On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 00:05:53 -0500 (EST)
Statux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> www.mozilla.org or whatever it is? or are you talking about a rewrite of
> mozilla?
>
> Mozilla sucks, to be completely honest and so does netscape 6 (mozilla
> is
> actually netscape 5 written under open source licensing, which is why
> there is no netscape 5).
>
> Mozilla has been around through most if not all of Netscape Navigator's
> history. NS and Mozilla have been partners/cousins for a long time
> (email
> sent from netscape mail will mention mozilla in its headers too if you
> look).
>
> I wish a nice group of programmers would give UNIX (Linux, etc) its own
> web browser/email client/whatever suite to be proud of. This netscape
> communism really sucks.
>
>:/
There are a few that look a little promising.
Opera is getting better. It's commercial. Still needs work but, useable.
Galeon is starting to look good. Still a little buggy, possibly because
it's built on the mozilla engine. Even so, it's a lot less overhead than
either
AOL/Netscape or mozilla. Requires gnome installed, and relatively recent
versions at that. Also requires one to keep updating mozilla and several
gnome files to make newer, less-buggy versions work. I detest gnome and
mozilla, but I want an alternative to the captivity we're in with the
current only semi-bugproof graphic browser available, so I deal with it,
grit my teeth and keep gnome up-to-date.
Konqueror (KDE2) is better than the old kfm, though it could still use
some work. The downside is, you have to have KDE installed even if it's
the only konqueror is the only thing you use. The ending of the last
paragraph also applies here in that I don't like KDE/bloatware but, I use
an app or two and have to keep it recent to do so.
I've tried a couple of others whose names escape me, one that also used
mozilla as it's engine. I've even tried one that claimed to be separate
from mozilla but, it required mozilla be installed and run before it would
work: akin to all of the links my wife has been folowing on her MAC that
claim to be freeware then mention the cost right on the download page.
None of these unamed browsers were anything to write home about but, maybe
a couple will progress to the point of looking hopeful in the future.
--
Earth first! We'll strip-mine the other planets later.
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