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| Thread ID: 42091 | 2004-01-31 20:18:00 | Alternatives to IE | Chris Randal (521) | Press F1 |
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| 211879 | 2004-01-31 20:18:00 | There are those in this forum who, when replying to IE specific problems, mention Opera, Mozilla etc. Are these programs exactly similar to IE? What I mean is, is it necessary to learn a whole new protocol to use them? Many people are used to "features" of IE and are unwilling/unable to learn something new. I doubt, for instance, that i would be able to persuade my wife to move from IE to Opera unless it looks and acts exactly the same as IE. Chris |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 211880 | 2004-01-31 20:37:00 | >Are these programs exactly similar to IE? They are similar in the fact they are browsers and render web pages for viewing. They merely look different and have some additional features such as being able to open up new pages as tabs and not as a completely new window (although they can do this to if you like). Favourites are called Bookmarks instead and you have greater flexibility to arrange them how you like, for example putting in a horizontal line on the list to group certain bookmarks together (if you wish). >Many people are used to "features" of IE and are unwilling/unable to learn something new. You can learn something new, it is only different. But they will have to be at least willing to give it a try. If they won't, there is nothing much you can do and they are entitled to their choice. Learning a different browser than IE is similar to changing from Win98/ME/2000 to WinXP - it still is an operating system, but things just look a bit different and some things are in different places now - but you adjust. You can use both IE and any other browser at the same time on the same machine with no problems. You could always use Opera, Mozilla etc and let your wife use IE. She might eventually move over to it when she see's how easy it is to use. :) Most of the alternative browsers websites will have screenshots on them if you are interested in how they look. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 211881 | 2004-01-31 20:58:00 | >persuade my wife to move from IE to Opera If you remove the shortcuts to IE she won't have a choice. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 211882 | 2004-01-31 23:26:00 | > Are these programs exactly similar to IE? No, thank goodness - they are much much better . :D > Many people are used to "features" of IE and are > unwilling/unable to learn something new . I doubt, > for instance, that i would be able to persuade my > wife to move from IE to Opera unless it looks and > acts exactly the same as IE . Jen has summed it up very nicely but you will find that Opera and Firebird are very easy to use . Your Favorites will/can be imported into whatever program you use but they will appear arranged quite differently to in IE . They can however be sorted however the user wishes of course . The beauty of the alternative browsers is their customisability and extra features which are far superior to IE and there are lots of pages written to help learn how to use these extra features . I can guarantee that once you switch you wont want to go back . ;-) |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 211883 | 2004-02-01 01:04:00 | I use firebird, the wife and kids still persist with IE | wotz (335) | ||
| 211884 | 2004-02-01 01:24:00 | Does it run under 98SE, and where can i get it? | Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 211885 | 2004-02-01 03:12:00 | All of them will run on Win98SE. You can find the browsers here: Opera (http://www.opera.com/) - note the free version will contain small ads. Mozilla Firebird (www.mozilla.org) - completely free and my first choice for browser :) Mozilla (www.mozilla.org) - this also contains a built in email suite. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 211886 | 2004-02-01 03:15:00 | You can get Mozilla from http://www.mozilla.org You have 3 choices Mozilla - included both browser AND mail client in one package Firebird - Just the browser (no mail program - me recommend) Thunderbird - Just the Mail program (No browser) |
Odin (227) | ||
| 211887 | 2004-02-01 05:08:00 | I have IE, Netscape 7, and Opera 7.2 I find that I use Opera most because:- 1] It has a built in Pop Up stopper (F12) 2] It will kill all Cookies on close down. 3] It will display multiple pages without loading memory. 4] Built in Mail program 5] Built in search engine defaults to Google. 6] Very compact. 7] Includes Java. 8] Fast Need I say more :) |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 211888 | 2004-02-01 08:20:00 | ive only just changed to opera in the last few days and its great. i tried all the places that id normally go with IE and really apart from a few differences in the features, ive found to be just like IE,.. in fact i think its much better, ill only use IE if i really have to.. eg sites that need IE but so far i havent had to. cheers ;-) |
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