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So I've switched my default browser to Epiphany. I really like it. It's got the Gecko rendering engine, like Firefox, but it's significantly faster. I don't know why, since it even saves form data (e.g. I hit back, then forward, and my text is still there; I love that...) but it just does stuff faster. Try the good old refresh-attack trick in FAF with Firefox and Epiphany: you'll feel the difference. But this applies to other stuff as well. In Firefox or IE, if you want to change encodings, it reloads the page. Epiphany doesn't.
It's tabbed, of course. Although some tab operations have different default shortcuts, but you can get used to them all. Also, it imposes an alphabetical sort on the bookmark bar, but maybe I just haven't figured out how to prevent it. :P
It's got a bit wider icon bar (back, forward, etc.) than Firefox, and the address bar is below that, plus there's no search bar. All in all, Firefox has definitely uses screen real estate better. But that's not a problem for me, with this monitor. (:P)

You guys have other nonstandard favorite browsers? Preferably those that use a major rendering engine, e.g. Trident (IE), Gecko (Mozilla/Firefox, Galeon), or KHTML (Konqueror, Safari) etc.?
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Post by windhound »

Epiphany is alright.. its setup more like IE.. doesnt look to be as customizable as firefox..

plus with firefox I can swap my bookmarks between windows and linux ^_^
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Epiphany can export 'em too. ;)
It's not as customizable, true, but the default setup isn't too bad, and it's faster...

BTW, Fedora is the first Linux I've worked with that by default let several programs access the sound device flawlessly. ALSA, I believe, but on Mandrake it somehow didn't work. Go Fedora... :D
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Post by windhound »

mdk 10.2 was /supposed/ to have the Alsa fix to allow more than one sound at a time..

*shrugs*

but can you import Epiphany bookmarks into firefox? 'cause I'm not sure, but I think its linux, possibly Gnome only...

hum...
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Just tried. You can.
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Post by windhound »

spiffy
'think I'll stick w/ firefox though ^_^
'snot that much slower and I'm confortable with it

g'luck with Epiphany
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Post by bjornredtail »

Right now I'm back to Mozilla 1.4, seeing as I am some 500 mi away from home.



At least it's better than IE *shutters*...
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Post by Philip »

Right now I'm back to Mozilla 1.4, seeing as I am some 500 mi away from home.



At least it's better than IE *shutters*...
I only hear that type of response less than five percent of the time.
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Sounds interesting, to say the least. The UI isn't bad at all...
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Trick: when opening a new tab; do Ctrl-T Ctrl-L for focus.
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Trick: when opening a new tab; do Ctrl-T Ctrl-L for focus.
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Firefox has everything I need, but I have this evil adware that gets past it. v_v
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Post by Philip »

Firefox has everything I need, but I have this evil adware that gets past it. v_v
Where did Firefox get everything he or she need but he or she have this evil adware that gets past it?Do not ask me any more questions please.
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