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The best are those programs that try to hide your html source using Javascript. Such as Crypt HTML. The easy way around all these programs, that I've found, is to:
1. Let The Page Load
2. Turn off Javascript
3. Ctrl-A, right click, view selection source.
Works for every method i've seen of trying to hide HTML source. I wonder if the idiots buying it know how easily the "security" is broken.

There are lots of ways to have tabs in earlier versions of IE without upgrading the operating system

SlimBrowser is on that integrates into IE seamlessly and gives you tabs, pop up blacking, and all the other "obvious to everyone but ms" features

Of course the better alternative is still available

Avant does tabs just fine.

Where I work, we design our sites to work with IE; Not my decision, but a decision none the less. One of the things that I really missed about having to use IE over FireFox is the tabs.

Enter FlashPeaks' Slimbrowser; It is simply a browser that puts IE into tabs and has the ability to use XML-based toolbars (of limited use, but still not bad). It is a good space saver on my taskbar. There are a few minor issues but they're nothing horrible.

I would imagine that AOL's IE-based browser would be more of the same, with the addition of a bunch of garbage that they usually throw in their products (Look at what happened to ICQ as an example).

I have been reading a lot about FireFox (and Opera, to be fair) here on Slashdot lately. Everyone who uses one of these alternative browsers has nothing but good things to say about them, and if someone says something bad about one then they are either attacked as being MS sheep or assaulted by a series of suggestions on how to fix the situation.

My question is this: aside from the obvious security-through-diversity advantage, and the fact that the IE HTML engine is a bit on the slow side, what are the benefits of using FireFox or Opera over, say, Slimbrowser, Crazybrowser, or MyIE2? These IE-based browsers have tabbed browsing, built-in pop-up blocking, mouse gestures, and a host of other features that they probably borrowed (read: stole) from the "geekier" browsers out there. I'm not saying that the 2 advantages I mentioned aren't enough, but if I'm running a firewall and antivirus program, and I don't notice the speed difference between them, why should I switch?

Even better

Anyone who is still on OE or IE should seriously consider a switch, because they include things which you should really have by default in your software. Firefox has tabbed browsing and integrated popup blocking, and Thunderbird has built in encryption, supports PGP extensions, and has integrated "smart" spam filtering.

For those who still want to stick with an IE based browser, might I suggest Slimbrowser? Its based on IE, but has many of the features that the "geekier" browsers like Firefox and Thunderbird have, and getting more all the time. I've been using it for quite some time, and enjoy it muchly.

Even the godly can have tabbed browsing in IE

Is it not true that all sex is degrading? If it's any good.

Looks like this will push Flash blocking through quickly. :)

Looks like I don't have to wait. SlimBrowser for Windows has the ability to filter Flash animations already, listed under Tools -> Download Control -> In-Page Ad Filter Options. I guess I'll find out soon enough.

When I click on the links using Slimbrowser , I can see the whole URL. However if I switch tabs it only shows the fake url.

Here are my most favorite windows apps. Some are free. All at least have trials. They are in no particular order.

Firewall: BlackIce
Virus Scanner: AVG Anti-Virus
Instant Messaging: Trillian
Movie Player: BSPlayer
Web Browser: Slim Browser
Mail Client: The Bat!
Taskbar Improvement: True Launcher Bar
SpyWare Protection: Spybot Search & Destroy
File Compression: Win Rar
Hex Editor: Hex Workshop
Audio Player: Winamp
Ternimal Emulator (telnet/ssh/etc): SecureCRT

That is interesting. I even doubted you (well, you did post as AC), so I middle-clicked the link to open it in a new tab (I'm using Slimbrowser on WinXP). It opened fine! But a left click (open link in same tab) yielded the "no slashdot" error message.

So, at least in sbrowser, opening in a new tab sends no referer, even though you're clicking a link on a "referring" page. I assume Opera is the same.

Slimbrowser
MyIE2
Crazy Browser
Avant Browser (not free)
Netcaptor (not free)

Slimbrowser
MyIE2
Crazy Browser
Avant Browser (not free)
Netcaptor (not free)

> IE6 has really stagnated

Exactly how is this? I am not a web developer, but IIRC IE6 has pretty decent support for CSS1 and DOM level 1. Agree, IE hasn't kept up with bleeding edge stuff like CSS2 (and yes, transparent PNG support sucks), but that's hardly stagnation. Is there a link available somewhere (just so I could learn) that lists all the things IE6 does not do?

On the other hand, IE6 SP1 seems to render this XHTML 2.0 page slightly better then Phoenix 0.6 (Moz 1.4b) does. Opera 7.1 does not render it at all. For all its doodads (notes and all) isn't Opera 'stagnating' faster than IE?

As for UI tweaks, like tabs, gestures and popup blocking -- there are lots of IE "shells", like NetCaptor that add these to IE. Nothing stops someone from writing their own shell and giving it away.

Btw, I agree with you in principle -- with little competition in the marketplace, companies do have less incentive to add features. On the other hand, in practice, it is not clear that IE's competitors have produced a better product yet. Opera sucks memory, and even Firebird 0.6 (which I'm currently using because it's the best non-IE browser I've tried so far) has serious bugs with its History pane. I'd say basic features like those are way more important than chasing the latest standard-of-the-week from the W3C.

Jack