Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-11 Thread Phillip Deackes
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:59:01 -0700 Petro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you agree with me that forcing commercial buildings to be > handicap accessible is wrong? After all, they are being forced to > do *major* redesigns of the buildings (much more time consuming and > expensive t

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-11 Thread Petro
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 03:22:14AM -0700, Phillip Deackes wrote: > This message uses a character set that is not supported by the Internet > Service. To view the original message content, open the attached > message. If the text doesn't display correctly, save the attachment to > disk, and then o

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Wendell Cochran quotation: > > Even parts-supply houses have informed me, haughtily, > that if I want to look or buy I must `upgrade' my browser. CapitalOne learned on that one, too. Their page used to tell you if you were using Netscape 6, you had to "upgrade" to 4.7. I told them that r

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Wendell Cochran
> Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:13:50 -0400 > Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [SNIP SNIP] > So they do track this stuff, and they do respond. People complaining in > mailing lists don't get it fixed, and people knuckling under and using > proprietary browsers don't get it fixed, but people sending email

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Gary Turner
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 18:42:57 +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: >On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:58:16 -0400 >Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> begin Phillip Deackes quotation: >Can anyone else confirm that I have a problem with message text not >wrapping correctly? > " "I have a PAL TV because

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Phillip Deackes quotation: > > A bunch of people who wanted to watch films and found they could get more > VHS films than anything else. That's AFTER VHS won, not before. > There is something inherently wrong with the > notion that the hardware is more important than the software. There'

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Phillip Deackes
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:22:27 -0400 Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it does, because it is an excellent example; a bunch of sheep used > VHS, and we all got stuck with inferior technology as a result. A bunch of people who wanted to watch films and found they could get more VHS fil

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Phillip Deackes quotation: > > Huh? AFAIK my email messages conform to what is expected amongst Linux > circles. I was not aware of a problem - you are the first to suggest it. You've fixed it. Maybe you changed an option in that one message? -- Shawn McMahon| Infor

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Phillip Deackes
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:58:16 -0400 Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin Phillip Deackes quotation: > > > > Wrap your text. Huh? AFAIK my email messages conform to what is expected amongst Linux circles. I was not aware of a problem - you are the first to suggest it. I am using Sy

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Phillip Deackes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 07:51:36 -0700 > Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The last paragraph is indicative of the masses: "I am not interested in > > telling web designers ~." Simply multiply that by your local census, > > and

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Phillip Deackes quotation: > > sheer weight of numbers using them. This is the way of the world. The best > methods do not necessarily win through - the Video2000/Betamax/VHS issue > immediately springs to mind where the poorest quality format won the > battle. Yes, it does, because it is

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Jaye Inabnit ke6sls quotation: > > I *do* take the time to post notes to webmins when I hit a site I can not > access without forking over money to M$. I don't have M$ on my box, and I am > going to keep it that way, but I still want to access the info I am seeking. > I don't think tha

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Phillip Deackes quotation: Wrap your text. -- Shawn McMahon| Information may want to be free, but fiber http://www.eiv.com | optic cable wants to be one million US AIM: spmcmahonfedex, smcmahoneiv | dollars per mile. pgpUapxqh88FP.pgp Description: PG

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread John Habermann
Thanks for that Karsten. I just hadn't installed the kdebase-crypto package for some reason. Still find that it had some difficulty with some of the government department sites that use active server pages. But then I have to tell opera to identify itself as MSIE 5.0 in order for it to load thos

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Phillip Deackes
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 07:51:36 -0700 Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The last paragraph is indicative of the masses: "I am not interested in > telling web designers ~." Simply multiply that by your local census, > and soon it becomes apparent how horrible problems begin. > > I *d

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 10 April 2002 03:22 am, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I am afraid I cannot be so arrogant about this. What I do on the Internet > is not always to do with Linux, or with other such highbrow subjects. > Sometimes I just want to play, or do some

