He means that a 100MHz Pentium I would almost certainly be slower than a 3000MHz Pentium 4, running either identical software, or software engineered for the same purpose. It would be almost impossible for *insert 100MHz CPU here* to be 30 times more efficient than the 3000MHz P4, no matter how atrocious the architecture of the P4.
I remember adding an extension to Firebird to try to emulate that feature, and it only worked if you explicitly saved the settings, or closed the browser. If it crashed, it opened the last save. I'm tempted to actually buy an Opera license, I like it so much (if my screen's too small for the ad, I usually just crack it, or live with the ad on bigger screens).
I think that the popup blocking, not the tabbed browsing, is the killer app for alternative browsers. Tabbed browsing is a good additional feature, but I ALWAYS hear people bitching about popups. Some download a popup blocker, but it's really one of those spyware-laden toolbars (Google Toolbar is the only good IE toolbar).
Also, the full resume-from-where-you-left-off behavior works EVEN IF THE BROWSER CRASHES! For example, start Opera, load it up with tabs, and scroll down to the middle of a page on/. Now, (only those with journaling filesystems continue) pull the plug on your box. Fire it back up, and fire Opera back up. Everything is EXACTLY as you left it.
Umm, I found Opera on Linux to be more stable than Opera on Windows. However, it's a very slight difference - Opera/Win32 is still much more stable than IE/Win32.
Hmm, seems like Opera will have to release Opera 7.23 Bork Edition, to bork Neverwinter Nights and MSN. (background - 7.11 (AFAIK) was released in a Bork Edition, to "swedish chefize" msn.com.
Firebird seems slower to me, but I will agree that rendering in most cases is better on FB. Firebird is a bitch to get all the extensions on, when Opera works out of the box. OK, so Firebird has much smaller toolbars, but Opera CAN be set to have smaller toolbars if you add in a crack to get rid of the ad banner.
Opera's taking 36,908KiB right now. (now it's dropped to 10,780, without loading any new pages) IE is taking 37,912K with the SAME pages open, making IE more memory heavy.
It's Google AdWords, and it affects all browsers with JavaScript enabled. It's just Opera passes the info on to Google even with it off. The info on the text-based ads is here: http://www.opera.com/adsupport/ (DON'T CLICK IT! IT'S A LINK!)
You can also switch to graphical ads, which doesn't pass any info.
Except for the closed-sourcedness, Opera is the best browser. It is slightly more polished on Windows, but it's still damn fast and works well on Linux. The browsers I use:
IE: to download Opera on a Windows box Konqueror: to download Opera on a KDE on Linux box Mozilla: to download Opera on any other Linux box Opera: to browse the internet.
However, on later Apple ][+s, they made Reset a LOT harder to push, and they made the default to requiring a Ctrl with the reset. Also, in almost all apps (except Pascal and copy-protected apps), Open Apple had to be hit with Ctrl-Reset on the//e and later systems.
(VERY OT - Sig reply) Why should I have to listen? I know it's not in the Constitution, but the right to free speech just means you're allowed to say it, and the GOVERNMENT can't restrict you. I shouldn't be forced to listen.
I know this is a copy and paste troll, but I'll answer it...
1. Why would the Linux community want that? OS X is good and all, but the lack of openness is hurting it more than the closedness is helping it. 2. I only use three buttons (one of which is a wheel). I don't like the one-button mouse, but a Mac will support however many buttons you throw at it. 3. I thought you could change to something light and fast, or at least scale it down. By the way, KDE 3.1, which is MUCH more bloated, runs great on my Pentium MMX 233 (must be the RAM...) 4. "Major OS updates"... Yes, but the scale of these point releases is more than your average Windows point release. 5. I thought it was the PowerBook that had the screen-scratching-LCD issues, having seen ads for screen protectors for the PBG4. Also, the iBook isn't the shiny one. 6. Update your troll, if you're going to troll. It's the 2.0GHz Dual G5 and the Athlon 64 FX-51 2.2GHz. While there aren't any great benchmarks out, PC World and MacWorld did compare the two, and found the AFX to be better in everything but Photoshop (which is definitely optimized for the Mac).
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He means that a 100MHz Pentium I would almost certainly be slower than a 3000MHz Pentium 4, running either identical software, or software engineered for the same purpose. It would be almost impossible for *insert 100MHz CPU here* to be 30 times more efficient than the 3000MHz P4, no matter how atrocious the architecture of the P4.
That's the Itanium version, not the AMD64 version.
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I've heard that the AMD64 version (a beta, anyway) is available on MSDN. Also, a trial of the AMD64 version of Windows Server 2003 is at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/64bit/
Ahh, but in MY day, we used a 1-bit MC-14500 processor, *and* had to feed the damn DEER for the privelige of EATING them!
I remember adding an extension to Firebird to try to emulate that feature, and it only worked if you explicitly saved the settings, or closed the browser. If it crashed, it opened the last save. I'm tempted to actually buy an Opera license, I like it so much (if my screen's too small for the ad, I usually just crack it, or live with the ad on bigger screens).
