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> On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
> | > > -of course, no default installation of Netscape. I don't want to clean
> | > > it up after install manually
> |
> | So, you don't use netscape but you use something else? There are some
> | alternatives out there I must say... May I ask what you use to browse the
> | web then?
>
> My system has dual-boot setup:
> a) Windows 98 SE with Microsoft Internet Explore 5.0
> b) Mandrake Linux 7.0 (upgraded with several packages) with KDE2 Beta4
> 1) In Linux/KDE, I use Konqueror web browser/file manager
> ** Many thanks to KDE team : product is great! **
> 2) Mozilla M17
> several nice ideas, but product is very slow, crashes very often, and
> lacks compatibility with industry standards. Plus, download size is 15MB !
> (look from what I started - it's not acceptable for me)
> 3) Galeon (GTK-based browser, depending on Mozilla)
> well, it is just front end to Mozilla written using GTK. Crashes more
> often then Mozilla, while slightly faster. For Netscape funs, I recommend
> this one instead of original Mozilla
other browsers you can try
Ie 5.0 seems to work (in an unusable fassion) under wine. Ie 5.5 doesn't
work at all (surprisingly) and netscape works quit well(from the small test i
did)
>
> ******
> Besides, now I do some JavaScript/DHTML testing and going to launch site
> dedicated to KDE soon.
> So, I downloaded yesterday
> -Netscape Communicator 4.75 for Windows (15MB, waste of 2 hours of my time)
> -Opera 4.02 for Windows.
> (1.9MB without Java, 9MB with Java; but is is not free, only 30days
> trial)
> I have very strange, unpleasant feeling from this testing.
> Neither Netscape nor Opera support CSS2 (Cascaded Style Sheets Lev.2)
> correctly.
> Sometimes Opera is better, sometimes - Netscape. But both are far away from
> MS. Most problems come from absolute positioning.
>
> Opera for Linux is in Alpha stage - I decided it's too risky to install it.
but you use konqueror?
>
> If you are interested in browser-question discussion, do not hesitate to
> e-mail me !!
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Vadim Plessky
>
> P.S. Openly speaking, I see Konqueror as THE ONLY alternative to Microsoft IE.
> Problem is that it is developed for Linux, and part of KDE2 project. I am
> wondering if some super-hacker can get its code (everything available in
> sources on KDE CVS) and port it to Windows. (don't care so much about Mac,
> but Mac port will be also great!)
> I have a *BAD* feeling that if Konqueror fails with wide acceptance,
> Microsoft will dominate the market completely.
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>
Konqueror uses qt2 and for non-free os like windows you have to pay for the use
of qt2.
