A Bat-fellow, Shane R. Monroe, wrote to TBUDL on Thursday, 16th May 2002 at 20:50:11 (GMT -0700), which was Friday 5:50 a.m. in Bratislava --
A>> Gosh, I now couldn't live without a browser that can open links in A>> background via a keyboard shortcut! SRM> Opera has features simply not found anywhere else; from screen SRM> scaling to mouse gestures to instant link lists (CTRL-J in Opera SRM> is AMAZING) to Hot Clicks ... Opera isn't just replacing a SRM> browser; its extending functionality to the end user. Allie Martin wrote me off-list saying that what I so praised in Opera (funcionality, eg. opening links in background via a keyboard shortcut) can equally be found in Netcaptor. But as Shane comments... really? Can anyone confirm whether Netcaptor -- can zoom in & out of a page using the + and - keys (works for pictures not only text)? Netcaptor uses IE engine so I'd be pleasantly surprised to see it handle this as perfectly as Opera does. -- understands mouse gestures? -- shows you on every separate webpage that you're opening the speed with which a particular page is loading, percentage of pictures/text loaded? IE tells you none of this while Mozilla's data are sketchy. -- is as fast as Opera? On my system, browsing with Opera is perceptibly faster than browsing with IE. So wouldn't switching to Netcaptor slow down my surfing? Plus, Netcaptor is shareware while Opera is free. Its ad window is negligible on a screen with high (1280x. or even less) resolution. Yes, some webpages as of now do not perform well in Opera. It's important to base one's assessment of Opera on the current version (6.0x), it was a real breakthrough (though it introduced some new bugs). Opera for Linux 6.0 was released for the first time a few days ago and Linux people have been heard to comment favourably. -- Yours, Alex. of Slovakia www.avenarius.sk [flying with The Bat! 1.60 under Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A amd k6-2 500 mhz processor with 128 mb ram] ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60k FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
