I’ve tried it and it’s super snappy and very pleasant to use. I had forgotten just how fast and capable modern internet is where I am because I got so used to often multiple seconds of waiting for a webpage to load fully. Webpages are even worse on my phone, where I have to sometimes wait half a minute. In comparison, when I use https://www.oppenlab.net/pr/tva/ to browse gemsites on the phone, they finish loading around the time the screen touch animation finishes.

Kristall is a nice gem-browser for the desktop. You can set your own document theme and stuff. Browsing gemsites is a bit like using an e-reader.