From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 31 20:15:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 729DF106564A for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:15:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 306568FC18 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:15:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-59-134.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.59.134]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADDAD1DA67; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:15:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n6VKFWqc001491; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:15:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:15:32 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net> Message-Id: <20090731221532.ab004d5b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090731170422.0574fef5.cyb.@gmx.net> References: <20090731085553.461f73be.cyb.@gmx.net> <20090731114711.49d94196.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090731170422.0574fef5.cyb.@gmx.net> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Daniel Underwood , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:15:40 -0000 On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:04:22 +0200, Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net> wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:47:11 +0200 > Polytropon wrote: > > > versions, I saw it getting... hmmm... how do I tell best? It's > > getting more slower in overall handling, and it often stops > > working completely (several seconds) > > I have not noticed such behaviour yet. Nobody else seems to have. This is what I wrote regarding this very strange topic: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-March/194123.html I just hope that it goes away with an update of the system I'm planning to do soon. :-) > > problem with Firefox. Furthermore, there's lots of stuff now > > bundled with the Opera web browser that I (personally) found > > no use for, such as a mail client, IRC client, torrent client, > > and some other stuff that could easily be called "bloatware". > > I never get the argument about 'bloatware' when it comes to Opera. Only for newer versions. I found the older versions a bit easier to configure, especially the Options dialog was better organized. But as I mentioned "bloat" (NB the quotes), it's just that there's much more functionality in Opera, making it run slower (on the same system), but finally, it runs *much* faster than Firefox, I think. > And there are a lot of features in Opera, for which you will need to > download extra extensions in Firefox. Exactly. I know, for example, that there are mouse gestures in Firefox, too. But they are not built-in. My main argument for Opera is the excellent combination of mouse and KEYBOARD support. I'm using the english version because the shortcuts and keystrokes are more intuitive than in the german version. Firefox even seems to lack a key to quit the program. :-) > For me, Opera works much better on older hardware than Firefox. That's true. Opera on 300 MHz P2 is faster than Firefox 3 on 2 GHz P4 here. > Anyway, in the end everyone should use what he likes best. :) Of course. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...