On 23 ?????? 2000 15:48, Justin Young wrote:
| Matt Grest wrote:
| > >On Thursday 23 November 2000 12:54, Zeljko Vukman wrote:
| > Let's be honest, IE 5.5 is the *best* browser in the world (right now).
| >
| > Pig headed allegiances to the Open Source world notwithstanding...
| >
| > Matt
|
| *Cough* This is off topic.
|
| IE 5.01 is the best browser in the world, followed by Opera 4.x, then
| Netscape 6, then Konqueror. IE 5.5 is almost as slow as Netscape 4.x.
|
I would put it in following way:
-MS IE (yes, it can handle a lot of sites with broken HTML)
-Konqueror
-Netscape 4.75
-Mozilla
-Opera
Mozilla is not compatible with a lot of sites. Opera while reports about
itself as "Netscape", can't handle Netscape-specific pages. And can't handle
MS-specific code as well.
Mozilla is good with partial CSS support.
/sorry I haven't tried NS6 (yet) and IE 5.5 (already) /
There are many examples where Konqueror handles pages better then Mozilla and
therefor NS6.
As about everyday use, I would say that NS 4.75 is better comparing to
Mozilla, as it is not so fat. And, at least, handles correctly
Netscape-specific pages :-)
|
| Konqueror's only problem is that it lacks Java and Javascript.
| (Truthfully, I just need Ecmascript for online banking. I could care
| less about Java.)
You should make judgement after KDE 2.0.1 release, as Konqueror updated
significantly in it.
Besides, don't forget abolut anti-aliased fonts (and new font matching
mechanism). Keith Packard is working intensively on it, render quality is
*amaazing*. IMHO, Konqueror will be able to add support for it very fast. I
am not sure about Netscape (and Opera, they browser for Linux is still in
Alpha version).
Finally, MS IE will not be able to use this render technology as well - as it
is sticked to Windows, and Linux / UNIX port done by Mainsoft uses ported
Win32 libraries.
So, if you want anti-aliased fonts and precise font matching - you need
Konqueror.
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