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==Reception== Reviews of Dillo have praised its extraordinary speed, but noted that this speed comes at a price.<ref name="Arndt"/><ref name="Kingman">{{cite web |url = http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6922044112.html |title = Lightweight, Linux-compatible browser evolves |last = Kingman |first = Henry |publisher = DesktopLinux.com |date = 16 October 2008 |access-date = 13 February 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090214230717/http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS6922044112.html |archive-date = 14 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlug.ca/static/35.htm |title=Linux Web Surfing - Get Armed with Dillo |last=Tatham |first=Paul |date=15 September 2002 |access-date=13 February 2009 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171507/http://www.mlug.ca/static/35.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The most visible cost is Dillo's inability to display complex web pages as they were meant to be. A 2008 review by [[Linux.com]] commented that Dillo's user interface may be "intimidating" for new users, and pointed out the scarcity of [[Plug-in (computing)|plug-ins]] for Dillo.<ref name="Byfield"/> In all, Dillo's global usage share is less than one hundredth of one percent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0 |title=Browser Market Share |publisher=Net Applications |date=January 2009 |access-date=12 February 2009 }}</ref> Dillo is, however, the browser of choice in several space-conscious [[Linux distribution]]s, such as [[Damn Small Linux]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/applications.html |title=Damn Small Linux, Featured Desktop applications |publisher=John Andrews |access-date=11 February 2009 }}</ref> [[Feather Linux]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://featherlinux.berlios.de/about.htm |title = Feather Linux - About |publisher = [[BerliOS]] |access-date = 11 February 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090127052745/http://featherlinux.berlios.de/about.htm |archive-date = 27 January 2009 }}</ref> [[VectorLinux]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9866429696.html |title = Lesser known "mini" Linux runs from RAM |publisher = DesktopLinux.com |date = 25 January 2007 |access-date = 13 February 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090215050645/http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9866429696.html |archive-date = 15 February 2009 }}</ref> [[antiX]]<ref name="Kingman"/> and Mustang Linux.<ref name="Kingman"/>
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