[arachne] Re: Linux (was: Working (OT storms brewing))

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În data de Vi, 10-06-2005 la 14:19 -0400, Steve a scris:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 

>   In the old days, I might have thought how bloated it is, 
> but at 2.8MB, I guess that's not too bad these days for a 
> browser that'll run in text mode on the console, and either 
> text or graphics mode in X.
> 

Interesting enough, Links is made of one file only, which includes, for
instance, all the fonts needed with all their respective encodings.
Arachne has them in separate files. This is why Links is so big.

Talking about the other pocket-size browser, Dillo, it has an
interesting feature. AFAIK it caches everything somwhere in RAM, thus,
it doesn't need a hard disk in order to run. This makes it appropriate
for embedded devices. The downside of this is you can't use it for long
browsing sessions when you've got a little ammount of RAM.   


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