Re: [gentoo-user] browser advice

[Jorge Almeida <jalmeida@math.ist.utl.pt>]

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:

>
> Well, if it's not firefox's fault, switching to a new browser may not help.
>
It does help, I tried before posting. I already had Opera and Konqueror
installed. (It's just that I thought it would be better to hear about
your experiences before starting doing heavy customizations.)
>> So, the point is: what browser now?
>
> I use Konqueror near exclusively; Bon Echo (non-Mozilla-branded Firefox
> 2.x) is reserved for site whose javascript is not supported in Konqueror.
> It (Konqueror) even has the ability to use 32-bit plugins in a 64-bit
> browser.  If you use other kde application you'll enjoy the
> loosely-coupled but tight integration, like adding RSS feeds to aKregator
> from Konqueror.
>
> I was an avid Opera user before I switched to Linux.  It's an integrated
May I ask what led you to change to Konqueror, given that Opera also was
available in Linux?
> browser along the lines of Mozilla or Seamonkey, containing (at least) a
> mail and new client in addition to the browser.  IME, it was able to
> handle anything sort of ActiveX (that is, everything Firefox can), but
> occasionally you'd have to change your browser identification string to
> something more IE-like or FF-like to convince the webserver to give you
> the correct page.  (Google for: opera oprah microsoft)  I was a fan of
> their support newsgroup, it taught me a lot of little tips and tricks (ala
> Firefox's about:config stuff) that ended up making my browser experience
> uniquely mine.
>
>
Regards,

Jorge
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