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mathgeek
Junior Member
USA
113 Posts |
 Posted - 17 Jun 2002 : 14:23:28
I've tried netscape 3.01 and 4.08 on my performa 636 33MHz. With 3.01 I get lots of crashing unless I turn the java stuff off. With 4.08 pages load so slowly.
What's the best browser to use on a 68k? I hope it's not IE! uggh!mathgeek
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jun 2002 : 15:02:18
I really like Netscape 4.08...for me, it loads pages faster than iCab, which most people would tout as the fastest browser. If you're mostly browsing text-only sites, you may want to use a more stripped-down browser, but as far as my experience goes, NS 4.08 is the best for modern/graphic-intensive sites.666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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SiliconValleyPirate
Junior Member
United Kingdom
273 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jun 2002 : 15:05:44
iCab is solid, slow and reliable. Plus it's the only 68k browser that's still actively updated that I know of. It's also, as a bonus, good for debugging HTML  --
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jun 2002 : 16:23:11
Lynx!http://www.lirmm.fr/~gutkneco/maclynx/download.html You can't beat the speed! Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
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mathgeek
Junior Member
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2002 : 01:27:07
quote:
Lynx!http://www.lirmm.fr/~gutkneco/maclynx/download.html You can't beat the speed!
Lynx, ha ha! I used the UNIX version one time.
I'll bet that you check your email with elm and do all of your word processing with pico  mathgeek
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Hemant Kamat
Starting Member
India
22 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2002 : 21:58:03
iCab 2.8 beats Netscape 4.0x hands down in terms of speed on a 68k. Besides, there're way too many javascript popups in Netscape. Guess I'm sticking to iCab.
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2002 : 13:48:56
I want my cake & I want to eat it.I havnt used icab which is disgusting(of me) because it origionated on Atari(Crystal Atari Browser), I'm sure it is good but I want loadsa pics an other fancy stuff. read a post I'm about to post in software. shaktiman Quadra 840 av
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danamania
Official 68k Muse
Australia
1193 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2002 : 17:37:42
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I want my cake & I want to eat it.I havnt used icab which is disgusting(of me) because it origionated on Atari(Crystal Atari Browser), I'm sure it is good but I want loadsa pics an other fancy stuff. read a post I'm about to post in software.
I'm not too fussed about the atariness or not of iCab - but the times I've tried it, it's been a complete dog. Other people find NS4.08 to be slow-as, where here it works quite speedily - and IE3 is a pretty quick browser also. The best option is to go find which browsers are compatible with your system, and run them for a little while. Don't worry about user interface differences, try to immerse yourself into the way each browser works, and you'll eventually find one you can't live without. Works for me anyhows, and it's how I started using Mozilla on OSX :) dana
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candyPunk
Full Member
USA
856 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2002 : 22:08:36
Dana has it right, try a few, but consider that NS4 is SLOW and IE3 is generally good in that department. IE3 is kinda buggy on my Q660av and sometimes on my Q800, but ill take speed over compatibility in many cases{ candyPunk }
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