đ€ Appeal to the Browser Goddesses đ€
Can we please make it a thing where 32GB of RAM isnât an insufficient amount for day to day web browser usage? Getting an OOM core dump for that reason is inexcusable.
- Should the Zoom browser app really need 2GB on a single tab when itâs already downscaling a 1080p feed to 320p on an enterprise account?
- Should Amazonâs website really need 1GB per tab just to view the cart or a ~800Mb for a single simple product page?
- Please remind me how an MKdocs fully static page with a single 400k image and no datatables or fancy JS somehow require 242Mb?
- Or perhaps shed some light on the requirement where Googleâs main page with a single search form somehow needs ~500Mb
There are no âgood reasonsâ for these inefficiencies. We donât suddenly have better search fields or compressed jpegs now vs a decade ago with 1/10th of the system resources.
#developer #webdev #linux #browsers #chrome #firefox #ensh11n
@thorstenzoeller @winterschon It is. 99% of the time Images and graphical elements are unnecessary. There are only few reasons for Images, like online shopping or booking your hotel for the next trips. These are things I wouldnât like to do without having seen a photo. But most times photos are just there to be there, for no good reason.
@doerk @winterschon Exactly, I completely agree. There are definitely situations in which text alone is not sufficient (or other media is preferable), but there are very, very few of those.
And again, https://justinjackson.ca/words.html comes to my mindâŠ
@thorstenzoeller@exquisite.social @doerk@nrw.social thatâs a great page. reminds me of a purposeful design choice from the Gemini protocol project; itâs all text for similar reasons.