Re: web browser choices
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 18:35 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> I just want to make sure I'm not mising anything when I'm choosing a web
> browser. I don't use a desktop environment as such, although I'm trying
> out xfce4 instead of icewm.
>
> I want an Xwindow based web browser that lets me access normal web
> sites. I find I need https, frames, and javascript.
>
> It seems that there are only two main choices:
>
> Mozilla-derived: Ice* and Galeon
> Konqueror.
>
> Since:
>
> dillo doesn't do java or https
>
> I tried galeon but couldn't find a way to specify the cache location. I
> have a nice fast /tmp (on tmpfs) with per-user temp directories
> (courtesy of pam) and want to use that. I also don't like gnome's file
> selection widgets and overall interface.
>
> So right now I use iceape. Its big and clunky I suppose, but mostly I
> don't like all the security bugs that keep being found in the
> gekko-based browsers (per the debian BTS).
>
> I'm downloading Konqueror right now but with no other KDE stuff it will
> take a long time (slow dialup).
>
> Is there another well-featured web-browser that is _not_ integrated into
> a desktop environment?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug.
I'm using Epiphany with Fluxbox WM right now. It works. I like it better
than Firefox (1.0.4 Sarge) for most things, because it's faster.
I like Firefox better if I want to use one of the extensions.
I switch between Epiphany and Firefox. I have idesk icons for both on my
Fluxbox desktop.
You could try Amaya, the web browser/development application for W3C.
It's actually Gecko based, but you wouldn't know it by using it. I don't
care for it, myself, but it is an option.
--
Matthew K Poer
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