Browsers & email clients

[vvvrulz]

I agree that XP has a major setback in not having DOS around, but nevertheless I vastly prefer it to any other version. But the next best would easily be 98SE.

As for browsing, im fully with Rachael, Opera is by far the best for me. Very fast, loads of handy features, loads java without any hassles, been using it for a long time and never touch IE.

Richie > What is it that you find so difficult to use Opera, I personally think its very user friendly.

[Teatime FatCat]

I have no idea what any of you are talking about - now where's my bowl of milk and my abacus?

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Originally Posted by vvvrulz

I agree that XP has a major setback in not having DOS around, but nevertheless I vastly prefer it to any other version. But the next best would easily be 98SE.

As for browsing, im fully with Rachael, Opera is by far the best for me. Very fast, loads of handy features, loads java without any hassles, been using it for a long time and never touch IE.

Richie > What is it that you find so difficult to use Opera, I personally think its very user friendly.

OPera the browser wasnt bad to be honest and was stunningly quick, I just wanted the same software brand doing both jobs, ie firefox & tbird, navigator, or IE & OE. Opera mail was awful. Gave it some tests last night and navigator still has the best of both worlds. If I ignore the mail bit of opera I might persevere with that.

Rach, if you've got that many browers I'd still check out navigator to see how it rates.

[Rachael]

Originally Posted by vvvrulz

I agree that XP has a major setback in not having DOS around

I did my first programming in the days of CPM and we got our first PC in the midst of the power struggle between that and MS-DOS.. but to be honest it should have died the moment the first Mac was invented.. and should have been buried when Windows NT was first released.

NT was at version 4 by 1994.. before Windows 95 was released.. and it was better than 1995.. and indeed better than 98: scapping the old DOS kernal had allowed Microsoft to do things right. So right.. that windows 2000 Pro (their best product yet) and windows XP (sop to home users) are based on it.

95 and 98 were always destined to be disasters.. an dso it proved: completely flakey, they should have been marketed as "windows for sad gaming people who want to hold back the world of computing by a generation".

Dos now? Why! If you know enough to do anythign useful in it you should probably be running Linux anyway!!!

[Zainub]

Can anyone give me a link to download Opera for free online, if there is one available i.e ...I take Rachael's word on it, I want to give it a try. Thanks in advance.

[Ernest]

Microsoft despite all their best efforts have to use DOS in Windows XP, they would like a DOS free system but thus far it has proved impossible.
I agree over windows 98, was in my eyes very unstable, I upgraded to windows ME, millenium which was even worse.

But a fact remains, lots still like 98, and would say it is more stable than XP.

Originally Posted by Rachael

Windows XP (a sop to home users)

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Why would home users want windows 2000?.

[Ernest]

http://www.opera.com/

Try it free for 14 days.

[Paoli]

Originally Posted by Teatime FatCat

I have no idea what any of you are talking about - now where's my bowl of milk and my abacus?

With you on that TTFC!!!!

All i know is:

I have a monitor
I have a keyboard which I write on
I have the Internet, Word, Excel and a fair bit of Software and i think I have XP......

As you can tell, computers are neither mine nor Fat Cat's specialty

[Zainub]

They are not my speciality either Paoli, far from as a matter of fact. But I know what a broswer is, and I think I know what pop up blockers are, I think I also know what a fire wall is, but that's only because I think I do . DOS, i think we were taught about it at school, but I use to hate using it, so I don't remember correctly. I came across DOS quite a lot when I had Windows 98, especially when running a few games (of cds), its kind off like a black screen with strange things written on it

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Free for more than that (i think) if you dont mind a few descreet banner at the top of your browser. Ignore the email bit though