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Date:      Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:23:32 +0100
From:      James Greenhalgh <james@bloodflowers.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ARRGH Netscape stinks!
Message-ID:  <20010716162332.57676ab4.james@bloodflowers.org>
In-Reply-To: <911D8F660DF6D411B61F00500462BA01C58B7B@exchange.twowaytv.co.uk>
References:  <911D8F660DF6D411B61F00500462BA01C58B7B@exchange.twowaytv.co.uk>

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On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:07:51 +0100
Alex Dyas <ADyas@twowaytv.com> wrote:

> > On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 09:01:54AM -0400, Steve Tremblett wrote:
> > > Is there ANY alternative to Netscape?  I'm running Linux 
> > Netscape 4.77
> > > and I'm fed up with having it freeze or crash every hour.  Is the
> > > native Netscape any better?  Is there another alternative?  
> > I've tried
> > > Mozilla, but it crashed on the first site I went to, so I 
> > deinstalled
> > > it.
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions?  (please no jokers suggesting lynx! :)
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Steve Tremblett
> > 
> > >
> > I've been using Mozilla since 0.9 release and have very few problems.
> > Currently they're at 0.9.2.  I build from ports collection (rather
> > than Mozilla's binary)
> 
> The current Mozilla 0.9.2 has been steady as a rock for me.  Earlier .8.x
> versions were admitidly shakey but this one has renewed my faith in the
> project.  Renders like lightning too.  Give it a go (got my port from the
> dutch mirror which tends to be more up to date ftp.nl.freebsd.org ).
> 
> alex..

My personal choice currently is Opera - which rules out looking at flash sites
but I'm willing to live without that.  Mozilla renders quickly, but I find the
UI itself to be astonishingly slow (on a dual p2-400..)

james

-- 

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