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I've made some tests about RAM usage of our browser in comparison with other competitors.
I've taken for test stable Big Four (excluding 'ChromeOpera' which I never used), some Chrome clones (both 'enhanced' and 'light'), development builds, popular oldtimers like Presto Opera in latest user assemblies and other 'low-RAM eaters' like QtWeb, Slimboat Qupzilla and - the main part - newest KM75 beta 2 and last old KM - 1.7a2.
Test was made on i5Core Intel system under Win7 x64 with 16Gb RAM.
Testing kit of pages consisted of 5 comparatively modern media (news, TV, websearch etc.) russian sites. Links are here (but you'd better create your own test-kit, if decide to repeat this):
Then all browsers were tested for basic compatibility with modern web technologies on 3 sites and rated by myself in whole on a 10-point scale.
Results are here in table and diagrams (all clickable).
RAM was measured in kbytes.
Main table
RAM usage graph
Compatibility graph
Conclusion:
K-Meleon nowadays remains the most RAM saving browser among actual and compatible ones.
It's RAM consumption is comparable only with some old-Webkit-based browsers like QtWeb and Slimboat which both have obvious incompatibilities with some modern websites.
But in terms of new techs support KM is not cutting edge but completely able browser.
And old KM is really unique in terms of RAM frugality remaining compatible with the essential part of web except for most modern sites.
Whow - where is the LIKE button?
Five stars for your great study work!!
(and because it bugs me more and more lately: the big prob with KM1.7 and even 1.6 is not so much web compatibility, but internal bugs, like not being able to do *anything* while a page (any tab) is loading, and KM1.7 can't even do injectjs. The page bugs are minor compared to that, especially on KM1.7 with the newer engine)
siria, have you ever seen InjectJS-bug 'patch' by Realgy? It solves that problem
And my macro Twin Tune from KM Twin also reduces freezes of GUI, when switched on (item in Tools menu appears after adding TwinTune.kmm to your KM)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/2015 01:17PM by rodocop.
Well, yeah. I've seen realgys workaround for injectJS in KM1.7. It does help partly! But on the other side makes things much worse by secretly switching ON javascript *permanently*, without even notifying the user!
An absolute NO-GO for people who have it switched off for a reason. Opening all doors to load all sorts of crapware onto our systems, and aside from that freezing mine quickly by the sheer size of needed RAM (have 0.25GB only here). So of course I modified his code to switch JS off again after each action, but due to the line-order-bugsin KM1.7 that means having to click on an annoying pause-alert box each time. And some things this workaround cannot execute at all. So KM1.7 remains only usable as a fallback browser for me.
In your TwinTune.kmm I'd be interested of course, but have trouble downloading. Is it available somewhere single, perhaps in extensions forum?
Wait a minute!
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KM - still the lightest among actual browsers!
Posted by:
rodocop
Date: February 04, 2015 07:35PM
I've made some tests about RAM usage of our browser in comparison with other competitors.
I've taken for test stable Big Four (excluding 'ChromeOpera' which I never used), some Chrome clones (both 'enhanced' and 'light'), development builds, popular oldtimers like Presto Opera in latest user assemblies and other 'low-RAM eaters' like QtWeb, Slimboat Qupzilla and - the main part - newest KM75 beta 2 and last old KM - 1.7a2.
Test was made on i5Core Intel system under Win7 x64 with 16Gb RAM.
Testing kit of pages consisted of 5 comparatively modern media (news, TV, websearch etc.) russian sites. Links are here (but you'd better create your own test-kit, if decide to repeat this):
http://lenta.ru/news/2015/01/29/radionova/ http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=89418 http://rsport.ru/photo/20150129/802843619.html http://www.ntv.ru/sport/1296416/ http://news.yandex.ru/yandsearch?cl4url=lenta.ru/news/2015/01/29/radionova/&lang=ru&lr=2
Then all browsers were tested for basic compatibility with modern web technologies on 3 sites and rated by myself in whole on a 10-point scale.
Results are here in table and diagrams (all clickable).
RAM was measured in kbytes.
Main table
RAM usage graph
Compatibility graph
Conclusion:
K-Meleon nowadays remains the most RAM saving browser among actual and compatible ones.
It's RAM consumption is comparable only with some old-Webkit-based browsers like QtWeb and Slimboat which both have obvious incompatibilities with some modern websites.
But in terms of new techs support KM is not cutting edge but completely able browser.
And old KM is really unique in terms of RAM frugality remaining compatible with the essential part of web except for most modern sites.
Re: KM - still the lightest among actual browsers!
Posted by:
siria
Date: February 04, 2015 10:22PM
Whow - where is the LIKE button?
Five stars for your great study work!!
(and because it bugs me more and more lately: the big prob with KM1.7 and even 1.6 is not so much web compatibility, but internal bugs, like not being able to do *anything* while a page (any tab) is loading, and KM1.7 can't even do injectjs. The page bugs are minor compared to that, especially on KM1.7 with the newer engine)
Re: KM - still the lightest among actual browsers!
Posted by:
rodocop
Date: February 05, 2015 01:17PM
siria, have you ever seen InjectJS-bug 'patch' by Realgy? It solves that problem
And my macro Twin Tune from KM Twin also reduces freezes of GUI, when switched on (item in Tools menu appears after adding TwinTune.kmm to your KM)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/2015 01:17PM by rodocop.
Re: KM - still the lightest among actual browsers!
Posted by:
siria
Date: February 07, 2015 01:09PM
Well, yeah. I've seen realgys workaround for injectJS in KM1.7. It does help partly! But on the other side makes things much worse by secretly switching ON javascript *permanently*, without even notifying the user!
An absolute NO-GO for people who have it switched off for a reason. Opening all doors to load all sorts of crapware onto our systems, and aside from that freezing mine quickly by the sheer size of needed RAM (have 0.25GB only here). So of course I modified his code to switch JS off again after each action, but due to the line-order-bugsin KM1.7 that means having to click on an annoying pause-alert box each time. And some things this workaround cannot execute at all. So KM1.7 remains only usable as a fallback browser for me.
In your TwinTune.kmm I'd be interested of course, but have trouble downloading. Is it available somewhere single, perhaps in extensions forum?
Re: KM - still the lightest among actual browsers!
Posted by:
rodocop
Date: February 07, 2015 10:31PM
Wait a minute!
Re: KM - still the lightest among actual browsers!
Posted by:
rodocop
Date: February 07, 2015 10:36PM
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