01-12-2003, 01:39 AM | #1 |
Silver Dragon
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Just wondering how good/useful/convenient this browser is compared to IE. It's supposed to be able to stop non-essential pop-ups.
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01-12-2003, 02:41 AM | #2 |
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I had it. Found it frustrating and uninstalled it. I know some people like it simply for the fact that its not a Microsoft product but I found it really annoying. Had to get rid of it.
I wouldnt want to dissuade anyone from trying it. To each his own, as they say. Give it a go and if you dont like it, remove it.
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01-12-2003, 03:16 AM | #3 |
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I installed IE 6.0.2 and also Mozilla 1.1. Although Mozilla isn't exactly Netscape but the feeling is quite close, which is:
Pros: 1. The page tabs - good for viewing multi-page topics, for example game reviews. 2. Speed - somehow the pages seems to load faster compared to IE. 3. Microsoft factor - Let's face it, I don't like M$ very much and using another product which comes from the rival of M$ feels kind of good. cons: 1. Browser integration - I am using Logitech mouse and the webwheel refuse to function property in Mozilla. 2. Click - I have used to the "click" sound response of the IE and since Mozilla do not support that, each time I click on the link feels kind of "artificial" or something...very hard to explain the feeling. 3. Compatiblity - A lot of websites are tailored to IE and some of the contents don't show up properly in Mozilla. [ 01-12-2003, 10:59 PM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ]
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01-12-2003, 07:30 AM | #4 |
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Stick with Microsoft on this, I.E is far better than all competition!
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01-12-2003, 10:03 AM | #5 | |
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The mouse wheel works fine on my mouse. So whoever can't get it to work, get the proper drivers and there's a mousewheel tab in Mozilla Preferences. In case anyone is wondering Mozilla is from the same people who make Netscape but it's updated much more frequently. They work on it every day and there is a new build available every night so bugs are fixed every day! Besides, the huge bonus of it not being from Microsoft has got to be worth it. I never dislike a company for the simple reason that they are big but having read all the things I've read about Microsoft products I hate them. They're scum.
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01-12-2003, 10:08 AM | #6 |
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The biggest reason that IE seems to work best is that IE supports microsoft's broken HTML.
All microsoft tools (eg, FrontPage) emit broken HTML, stuff that violates the HTML standards. IE will read the broken markup, but other browsers won't. Since a lot of HTML authors use microsoft software, IE would seem to be the most compatible when in fact the opposite is true. Yet another case of Micro$haft hijacking the standards to enhance their own bank account.
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Personally I use Notepad or Dreamweaver. LOL have you seen the crap emitted by Word when creating HTML pages for example?
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01-12-2003, 01:20 PM | #8 |
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Only M$ product Ill let emit HTML is notepad.
But Netscape 7.0 is crap. First up its integrated with AIM the same way IE is integrated with MSN - but the integration is far more intrusive in netscape. And it is *very* slow, much slower that IE. And its not very stable either. The only feature I liked about it was its "view source", which is far better than IEs. But IE's can be fixed. Some of the problems I had could possibly be explained because I was running it on a very slow system - but IE ran well on it, so that dosent excuse netscapes problems.
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I mostly use composer to fixup bad html thats crept into my tables, but I usually have to fixup some of the stuff (like counter code) afterwards, so I try to avoid it. EDIT> andrewas: I don't particularly care for NS6, haven't tried NS7 but I do like Mozilla 1.2 - you've *got* to admit bugs get squashed a lot faster with it than any Microsoft software.... [ 01-12-2003, 02:46 PM: Message edited by: Sir Krustin ]
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