From be36c723caa1e432033ba640247244aa8cd29586 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Young Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:25:24 +0000 Subject: Add a note about how to get the best speed out of the OS4 version. Mostly this is to encourage people to use 32-bit screenmodes :) svn path=/trunk/netsurf/; revision=8333 --- amiga/dist/NetSurf.guide | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'amiga') diff --git a/amiga/dist/NetSurf.guide b/amiga/dist/NetSurf.guide index b3e4c32f4..e18b06911 100755 --- a/amiga/dist/NetSurf.guide +++ b/amiga/dist/NetSurf.guide @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ http://www.netsurf-browser.org @{"Hotlist menu " link Hotlist} @{"Local MIME types " link MIMETypes} +@{"Optimising for speed" link Speed} + @{"Credits " link Contact} @endnode @@ -139,6 +141,18 @@ The Installer script will set the MIMETYPE tooltype on basic relevant default fi 2. The icon ENVARC:Sys/def_ contains the MIMETYPE tooltype. @endnode +@node Speed "Optimising for speed" +There are a number of options which can be changed that will affect the speed of NetSurf's rendering. Here are a list of the fastest settings which may help decrease rendering time on slower platforms: + +@{lindent 2}* Ensure NetSurf is running on a @{b}32-bit screen@{ub} if possible. NetSurf down-converts from 32-bit ARGB for display, which can impact performance.@{lindent} + +@{lindent 2}* In preferences, General tab, enable @{b}Fast scrolling@{ub}.@{lindent} + +@{lindent 2}* In preferences, Rendering tab set: +@{b}Cache native versions@{ub} to @{b}Scaled@{ub} (or preferably @{b}All@{ub}, but this will use more graphics mem, and scaling images is a bigger performance hit) +@{b}Deselect @{b}Higher quality scaling@{ub}, this will be very slow if not done in hardware.@{lindent} +@endnode + @node contact "Credits" NetSurf was ported to AmigaOS 4 by Chris Young chris@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk -- cgit v1.2.3