Date: 12 Aug 2001 06:02:16 -0000 From: dev-null@no-id.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Netcape Browser [RANT] Message-ID: <20010812060216.37051.qmail@propane.zoomph.net>
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>Does "Netscape" run poperly on FreeBSD v4.3? No, it doesn't. It's a pile of junk. There are people with their stupid fixes like "disable java and javascript," but you might as well go all the way and disable images or just rm the damn thing. Netscape gets worse with each generation: more memory scrooging and the freezes occur more frequently. Despite the apparent absurdity of the idea, *something* gives Netscape the power to lock up window managers, crash X, and even reboot the entire system on occasion. There's stability for you. >All I can seem to find is >Netscape v7.5 for FreeBSD v2.2. Or, does IE have a version >that runs on >FBSD? Microsoft have only ported IE to HPUX and Solaris, last time I checked. Most *nix purists are quick to jump down Microsoft's throat, but AT LEAST THEIR BROWSER WORKS (and the security holes of Windows acclaim shouldn't really be much of a problem on their port). >If all else fails, can someone point me in the direction of >a really good >browser that will run on FBSD v4.3? Unfortunately, there are no good browsers that will run under FreeBSD. The advice given to me in my thread "Web Browsers (is there hope?)" was to use Windows to surf the Net. Some idiot, completely missing the point, suggested to use an IRC client instead of a browser (go figure). Netscape blows. Opera runs longer but still crashes on the average of 15-20 minutes for me. There are other browsers that are too closely tied to a particular window manager or environment. And there are the browsers like Mozilla that require a fucking arm and leg just to get a working browser installed and the other arm and leg just to get Java support in some wonky fashion, only to crash in a clowd of smoke minutes after execution. I'm still looking for a decent browser to run. http://browserwatch.internet.com/ lists some candidates, but you'll notice they lack support for features which are mandatory in a browser these days (CSS, Java, etc.), they're CLI browsers, or they're coded in some stuffed-shirt tosser language like Java (SUPPORT Java, but don't WRITE the damn web browser in Java). Inhale. >Ron -- This message has been sent via an anonymous mail relay at www.no-id.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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