In alt.religion.kibology, jmbay@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> "swt" <swt2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> >"Adam" <a24061@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:n1ZCb.55639$kh4.24299@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > If I want a movement, I'll eat some ex-lax. I just want to read
some
> >> > webpages, not go live on an anit-cor****ate nerd commune.
> >>
> >> If you don't like that, don't type "about:mozilla" in the address
box.
>
> >Oh, now the homepage is "Getting Involved with Mozilla". That's a
little
> >better. But I don't really want to get involved with my web browser,
maybe
> >just flirt with it a little.
>
> When I installed Mozilla, I made the homepage WWW DOT GOOGLE DOT COM,
> and so now I just see that.
Mozilla was nice except for the terrifying netscape flashbacks it gave
me. If you want a browser with a cor****ation behind it, like God
intended, get Opera. Since 6.0, and especially since 7.0, Opera
(current version 7.23) has made amazing strides towards compatibility
with IE-intended webpages. And you can google from the ordinary address
bar: just type g searchwords and hit return, and whango. Nice
customizable search-engine shortcuts, with a good mix of customizing in-
UI and having to go into the user files with notepad, also like god
intended.
It has pop-up blocking built-in, and you can turn it on, off, or to
"requested pop-ups only" using the superbly useful quick-preferences key
(F12) which brings up a menu of commonly-adjusted prefs. I like it the
most because it has a quick proxy-toggle for my super-duper webfilter,
Proximatron 4.4 (Naoko). Proximatron is out of development, but who
cares, you can add your own filters and it starts with a ton of options.
If you can quantify what code you don't want to see anymore, Proximatron
can cripple it, and it'll probably throw in a Shonen Knife reference to
boot. Just turn off the garish colors before your remaining eye melts.
> Also, I know very little about computers, but I do know: using IE
> I got lots of adware that I had to spend time finding and removing,
> and using Mozilla I get NO ADWARE, or it's incredibly subtle.
Opera's free with the ad-sup****ted version, or affordable without ads.
So get Mozilla if you're aiming to get what you pay for. Get Opera if
you're willing to pay a little money. And if worse comes to worse, get
Avant Browser (runs over IE) to make IE a tolerable experience (works
great with Proximatron, too, with easier proxy-bypass than vanilla IE,
but not as quick as Opera.)
-LAN3
Opera Fan.
P.S.:
> >Me: Wow. Um...did you see that episode of the Simpsons last night?
> >They had a very funny pastiche of The Godfather.
It's an Italian-American Mexican Standoff!
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