[Duo2400] Re: Browsers (minimalist)

2003-12-08 Thread Cheyanne & Randy
/> happy surfing, Randy On Saturday, Dec 6, 2003, at 11:24 US/Central, Robert Friede wrote: On Saturday, December 6, 2003, at 08:26 AM, Duo/2400 List wrote: From: jeff hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Browsers Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:01:06 -0500 i just tried out a br

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-06 Thread Joe Hartley
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:39:42 -0500 Robert Friede <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You don't like WaMCom 1.3.1 for Classic? I don't at all. It runs dog-slow on my 3400c (when it doesn't freeze it completely) and I can't get the preferences window open. iCab continues to be my lightweight browser of c

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers (minimalist)

2003-12-06 Thread Robert Friede
On Saturday, December 6, 2003, at 08:26 AM, Duo/2400 List wrote: From: jeff hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Browsers Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:01:06 -0500 i just tried out a browser called mac web, on 8.1... it got me thinkin... instead of trying to get a modern browser

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-05 Thread jeff hewitt
i just tried out a browser called mac web, on 8.1... it got me thinkin... instead of trying to get a modern browser to run on archaic hardware, why not take a different approach. my ibooks down until i come up with $350 for a repair, so i'm back to a venerable 5300ce. In trying a plethora of

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-05 Thread R. McFarlane
At 10:39 AM 12/5/2003, Robert Friede, had this to say : You don't like WaMCom 1.3.1 for Classic? If you do improve on that, please be sure to let us know here. The Moz 1.3 build may indeed be getting a little long in the tooth soon, though I haven't had any problems with it at all to date. All

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-05 Thread Robert Friede
From: "R. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Browsers At 04:35 PM 12/4/2003, Robert Friede, had this to say : ...there's a terrific, debugged version of Mozilla 1.3.x for Classic available these days from which seems by far the best of the lot! As soo

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-04 Thread R. McFarlane
At 09:03 PM 12/4/2003, Bon Davis, had this to say : the best feature about IE 5 is the ability to totally collapse the toolbar and URL bar to maximize the use of screen real estate. iCab has kiosk mode! Sorry, no intention of being hurtful in 1-uping you. :) Sincerely, R. McFarlane cross plat

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-04 Thread Bon Davis
the best feature about IE 5 is the ability to totally collapse the toolbar and URL bar to maximize the use of screen real estate. Internet Explorer 5.03 was the last version avaliable in 16bit. No longer developed but still works with most websites, unlike Netscape 4.8 which many web designers

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-04 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- "R. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for browsers, it is a great testament to the Mac > platform and the > developer that we STILL have a 68K browser that is > almost 100% compliant. I > could be wrong but I do not think there is anything > similar for 16 bit win3.x users. Interne

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-04 Thread R. McFarlane
At 04:35 PM 12/4/2003, Robert Friede, had this to say : I'd like to add that over years of living in the Maine boonies I've had great success using a Diamond SupraExpress external 56K serial modem. Unlike with GV, you don't need to install any extra software for it to run just fine on the Mac OS.

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-04 Thread Robert Friede
On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 08:27 AM, Duo/2400 List wrote: Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 21:18:25 -0900 From: Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Browsers Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Art - I had best luck with Netscape 4.5 and 4.8 on my old Duo 2300c. It had 4

[Duo2400] Re Browsers and modems

2003-12-04 Thread Paul Simons
Hello Art and all, the 540c with Netscape isn't here, but I think it's version 4.01 that I have on it and that works. In any case, the latest version that is rated to work with the 68030 processor. I would have liked to have run iCab, it's so compact on the hard drive, but it freezes too mu

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-03 Thread Stephen
Art - I had best luck with Netscape 4.5 and 4.8 on my old Duo 2300c. It had 40 mb RAM and still swapped out to disk a lot, but out of Icab, IE, Mozilla, and Opera even it wuz the best. I found Mozilla to be horribly unstable. It would really help you to find a Global Village external 56K. They wor

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

2003-12-03 Thread Art Rice
Thanks for the advice Paul. Which version of Netscape are you using? Art in Sillycon Valley --- Paul Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For whatever it's worth, I've done web browsing, > email, and Ebay/Paypal > transactions with an even slower Apple laptop, a > 540c. Tried Netscape, ICab, > and

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-19 Thread Sam
Try tinkering with the way Opera presents itself to the website. Opera lets you set it as IE, Netscape or Opera. Some websites only like certain browsers. --sam Greg said at Ò[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300Ó. [12/19/2001 13:28] > > > Opera took 120 seconds to load a secure site which

