If you are a company with the size of Nintendo.
Yeah, the big company put all their capabilities and resources into creating that lazy applet. I guess a team of 100 developers must have been busy for at least three years.
I think you underestimate the ressources required to run a usable browser. Not to mention stuff like handling TLS.
Good to
know at least you are fully in the
know.
Interestingly all the people shouting
"N64 emulation isn't possible on (New) 3DS! There will NEVER be an N64 emulator, not even a proof of concept one!" became very silent at some point.
Now… Rather than just pondering what amount of computer resources is needed for running a usable browser
(however "usable" is defined here; will surely depend on person, preference and use-case), I'll just run a browser on a weak computer.
Test machine: Celeron 433MHz Laptop from 1999 (originally came with Windows 98SE), now running the very modern Windows XP SP3. This laptop was weak even for the time. The processor is too old to have SSE2 instruction set. This prevents the latest Windows XP compatible Firefox 52.9.0ESR from starting. The last one that works is 45.9.0ESR from April 2017. Not too bad for a year 1999 budget computer with 192MB RAM (I've expanded the memory at some point)
This PC is overall weaker than the Old 3DS.
Result:
Browser running slowly (surprise), but can open desktop GBAtemp just fine (not that I would login with Windows XP running such an old browser). Memory usage about 120MB. Full scripts active, full desktop mode, zero optimization, just a full-blown (old) browser running with all the bells and whistles.
If the 3DS was able to browse the web like this laptop, I personally accept this as usable for reading news, checking GBAtemp (without login) and downloading files.
OP said "advanced web browser".
Didn't even notice that. Exaggerated and maybe boastful when not having anything ready yet(?)
It is a figure of speech.
And an unfriendly one. "I don't want to sound rude…
but do your homework and start with the basics."
If I wanted to place any comments in the direction:
"Learn walking before trying to run.", I'd choose the PM system for that – not the public discussion – but hey, that's me.