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#52
" and hope to have a solution for it's browsers in the near future. "

Really.

Come on guys...

How many times must it be said.

Mozilla, Opera, Google are NOT coming back to update, make a new and better browser ...or anything of the sort.

The chances that an upstart new browser that has been developed specifically for the n900 ...is very very remote.
Likewise the chances that something just happening along ...that will work...on our hardware are equally remote.

There are 5 options.

#1 - Do nothing ..."hoping" something new will magically come around that miraculously works for us ...and until then live with what you have.
(and I wish you luck with that....I suggest you take a real good look at the last date the n900 browsers were updated and maintained by the dev's who ran them...It is so long ago ...they either work for other companies...got married...went into retirement homes...or are dead and buried...)

#2- Research and look at the effort it takes to build a browser...
If you think you can handle it ...go for it.

#3- Better still...
READ the helpful posts of those who have managed to make the browser slightly more functional....apply their wisdom and tweak what you have so that it gains a tiny bit more usability.

#4- Even Better-er .
Use an alternate os on your n900 ...
ie: one of the chroot variants of Easy Debian or Kali or....whatever is the most current ..
..which will give you a much better browser experience.

#5- Better-est still...
Petition Qole or one of the other Chroot Masters ...to make a chroot of Antix for the n900...
It has the best chance of running fluidly, with excellent compatibility, and a can have a very very small footprint ...
as in:
"it'll run on a toaster" ...
"it'll run on grandpa's wind-up pocket watch"
hell it needs so little resources to run...
I wouldn't be surprised if it could run off of two electrodes stuck in a potato...
So requirement - wise....it should have no problem whatsoever running on the n900
and it is a rolling release os ..much easier to keep up with ..

All told it should be lighter and smoother and faster in resources than Easy Debian or Kali...

And that means that all functions ...including ..browsing should be extremely fast.



So ..choice is yours...

you can be reactive and you can wait and hope all you wish...

or you can be proactive and do something about it.
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