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Phillip Deackes
> on Tue, Apr 09, 2002, Phillip Deackes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Define "correctly display"? For standard HTML, there's no problem. > Ditto, if you want to abuse yourself by installing the plugins, most > flash, Java, and Javascript, though I disable these, and don't patronize > sites requirin

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Apr 09, 2002, John Habermann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:32, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 07:49:01 +0100 > > "Phillip Deackes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Depends whether you do 'real-world' bowsing or not. There is no > > > browser in Linux which

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Apr 09, 2002, Phillip Deackes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:22:25 +0200 > Luca Pasquali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Galeon is the only substitute that I've in mind by now, links rox :-) > > keta > > Depends whether you do 'real-world' bowsing or not. There is no

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-09 Thread John Habermann
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:32, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 07:49:01 +0100 > > "Phillip Deackes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:22:25 +0200 > > > > Luca Pasquali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Galeon is the only substitute that I've in mind by now, links rox > > > > >

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-09 Thread Ivar Alm
No clue about the Linux versions, but I use it on my Win machine, and it is a major upgrade. The Java support are more stable. Even the upgrade from 6.0 to 6.01 was good. It is definetely worth a download. //I At 18:14 2002-04-09, François Chenais wrote: Thanks a lot all Is the last

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-09 Thread François
Thanks a lot all Is the last opera (6beta1) better than the version 5 ? François On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:04:58 -0500 Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 12:44:12PM +0200, François Chenais wrote: > > > I'm under Woody and looking for an

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-09 Thread Tim Dijkstra
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 07:49:01 +0100 "Phillip Deackes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:22:25 +0200 > Luca Pasquali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Galeon is the only substitute that I've in mind by now, links rox > > :-) keta > > Depends whether you do 'real-world' bowsing or no

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-09 Thread Phillip Deackes
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:22:25 +0200 Luca Pasquali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Galeon is the only substitute that I've in mind by now, links rox :-) > keta Depends whether you do 'real-world' bowsing or not. There is no browser in Linux which can correctly display all web sites thrown at it. AFAIK

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Apr 08, 2002, Fran?ois Chenais ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I'm under Woody and looking for an alternate web browser for replacing > Netscape. Briefly: Galeon (GUI), w3m (console), dillo or light (lightweight GUI). For the longer view: http://kmself.home.net

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-08 Thread Paul F. Pearson
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 12:44:12PM +0200, François Chenais wrote: > > I'm under Woody and looking for an alternate web browser for > > replacing Netscape. > > Nobody's mentioned the slightly silly alternative so far, so try w3m > with w3m-img in

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 12:44:12PM +0200, François Chenais wrote: > I'm under Woody and looking for an alternate web browser for replacing > Netscape. Opera is the best I've found (though Mozilla is coming along nicely). -- Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 12:44:12PM +0200, François Chenais wrote: > I'm under Woody and looking for an alternate web browser for > replacing Netscape. Nobody's mentioned the slightly silly alternative so far, so try w3m with w3m-img in an xterm. (Seriously, I actually use this for vi

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-08 Thread Tim Dijkstra
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 12:44:12 +0200 "François Chenais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm under Woody and looking for an alternate web browser for > replacing Netscape. > Then go for... konqueror! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

RE: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-08 Thread Luca Pasquali
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Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-08 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin quoting what François Chenais said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 12:44:12PM +0200: > > I'm under Woody and looking for an alternate web browser for replacing > Netscape. If you haven't found one yet, you aren't looking very hard. apt-get install mozilla galeon pgpcrJS9NI2PC.pgp

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-08 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 12:44:12 +0200, François Chenais wrote: > I'm under Woody and looking for an alternate web browser for replacing > Netscape. Mozilla. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig

Re: alternative web browser to netscape

2002-04-08 Thread Erik van der Meulen
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 12:44:12PM +0200, Fran?ois Chenais wrote: > I'm under Woody and looking for an alternate web browser for replacing > Netscape. Go for Galeon! Beats anything I have been on the web with to date! -- Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,