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  1. Re: Any OTHER OS browsers? by shellbeach · · Score: 2, Informative · on Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1 Released
    I'd be interested in knowing if there're any more or less mature open-sourced alternatives for me out there -heck, if need be, I can even put in some work on it :P

    Hmmm, well, there's always Dillo if you're after lean, clean and fast. But Dillo doesn't yet have https support and - while probably at least 95% functional for everyday use - the rendering engine does have difficulties with complex sites. But the browser is ultra-tiny and rocket-fast - oh, and from what they say on the website, it sounds like they could use some help!

    But if you want *all* the bells-and-whistles (we're talking javascript, CSS, and full internet standards compatibility here) then I can't see how this is going to happen without at least some code-bloat and a slow-down. MozillaFirebird isn't that bad when you think about it - it's *quite* fast without being outstanding, but when you consider that I can (and regularly do) have more than 50 tabs open at once I think it doesn't do a bad job.

    I also can't help thinking that the current MozFirebird default theme is pretty decent - it's certainly streets ahead of the old Mozilla 1.0 default/modern looks. In fact, I'd say the look-and-feel of Firebird is the one other area apart from speed in which I really can see a big improvement - while Mozilla was only ever a power-users browser the Firebird developers seem to have taken some pains to simplify the interface and make it more friendly to the computer-illiterate, whilst still retaining the power-user capabilities.

  2. Re:Ok, which alt browser do you prefer? by Chalst · · Score: 1 · on Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues

    I use Mozilla and konqueror mainly, but I also use dillo when I just quickly want to look at a non feature heavy web document. It's limited, but its damn fast..

  3. Sort of related.. by Superwraith · · Score: 0 · on Netscape 7.1 Released

    I have been checking out Dillo. It is still quite young, but the speed is amazing and the browser is remarkably stable. It is so nice being able to load cpans full list of perl modules in a mere fraction of the time it takes firebird or mozilla, or hell even konqueror. Oh and when you click the back button, the cache is so much faster.. On a cached copy of cpan's module list I am able to load it in 1 second compared to mozilla's or firebird's 15 to 20 seconds it takes to fully load. This browser is well worth checking out, and I hope more developers get involved. Personally I can see where this browser could actually replace mozilla as it gets more mature.

  4. What an interesting Web site... by Simon+Brooke · · Score: 2 · on Microsoft/Unisys Unix-bashing Site Runs FreeBSD
    Anyone else looked at http://www.wehavethewayout.com/ using Konqi?

    That's right, it's blank.

    Now try it in Opera. What a surprise! That's blank too...

    OK, try again. What about Mozilla? Blank again.

    Last shot, let's try Dillo. No, that's blank too...

    Wait a minute. Why hasn't any other Slashdot reader noticed this already? You can't all be using Internet Exploder, can you?