From: Jonathan Berry (jberry_at_islandnet.com)
Date: Mon Jan 08 2001 - 17:10:16 EST
Subject--Compact, efficient, effective web browser for older
thinkpads.
Netscape 3.04 still works well, but with java problems on many
sites.
IE 5.01 was much stabler than 5.5 the last time I checked, a
few months back. It is faster than NS 3, but has some design
inadequacies.
Does IE 5 add a lot of registry keys to Win95a ? I've noticed
that Regedit searches seems to take forever (often 5 minutes or
more).
Textbridge 2 added about 2000 registry keys (I happened to have
INCTRL log its installation) to my desktop and had disabled the
first thing I happened to try (an infrared transfer) after
installing it. Fortunately, it uninstalled politely. I was
merely out a couple of hours and the cost of the software.
I tried Opera on the TP 701, and, aside from not really getting it
to work, it has a feel of melting/ morphing. Compare NS 3
(rock solid), IE 5.01 (images and links often come up on the
screen before you can actually click them, you have to wait a
couple of seconds before you can type a word into the Find
box...), but Opera was only moreso. It felt like Jello. No
offence to those who like Jello. It's fine for what it is.
I like the idea of text-only web browsers, but finally gave up
on Lynx (after using it for years) because it does not handle
tables. I can do without frames or images or java or
javascript in a text-only browser, but not tables.
Incidentally, Lynx's "one pass" design is supposed to be
responsible for its inability to handle tables. And its
"lightning fast" page rendering. Too bad.
>The latest thread on IE5.5 problems is as I would expect.
>
>I too use IE 4 and, still for speed, Netscape Nav Gold!
>
>Although I have a copy of Opera on my HDD, I have not taken to this
>(mainly as it has a slightly different look, interface) but welcome
>others experiences with this browser as it is much smaller footprint.
>
>I hate the fact that nearly all the Java related errors are coders
>building-in useless, unwelcomed effects or Ads which I don't want
>to see... I never liked the upgrade from IE 4 to 5 as it caused all
>sorts of problems and took up too much HDD space at the time.
>
-- cheers Jonathan Berry http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/ to know more than you want
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