From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 11:05:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E90B516A4CE for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:05:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-04.tampabay.rr.com (ms-smtp-04-smtplb.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.5.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A08843D1D for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:05:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ka0ttic@butsugenjitemple.org) Received: from morpheus.ka0ttic.dyndns.org (102.201.33.65.cfl.rr.com [65.33.201.102])i61B4n7t008737 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:04:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by morpheus.ka0ttic.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435B750740 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:04:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <40E3EFCF.9040507@butsugenjitemple.org> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 07:04:47 -0400 From: Aaron Walker User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040630) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1088645947.32566.8.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> <20040630234845.2f8002b0@localhost> <75f3f705040630211863661ddc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <75f3f705040630211863661ddc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: Gnome installing Mozilla by default X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:05:32 -0000 Roop Nanuwa wrote: > I'll join in on the praise for Opera. It really is the best web browser > that's extremely light but still has all the "modern day" features > one would expect from a web browser and then some. I will warn you > about a couple of things, though. > > 1] The native FreeBSD version is not going to run Flash. I've pulled > out many, many hairs about this but have never gotten the two to > work together. If you want to view Flash, then install the linux-opera > port. > 2] You'll be spoiled after using Opera for any length of time. I've been > using Opera for a long time and I simply can't tolerate any other browsers. > The feature set it provides is so expansive that other browsers will seem > utterly gutted in comparison. Ever use vi for a while and then notice that > random ':w' or ':wq' start appearing in places where they shouldn't because > you've gotten so used to the commands? Same idea here. > 3] The default interface is not for everyone. Just realize that the interface > is highly configurable so don't let it turn you off if it's not to your liking. > > --roop Just curious, but which version of flash are you using with Opera? I did a search of the ports tree and found quite a few flash ports and was confused on which one to install. Thanks -- Save energy: Drive a smaller shell. /* Aaron Walker * http://butsugenjitemple.org/~ka0ttic/ */