RE: [OT] Opera

I still use Netscape 6.1 when random browsing.	With the Javascript off,
I've never had a problem.  Still have to use IE for some of the business
sites I use.  Can't seem to turn it off in IE.

Brendan
'Neath Southern Skies

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Brush [mailto:bbrush@unlnotes.unl.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:23 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [OT]Opera
> 
> 
> 
> My advice is to give Mozilla a try.  Firefox is built to make IE users
> comfortable.	Mozilla is more like Netscape and IMO is more 
> configurable.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU wrote on 02/14/2005 07:18:40 PM:
> 
> > Pros/Cons:
> > IE : Some sites require IE, eg MSNBC, MS update to patch 
> windows, so IE
> > is compulsory. I never use it for anything else though, 
> it's insecure
> crap.
> >
> > Firefox: Doesn't handle some backgrounds well, rendering 
> them as black.
> > Bummer if the text is also black. Periodic crashes when memory gets
> > tight. Eats bandwidth due to refreshing. Otherwise the best 
> behaved of
> > all browsers, I use it whenever filling out forms (as in 
> many logins).
> >
> > Opera: Doesn't handle some CSS very nicely, but worse, 
> doesn't handle
> > some GET form data in ways that MS server side can 
> understand. Periodic
> >   screen corruption when memory gets tight. Otherwise the 
> fastest of the
> > 3, and the "restart from where you left off" feature is great.
> 
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