Mon, 6 Sep 2021 09:00:52 -0400 - Haines Brown <haines@???>:

> I've happily run the basilisk browser for a couple years, but recently
> it bagan to hang. On sites that are more demanding such as Amazon and
> eBay. When I do things there's a hang that lasts perhaps a minute.
>
> When I look at Basilisk's requirements I'm left unsure whether beowuld
> is up to them. It requires a 64-bit distribution, 1 Gb RAM, GTK+ 3.4
> or hightr, GLib 2.22 or higher, Pango 1.14 or higher, X.Org 1.0 or
> higher (1.7 or higher recommended), lbstdc++ 4.61 or higher.
>
> Not sure but I suspect beowulf is runing GTK 3.0.0, and pango 1.0,
> etc. If so, it may be that the hangs are because my software is a bit
> dated. I tried clearing cache but it had no obvious effect.


Hi Haines

It seems to me that you are assuming that the problem is linked to the
system software environment, but this does not seem to be proven.

First of all: have you tried using other browser than Basilisk? Same
hanging with Firefox etc.?

Another pont. For my experience, in recent times, this type of slowdown
could also be due to problems with TSL certificates. This happens mostly
with "major" sites (I.E. Google, Amazon etc.) that adopt more strict
requirements (TLS 1.3) before and more than others; and it may occurs
where there is an outdated proxy server or appliance, as often is in many
organizations.

I don't know if Basilisk has some developer tools like Firefox or Chrome
(in Firefox-like browsers it is at the >Tools>Web Developer>Network menu or
Ctrl+Shist+E).
If Basilisk has this kind of tools, then you can use it to check if the
freezes during the loading of the pages is due to network-related
problems, even identifying the specific cause.


> Would an upgrade to cimaera likely remove the hangs? I've done it on a
> couple systems without a problem, but not my production system.



Regards
al3xu5

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