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Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled

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On 2014-05-04, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> From the «give me lynx or give me death» department:
> Title: Unhappy with Chrome and Firefox? Here are some alternate web browsers
> Author: Brad Linder
> Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 15:08:00 -0400
> Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Liliputing/~3/e-B2JyW1vlQ/unhappy-chrome-firefox-alternate-web-browsers.html
>
> Firefox is starting to look like Chrome and Chrome is taking steps toward
> hiding URLs. While there are certainly some supporters of each move, there
> are plenty of folks disgruntled by the changes. Fortunately, Chrome and
> Firefox aren’t the only games in town. Opera, Maxthon, Safari, and even
> Internet Explorer are all viable alternatives. And […]
>
> Unhappy with Chrome and Firefox? Here are some alternate web browsers[1] is a
> post from: Liliputing[2]
> [image 3]
>
> Links:
> [1]: http://liliputing.com/2014/05/unhappy-chrome-firefox-alternate-web-browsers.html (link)
> [2]: http://liliputing.com (link)
> [3]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Liliputing/~4/e-B2JyW1vlQ (image)

Firefox continues to be the best web browser on every platform I've used
it on.  If you're pissy about the looks, install Vimperator or
Pentadactyl and get a minimal vi-like interface... that still shows the
URL.  I believe you can combine it with the "download manager tweak"
extension to get a download manager that isn't baked in to the damn
navigation toolbar.

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Alternative browsers for the disgruntled RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-04 21:40 +0000
  Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-05-04 19:59 -0500
    Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-05 08:40 +0000
      Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-05-05 15:47 +0100
        Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-05 21:24 +0000
          Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-05-06 15:31 +0100
      Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-05 16:38 +0100
      Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-05 15:45 +0000
  Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-05-06 19:31 +0300
    Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-05-06 20:52 +0100
  Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Jon Lane <jon@dorsal.tk> - 2014-06-26 14:20 +0000
  Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-26 13:57 -0700
    Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-07-01 21:16 +0100
      Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-07-02 07:27 +0100
        Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-07-02 13:28 +0100
          Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-07-02 18:43 +0000
            Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-07-02 23:51 +0100

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