Web Browsers on PDAS
17 points by robin_reala 3 hours ago | 5 comments

jonhohle 48 seconds ago
We had about 10-15 years or so where the web wasn’t so complex and fast moving that a browser needed constant updates for things to work. Now browsers are more complex that entire operating systems and anything older than a few years just won’t work and publishers think that’s ok. I remember as late as 2008 verifying websites in Lynx (or elinks or links2) to ensure screen readers and low end devices would have a reasonable experience.

Now anything older than a few years is garbage that can be abandoned and websites have no problem using GBs of RAM. What a wasteful, fickle industry software is.

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TeaVMFan 52 minutes ago
I remember using Dillo on a Compaq iPaq with Linux installed. No Dillo screen shots, but plenty of information about apps for Linux on the iPaq 3765 here:

https://www.frequal.com/ipaq/index.html

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9dev 59 minutes ago
OT, but man, this is a beautifully designed website. The progress indicator on the left is particularly clever.
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boguscoder 29 minutes ago
I thought everyone in my generation knows of PalmOS but TIL its later known as GarnetOS..
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bdickason 59 minutes ago
Dig the site layout. Left nav is interesting, glow around screenshots is a nice touch.
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