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Re: Palemoon Browser
« on: December 14, 2014, 01:00:54 PM »
Why? With the build prerequisites (VS, DX SDK, Mozilla build tools) it seems like an awful candidate for porting. So much, in fact, that the Linux port is maintained as a separate project.

Looking at the feature list, the only feature that really stands out is that it's "optimized for modern processors", which of course is a disadvantage in running it on any Amiga or Amiga-like.

Admittedly, I've never run Pale Moon, so I have no idea what its advantages really are, but given their focus on the Windows platform and modern processors it does seem like the worst of the modern open source browsers to port to the Amiga.
 

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Re: Palemoon Browser
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2014, 03:47:01 PM »
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1) You can ask your question anytime and you get a sensible answer within 24 hours. Try that with mozilla.

So if you go through with the substantial change to the codebase required to get this running on Amiga, at which point it will basically be a different browser, you will also get this level of support?

Also, have you actually tried to get support for your Mozilla product questions? They have their own IRC network with support channels, their own forums, and unofficial support is ubiquitous.

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2) It's much faster when using WebGL, compared to firefox (and waterfox).

What makes you think that an Amiga operating system could benefit from this? WebGL at all would be a good start.