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more features
also built in popup blocking.
All (most) of the above plus much more.
Mozilla for all the reasons above.
Opera for:
I use Mozilla most of the time because of the prefbar; I've tried hacking the konqueror plugins to do exactly the same things, without success yet.
But I still use Konqueror a good chunk of the time.
- Easy to customize in all ways
- Open requested pop-up windows only
- Page zoom (no other browsers do this)
- Create your own mouse gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Best on skinning
- VERY close to full CSS 2.1 support (Opera 7.2 beta)
First and second, because I'm an XUL programmer (trying to be at least, heh), so I get to have my browser as a sandbox. If I don't like having a button here, or a toolbar there, then it doesn't have to be there. Plus I get to add my own functionality (e.g., I have a 'macros' menu and toolbar with a bunch of javascript stuff that can't be done with regular 'bookmarklets' due to length > INTERNET_MAX_URL_LENGTH).
Third, because you can customize the heck out of it with simple text based config files and it uses Gecko for it's rendering component (based on the MFC Embed project), plus it is a bit quicker off the mark due to using 100% native widgets and UI (thus skipping the XML parser until it is needed for external rendering).
Gecko in general because of CSS2 support, the JavaScript event model, and local security policies.
Jordan
So for more webmaster stuff IE is not the one to go with...
remember all the bugs IE has faced lately. It is amazing that a webmaster for a strong site can use IE and disclose all his private passwords to intruders.
Most yahoo groups admin are loosing their groups cause of some pitfall in IE.
Not natively, perhaps...but that is what JavaScript is for...extending to cover non-native functionality. ;)
'Zoom Layout' bookmarklet (based on Jesse Ruderman's):
javascript:(function() { var factor=prompt('Scaling factor (int or float):','','Scale Page By');if(!factor)return;if(factor.indexOf('.')==-1)factor=parseFloat('1.'+factor); var scale=1,zW=[],zH=[],unitless=/^[0-9.]+$/;function r(N) { var w=N.width,h=N.height;if(unitless.test(w))zW.push([N,w]);if (unitless.test(h))zH.push([N,h]);var C=N.childNodes,j;for(j=0;j<C.length;++j)r(C[j]); } r(document.body);scale*=factor;for(var n in zW)zW[n][0].width=zW[n][1]*scale;for(var n in zH)zH[n][0].height=zH[n][1]*scale; })();
Jordan
remember all the bugs IE has faced lately. It is amazing that a webmaster for a strong site can use IE and disclose all his private passwords to intruders.
How is this possible?
So many people being anti-Microsoft they tend to fine the holes faster and hey it works!
It may not have some of the features that the excellent Opera has, but much of that functionality can be duplicated via plug-ins, if you so desire.
R.
Yeah, its all about the pie menus, they're just like gestures, only you get visual feedback!
So this is basically a me too post, oh god.....
Whenever I can, I like to make sure a site looks good for the early adopters of new tech.
...most of the time IE doesn't work, or at least subtly doesn't work in the most annoying of ways.
Amen. Browser support for CSS has been awful from the very beginnings of CSS, slowing down progress. Not too long ago this very forum was headed with the question "Is CSS ready for Prime Time?" And IE has been every bit the cuplrit in slowing things down that NN4 was.
Sometimes Microsoft development has a built-in disdain for standards that really infuriates me - especially when they have so much market share that it nearly forces you to support their goofiness.
Sometimes, they send you a crafted URL that read a cookie for some sites and send it to their own servers.
I am not antiM$ and just blind. I use Windows 2000 and some tools but whever possible or when it is top higher security I tend to use other tools.
Can you go into a little more detail on the pie menus? I've been using Opera, but downloaded Firebird just last week and am trying to ferret out its cool features.
Thanks.
I recently tried out an Apple with the Safari broswer. surprized this hasn't been mentioned so far.
Mack.
Now, I can understand using a better tool in the toolbox, and in this case, it sounds like opera. From a "purist" standpoint, it sounds as though most webmasters are using opera/mozilla as a better tool. Now, if Opera and Mozilla are so much better, I guess I'll go download them (kind of like going to home depot and buying another tool that I may use). But I still will test my CSS layout in IE and Netcape.
I use IE (I guess shame on me), but that's because that is what 94% of my users use (and this is what my logs say).
Off to download, WFN:)
