Why convert RAW in the browser
A RAW file holds the sensor data as the camera recorded it: 12 to 14 bits per channel, no JPEG compression, and a white balance that is still a suggestion rather than a decision. That is what makes it worth editing, and it is also why the delivery step is awkward. Print shops, job portals, forums and email all want a JPG, and the usual converters ask you to upload a 30 MB file to a server before they will help.
MillFile decodes the frame here, in this tab. A 26 megapixel frame takes about two to three seconds on a laptop - that is our own measurement on a 30 MB Sony file, not an estimate - and the result keeps the full sensor resolution. Larger sensors take longer, because every pixel is processed on your own machine rather than on hardware somebody else pays for.