Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:21:24 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dev-null@no-id.com Subject: Re: Web Browsers (is there hope?) Message-ID: <01081112212401.11534@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <20010811093210.21625.qmail@propane.zoomph.net> References: <20010811093210.21625.qmail@propane.zoomph.net>
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On Saturday 11 August 2001 01:32 am, dev-null@no-id.com wrote:
> Hello
>
> Is it just me or do the web browsers under FreeBSD
> (and Unix in general) just SUCK?
>
> Why can't I surf the Net without a damn browser
> crash every 5-20 minutes?
>
> Netscape is just a fucking lost cause. Despite
> the three different generations I've tried
> (4.0, 4.7, 6 -- both FreeBSD and Linux versions
> where applicable), the developers have not
> learned how to stop the frigging thing from
> freezing completely and pulling down window
> managers and X with it. Try chatting on
> Yahoo! Chat with it; the applet causes Netscape
> to freeze every 5-10 minutes.
>
> Ok, so I looked for alternatives. Ah! Opera!
> That seemed like a plan. Lo and behold! A
> fucking segfault within 15 minutes for no
> apparent reason whatsoever. And again.
> And again. And again. At least it's kind
> enough to offer to resume at the page
> where it crashed. Unacceptable.
>
> This is where I'm at now. Confused. Looking
> for an answer. I need a browser that is
> actually STABLE and supports the following
> features minimally:
>
> o HTML (duh)
> o Images (to preempt the lynx smartass)
> o JavaScript
> o Java (ESSENTIAL)
> o CSS
> o SSL/TLS
>
> I'd also like it to have plugin extensibility
> for stuff like flash, but that's not essential.
>
> I can use Internet Explorer or the win32 version
> of Netscape for hours on end without so much a
> blink, but that is an unacceptable solution.
>
> Suggestions?
>
Try IRC, java chat sucks in all platforms.
Beech
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