Comments on: My own personal browser wars http://inoveryourhead.net/my-own-personal-browser-wars/ social capital, trust agents, all that jazz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Tom http://inoveryourhead.net/my-own-personal-browser-wars/#comment-18260 Tom Sat, 19 Aug 2006 12:34:54 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=403#comment-18260 I have an old WIN98 system I got for free back in 1999 from www.freepc.com and am still using it (I have upgraded to a 550mhz chip). I discovered Firefox in Nov. 2004 and used it until about March 2006. I found various extensions significantly impacted my system performance and got tired of trying to figure out the right permutations to keep my broadband acting like broadband. I switched to Opera 9.0 (beta at the time) and found my speeds increased but things still were not "lightning fast" as various people make references of their browsers. I recently made the switch to K-meleon 1.01, a mozilla based browser designed for Windows. My load speeds are finally "lightning fast" (as much as a 550 mzh chip can be). I am very pleased. Configuring the broswer is a bit awkward and the themes for the new version are a bit limited (older themes for the pre-1.0 release seem to make it crash) but once it is set up it has much of the basic functionality of Firefox and/or Opera. I think I'll stick with K-Meleon for a while. I have an old WIN98 system I got for free back in 1999 from http://www.freepc.com and am still using it (I have upgraded to a 550mhz chip). I discovered Firefox in Nov. 2004 and used it until about March 2006. I found various extensions significantly impacted my system performance and got tired of trying to figure out the right permutations to keep my broadband acting like broadband. I switched to Opera 9.0 (beta at the time) and found my speeds increased but things still were not “lightning fast” as various people make references of their browsers. I recently made the switch to K-meleon 1.01, a mozilla based browser designed for Windows. My load speeds are finally “lightning fast” (as much as a 550 mzh chip can be). I am very pleased. Configuring the broswer is a bit awkward and the themes for the new version are a bit limited (older themes for the pre-1.0 release seem to make it crash) but once it is set up it has much of the basic functionality of Firefox and/or Opera. I think I’ll stick with K-Meleon for a while.

]]> By: Slipstream http://inoveryourhead.net/my-own-personal-browser-wars/#comment-12051 Slipstream Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:01:20 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=403#comment-12051 Shiira is my main browser, althought I'm switching to Firefox once in a while for certain sites. http://hmdt-web.net/shiira/en Shiira is my main browser, althought I’m switching to Firefox once in a while for certain sites.

http://hmdt-web.net/shiira/en

]]> By: jason http://inoveryourhead.net/my-own-personal-browser-wars/#comment-12003 jason Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:37:24 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=403#comment-12003 Why would forplay with a mentally-challenged quadreplegic lesbian be slow exactly? More to the point, why would you be having sex with one in the first place? Sounds illegal. Why would forplay with a mentally-challenged quadreplegic lesbian be slow exactly? More to the point, why would you be having sex with one in the first place?

Sounds illegal.

]]> By: Chris Mack http://inoveryourhead.net/my-own-personal-browser-wars/#comment-11930 Chris Mack Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:45:49 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=403#comment-11930 I'm with Nico and Opera, rarely, I'll come across a site that won't display properly, but the pro's heavily outweigh the cons. Thanks for the kick up the backside I got from listening to show 111, am at the getting up off my arse and getting my shit together stage of actually doing something with my ideas. I’m with Nico and Opera, rarely, I’ll come across a site that won’t display properly, but the pro’s heavily outweigh the cons.

Thanks for the kick up the backside I got from listening to show 111, am at the getting up off my arse and getting my shit together stage of actually doing something with my ideas.

]]> By: zack http://inoveryourhead.net/my-own-personal-browser-wars/#comment-11924 zack Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:26:21 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=403#comment-11924 http://hmdt-web.net/shiira/en this is Shiira, its an open source version of Safari pretty much, with a few extras added on. ive used it for awhile and it doesnt appear to crash as often as Safari. Safari crashes alot for me on poorly coded pages (gack (myspace)) and tends to stall alot. hope this helps! http://hmdt-web.net/shiira/en

this is Shiira, its an open source version of Safari pretty much, with a few extras added on. ive used it for awhile and it doesnt appear to crash as often as Safari. Safari crashes alot for me on poorly coded pages (gack (myspace)) and tends to stall alot.

hope this helps!

]]> By: Nico http://inoveryourhead.net/my-own-personal-browser-wars/#comment-11905 Nico Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:32:50 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=403#comment-11905 I *love* Opera. The mouse gestures are something you can't live without once you get used to them. Tabbed browsing, plugins, etc. And you can even get a version for your cell phone (so 21st century...) I'm not sure if it's as W3C compliant as Firefox, but it's pretty good. I can watch flash and multimedia with no problem. It crashes sometimes but i think it's this computer, because the other computer where i have it never crashed. And most important, it is now free, like the rest of the browsers. I *love* Opera. The mouse gestures are something you can’t live without once you get used to them. Tabbed browsing, plugins, etc. And you can even get a version for your cell phone (so 21st century…) I’m not sure if it’s as W3C compliant as Firefox, but it’s pretty good. I can watch flash and multimedia with no problem. It crashes sometimes but i think it’s this computer, because the other computer where i have it never crashed.

And most important, it is now free, like the rest of the browsers.

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