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

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx>]

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

Bruce Smith wrote:
> So much for my theory of someone actually liking NS6. :(   :-)

You got that right!

> I recently tried "konqueror" (under Gnome :) and was VERY
> IMPRESSED from what I saw.  It supports JavaScript, Flash
> plugin, SSL connections, and Java (haven't tried Java yet).
> I'm also looking forward to Opera's browser.  The beta
> releases for Linux look very promising!

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?).

As such, KHTML or Mozilla-based is the way to go.  Konquerer is
nice.  There is even a KMozilla for non-GTK+ centrics.

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.

For Windows users, you're not left out.  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
(e.g., not even MS IE for Mac or Solaris will render them), so I
*URGE* anyone who "prefers" MS IE to get KMeleon to try.  It even
comes in a self-installing binary form that does NOT require Mozilla
to be installed.

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.

Links:
   http://galeon.sourceforge.net
   http://gtm.sourceforge.net
   http://kmago.sourceforge.net
   http://www.kmeleon.org

Mozilla RPMs for RedHat 6/7:
   http://people.redhat.com/blizzard/software/

-- TheBS

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
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):
   http://www.smithconcepts.com/thebs/resume.pdf
References are available upon request (not publicly available for
obvious privacy reasons of others -- only a ~2KB PDF I can send to
you via E-mail).

-- 
Bryan "TheBS" Smith         chat:thebs413 @AOL/MSN/Yahoo
Engineer                       mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org
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