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On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:57 AM, a1 <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Panther and Tiger on my G4 and other macs, usually switching > between Omniweb, Camino and sometimes Opera. I gave up on Firefox and > 10.4 Fox simply because I dont want to do jumping jacks simply in > order to watch youtube or facebook videos. I am utterly fed up with > what Google did to Reader, and now, gchat within gmail and even > opening gmail messages has gotten flaky, unreliable. I have always > used webmail and browser apps but I have simply had enough. So, some > questions, hardware and software. > > Hardware: I am either going to radically upgrade the G4 or buy one of > the G5's I see flooding the market here. Am I really going to have > great relief upgrading to Leopard on a G5 or is it only a matter of > time before Google starts messing with the compatibility of browsers > for Leopard, too? Between Firefox, Google and Apple "sunsetting" their > products prematurely, simultaneously really, a PPC user seemingly has > nowhere to turn. Incidentally, would an older IDE hard drive simply > plug in and work in a G5 for migration purposes? > > Software: I really, really need an RSS reader that will remain > reliable with Tiger. And, I really need an email program I can suck my > gmail out of Google without bothering anymore with their webmail. I > tried Thunderbird for a while but disliked the user interface, > specifically an inability to make the text in panes larger. > I have > never gotten a version of Apple Mail to work with gmail. I have..... It works pretty good actually, better than hotmail and apples mail > I want to > leave browsing to a minimum as at this juncture none of the browsers > really are pleasant. > > My internet days go back to vax machines and Elm mail, running Usenet > off a shell, and text-only telnet. All this modeming into an ISP using > my color classic. I was much happier then! I have never been so > annoyed at online experience as these days. Do people use Terminal for > email or any way around the suffocation of the upgrade curve? > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
