suggestions for alternative to firefox

CJ debiani386 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 22 02:44:17 UTC 2007


Brandon Blackwell wrote:
> I've just been getting slowly annoyed with Firefox over that last 
> several weeks and have finally decided to look for an alternative. The 
> problem is I've become dependent on some extensions and a few other 
> things in Firefox. I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions 
> for browsers that can do all in the list I created below.
>
>   1.
>       spell check
>   2.
>       tabs. Even IE has them now so surely there aren't many browsers
>       that don't unless they are really light weight.
>   3.
>       ad blocking capabilities as easy and good as the adblock plus
>       extension
>   4.
>       a good download manager. I use the DownThemAll! extension. I
>       don't need one just like it but one that works at least better
>       than the default Firefox has with no extensions.
>   5.
>       open source preferably
>   6.
>       A bookmarking system at least as good as what Firefox has and
>       the ability to put bookmarks in a toolbar.
>   7.
>       something that works like that showcase extension. This one
>       isn't a must but it would be nice.
>   8.
>       good JavaScript control. I don't know if there is anything like
>       the noscript extension for anything else but that's what I'm
>       looking for. So JavaScript isn't just on or off for everything
>       but where I can choose which sites can use it.
>   9.
>       A spot for me to search Google with. A figure most everything
>       has this anyway. But I do know I don't like how seamonkey does
>       this so I don't won't something that handles Google searching
>       like that.
>  10.
>       flash support(basically youtube and homestarrunner support)
>  11.
>       still actively developed
>  12.
>       Not a must but an undo closed tab feature. And just having
>       history won't work because I often don't remember the name of
>       what I was just looking at when I want to undo.
>  13.
>       As fast or faster than firefox.
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback,
> oracle5
>
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Im on kubuntu, and sometimes ill use Konqueror.

--cj




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