[aclug-L] Re: any other browsers? Alternatives to Netscape?

[James <pantherace13@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Goerzen wrote:

> Many alternatives exist:
>
> mozilla
> gzille
> chimera
> mosaic
> lynx

The only problem is the inability to see userfriendly, so you need a graphical
browser, too!

>
> links
> w3m
> amaya

amaya is good (the only one that supports the new HTML specs), but if the
problem is that you want to see java/javascript  things (or anyother things
similar to it) you are out of luck. It will fit on a floppy. It is also an
editor, and can do all of the new html things (ray-based drawing, math symbols
galore, etc)

>
> kde's thing, kfm or konquerer or whatnot

According to linux journal the new version will support java/js (etc.), and
almost everything else netscape and explorer support (except M$ stuff)

>
> etc.
>
> "Michael A. Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > In linux most of the time I use the nte browser, but it is very primitive,
> > by the bye...HOW DO I RESET THE MIME's on kde?  I have loaded adobe acrobat
> > and it is still going to the application which cannot read pdf format. :-(
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg House [SMTP:ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 10:09 PM
> > To:   discussion@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:      [aclug-L] Re: any other browsers? Alternatives to Netscape?
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > > I have netscape installed on my computer, and about every third time it
> > crashes
> > > and locks up the xwin server, then when you finally get it to reboot, as
> > the
> > > computer is downloading, I see cannot find library glibc_1_2 .  I had 5.0
> > then
> > > 6.0 then 6.1 then back down to 6.0 Rad hat installs.  This last time it
> > was
> > > prompted by netscape crashing and the fonts trouble.  /home is the only
> > > original part of the computer, the rest is fresh.
> >
> > What? You want a browser that does something more then Lynx??? <g>
> >
> > Yeah, Netscape on Linux is significantly less stable then other platforms I
> > run
> > it on (WinNT, Solaris). I have a lot of problems with it crashing, but it
> > doesn't usually lock up my X server. I just love pressing the X to close
> > one
> > window and having all my Netscape windows vaporize. Doesn't happen every
> > time,
> > but frequently enough to annoy me.
> >
> > You might try Mozilla. I haven't installed it myself, but I know It's
> > getting
> > pretty close to being ready to release (one more build, I think they said),
> > so
> > it should be getting pretty solid. Far as I can tell, even beta code should
> > be
> > better then the current Netscape. It's got all the new extensions & stuff
> > too.
> >
> > There are other browsers available, but all seem to have some shortcoming.
> > I
> > occasionally browse with the little kfm file manager thing that comes with
> > KDE.
> > It works for a lot of stuff, but I don't think it has java or any of that.
> >
> > Greg
> >
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