Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-11 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:42:00PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Chad Perrin wrote: On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 08:27:34AM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: Firefox has not had Ctrl-Q for some time. Try Alt-F followed by Q. I guess that's 2.5 keystrokes, but at least it's keystrokes.

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-11 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 08:15:15AM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: Chad Perrin wrote: Firefox has not had Ctrl-Q for some time. Try Alt-F followed by Q. I guess that's 2.5 keystrokes, but at least it's keystrokes. What version number would you call some time ago? I just used Ctrl-Q about six

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-10 Thread Jeff Laine
On Fri,08/07/09 [09:32:38], Daniel Underwood wrote: I'd really love to see chromium ported over. ditto. But now I'm pretty happy with that new firefox-3.5 which seems pretty faster than previous version and still light enough for my old 1.6G celeron-powered laptop. -- Best regards, Jeff |

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-10 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:55:08 +0400, Jeff Laine wtf.jla...@gmail.com wrote: But now I'm pretty happy with that new firefox-3.5 which seems pretty faster than previous version and still light enough for my old 1.6G celeron-powered laptop. May I guess what I should consider light enough for my

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-10 Thread Daniel Underwood
ditto. But now I'm pretty happy with that new firefox-3.5 which seems pretty faster than previous version and still light enough for my old 1.6G celeron-powered laptop. Nice. I haven't tried 3.5 yet. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-10 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 02:55:08AM +0400, Jeff Laine wrote: On Fri,08/07/09 [09:32:38], Daniel Underwood wrote: I'd really love to see chromium ported over. ditto. But now I'm pretty happy with that new firefox-3.5 which seems pretty faster than previous version and still light enough for

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Hill
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Chad Perrin wrote: On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 08:27:34AM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: Firefox has not had Ctrl-Q for some time. Try Alt-F followed by Q. I guess that's 2.5 keystrokes, but at least it's keystrokes. What version number would you call some time ago? I just used

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-07 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 08:27:34AM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: Firefox has not had Ctrl-Q for some time. Try Alt-F followed by Q. I guess that's 2.5 keystrokes, but at least it's keystrokes. What version number would you call some time ago? I just used Ctrl-Q about six hours or so ago. --

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-07 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 11:53:22AM +0200, Wolfgang Riegler wrote: Has anyone tested Arora? I wouldn't recommend Arora as a lightweight browser to anyone who isn't already using applications built with the Qt toolkit. If you're a KDE user, it may be a good choice; if you aren't, it spectacularly

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-07 Thread Robert Huff
Chad Perrin wrote: Firefox has not had Ctrl-Q for some time. Try Alt-F followed by Q. I guess that's 2.5 keystrokes, but at least it's keystrokes. What version number would you call some time ago? I just used Ctrl-Q about six hours or so ago. The FreeBSD machine with Firefox is down but

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-07 Thread Daniel Underwood
I'd really love to see chromium ported over. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-07 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:32:38AM -0400, Daniel Underwood wrote: I'd really love to see chromium ported over. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-06 Thread Mark Stapper
Randall Wood wrote: On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 11:53:22AM +0200, Wolfgang Riegler wrote: Has anyone tested Arora? I'm actually surprised no one has recommended Konqueror. It's not my favorite browser (I happen to love Opera) but it would seem to mostly fit the bill of fast,

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-05 Thread Randall Wood
On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 11:53:22AM +0200, Wolfgang Riegler wrote: Has anyone tested Arora? I'm actually surprised no one has recommended Konqueror. It's not my favorite browser (I happen to love Opera) but it would seem to mostly fit the bill of fast, graphical. One trick it does that I

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-05 Thread Mel Flynn
On Wednesday 05 August 2009 09:57:30 Randall Wood wrote: On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 11:53:22AM +0200, Wolfgang Riegler wrote: Has anyone tested Arora? I'm actually surprised no one has recommended Konqueror. It's not my favorite browser (I happen to love Opera) but it would seem to mostly fit

