explain how the thirty lines of Node.js that reinvents a SQL Join statement on the server just to get a some simple data to a browser on a phone.

Biatch please! The web still hasn't replicated the desktop apps we had 20 years ago. It's busted when you have to glue stacks of APIs with 4 or 5 separate programming languages together just to get a simple app to work. It's enough to make me run from phone apps and stick to the CLI and "normal" desktop GUI.

[jbri]

What browser are you using, and what websites are you visiting? Because one of the two is the cause of your slowing-to-a-crawl, and if you want to vote with your wallet you should start with that before throwing away the entire web ecosystem.

[PommeDeTerre]

It's not necessarily just one of them that's responsible for the poor performance. It could easily be both. Running bad JavaScript using a bad interpreter leads to awful performance.