From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2001 - 02:05:17 EST
If you can get your hands on Opera 4.02, I think that is the most stable
version that's come out yet. Version 5.01 exists, but I don't like it--it
auto crashes on a number of web sites, like yahoo. Overall however
Opera is *fantastic*. It's far far FAR smaller than any other graphical
browser, and does things quickly. And as people have said it runs
just fine on older Win95 machines. As Opera matures, I think it will
be the preferable browser. They're already at the top of the compliance
heap in terms the various standards out there.
Another browser to keep track of is Mozilla (www.mozilla.org), an Open
Source graphical browser, which is starting to not be a joke and is now
used for real purposes. The cool part about Mozilla of course is that
if you don't like a particular aspect of it, you're able to change it.
Both have and are running quite happily on my ThinkPad 1451i, 1472i,
600, and a guest appearance on an a21p as well...
--STeve Andre'
At 09:41 PM 1/8/01 -0800, Forrest English wrote:
>On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 14:10:16 -0800, Jonathan Berry said:
>
> > 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.
>
>w3m, and links both do tables perfectly. i use them a lot :) links is my
>fav.
>
>i'm not sure if they make windows versions though.
>
> >
> > >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
> >
> >
>
>--
>Forrest English
>http://truffula.net
>
>"I don't like this air, but that doesn't
>mean I'm going to stop breathing."
>-Doug Martsch
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