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An Even Faster Browser?

Posted by Cliff on from the living-up-to-the-hype dept.

octavian755 asks: "Seems that a 16-year-old Irish student has created an Internet browser called XWEB, which is the fastest browser known to date. This browser is said to be capable of boosting surfing speeds on a dial-up connection by 100 to 500 percent. What I would like to know is something like this even possible?" Update: 01/20 07:30 GMT by C : As folks have pointed out, this story is a duplicate. Also, a minor title gaffe corrected. Sorry about that.

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  1. Already Covered on /. by grantdh · · Score: 5, Informative

    What, weren't the responses given the last time this was posted enough???

    Damn, even I remember this one and I'm notorious for my short term memory loss. Who was smoking what when this one got posted? :)

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  2. How is it possible to be so fast? by Pyromage · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not.

    No, I haven't used it. But there are simple facts, like the speed of light. The thing is this: data can only be transferred so fast.

    If I have a 56k connection, than the fastest I can transfer is 56k (I know there are other considerations, but that's not important). It's that simple.

    There are some things that can be done to speed it up: cache things. Render things faster, but they are all stopgap measures. I don't care what it says, the fact is that you only get so much speed. Any more just is not there.

    It's like saying my car gets infinite miles per gallon. I can improve things, but I still need some fuel no matter what I do.