Widely available on the Linux platform, but hard to get in Microsoft Windows. So no need for a list, as there aren’t that many browsers that can do the job (pass the ACID browser test). Or are there?
K-meleon comes close to completing the test, and is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser based on the Gecko layout engine developed by Mozilla which is also used by Firefox. K-Meleon takes up 15MB of RAM. While FireFox with the FasterFox Lite v3.9.1 extension — in comparison — takes up a whopping 54MB! Using K-meleon as an entry point things get interesting; list of alternatives!
I also tried and tested SlimBrowser.net … looks nice, but although the installation file is just 2MB, it seems to use .NET libraries to bring a IE-alike experience … eating up 50-60MB of RAM. Arora — based on QtWebKit — used up a very disappointing 100+ MB of RAM.
Next one of my list is QtWeb. QtWeb does things slightly different; it’s based on Nokia’s Qt framework and Apple’s webkit rendering engine. Pleasant browsing experience, but with 40-50MB of RAM it cannot compete with K-meleon. Neither can CometBird … without doing anything takes up 61MB.
Myeah there were a few other in my list still, but K-Meleon is my new champion and lightweight recommendation! Make sure you perform these optimization tweaks after installation to increase performance even further!
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Communities I have been 'hanging out' regularly over the past two decades.
- Nomadlist.com since 2022-04
- Empire.Kred since 2021-07
- Karma-Lab.com since 2019-01
- Invision Community since 2018-05
- Insanely Mac since 2018-02
- eGPU.io since 2017-04
- Tech Inferno since 2016-08
- forum.VestaCP.com since 2016
- WordPress.org since 2015-12
- Couch Surfing since 2014
- BitcoinTalk.org since 2014-03
- Warrior Forum since 2013-07
- Empire Avenue since 2013
forum.OSXLatitude.comsince 2011-08- Envato (i.e. CodeCanyon) since 2011-07
- TripAdvisor since 2010-09
MoneyMakerGroup.comsince 2007-03- HardWare.info since 2003-08
- SynthForum.NL since 2001-11
- gathering.tweakers.net since 2000-11
Note: links go to my profile on those respective sites. Connect with me if you like.
- EarnWithEarnie.io since 2022
- EarnWithEarnie.net since 2018
- BestProfitsTeam.com since 2017
- CycleClubMembers.com since 2015
- BestSTIFORPteam.com 2013-2021