From: Forrest English (forrest_at_truffula.net)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2001 - 00:41:59 EST
On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 14:10:16 -0800, Jonathan Berry said:
> Subject--Compact, efficient, effective web browser for older
> thinkpads.
>
> Netscape 3.04 still works well, but with java problems on many
> sites.
>
> IE 5.01 was much stabler than 5.5 the last time I checked, a
> few months back. It is faster than NS 3, but has some design
> inadequacies.
>
> Does IE 5 add a lot of registry keys to Win95a ? I've noticed
> that Regedit searches seems to take forever (often 5 minutes or
> more).
>
> Textbridge 2 added about 2000 registry keys (I happened to have
> INCTRL log its installation) to my desktop and had disabled the
> first thing I happened to try (an infrared transfer) after
> installing it. Fortunately, it uninstalled politely. I was
> merely out a couple of hours and the cost of the software.
>
> I tried Opera on the TP 701, and, aside from not really getting it
> to work, it has a feel of melting/ morphing. Compare NS 3
> (rock solid), IE 5.01 (images and links often come up on the
> screen before you can actually click them, you have to wait a
> couple of seconds before you can type a word into the Find
> box...), but Opera was only moreso. It felt like Jello. No
> offence to those who like Jello. It's fine for what it is.
>
> I like the idea of text-only web browsers, but finally gave up
> on Lynx (after using it for years) because it does not handle
> tables. I can do without frames or images or java or
> javascript in a text-only browser, but not tables.
> Incidentally, Lynx's "one pass" design is supposed to be
> responsible for its inability to handle tables. And its
> "lightning fast" page rendering. Too bad.
w3m, and links both do tables perfectly. i use them a lot :) links is my fav.
i'm not sure if they make windows versions though.
>
> >The latest thread on IE5.5 problems is as I would expect.
> >
> >I too use IE 4 and, still for speed, Netscape Nav Gold!
> >
> >Although I have a copy of Opera on my HDD, I have not taken to this
> >(mainly as it has a slightly different look, interface) but welcome
> >others experiences with this browser as it is much smaller footprint.
> >
> >I hate the fact that nearly all the Java related errors are coders
> >building-in useless, unwelcomed effects or Ads which I don't want
> >to see... I never liked the upgrade from IE 4 to 5 as it caused all
> >sorts of problems and took up too much HDD space at the time.
> >
>
> --
> cheers
> Jonathan Berry
> http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/ to know more than you want
>
>
-- Forrest English http://truffula.net"I don't like this air, but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop breathing." -Doug Martsch
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