Subject: Re: Opera
From: Robert Serphillips (rserphillips@austin.rr.com)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 19:08:47 MST
Agreed!
Just wish I could get java/flash/realplayer plugins working properly.
-Rob
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 18:55:18 -0500
"Eric D." <liriodendron@mac.com> wrote:
> Hi ya'll, I downloaded Opera 5 for PowerPC Linux (http://www.opera.com).
> Damn, that browser kicks some royal ass compared to Konquerer or Mozilla
> "molasses". Graphics heavy pages loaded in under a second (the joys of a T3
> (or do we have a T5?) on a Sunday afternoon :), new pages opened on command,
> and browsing was virtually instantaneous. Mozilla chugged along and
> Konquerer would crash every now and then (though, Opera too crashed (but got
> better once I sort of figured out how to disable opening new JavaScript
> windows... I wish Opera would allow you to disable JavaScript selectively).
>
> In YDL Opera 5 for Linux is the _fastest_ browser I have ever seen on my G3.
> It's smoother and faster to respond than Opera for OS X (except no
> command-click to scroll around the window :( and gives IE 5.1 a run for its
> money for polish (sorry Netscrape but you really have been losing battles in
> the browser wars (which seem to be heating up again :) :) :).
>
> Eric
>
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