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> It is insane that we have to dedicate multiple gigabytes of RAM, have CPUs 1000x faster than we had back with Netscape Navigator Webpages are applications. B
by simscitizen 1y ago
> It is insane that we have to dedicate multiple gigabytes of RAM, have CPUs 1000x faster than we had back with Netscape Navigator
Webpages are applications. Browsers are application runtimes. The main culprit driving high memory usage is not the runtime, but the application.
- viraptor 1y agoThat's not really correct. Compare the basic interactive page resource usage to a similar interface made with qt or even .net - it's the runtime that makes the massive difference.