Netsurf 68k

[Fab]

You are right.

But apps like netsurf would benefit classic amiga community for long time, if somebody could pay some attention to make optimized port with proper gui.

Netsurf is our only realistic change to get modern web browser. All others would be useless at least with real amigas OWB/Firefox etc.

Allso Netsurf would benefit projects like natami, offering more modern apps to their product

Except OWB can actually be faster than Netsurf, even though it does a lot more. I even wonder how Netsurf (68k) can be so slow... Memory requirements would be another issue, though.

[Fab]

@Fab
So, do you think it is actually technically feasable to port OWB current or MOS version to run in an OCS 68030 <32MB Amiga? Would you do it for a nice amount of bounty $$$ ?

Clearly not. OWB requires a gfx card and at least 128MB (or rather 256MB) to be somehow usable.
But my point was rather Netsurf also doesn't qualify for such a requirement, at the moment, since it's even slower.

[Fab]

@Fab
In the end, do you think there is no solution for 68k users regarding semi-modern web browsing? I mean no half decent browser port can be made? Or is it that it just requires too much effort from a devs point of view to tweak and modify code to make it usable?

Well, for UAE users, an OWB port issued from MorphOS version (for instance) could make sense and would surely be relatively usable (assuming the port is done correctly), but it's a bit sad to target only UAE users, IMO.

For original Amigas, maybe netsurf is a better option, but the current port is definitely too slow. But if it's fast enough on RiscOS machines, it must just be an issue with the current port.

[Fab]

But we are talking about port Netsurf for 68k, without SDL, GUI by MUI or maybe Reacton? I think this is not the same as write it from scratch.
Modern browser is something like OWB for OS4.

Depends what you mean by modern. Ibrowse UI is way more modern than OWB for OS4.

[Fab]

FAB: I would happily donate money to have you port OWB to UAE. I'm sure many would.

What type of money would be required for you to consider this type of project?

It's not about money, but motivation. Anyway, if the guy who currently tries to port OWB MorphOS to OS4 succeeds, then the OS3 port shouldn't be very hard, since OS4 and OS3 are basically the same, MUI-wise.