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-19 Thread Greg
> Opera took 120 seconds to load a secure site which Explorer > l.oaded in 75. Who is the 'fastest browser on the web"? > Donald McCaig > > -- I have been experimenting with Opera and have liked several of its features but I am having problem with some web pages. It

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-18 Thread Eric L. Strobel
at the temporal coordinates: 12/17/01 10:10 PM, the entity known as BC M at [EMAIL PROTECTED] conveyed the following: > >> Roger on that Duong, I have always had to increase >> the memory allocation >> of NC to twice or three times the recommended. IE >> tends to be plenty >> happy with it's 8 m

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread BC M
--- Mark Semon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roger on that Duong, I have always had to increase > the memory allocation > of NC to twice or three times the recommended. IE > tends to be plenty > happy with it's 8 megs or so. Because MS is devious-- have you never noticed that when using IE the "M

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread Scott Holder
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 7:38 PM Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300 > If you don't need NS Mail and all the other NS Communicator stuff, just > download

[Duo2400] Re: browsers

2001-12-17 Thread shall
i Have been using iCab on all my Mac's from a pb180,pb280c,pb2300c almost from the first beta's and I swear by icab until 2.6 constantly crashing my imac 233mhz 9.2.2 ): Now I have opera and lynx, opera works when icab won't but I do not like the banner in opera. on the Duo 2300c I really like

[Duo2400] Re: browsers

2001-12-17 Thread Jim Arnott
Jim, please. "Mr. Arnott" is my dad! ;o) I really can't say about the 2300... I seem to have killed mine. I'll download a copy of it on my PB190 and check it out. Six months ago I tried them all on my desktop and iCab was reasonably stable for a beta. It was also the smallest/fastest of the t

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread SaulBro
<> If you don't need NS Mail and all the other NS Communicator stuff, just download the standalone NS Navigator 4.08, and I'm sure you'll get a much smaller memory footprint. Perhaps use URL Manager Pro for your bookmarks(works with any browser) so your browser won't have take more time load

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread Sidney Ho
> iCab... > > Donald McCaig wrote: >> >> Opera took 120 seconds to load a secure site which Explorer >> loaded in 75. Who is the 'fastest browser on the web"? >> Donald McCaig Wannabe blows rings around any other browser for pure speed--runs lik

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread Gerard Tripptree
I have recently installed iCab as the default browser on my Ram Doubled (72MB), Speed Doubled, Mac OS 8.1, Duo2300c. I find iCab to be superior to Netscape and IE 4.5, 5.x. You can download it from: http://www.icab.de/index.html === Message-I

[Duo2400] Re: browsers

2001-12-17 Thread Mark Semon
Donald McCaig wrote: > > Dear Gurus, > When I asked "which browser is fastest" Mr. Arnott answered "ICab". > I haven't tried ICab on my 2300 because (unlike wannabee) it crashed every > 17 seconds on my 280. Does it work better on the 2300? >

[Duo2400] Re: browsers

2001-12-17 Thread Donald McCaig
Dear Gurus, When I asked "which browser is fastest" Mr. Arnott answered "ICab". I haven't tried ICab on my 2300 because (unlike wannabee) it crashed every 17 seconds on my 280. Does it work better on the 2300? Donald McCaig -- Duo/

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread Mark Semon
Vic Duong wrote: > > I have to agree with Mark on his comment. As much as I hate to use MS crap, > IE is a more efficient browser than NC. It uses less RAM, too. > > > > > One thing I have noticed between IE and NC is that IE tends to have a > > much better cache system. On several systems, and

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread Vic Duong
I have to agree with Mark on his comment. As much as I hate to use MS crap, IE is a more efficient browser than NC. It uses less RAM, too. > > One thing I have noticed between IE and NC is that IE tends to have a > much better cache system. On several systems, and boxes, IE displays the > prev

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread Mark Semon
One thing I have noticed between IE and NC is that IE tends to have a much better cache system. On several systems, and boxes, IE displays the previous page in a heartbeat. NC seems to always want to 'reload' the page even when the preference is set not to. Also, IE does not reload the page when

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread Jim Arnott
iCab... Donald McCaig wrote: > > Opera took 120 seconds to load a secure site which Explorer > loaded in 75. Who is the 'fastest browser on the web"? > Donald McCaig > -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for use

[Duo2400] Re: Browsers for 2300

2001-12-17 Thread Scott Holder
- Original Message - From: "Donald McCaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 4:35 PM Subject: [Duo2400] Browsers for 2300 > Dear Gurus, > I am no fan of Mr. Gates nor Mr. Levin (AOL/TW) and when I got my > SMASHING 2300 from ebay