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[Philip Webb]

060822 Scott Lampert wrote:
> Philip Webb wrote:
>> 060822 Lindsay Haisley wrote:
>>> Is this list up and running?
>>> I haven't received any traffic from it since Aug. 10.
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>> Nobody here but us dandelions ...
> Apparently its working, however active it apparently is not. :o
> In fact, I forgot I was subscribed here until now! Doh.

So why don't I offer something ?  Perhaps a cc to Gentoo-user too,
which has been rather technical in recent weeks (smile).

I have 6 browsers installed (besides Mozilla & Seamonkey),
ie Lynx Dillo Galeon Epiphany Konqueror Firefox.
My main use is to read each day's news (I'm a long-time news junkie).
Over time, I've used Lynx, Opera, Galeon, Konqueror & Firefox
roughly in that order since starting just 10 years ago.
For some time, I had been using Firefox, but with increasing irritation,
as it has been getting heavier & slower, some sites worse than others:
it seems to have a special difficulty with Javascript.

Somewhat by accident, I tried out Epiphany backed by Seamonkey
& have been using it now for the past 10 days with much satisfaction.
For a start, it's significantly faster than Firefox.
Also, it's easy to hide/unhide the toolbars &/or use keyboard alternatives.
You can transpose tabs like Firefox & scroll thro' them with the mousewheel
just like Konqueror, but really neat is the Tabs menu,
which lists all open tabs with titles, which you can click to select.
This is great for me, as I go thro' Financial Times or Toronto Star indexes,
opening likely stories in new tabs, then reading them in logical order.
No you can't recall a closed tab, but history is a partial replacement.
There have been a couple of bugs, but no more than Konqueror.

I've also discovered that you can set up Klipper (on my KDE panel)
to start your app of choice on an URL : with Epiphany,
I can use Ctl-L to show the doc URL hilited in a location bar,
which opens Klipper offering to open it with Lynx (my choice),
which I then use to make a local text copy or e-mail to a comrade.

Generally, I'm a KDE fan & not keen on Gnome eccentricities,
but -- as with Gvim & Gqview -- Epiphany is a Gnome app to my taste.

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