Re: Clarification <- Only trust the source in Internet browsers ...

[Adam Tauno Williams <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The main problem with MS IE, Netscape and even Opera is the privacy
>issue.  Without the source, you're dead -- the web browser is where
>the source code is _very_important_.  Opera will be the worst now
>because of their free releases with integrated marketing analysis on
>your habits (although the pay version may not have them?).

These marketing tranmissions sound like a job for iptables and ethereal.  

>I personally like Galeon (now part of Gnome 1.4's "Fifth Toe"
>program selection/add-ons) which uses Mozilla (and also
>GTK+-based).  "The web and only the web" is their motto so it is
>very fast and has Java/JS and SSL support.  Any Netscape and/or
>Mozilla plug-in dropped in Mozilla's plug-in directory will also
>work under Galeon.  Galeon is ultra-powerful when combined with GTM,
>the Gnome Transfer Manager (and still excellent for use with
>Netscape -- drag'n drop downloading, no loss if the program crashes,
>picks up where it left off, although I haven't had it crash yet). 
>Someone just mentioned that KDE has something similar to GTM called
>Kmago.

Agree 100% (about Galeon)

>For Windows users, you're not left out. 

Ick.

>In addition to Mozilla
>itself, KMeleon is the Windows answer to Galeon.  It not only sports
>an MS IE-like appearence (if you prefer IE), but can import MS IE
>bookmarks and, increasingly, many types of IE folders/settings. 
>Given the detrimental, pro-active, anti-standard "defaults" in MS IE
>5.5 and, now, 6.0, you'll want to consider KMeleon.  The more people
>use MS IE, the more web sites get created with Windows-only tags

Amen!  Preach it brother! 

>FYI, do *NOT* be fooled by the comments that MS IE 5.x is more
>"Standard Compliant" than Netscape 4.x -- Microsoft still uses
>non-W3C *BY DEFAULT* and all their web creation software uses their
>own standards by default.  So yeah, it's "92% standards compliant"
>if the site uses only W3C tags -- but it switches to Microsoft
>proprietary ones if they are available _by_default_.  And as far as
>Microsoft's XML "stance," understand not 1 DTD (document template
>definition, the "important part" to XML) has been output by
>Microsoft -- and Microsoft is pushing a proprietary "binary XML"
>standard in their new .NET initiatives.

Binary XML?  What the hell is that?  Sounds like non-XML to me.  Is it at least
passed through an XDR layer?

>http://galeon.sourceforge.net
>http://gtm.sourceforge.net
>Mozilla RPMs for RedHat 6/7:
>http://people.redhat.com/blizzard/software/

>P.S.  I live in the Orlando area and am currently looking for a job
>(my company, a small startup, just laid off .  If your company is
>hiring, I am willing to relocate (or if you have an Orlando branch,
>that is even better!).  I have a background in digital IC design
>(aka "computer chip"), mission-critical software development (e.g.,
>ballistic missile flight code) as well as extensive, cross-platform

Now that's what I call mission critical,  I don't want one landing in my back
yard.

>IT knowledge (just name a platform, or network implementation ;-). 
>I was also a contributing author on "Samba Unleashed" (3 chapters,
>~100 pages).  My resume is here (in PDF form, ~15KB):

Have you done any work with Samba TNG?  

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