The Best Browser out now
Right now, I have OmniWeb 4.0, Netscape 6 and Internet Explorer 5.2 on my G3 iBook 500. Out of these browsers, I use IE the most. Just today, however, I decided to download Netscape 6.2 and saw HUGE improvements over Netscape 6. I don't know too much about the browsers out there, but this Netscape is almost a winner out of the browsers I have on my computer. The look and feel of this browser is so nice! I dunno about java support, but I think I am probably going to switch from IE to Netscape for now. In my opinion, all it needs to be the perfect browser is to be less sluggish in starting up and a few more keyboard shortcuts, like switching from one browser window to another (which it might have but I don't know about it). I don't seem to know why people like OW so much. I personally prefer IE over OW. I especially hate that stupid UNLICENSED word they write accross your screen if you go away for like 5 minutes (yeah, I know I have to pay for it, but I don't wanna!). Anyway, I want to hear your opinion about which browser you think is the best web browser out now for OS X.
[ 08-07-2002: Message edited by: Macasaurus ]</p>
[ 08-07-2002: Message edited by: Macasaurus ]</p>
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<a href="http://www.mozilla.org" target="_blank">www.mozilla.org</a>
My only complaints about mozilla are small. First I don't like the toolbar can't be sized down to be really small like in IE (for windows). On Mac that is a mute point. Second, in windows it sucks at rendering animated GIFs. Just sitting idle on the screen, but with a decent sized banner ad that is an animated GIF, it will take 30-40% CPU on my windows box. This isn't the case with smaller onces (3-5%). But that can get annoying. I think this is only in the windows version though. I don't remember seeing this in the versions prior to 1.0 when I was running debian.
[ 08-07-2002: Message edited by: pyr3 ]</p>
chimera
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<strong>.............specifically CHIMERA </strong><hr></blockquote>
When i get my TiBook I'll try Chimera, but when it gets closer to a 1.0 release. The only mozilla spin-off that is stable enough and has features enough for me is Galeon, but that only runs in GNOME on linux. Not sure how well that would run through GNOME ontop of OS X though. (Galeon was started earlier than Chimera was, it's already past 1.0 IIRC.)
Mozilla is FAST, that's for sure. But it just doesn't feel as good as IE. I hope Microsh*t releases IE 6 soon, since from 5 to 5.2.1 hasn't added much. Omniweb I tried once, but I guess it's an acquired taste. It's good but not enough to make me want to switch from IE.
Never tried Chimera. How's it doing in terms of feature completeness?
<strong>.............specifically CHIMERA </strong><hr></blockquote>
Indeed. CHIMERA is Great but I really cant wait for version 1
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By the way do others have that problem of when say you select to put a url in your post the lil window that pops up shows your input as ******* style things?
-Mike
<strong>Where did you find the pinstribe theme?!</strong><hr></blockquote>
<a href="http://www.kmgerich.com/pinstripe/pinstripe.html" target="_blank">Right here.</a>
-Mike
BTW, are you the same MGosset from Macworld?
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BTW, are you the same MGosset from Macworld?</strong><hr></blockquote>
That I am. And the same MGossett from the Kahloz forums, and the MacNN forums .
-Mike
Hi
<strong>Definitely Mozilla with the Pinstripe theme...almost looks like an aqua app, but not as annoying or processor intensive.
-Mike</strong><hr></blockquote>
holy crap! my CPU usage on a 500Mhz iBook went down by like 20+%!!! o_O my 320kbps encoded MP3s no longer skip either!
<strong>Upgrade from OmniWeb 4.0 to 4.1. It makes a huge difference. Great speed(not as fast as Chimera), beautiful interface.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I've tried using OmniWeb 4.1, but it's incredibly S---L---O---W! I tried running it on my iMac DV SE/400 MHz/640 MB RAM, but it still crawls.
I'm trying to wean myself off of Internet Explorer. I tried Chimera, but it just didn't 'feel' right. Maybe I'll try it again whenever version 1.0 comes out. These days, my time is spent using Mozilla...and to think I once said I'd never go back to Netscape...
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