From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-55530-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1Gphht-0000QN-67 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:55:50 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAU8rTeU009482; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:53:29 GMT Received: from cubo.math.ist.utl.pt (cubo.math.ist.utl.pt [193.136.196.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAU8pIdm013646 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:51:19 GMT Received: from jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt (jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt [193.136.196.112]) by cubo.math.ist.utl.pt (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kAU8pFfj018430 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:51:17 GMT Received: (qmail 1807 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2006 08:51:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 30 Nov 2006 08:51:14 -0000 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:51:14 +0000 (WET) From: Jorge Almeida <jalmeida@math.ist.utl.pt> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] browser advice In-Reply-To: <200611291845.27789.bss03@volumehost.net> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611300844550.11868@jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611292023040.11868@jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt> <200611291845.27789.bss03@volumehost.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 27a03fe0-9fe2-463e-ae70-d676ffe1793a X-Archives-Hash: ee0f45b2db8d76d681ffddc90eed69b9 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list