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Post by Cruzado_Mainfrm »

if you use internet explorer, and u like it very much that u wouldn't change your mind about another browser, there is an improved version of IE that has Tabs, a super popup captor, translation, etc
It is NetCaptor :D
http://www.netcaptor.com/

it rox (IMHO)

comments are welcome of course, this program is HIGHLY stable by the way
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Firebird is free and has lots of useful extensions for web developers.
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Post by pootergeist »

myie2.com also has tabs and popup stoppers etc

easily the best of the 'built from the ie code' browsers is iRider.com though - worth checking out the 28 day loaner just to see some of the features there.

Am a mozboy myself ;)
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and http://www.myIE2.com is free which puts it a step ahead methinks

if you really want to part with cash for a browser I urge you to also try http://www.iRider.com (one I'd almost pay for)
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Post by m3mn0n »

Slimbrowser ownz.

http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm
All features
Multiple site browser based on tab-page interface
Seamless integration with AI RoboForm FormFiller/Password Manager
Built-in Popup Killer based on intelligent identification and pre-defined filtering
Site windows killed by mistake are FULLY RECOVERABLE
Convenient access to major search engines by Quick-Search Bar
Seamless integration of most Internet Explorer tooblars
ScriptPad: Built-in VBScript/Jscript/HTML/Text editor. View screenshot.
Hidden Sites : hide and show a site at users' request
Skinned window frame.
Free-zooming of any web page.
AutoLogin: automatically connect and log into specified website with just one click.
Seamless integration with online translation engine and dictionaries
Ability to suppress script error message dialog
Site Group: Open and save a collection of sites as a group
Flexible control of startup actions
URL Alias: Type short alias instead long URL.
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Post by jason »

And still, all these IE browsers are all what, 2 years behind the other browser makers?
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Post by Cruzado_Mainfrm »

IE is still in the first generation of browsers, to get to the next generation they will have to add tabs to the internet explorer, but to do that, they will have to redo the shell of windows, because the internet explorer is thought to work in pair with the os shell of windows.

EDIT: someone said this in http://www.netcaptor.com but wasn't a member of netcaptor
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Post by McGruff »

Cruzado_Mainfrm wrote:IE is still in the first generation of browsers.
What I'd like to know is how come an organisation which earns $100 gazillion per year can't be cutting edge? A modest part of my income comes from installing (depressingly regular) MS security patches on an office network. I keep suggesting a switch to better software but no: my client - like most of the world - is blindly focussed on MS.

Darwin got it all wrong.
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jason wrote:And still, all these IE browsers are all what, 2 years behind the other browser makers?
..yet, still the most widely used and fastest start times. ;)
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Post by Cruzado_Mainfrm »

i don't like netscape, because it has too many incopatibilities with todays techology, mozilla has tabs and more stuff, but i'd rather use NetCaptor which has many other options and as many years of developing as mozilla.
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Post by jason »

My problem with IE, and all IE based browser, is that it's still based on years old technology. And it's stifling the net.

Furthermore, IE isn't the most use browser because of it's quality. It's the most used browser because Windows is the most used OS.

Thirdly, start times don't matter when your browser doesn't crash. =)

Hey, I have nothing wrong with IE users. Of course, I also don't have anything wrong with handicapped people. =) (hehe)
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Post by trollll »

I definitely agree that the world should have its fair share of IE users, it keeps thousands of tech support people employed. Why does Outlook have so many issues and allow so many viruses to auto-run? IE! What a great invention for anti-Microsoft marketing...

Definitely a Firebird fan... It runs well, runs fast and has some great extentions (cheers to whoever made Blockfall, by the way!).
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Post by JAM »

Firebird fan also, but only since I saw someone else here on this board advertising it in their sig.

Been running it for a couple of weeks only, and allready love it. Mostly due to the long list of extensions you can load into it (not Blockfall tho ;) ).
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Post by phice »

I guess once linux (and firebird) starts to get user-friendly, then I'll start to use them more and more. ;)
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Post by trollll »

I think Firebird already meets that requirement. Also, if you search Linux.org's distribution list for the mainstream/public distributions you can find quite a few variations that will easily install (dual boot, just in case you need your computer to crash for some reason) and get KDE, Gnome, whichever you like running for you.
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