Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:48:39 +0200 From: "T. Ribbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Web browsers : current recommendations
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:22:32PM -0700, David Chien wrote: > On my L110 w/ 64MB ram and upgraded 20GB HD, I've found that for stability > and security against the recent IE/Outlook attacks, Mozilla 1.4 (mozilla.org) > is sufficiently fast and useable across websites to be a good, replacement for > IE & Outlook. > > For those times when you want faster web browsing over a modem > line, I would suggest also installing Opera with graphics turned > off (G key), and preferably also Javascript, plugins, popup > windows etc. Opera tends to be the quickest I've found for > browsing the text information on websites. [...] I would like to add Firebird to that list - 0.7 has just been released: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/ It's the "browser-only" part of Mozilla and hence smaller (handy, expecially on a Libretto). I'm using it at work under Win00 at the moment and will install it at home on my Libretto (Mandrake Linux 9.1) as well. It's a great browser - like Mozilla, just better and smaller. And you have access to a whole site of extensions for it, among which AdBlockers, Flashblockers and things like that. Also, for very fast browsing under Linux, there are text-only browsers like elinks or w3m. For getting quick information, they just cannot be beaten in speed. They might run under Win was well (using Cygwin), but I haven't tried that yet. Cheerio, Thomas -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
