From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 6 10:37:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand4.global.net.uk (sand4.global.net.uk [194.126.80.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2028154BA for ; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 10:37:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p5es09a07.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.233.95] helo=marder-1.) by sand4.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 11O2i0-0001s2-00; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:37:36 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id SAA00936; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:27:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:27:30 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Mark Hendriks Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another Browser, Was: IE for FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990906182730.B281@marder-1> References: <199909061339.GAA19703@superman.imag.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199909061339.GAA19703@superman.imag.net>; from Mark Hendriks on Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 06:39:58AM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 06:39:58AM -0700, Mark Hendriks wrote: > > So you want an alternative to Netscape? Look at www.opera.com. > They're working on a Linux version of their browser. I've used > Opera on Windows 3.1, and I have to say that I like it. I had > to give it up, because it requires 6MB of ram, and I only have 4 > (I've had difficulty trying to upgrade because of the motherboard.) > Still, Opera ran better on my machine than Netscape 3.0, most of the > time. The lack of memory in my machine, combined with the @#$%ed > up memory management scheme in Windows meant that Opera would crash > when I went to a site with large JPEGs. Netscape actually requires > much more memory, but it only ran real slow, as opposed to crashing. > > Please don't be annoying with this company. This is a company that > I really do want to support FreeBSD. So what can you do? Get the > Linux version, and let them know that while FreeBSD will generally > run Linux software, a true FreeBSD version would be better. Inform > them about FreeBSD resources on the Net, and let them know that > there is a whole community knowledgable of users willing to offer > support for development. I'll agree with you about Opera. I'm waiting for the Linux version to appear. The Windows version excellent, it loads many times faster than NS, which is not surprising since it's only just over 1MB: -rwxr-xr-x 0 root wheel 1228800 Nov 16 1998 Opera.exe It also has one *really* great feature the NS doesn't have; you can tell it to save a webpage and it saves all the graphics as well. This is useful for pages that have diagrams on them (jumper diagrams, wiring diagrams etc.). > ------------------------------------------------------------ > bogh tlhInganpu', SuvwI'pu' moj, Hegh > - "Klingons are born, live as warriors, then die." > source: The Klingon Way, Mark Okrand, 1996 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message