I guess it depends on how you define "show". My G5 stutters when watching his YouTube at a resolution of 240p, even with MSE enabled (along with Eric's custom TFF file). So I guess technically it's showing YouTube content but I certainly wouldn't advise anyone to use one of these systems to do it.That's a qualitative matter and not the discussion - back to my point, the G5 being unable to show Youtube in TFF was simply because the prefs hadn't been set. Seeing as the author was seeking to inform he came to the wrong conclusion because he hadn't investigated the software enough.
IMO because of this he's not spreading misinformation. I know mine is not a popular position in a PPC forum but we're likely not the target for his videos.
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Yes, pedantic.Pedantic? @RogerWilco6502 merely pointed out why descriptions such as "unusable" fall into the category of misinformation.
I just went through this last weekend. IME a PPC is unusable on the modern internet. Using TFF is painfully slow (even with Eric's tweaks). LWK was much, much better. Unfortunately it crashes so much that despite its performance it was intolerable, at least for me. People on this forum are willing to tolerate these issues. However I doubt the target market for the video in the OP is not. Thus my comment to the effect of task and willingness to work within limitations.I showed someone my G3/500 accessing the web with TFF and they were actually impressed with the performance given the age and spec of the machine. With the browser tweaks provided by @z970mp and @eyoungren, surfing with a PPC machine whilst not without issues, is far from a horrible experience.![]()
I think I need to go watch the video, at least the first one, to know exactly what he's claiming. Difficult to "defend" it if I haven't seen it.
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