On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:53:05 -0400, Henry Carmichael wrote: > .... >> Opera is not an open source browser. It is like functional shareware. >> You can download a free version that works fine, but you have to pay >> and register it if you want their ad banners to go away. You are not >> obligated to register it and it doesn't come with a time worm >> providing for a "limited" free trial period. For Window$-based >> browsers I consider Opera a much better choice over MSIE and NetScape. >> Also Opera comes with a pretty good email client, but it isn't nearly >> as good as Arachne's. It is only better than all other Window$-based >> email clients I have tried. The only others I have tried are M$ >> Lookout, Eudora, and NetScape Communicator.
> Sam: > You might want to check Mozilla Firebird browser from www.mozilla.org > - it is official for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh. > Release notes for version 0.6 are available at > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/release-notes.html I have a somewhat older version of the same thing under its previous name. What I have is the Phoenix Browser, version 0.4. At the web site above they explain that they had to discontinue the "Phoenix" name because of trademark issues. I find my Phoenix Browser very easy to use and a real pleasure to navigate. What I like most especially about it is the user interface not being cluttered with too many buttons and ikons and tool bars to puzzle the user. In an email sent to the Arachne List a long time ago, Michael Polak, author of Arachne, recommended the Phoenix Browser for accessing those web pages where Arachne will not work. I believe the reasons why Michael thinks so highly of the Phoenix Browser are related to its being an open source project. > You can also get the complementary mail client from > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/index.html > Thunderbird is a standalone mail client for Windows, Linux & > Macintosh - still under development. Is it a well-behaved email client that can't ever do any of the horrid things that Micro$oft Lookout almost always does? > I use Firebird exclusively (unless some of my company's software only > works on IE). Sorry to hear that your company uses some software that only works on IE. They could lose some customers and clients because of that. I changed banks because the online banking service at my old bank only works with the latest and greatest versions of IE and NetScape. The online banking service at my new bank works with Opera, but they don't know that. They claim that it works only with the latest and greatest versions of IE and NetScape. Ssshhh! I don't want them to find out that it works so well with Opera. If they ever find out about how well their online banking web site works I am afraid they might "fix" it. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: http://browser.arachne.cz/
