I think I'm a convert... it loads pages so much faster :)

i feel like such a computer yuppie... Explorer 5.2, for Mac OSX... :o

Originally posted by wakeech
i feel like such a computer yuppie... Explorer 5.2, for Mac OSX... :o

You can try Safari -- Click Here (http://www.apple.com/safari/)

iMac G4 w/ EE5 and Safari.

I use Opera, it is the fastest and most customizable, try it....

Makes IE look like do-do. Mozilla is cool though, I have that loaded on my Mandrake box.

Rob

Originally posted by Salo


You can try Safari -- Click Here (http://www.apple.com/safari/)

yeah, my techhead bro said to "try [insert jungle word here]", i couldn't remember what it was called... but apperently it's just ugly or something, i dunno ;)

thanks Salo. you're a pal. :D

Originally posted by wakeech
but apperently it's just ugly or something, i dunno ;)


It's not that bad. The brushed metal interface is kinda fugly but I got used to it - so others must be able to do the same. It is super fast, which in my book makes up for any aesthetic short-commings. Plus I'm sure that Apple will change the interface since so many critics have complained about it.

damned straight it's fast!! :eek: OMG!!

thanks for the link...


try: www.unsanity.com

apparently you can set up your OSX to have a skin, and with the right hack Safari will wear it too....

you need HackZ "application enhancer", and the "metaphalize/demetaphalize" plug-in... (i dunno if any of the spelling is right, 'cause he's just saying these things to me...??)

Originally posted by wakeech
try: www.unsanity.com


Mr. Keech,

Thanks for the tip. :cool:

I've been using Mozilla since the early Milestones... I worked for a Netscape VAR before they were aquired by AOL.

Anyhow, I find Mozilla to be far far far more customizable than anything else, since I can actually get to the source code, modify, and tune it to my needs.

Just an example: I use the back function on the right-click menu popup. However, depending on what you click over, the content of the menu would change. I wanted the back menu option to always be the top most choice, so I hacked the XUL to always have the back option on top.

And, yes Mozilla is faster than IE. And Mozilla on Linux is faster still.

Proof? go to http://www.toast.net/performance/

Run the tests with the browsers.
At work I have two identical Compaq's, one running Win2k, the other running Redhat 8, plugged into the same switch.

Average throughput
Win2k with IE6: 1530K
Win2k with Moz1.3b: 1772K
Linux with Konqueror: 2169K
Linux with Moz1.3b: 2266K

I invite all of you to try the tests, and post your results. And don't forget to average, I did it over 3 trys, clearing cache after each try.

You can download Mozilla from http://www.mozilla.org/releases/

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PostScript: I'd love to try that new browser on the Mac, but I think it's based on Konqueror, which is why I included those results.

Originally posted by rotarynews.com
And Mozilla on Linux is faster still.

Yes it is! Been using it for a very long time. :D My browser of choice is Galeon. It uses the Mozilla Gecko engine and it's very fast and pretty much bug-free. :)

Here are my results

IE 6: 2995K

Mozilla 1.3b: 3033K

Opera 7.01: 3112K

Opera wins, but they are close, and well Opera is a much nicer browser too.

Tested on a Dual Athlon 1800 w/ 1gig of PC2100 Ram, running WinXP SP1. I don't have linux loaded on this box and it wouldn't be fair to compare the duallie to the DEC Alpha or the Athlon 1.4 I have on hand running Redhat and Mandrake respectively.

Rob

The first time I ran the test on toast.net was back in 1999, with a early milestone of mozilla.

What's funny is my linux box was a P133 with 128 megs of ram. The windows box was a PII 233. The linux box won.

Good to hear about Opera, there are many things in Opera that Mozilla 'borrowed'. I'll stick with Mozilla, since I can open the source, (try to make it faster?) But you don't stop using Opera. Competition is good.

I use Mozilla on my Linux boxes though, I only own the Windows license for Opera :)

Rob

Hey, am I the only Nescape user here? How does Nescape compare?

Originally posted by MPester
Hey, am I the only Nescape user here? How does Nescape compare? Netscape is built off of Mozilla :)