Well, it does appear to browse the web.

On the other hand, I can't seem to get the tabs to behave correctly. 
When you open a link in a new tab, Chrome doesn't automatically switch 
to that tab. Does anybody know how to correct this behaviour?

Also slightly irritating is the fact that there doesn't appear to be a 
way to download the entire program. You're forced to download the 300KB 
"installer", which then spends a ludicrous amount of time trying to 
download the actual program. (I have no idea how big it is, but 8 
minutes to download seems excessive to me...) And the program 
installation itself wasn't the fastest thing ever either. Still, I guess 
you only have to install it once...

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Hmm, Opera. This also browses the web. In some respects, it's even more 
annoying than Chrome; while it does open new tabs correctly, you 
apparently can't do this with Ctrl+click. (After about 20 minutes of 
searching, I have determined that Shift+click works. Which is a bit 
irritating, really. Ctrl is easier to find with your fingers, not to 
mention being habit.)

While Firefox opens new tabs with a blank page, both Chrome and Opera 
give you thumbnails of about half a dozen websites. Chrome shows 
recently visited sites, while Opera actually allows you to *configure* 
what it shows, which is nice. (Additionally, Chrome seems to count only 
addresses typed in.)

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Irony: Opera bosts about how Opera Unite allows you to easily share 
files with your friends without having to upload them to 3rd-party 
servers first, because you share them directly from your own PC.

And then it tells you that you have to sign up for an account before you 
can use it. (WTF?)

Also, the whole "3rd-party servers that you don't control" and then "if 
direct access to your PC is not possible, incomming requests will be 
routed through our servers". So you're still relying on a 3rd-party 
server, and you still need to register for an account with a 3rd-party.

It's all quite random, really...

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:43:53 +0200, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

> Well, it does appear to browse the web.
>
> On the other hand, I can't seem to get the tabs to behave correctly.  
> When you open a link in a new tab, Chrome doesn't automatically switch  
> to that tab. Does anybody know how to correct this behaviour?
>
> Also slightly irritating is the fact that there doesn't appear to be a  
> way to download the entire program. You're forced to download the 300KB  
> "installer", which then spends a ludicrous amount of time trying to  
> download the actual program. (I have no idea how big it is, but 8  
> minutes to download seems excessive to me...) And the program  
> installation itself wasn't the fastest thing ever either. Still, I guess  
> you only have to install it once...

I think Google Chrome was something like 30Mb to download. It does seem to  
be faster than all the others - but maybe that's because it doesn't have  
as many features as the other browsers - and not as much security either :(

What I loved about it is that you can type your search in the address bar  
and it automatically searches with Google.

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-Nekar Xenos-
"The spoon is not real"

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:51:05 +0200, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

> Hmm, Opera. This also browses the web. In some respects, it's even more  
> annoying than Chrome; while it does open new tabs correctly, you  
> apparently can't do this with Ctrl+click. (After about 20 minutes of  
> searching, I have determined that Shift+click works. Which is a bit  
> irritating, really. Ctrl is easier to find with your fingers, not to  
> mention being habit.)
>
> While Firefox opens new tabs with a blank page, both Chrome and Opera  
> give you thumbnails of about half a dozen websites. Chrome shows  
> recently visited sites, while Opera actually allows you to *configure*  
> what it shows, which is nice. (Additionally, Chrome seems to count only  
> addresses typed in.)

I use Opera because I have a bandwidth cap of 500Mb. There is an Images  
button where you can switch between "No images" "cached images" and "Show  
Images". I set my default to "No Images" and change it to "Show Images"  
when I need to see images. It also has integrated e-mail and newsgroups.

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-
"The spoon is not real"

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If you know what browser you're using, then you're using a defective 
browser.

...Chambers

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Chambers wrote:
> If you know what browser you're using, then you're using a defective 
> browser.

...or you can read?

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:15:49 +0200, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

> Irony: Opera bosts about how Opera Unite allows you to easily share  
> files with your friends without having to upload them to 3rd-party  
> servers first, because you share them directly from your own PC.
>
> And then it tells you that you have to sign up for an account before you  
> can use it. (WTF?)
>
> Also, the whole "3rd-party servers that you don't control" and then "if  
> direct access to your PC is not possible, incomming requests will be  
> routed through our servers". So you're still relying on a 3rd-party  
> server, and you still need to register for an account with a 3rd-party.
>
> It's all quite random, really...

Hmm. Now I can't see the replies I sent in Opera. Looks like Opera is a  
bit buggy on newsgroups. Not sure if I want to go back to OE.

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-
"The spoon is not real"

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Nekar Xenos wrote:
> Hmm. Now I can't see the replies I sent in Opera. Looks like Opera is a
> bit buggy on newsgroups. Not sure if I want to go back to OE.

Sadly, I never found a newsreader better than OE :(

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Chambers wrote:
> If you know what browser you're using, then you're using a defective
> browser.

...why?

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