Firefox Alternative

[Goh Lip]

On 07/01/2011 04:28 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> I've used Opera on-and-off since Win95&  I've always found it a bit
> weird&  unlike any other browser. The same keystrokes that work in IE,
> Firefox, Seamonkey&  Chrome don't in Opera&  I never found its
> keystrokes for some things. Even Safari for Windows is better&  it's
> quite idiosyncratic.


Well, Opera lets you customize/modify your keystrokes/mouse 
gestures/whatever to whatever you want (ie,to FF style, whatever you're 
used to) + lots more capabilities; and you can turn those off if you 
don't know how to use them. Afterall, Opera invented those keystrokes 
which FF and others now use.

I think it's better to have more capabilities and simplify/dumb 
down/turn off/ than to have lesser capabilities, which may come useful. 
I am impressed when I discover there are things that I don't know about 
and find them useful and customizable (that's why I like kde and e17).

To use an analogy, I like to have a 4wd, manual transmission, high 
torque vehicle which I can also turn into a 2wd, automatic transmission, 
quiet purring, smooth riding car that my grandmother can use; or more 
accurately, my grandmother's car which can turn into a 4wd high torque 
manual powerful vehicle.

Got that, gramps?   ;)

Heh heh, Liam, nice talking to you.
Take care, regards - Goh Lip

ps:
kept this message in draft before sending this off. I figured you're 
man/matured/sporting/team-spirited enough to take  this.  :)
There're lots other drafts to other people which I trashed.

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