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-03 Thread Wolfgang Riegler
Has anyone tested Arora? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-03 Thread Chris Hill
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:56:36 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:15:32PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: Firefox even seems to lack a key to quit the program. :-) That's easy. Just press Ctrl+Q and it'll close Firefox

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-02 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:32:49AM -0400, Daniel Underwood wrote: Can anyone suggest a fast graphical web browser? I use Firefox (because every page displays well and I can sync bookmarks), and I also use elinks (when graphics don't matter). I'm looking for some middle ground, a browser

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-02 Thread Neal Hogan
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:32:49AM -0400, Daniel Underwood wrote: Can anyone suggest a fast graphical web browser?  I use Firefox (because every page displays well and I can sync bookmarks), and I also use elinks (when graphics don't matter).  I'm looking for some middle ground, a browser

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-01 Thread Daniel Underwood
Midori seems to have problems displaying Gmail. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-01 Thread James Phillips
...@cbtl.de Subject: Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: 200907311230.02216.w.rieg...@cbtl.de Content-Type: text/plain;  charset=iso-8859-1 Give Midori a try. Of course it's a young project and maybe there are not all of the features

Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Daniel Underwood
Can anyone suggest a fast graphical web browser? I use Firefox (because every page displays well and I can sync bookmarks), and I also use elinks (when graphics don't matter). I'm looking for some middle ground, a browser that can display most sites well but is faster (or more lightweight) than

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Andreas Rudisch
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:32:49 -0400 Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone suggest a fast graphical web browser? Opera. Andreas -- GnuPG key : 0x2A573565|http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/de/ Fingerprint: 925D 2089 0BF9 8DE5 9166 33BB F0FD CD37 2A57 3565 pgptocbRDDx3X.pgp

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:55:53 +0200, Andreas Rudisch cyb.@gmx.net wrote: On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:32:49 -0400 Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone suggest a fast graphical web browser? Opera. Traditionally, I would have suggested Opera too, because it has been my favourite

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Wolfgang Riegler
Give Midori a try. Of course it's a young project and maybe there are not all of the features of Firefox or Opera, but Midori is lightweight and really fast. It's based on WebKit, so there should be no problem with standard conform websites. Wolfgang

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Daniel Underwood
Furthermore, there's lots of stuff now bundled with the Opera web browser that I (personally) found no use for, such as a mail client, IRC client, torrent client, and some other stuff that could easily be called bloatware. Yeah, I share your take on Opera. Give Midori a try. Of course it's

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Andreas Rudisch
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:47:11 +0200 Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: versions, I saw it getting... hmmm... how do I tell best? It's getting more slower in overall handling, and it often stops working completely (several seconds) I have not noticed such behaviour yet. problem with Firefox.

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Daniel Underwood
I would use Opera as an alternative to Firefox. If I can find a way to sync bookmarks across Opera browsers, I'll give it a try. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Daniel Underwood
I would use Opera as an alternative to Firefox.  If I can find a way to sync bookmarks across Opera browsers, I'll give it a try. I didn't realize Opera has built-in synchronization. That's pretty nice. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:04:22 +0200, Andreas Rudisch cyb.@gmx.net wrote: On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:47:11 +0200 Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: versions, I saw it getting... hmmm... how do I tell best? It's getting more slower in overall handling, and it often stops working completely

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:15:32PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:04:22 +0200, Andreas Rudisch cyb.@gmx.net wrote: I never get the argument about 'bloatware' when it comes to Opera. Only for newer versions. I found the older versions a bit easier to configure, especially

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:10:49AM -0400, Daniel Underwood wrote: Perfect, yes! Midori is precisely what I need! Many thanks. I use Midori as a backup browser sometimes, but be aware that it's pretty buggy, and interface design could use a little help. -- Chad Perrin [ original content

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:56:36 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:15:32PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: Firefox even seems to lack a key to quit the program. :-) That's easy. Just press Ctrl+Q and it'll close Firefox immediately. Negative for

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-07-31 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:10:07PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:56:36 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: That's easy. Just press Ctrl+Q and it'll close Firefox immediately. Negative for firefox-2.0.0.12,1 (on my desktop system) - no Ctrl+Q. :-) I don't