On 8/1/03 9:26 pm, "Paul Fawley" wrote:

> about 50% faster here

Its certainly fast enough. But not that great a difference, I'm finding.
> 
> Clever how it automatically imports your favourites into the bookmarks
> folder  and there is a "pop up'" killer too.

Yes its great how it imports all of your "old set" of bookmarks, but doesn't
notice how you've been using Chimera Navigator for the past few months, so
doesn't pick up your new ones. Plus Chimera's bookmarks are stored in a
different format and don't import easily into IE or Safari  :-(

Also doesn't render all pages correctly. I've already had a problem with the
Macworld site and my on-line bank, Cahoot, won't display its at all. It will
display the opening pages, but not the actual secure one's.

Also missing Tabbed pages, that Chimera has. Really nice feature. Also
missing the Auto password fill of Chimera. Doesn't even have a form fill to
make up for it, that 'orrible old MS IE has.

Yes its very pretty. And yes I'm really glad they've released it. Hey, I
cheered while watching the live keynote from London, in my cellar. But it
seems like its got a long way to go before I will actually consider
switching to it. At present I'm mainly using Chimera, which is much faster
than IE, but I still keep IE in the dock and have to use it frequently, when
pages (�) signs don't appear correctly etc. I also miss the auto form fill
of IE.

I also hope the bookmarks thing sorts itself out, as organising bookmarks
has to be one of the worst things about all browsers.


> Back to the powerbook though, nice touch having the keyboard light up
> automatically.

Very nice if you need that function, I'm sure. But not exactly a selling
point for me. I was a little upset at the announcement of new powerbooks,
considering my latest one arrived five days before Xmas. However on hearing
further details, I think I would have still opted for the 15" (for my
needs). I'm not knocking the 17", it looks remarkable. But I do think that
it would start to cross the boundary for a lot of people, of being too big
to be portable. (It also wouldn't fit in my case, atop the other 15"
titanium, that I have :-). More interesting is that its made out of
non-painted aluminium. At least the damn paint won't fall off!

I was more impressed by the 12" Powerbook. Which is very cheap and could be
very a very interesting purchase for many people. Yes the screens small, but
the resolution doesn't appear to be too bad (I'd have to see one in person).
But would be a great location laptop perhaps.

Regards Paul

PS Sorry if this is a little off topic. And also boring for the non-Apple
folk out there.
-- 
Paul Tansley
Fashion & Beauty Photography
London
+44 (0) 7973 669584
http://www.paultansley.com

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