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netscape 7.2 vs IE
PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:29 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
which is better? the latest verison of IE or the latest verison of netscape?
edit: My sister absolutely refuses to use firefox for dumb reasons, and i wont allow her to use IE for very smart reasons
PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:30 pm
by Warrior 4 Jesus
Neither. Get Firefox.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:32 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
i KNOW! i USE firefox. But my sister wont use firefox!
PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:39 pm
by FadedOne
why not use MYIE2?? it's better than IE but still familiar for IE users.
http://www.myie2.com/html_en/home.htm
and according to that site it's now known as Maxthon. But anyway...I use this browser for things mozilla won't work with. It's quite nice.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:44 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
ill give it a shot
edit: and it works nice too!
PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:34 pm
by blkmage
Skin Firefox to look like IE.
PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:36 pm
by Debitt
o_O; What reasons could she POSSIBLY have to not use Firefox?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:45 pm
by Fsiphskilm
You guys....
PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:32 pm
by blkmage
Netscape 7 is based on Mozilla, which is what Firefox is based on. Firefox != Mozilla, and therefore != Netscape. Netscape is closer to Mozilla than it is to Firefox, and Firefox and Mozilla are different enough from each other to make that distinction. The only thing Netscape and Firefox have in common is the fact that they both use Gecko. On the other hand, Netscape and Mozilla look extremely similar.
PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:17 pm
by Kenshin17
Anything is better then IE. Period.
PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:02 am
by Fsiphskilm
[quote="blkmage"]Netscape
PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:51 am
by Kaligraphic
Okay, no Firefox, no IE. Netscape really isn't that great.
Personally, I'd introduce her to the world's second best browser (after lynx),
Opera.
It goes:
1: lynx
2: Opera
3: Firefox
4: Safari
...
4E1048172135: IE
PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:30 am
by Mr. SmartyPants
no way, no compatiability with many buisiness sites with opera
PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:52 pm
by blkmage
4E1048172135: IE
Is that scientific notation?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:52 am
by Kaligraphic
Opera actually does quite well with compatibility. I've run across more sites that looked wrong in Firefox than looked wrong in Opera. (In fact, gmail is just about the only site I know of that doesn't work in Opera.)
PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:46 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
plus operas got that annoying banner. And weird loading issues
PostPosted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:53 am
by LorentzForce
w3m > lynx. I used both, and w3m is superior.
Mozillar based browsers are memory hogs.
IE has... problems. Many problems.
Opera has banners.
Never used Safari before.
I'd just go with FireFox for graphical sites and w3m if it doesn't need pictures. Most sites don't need pictures, so why not.