At 09:42 AM 13/08/2002 -0400, "Jay W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>consider using Mozilla as a browser, available here:
>http://www.mozilla.org/
I recommend the brilliant Opera version 6.0! There is an advertising pane
in the free version, but I do not find it to be a detriment. This is the
browser that gives you much greater control over your browsing, in every
conceivable way. Especially useful are the multiple document interface
(MDI), and single-click toggling between:
* showing images,
* not showing images, and
* showing only images already in the cache.
and
* web site's style sheet (author mode), and
* your style sheet or no style sheet (user mode).
I downloaded version 5 including the Java Virtual Machine and then upgraded
with a Javaless version 6.0 upgrade (which still uses the Java machine from
version 5). Just make sure you get the Java component in the first version
you install.
A tip that may be useful for some of you, which I have not noticed in the
documentation is that you can start it from a shortcut with a command line like
D:\Apps\Opera\Opera.exe operaxyz.ini
which runs a custom initial settings file in the same directory as the
program. The effect of this is that you can have (nearly) any number of
customized configurations (including proxy server settings and home page)
for use if you travel between different workplaces (Intranets) or networks. :)
Internet Explorer (I don't know about Mozilla) only allows one proxy
setting per Dial Up Connection, and one proxy setting for when you are
going through a Local Area Network. If you frequently connect on different
LANs then you need a Location Manager (like in Mac OS 9, at least), or
IBM's Access Connections on my ThinkPad (which unfortunately is nowhere
near as good as Apple's Location Manager).
I tend to float between using IE 6 and Opera 6, but Opera is especially
useful when I want to browse faster and smarter without reverting to a
Junkbuster proxy or similar.
Ian Green
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