Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 16:27:19 -0400 From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@blinx.net> To: "Beech Rintoul" <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, <dev-null@no-id.com> Subject: RE: Web Browsers (is there hope?) Message-ID: <CCEOIFDFIDIGHEEMNANCEEAECAAA.jslivko@blinx.net> In-Reply-To: <01081112212401.11534@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org>
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Agreed :) -- Jonathan -- Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko@blinx.net> Blinx Networks, Inc. http://www.blinx.net/ "Microsoft, is that some kind of toilet paper?" -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Beech Rintoul Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 4:21 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; dev-null@no-id.com Subject: Re: Web Browsers (is there hope?) On Saturday 11 August 2001 01:32 am, dev-null@no-id.com wrote: > Hello > > Is it just me or do the web browsers under FreeBSD > (and Unix in general) just SUCK? > > Why can't I surf the Net without a damn browser > crash every 5-20 minutes? > > Netscape is just a fucking lost cause. Despite > the three different generations I've tried > (4.0, 4.7, 6 -- both FreeBSD and Linux versions > where applicable), the developers have not > learned how to stop the frigging thing from > freezing completely and pulling down window > managers and X with it. Try chatting on > Yahoo! Chat with it; the applet causes Netscape > to freeze every 5-10 minutes. > > Ok, so I looked for alternatives. Ah! Opera! > That seemed like a plan. Lo and behold! A > fucking segfault within 15 minutes for no > apparent reason whatsoever. And again. > And again. And again. At least it's kind > enough to offer to resume at the page > where it crashed. Unacceptable. > > This is where I'm at now. Confused. Looking > for an answer. I need a browser that is > actually STABLE and supports the following > features minimally: > > o HTML (duh) > o Images (to preempt the lynx smartass) > o JavaScript > o Java (ESSENTIAL) > o CSS > o SSL/TLS > > I'd also like it to have plugin extensibility > for stuff like flash, but that's not essential. > > I can use Internet Explorer or the win32 version > of Netscape for hours on end without so much a > blink, but that is an unacceptable solution. > > Suggestions? > Try IRC, java chat sucks in all platforms. Beech ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - IT Manager - Instructor - akbeech@anchoragerescue.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | P.O. Box 230510 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99523-0510 / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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