cbagger01
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Posted: Sep. 26 2004,14:22 |
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Here is my browser scorecard:
Opera 6.1.2
The good: The fastest web browser that I have ever seen. Works great on old computers where Firefox and even "lightweight" browsers that only have limited functionality still slow to a crawl. Relatively small file size even for the staticly compiled version.
The bad: Slightly out of date versus the newest slower Opera 7.x series. Think IE 5.x versus IE 6.x. Not open source software. Not customizable. A small banner ad exists on the screen unless you buy the full version of the product.
Firefox
The good: Works great on most computers and performance can be improved on older computers with a few tweaks. EXTREMEMLY customizable without the hassle of patching and compiling the source code (just install Firefox extensions). Open source and free to use and modify. Performance does not get worse with the newest versions of the product.
The bad: Not as fast as Opera, especially on old computers. Requires GTK2 (which must be installed) instead of GTK1 (which is built into DSL) so file size is larger and can cause problems with other extensions that use a different version of GTK2. Difficult to find a precompiled version that works with older computers (like 486 or even 586).
Just my $0.02
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