Time to dump Internet Exploder

[digidragon]

My favourite browser, Opera, is now completely free - no ad banners or anything. So, along with Firefox, you now have two excellent, free browsers to choose from, and can dump that insecure, fossil of a browser called Internet Explorer...

 

http://www.opera.com/free/

[lfcrule1972]

I have never tried Opera but I use Firefox and have never looked back - its much better than IE6 and if Opera is as good you really can't lose.

[digidragon]

As Opera is free, and a fairly small download (3.5MB) it's worth a try. I only ever use IE for windoze updates (as that won't work with any other browser).

 

I also have Firefox which I use now and again.

[cornholio7]

i like I.E.

[lfcrule1972]

and I like Abi Titmuss

[Grain]

and I like Abi Titmuss

 

 

Does she use IE?

[digidragon]

Is there any chance of this thread staying on topic...?

[kevdriver]

not a hope in hell Digi.....................

[Guest maritimer]

@ digi, you're probably lucky it stayed on topic as long as it did.

[Grain]

Did somebody say wombat?

[lfcrule1972]

Only if you bring the celery Grain !!

 

 

(Sorry digi...... I did try and stay on topic for a couple of posts....)

[dbminter]

Opera continues to shoot itself in the foot. The only reason it's giving itself away is an IE move: to try and capture market share. They still have yet to address actually issues. For instance, in my test of it, after 9 plus hours of trying to load a series of saved tabs, it still had loaded 0k and 0/0 files. Something that has been in all but the Preview versions of Opera 8.0. And, it's some kind of random situation, as not everyone has it. But, it is a problem in the software because what happens is it thinks it's loaded a page when it hasn't, so, it keeps trying. BUT, it bleeds over this behavior from just ONE page to ALL pages. Eventually memory starts to leak, context menus across the board won't load, My Computer, won't open, etc. and requires a reboot.

 

 

Opera, now, is just an example of HOW to do things... and not do them well. Like Netscape, which has adopted some of Opera's innovations that all browsers need, but NOT correctly. e.g. only saving open tabs IF you set them as the default home "page," etc.

 

 

In fact, Firefox only needs 2 additions to make me completely dump Opera: 1.) save opened tabs automatically 2.) automatically arrange tab sizes as they fill up the screen, something ONLY Opera, strangely, does, which is what SHOULD be done with tabs instead of having them file up OFF the damn side of the screen.

[digidragon]

I don't save tabs, and the only time a bunch of tabs gets loaded is after a crash, which rarely happens. But I've never noticed the problem you mentioned.

 

Have you looked at the opera forums to see if anyone else has similar problems...?

[dbminter]

It's a relatively common problem. I checked and have posted on it several times. I do the research first. I don't JUST talk out of the side of my ass. I prefer to let my ass speak directly, thank you!

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

Free Opera? Might have to grab that. Thanks for the link.

 

If anyone is interested, I've been playing with a plugin for FireFox for the last hour or so called Sage. It's an RSS aggregator that works a treat and is child's play to install. You can find it at:

 

http://sage.mozdev.org

[digidragon]

Shamus, if you try Opera, you'll find a load of useful things already built-in. Such as an RSS reader, chat client, and a bittorrent client. All these are native and don't need java, etc. to run.

[lfcrule1972]

What is an "RSS Aggregator" ?

[dbminter]

An RSS Aggregator aggregates an RSS.

 

 

I think what it's supposed to do is for pages that use it, it alerts you to any updates made to the site. That way, you will know when it's been updated.

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

What is an "RSS Aggregator" ?

 

RSS - Really Simple Syndication. It's for news feeds. This might help.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(protocol)

[lfcrule1972]

Thanks lads !!! I missed learning things whilst the boss was away !

[dbminter]

Interestingly enough, Firefox has a new update, too. 1.0.7. In addition to 1.5 Beta as well as what will probably be 2.0, in early alpha.

[digidragon]

What is an "RSS Aggregator" ?

There are RSS links on many web pages, such as the BBC's. You click on one and you subscribe to a newsfeed.

 

In Opera, they arrive like emails...

 

[blutach]

How did this thread get back on topic. This is not like us at all

 

Regards

[lfcrule1972]

We are doing our best blu.....

[kevdriver]

We are doing our best blu.....

 

 

Oh now thats Corny..............