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On Wednesday 29 November 2006 15:00, Jorge Almeida |
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<jalmeida@××××××××××××.pt> wrote about '[gentoo-user] browser advice': |
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> I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. |
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> I don't know, nor care, whose fault |
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> it is (Google's, firefox's or mine, for not having telepathic gifts), I |
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> just won't let anyone choose for me. |
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Well, if it's not firefox's fault, switching to a new browser may not help. |
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> So, the point is: what browser now? |
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I use Konqueror near exclusively; Bon Echo (non-Mozilla-branded Firefox |
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2.x) is reserved for site whose javascript is not supported in Konqueror. |
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It (Konqueror) even has the ability to use 32-bit plugins in a 64-bit |
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browser. If you use other kde application you'll enjoy the |
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loosely-coupled but tight integration, like adding RSS feeds to aKregator |
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from Konqueror. |
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I was an avid Opera user before I switched to Linux. It's an integrated |
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browser along the lines of Mozilla or Seamonkey, containing (at least) a |
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mail and new client in addition to the browser. IME, it was able to |
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handle anything sort of ActiveX (that is, everything Firefox can), but |
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occasionally you'd have to change your browser identification string to |
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something more IE-like or FF-like to convince the webserver to give you |
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the correct page. (Google for: opera oprah microsoft) I was a fan of |
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their support newsgroup, it taught me a lot of little tips and tricks (ala |
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Firefox's about:config stuff) that ended up making my browser experience |
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uniquely mine. |
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-- |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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