So right now I use iceape.  Its big and clunky I suppose, but mostly I
don't like all the security bugs that keep being found in the
gekko-based browsers (per the debian BTS).

Well, I was trying to find a lightweight browser too. Dillo is beautifully
fast, but
1-) Lack some features as you mentioned. A can't use gmail, orkut, and some
things on slashdot don't work (for example, I can't tag articles).
2-) Its interface is not as good as Firefox's. In Firefox, I can do
everything with the keyboard. for example, hitting ' allows me to search
links. I can move tabs, I can save tabs (which is extremely useful to me). I
can have several search engines (extremely useful) and bookmark shortcuts
with parameters (such as, i type cmq query in the location bar and it
searches comp.lang.c.moderated for the string query). I have excellent
extensions in Firefox, such as Gmail Manager, Greasemonkey, Image Zoom...

Firefox, while slow, can't be beat...

Resistance is futile...

By the way, you can use Swiftfox. It is an optimized build of Firefox with
machine-specific optimizations, aggressive optimization flags and some
features (like Pango) disabled to improve performance.


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