Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:23:32 +0100 From: James Greenhalgh <james@bloodflowers.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARRGH Netscape stinks! Message-ID: <20010716162332.57676ab4.james@bloodflowers.org> In-Reply-To: <911D8F660DF6D411B61F00500462BA01C58B7B@exchange.twowaytv.co.uk> References: <911D8F660DF6D411B61F00500462BA01C58B7B@exchange.twowaytv.co.uk>
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:07:51 +0100 Alex Dyas <ADyas@twowaytv.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 09:01:54AM -0400, Steve Tremblett wrote: > > > Is there ANY alternative to Netscape? I'm running Linux > > Netscape 4.77 > > > and I'm fed up with having it freeze or crash every hour. Is the > > > native Netscape any better? Is there another alternative? > > I've tried > > > Mozilla, but it crashed on the first site I went to, so I > > deinstalled > > > it. > > > > > > Any suggestions? (please no jokers suggesting lynx! :) > > > > > > -- > > > Steve Tremblett > > > > > > > I've been using Mozilla since 0.9 release and have very few problems. > > Currently they're at 0.9.2. I build from ports collection (rather > > than Mozilla's binary) > > The current Mozilla 0.9.2 has been steady as a rock for me. Earlier .8.x > versions were admitidly shakey but this one has renewed my faith in the > project. Renders like lightning too. Give it a go (got my port from the > dutch mirror which tends to be more up to date ftp.nl.freebsd.org ). > > alex.. My personal choice currently is Opera - which rules out looking at flash sites but I'm willing to live without that. Mozilla renders quickly, but I find the UI itself to be astonishingly slow (on a dual p2-400..) james -- find great crazy-mad out-of-head experience from japan. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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