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IE on the Rise
DC:
quote:Originally posted by dbl221:
Uhm yes it does IDIOT. You just don't know how to use a computer. The middle or extra button on a traditional 3-button mouse opens a new tab for browsing. Asshole
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Uhm the default behaviour is to open a new window, not a tab. Or it was that way here, at least (with the version that comes with RH 7.1 and a source build of 1.0). For the record, it isn't actually a *button*, more a wheel (wheelmice are useful thingies. They work in Mozilla too).
But that's besides the point. Mr. Undead: did you configure Linux to use those buttons, and did you configure Mozilla to use them? (why the hell do you need 'back and forward mouse shortcut buttons' anyway?)
Actually, IE in Win has some advantages over other browsers. For example, it's (partially) loaded during OS startup, so the code is in memory, so the program starts faster and stuff. Not that that's technical superiority or anything (not to mention fair), since you *do* need to load it, it is just hidden in the huge startuptimes of Windows. Mozilla actually has to be completely loaded when you execute it.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by jtpenrod:
Furthermore, this data is highly suspect. Opera and Konqueror can both be set up to "lie" and identify to every site you visit as IE. There's no way for (S)HitBox to know the difference. Sites like these routinely misidentify browsers such as Galeon. And they completely barf when confronted with something like QNX's Voyager.
As for myself, I prefer Mozilla for its speed: it's the fastest browser I've ever used, and for its outstanding copy 'n' paste capability. I like Konqueror and Opera for their superior printing capability. IE is just about the last browser I'd ever use. Towards the end of my Winders-using days, I ditched it with IEradicator.
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Their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws :D
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Since Linux only holds under 1% marketshare in the OS market, I'm sure that Konqueror and Galeon do not make a very big difference in the percentage of IE use identification. Opera may accomodate like a whole 2 or 3% of the IE identification. IE still hold a unbelievably high slice of the browser pie.
IE isn't slow on a decent system. The only time I thought that IE was slow is when I was working on a 486 in the shop. Of course everything is slow on a 486. ;P IE can be slow on Pentium classics with 16MB or less ram. If you have a modern system IE is not slow at all, end of story.
IE was a culprit for BSODs in Win9x(a Win9x system can be stable with IE though). Anything can be a culprit to BSODs in Win9x because Win9x is an unstable kernel. BSODS from IE in WinNT/2K/XP/.NET are a thing in the past(I have never seen IE cause a BSOD or Kernel shutdown in NT).
trc3:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
or maybe Mozilla is better on the Mac.
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Everything is better on a mac.
TheQuirk:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
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Of course everything is slow on a 486. ;PQB]
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lynx isn't slow on a 486.
:D :rolleyes:
Kintaro:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
IE isn't slow on a decent system. The only time I thought that IE was slow is when I was working on a 486 in the shop. Of course everything is slow on a 486. ;P IE can be slow on Pentium classics with 16MB or less ram. If you have a modern system IE is not slow at all, end of story.
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When i say slow i mean page loading, Mozilla loads in 2 secs in Linux and 3 secs in Windows. And im using quicklaunch in windows. IE loads pages much slower than Mozilla.
Anyway Arachne goes fine on a 386
http://browser.arachne.cz
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