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In defense of Firefox

In defense of Firefox

Posted May 29, 2008 16:46 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: In defense of Firefox by BenHutchings
Parent article: In defense of Firefox

Well, yes, but if instead of single-threading you desynchronize the 
(event-driven) UI from the backend processing *and rendering* work, it can 
get fast again.

(After all, what else is an X server?)


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In defense of Firefox

Posted May 29, 2008 16:47 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

That is, of course, instead of *multi*-threading. :)

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