Umm, that looked like it had spyware in it - it was on a PC that behaved like it had spyware, and said PC didn't have much junk other than this.
And have direct connect, text messaging, wireless web, and a company that rips you off.
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Also, if you disable referrer logging on Opera, it works fine.
I think that the popup blocking, not the tabbed browsing, is the killer app for alternative browsers. Tabbed browsing is a good additional feature, but I ALWAYS hear people bitching about popups. Some download a popup blocker, but it's really one of those spyware-laden toolbars (Google Toolbar is the only good IE toolbar).
The URL I get when I follow this link is http://www.microsoft.com[]%00@ebay.com/, not http://www.microsoft.com
I also get this warning dialog when I go there:
http://www.microsoft.com[]%00@ebay.com/
Security warning:
You are about to go to an address containing a username.
Username: www.microsoft.com[]%00
Server: ebay.com
Are you sure you want to go to this address?
[OK] [Cancel]
(All block characters replaced by []) My browser is Opera 7.20.
It's better than FTP on IE, and it's a lot better than command line FTP.
However, your average n00b uses the Yahoo search field rather than the address bar, and often hides the address bar.
Also, the full resume-from-where-you-left-off behavior works EVEN IF THE BROWSER CRASHES! For example, start Opera, load it up with tabs, and scroll down to the middle of a page on /. Now, (only those with journaling filesystems continue) pull the plug on your box. Fire it back up, and fire Opera back up. Everything is EXACTLY as you left it.
Umm, I found Opera on Linux to be more stable than Opera on Windows. However, it's a very slight difference - Opera/Win32 is still much more stable than IE/Win32.
Better yet, Opera lets you use NumPad- to lower font size, and NumPad+ to increase it.
Hmm, seems like Opera will have to release Opera 7.23 Bork Edition, to bork Neverwinter Nights and MSN. (background - 7.11 (AFAIK) was released in a Bork Edition, to "swedish chefize" msn.com.
Firebird seems slower to me, but I will agree that rendering in most cases is better on FB.
Firebird is a bitch to get all the extensions on, when Opera works out of the box.
OK, so Firebird has much smaller toolbars, but Opera CAN be set to have smaller toolbars if you add in a crack to get rid of the ad banner.
Actually, Sun may have Sparc, but they're pitching Opteron/Solaris.
Opera's taking 36,908KiB right now. (now it's dropped to 10,780, without loading any new pages) IE is taking 37,912K with the SAME pages open, making IE more memory heavy.
Mozilla Firebird 0.7: 6.0MiB
Opera 7.23: 3.2MiB
Also MozFirebird wasn't very usable on my P233MMX with 96MB RAM. Opera is almost as quick on that as it was on my P4-2.2 with 256MB RAM.
It's Google AdWords, and it affects all browsers with JavaScript enabled. It's just Opera passes the info on to Google even with it off. The info on the text-based ads is here: http://www.opera.com/adsupport/ (DON'T CLICK IT! IT'S A LINK!)
You can also switch to graphical ads, which doesn't pass any info.
Except for the closed-sourcedness, Opera is the best browser. It is slightly more polished on Windows, but it's still damn fast and works well on Linux. The browsers I use:
IE: to download Opera on a Windows box
Konqueror: to download Opera on a KDE on Linux box
Mozilla: to download Opera on any other Linux box
Opera: to browse the internet.
However, on later Apple ][+s, they made Reset a LOT harder to push, and they made the default to requiring a Ctrl with the reset. Also, in almost all apps (except Pascal and copy-protected apps), Open Apple had to be hit with Ctrl-Reset on the //e and later systems.
(VERY OT - Sig reply) Why should I have to listen? I know it's not in the Constitution, but the right to free speech just means you're allowed to say it, and the GOVERNMENT can't restrict you. I shouldn't be forced to listen.
I know this is a copy and paste troll, but I'll answer it...
1. Why would the Linux community want that? OS X is good and all, but the lack of openness is hurting it more than the closedness is helping it.
2. I only use three buttons (one of which is a wheel). I don't like the one-button mouse, but a Mac will support however many buttons you throw at it.
3. I thought you could change to something light and fast, or at least scale it down. By the way, KDE 3.1, which is MUCH more bloated, runs great on my Pentium MMX 233 (must be the RAM...)
4. "Major OS updates"... Yes, but the scale of these point releases is more than your average Windows point release.
5. I thought it was the PowerBook that had the screen-scratching-LCD issues, having seen ads for screen protectors for the PBG4. Also, the iBook isn't the shiny one.
6. Update your troll, if you're going to troll. It's the 2.0GHz Dual G5 and the Athlon 64 FX-51 2.2GHz. While there aren't any great benchmarks out, PC World and MacWorld did compare the two, and found the AFX to be better in everything but Photoshop (which is definitely optimized for the Mac).