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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 11/22/07 14:28
Bone Ur wrote:
> Firefox is my default browser, and I like it best. It does have some flaws
> - they all do - but for me, the "user experience" <grin> is the most
> pleasing of the lot. Furthermore, get this. I tried ie7 a bit after it
> came out. True, it supports "the standards" considerably better than does
> ie6, but I still switched right back to 6 because of the other stuff they
> "neglected" (-like the crappy toolbar,
"crappy toolbar"? What do you mean, vs IE6? II personally don't like the
FF default and the first thing I do is drag off the Google Search box to
clear some space for the Webdeveloper's Bar toggle button and at the
Enhanced History Manager and Enhanced Bookmark Search buttons. Not sure
what IE6 has that was so handy.
> no ftp, and more minor but
> irritating imperfections.)
No FTP? Of course because most folks won't need it and FF basic strategy
is an "a-la-cart" browser and you are suppose to add what you wish via
extensions:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=FTP&status=4
Search Add-ons :: Firefox Add-ons
I think FireFTP the better extension, there is even an extension to add
a toolbar button for it.
> Between the two, I will and do stick with ie6.
> Happily, Opera seems to be making key improvements with each update. It
> still has a few operational quirks, but I think eventually it will be a
> top-flight browser. On the down side, I doubt if any browser will _ever_
> be perfect so we'll just have to keep on making hacks for inter-operational
> accordance.
>
Funny, I never felt IE6 very customizable and I never like the idea that
it intensionally blurred the lines between what is local to my system
and what is not.
SeaMonkey is my default because I like the suite concept, but I develop
on Firefox.
Opera, which I have 3 versions 7-9 for testing has minor but really
annoying "features" that keep if from my default. The most irritating is
the inability to drag a URL to another browser, nor receive one from
another browser. Even as uncooperative as MS can be I can drag a URL
from Firefox to IE from IE to SeaMonkey or to Netscape and back. While
developing I will have several browsers open and Opera just refuses to
play ball. Yes, I can select and copy the address and paste it into the
address bar, or drag the URL to the desktop and then drag the shortcut
to Opera, but not browser to browser. Dang it all other browser can do
it, what's up with Opera?
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Take care,
Jonathan
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