On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 16:55 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I haven't yet installed Firefox (downloaded it). I've heard nothing but > compliments by my PC friends. Knowing I use a Mac my friend told me "its > available for mac too, you should get it" > > Anyone in the list has run it and can tell me if its really as good as they > picture it (at least for the mac). To me IE is terrible, Netscape is not > that great, and Safari doesn't yet convince me. Specially because now its > the first time I can actually run it at all [Safari] (it would unexpectedly > quit on my 10.2.6 config and earlier, also it did crash the last time I used > it. > > ANy helpful info I should know?
I'm surprised that your PC friends have nothing but complaints about it, but then perhaps I shouldn't be because there is a very narrow minded view amongst many (primarily, if not exclusively from the Windows world) that IE is the web - if a page doesn't display properly in IE then it is broken, if it doesn't display properly in any other browser, but it does in IE then the browser is broken. The simple fact is that IE is years out of date in supporting W3C standards, and many web designers are lazy and only test for it. Anyway, to the question in hand, although I can't speak for it under the Mac platform (my Macs all run OS 7.x through 9.x as none is powerful enough for OS X yet), I have used it extensively since a fairly early development version on both Windows and Linux. It is my preferred browser, and in spite of the number of inadequate web designers out there, I have few problems viewing sites, few problems with stability, no problems with malware or virus', and a far better experience using it since the interface is vastly superior to IE. I probably ought to confess to the fact that I have used Netscape/Mozilla since Netscape version 1.1 and have a pukka copy of 1.2 on diskettes. This could make my opinion biased I guess! If anyone wants to donate funds for a Mac Mini, or some memory to upgrade my tray load iMac 233 to cope with OS X then I can rave about it on Mac too ;-) I do use Opera too once in a while, and used to more often a few years back, but Firefox (Mozilla) has taken over again now. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
