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| Red Squirrel - Sep-22-2004 server time |
| Good stuff... I hate that too. The problem with most webmasters... at least non-professional ones (that might represent a big enoguh portion of websites out there) they only base themselves on IE standards, which are pretty far from W3C standards. It's just a good thing that even W3C browsers still support more then what W3C standards say, otherwise it would really be a mess. |
| Chris Vogel - Sep-22-2004 server time | ||
I think IE checks MIME types now. This will let people realise that they have their servers misconfigured, which will help Firefox, Mozilla, etc. users too!  I hate when I click on a binary file to get a bunch of messed up text.Other than that, I don’t think so. |
| Red Squirrel - Sep-22-2004 server time |
| Actually did they fix the standardlization problems in SP2? |
| Chris Vogel - Sep-22-2004 server time | ||||
It’s true! If you were to take every HTML page on the Internet, IE6 would probably be able to view more of them than any other browser, right? As for security, SP2 did give security enhancements to IE, making it more secure than before. |
| Red Squirrel - Sep-22-2004 server time |
| IE is evil! It ingores most html standards, and the rest it renders horribly. Basically, most people own a vehicle newer then IE... IE is old! |
| Scotty Baby - Sep-22-2004 server time | ||
Oh, no he DIDN'T just say that, did he? |
| Guest - Aug-25-2004 server time |
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| bLiTzJoN - Aug-25-2004 server time |
| Talking about rendering issues in Opera, this brings me back in the day when I was first coding for NN4 & IE4. IE allowed coders to be lazy and render trash code while it would puke in Netscape. Opera isn't as bad as Netscape 4, but the rendering issues most people talk about are due to those pesky lazy IE coded websites and not following web standards. Opera has always worked to be as compliant as possible. I only use IE for client sites, for surfing I use Opera almost exclusively and when I have to use IE to render a page, I opt for Avant Browser (which ironically used to be called IEOpera). So for those that like the features of Opera but want to stay in Microsoft land grab it, it's free http://www.avantbrowser.com For those that don't like the banner ads, you can move the interface around to make it not so obtrusive or spend the well-worth-it money and get the full version. Money well spent imho. |
| zaibatsu - Aug-25-2004 server time |
| Hey, I really appreciate your post. However, I noticed that if I upped my RAM cache to as high as possible (automatic) 150 megs because I have 1.5 gigs installed, I kept the disk cache at around 20 megs, it was a little faster than your configuration (I think because I have a ton of tabs always open). I also changed the active server connections to 200 and overall to 300. Now after anyone want to try this configuration, be warned with Service Pak 2 intalled it limits you tcp/ip connections per second: details can be found here: h**p://www.lvllord.de/ Also I have separate high speed hard drive for Windows temp files and any application that needs to store temp/cache files. Also another drive just for the Windows XP cache (with a few large static files), lots of RAM and a fast processor (Athlon 64 3400). It works great and the other tweaks worked like a charm, Thanks again Zai  |
| Red Squirrel - Aug-24-2004 server time | ||
I hope you two are joking... right? IE is by far the worse browser when it comes to internet standards. Try to view a site with advanced W3C compliant code... you won't get too far. Netscape (mozilla, firefox etc...) and Opera are the best at rendering since they are standard compliant. View this site in a non-Ie browser, for example and you'll notice a big difference - it will look much better, table borders will be more complete, the shoutbox will actually work, etc... My next design will hopefully look better in IE though but I'm still aiming towards standards, and not IE. |
| dusia - Aug-24-2004 server time |
| FF and opera the best browsers but opera sometimes opens pages not corectly and in long time of usage time of opera startup increases (IE wins in compability of rendering pages but not interface not security not .............. mising tabbet interface in IE |
| ~guest~ - Aug-24-2004 server time |
| Personally, apart from no tabbed browsing. IE6 is the most compatible browser out there, and now with SP2 on Win XP, it's more secure than before............ |
| Guest - Aug-24-2004 server time |
| Cache-handling is also a lot better in Opera. Try switching "back" and "forward", and compare that to FF. It's a lot faster in Opera. Anyway, another tip for speeding up Opera is, if you have a lot of ram, is to create a ram-drive. And then configure Opera to use that drive as cache. Instead of using harddrive. |
| Yogurth - Aug-24-2004 server time |
| Opera does have AdBlocker, but it is called AdFilter and it works more o less the same way as it works in FireFox(learning model). It is DonateWare, free but if You feel like supporting You can send a donation. http://www.monroeworld.com/operafilter Opera is faster than FireFox, and i'm not talking about speed of page rendering (differences are too small between FF, Opera and even IE to be noticed), but where Opera shines is Interface Responsivnes. Nothing comes close to Opera. Try back/forvard, try switching between tabs, opening new tabs...and so on. Opera is much more customizable, doesn't need extensions (has everything built in except Adfilter). FF is certanly better than IE but it is still not close to Opera. Infact nothing is. |
| Red Squirrel - Aug-24-2004 server time |
| I've actually had trouble with opera messing up renders when I used it. Not sure if they fixed that. |
| realtek - Aug-24-2004 server time |
| theres also lots more compatibility issues with opera, for example gmail still doesnt work with opera, and rendering pages incorrectly. |
| Rayno - Aug-23-2004 server time |
| Don't want to turn this into a browser flame war (firefox is great too). But Opera really has the upper hand when it comes to the GUI. Its extremely customizable, and that the main reason I use it. Also opera does have ad blocking, and has had it for a very long time. You just need to turn it on. |
| mdew - Aug-23-2004 server time |
| Mouse Gestures? Sure we have them. Mouse Gestures Tab extensions are also handy. Tab Extensions Ad blocking? something Opera hasnt got Adblock import my impressive adblock list.. and no more ads! Adblock overall, firefox has a kickass extension interface, can't wait for v1.0 |
| BoomAM - Aug-23-2004 server time |
| Questions; Doesnt limited the disk & mem cache to 10Mb each mean that the program will load up pages slower. The bigger the disk cache, the more webpages can be stored, the bigger the mem cache, the more tabs you can have open without sluggishness. The max server connections thing as well, on mine it was set to 8/64, its not 16/64. Any potential problems there? I know that my network card doesnt like loads of connections with torrents, but im unsure how http connections would affect it. Good guide for the most part. |
| Red Squirrel - Aug-23-2004 server time |
| Personally I like mozilla better then opera but I have opera too and it's not a bad browser, and it is pretty fast. If it was not for the ads I would maybe actually use it as my main browser. I used it before mozilla but got sick of those flash ads, and when they started doing porn, I switched to mozilla. I think they are more strict on ads now though. |
| Chris Vogel - Aug-23-2004 server time |
| Okay, I will settle this once and for all and say that both Firefox and Opera suck! Internet Explorer is by far the best browser. Now, thanks for writing the article, Brandon. A lot of this can also be applied to other browsers. I would be too lazy to enable JavaScript only for sites that need it though. When Opera supports CSS3 attribute substring selectors, users will be able to make more powerful CSS to block advertisements or anything like that. If Opera doesn’t download objects with display:none; applied (I believe it doesn’t.), that could speed things up.Opera users, as well as everyone else, can block certain domain names with the HOSTS file or whatever your operating system provides. There are lists out there. When I had a really big list, my computer was sometimes unresponsive, so… Oh, notes have been seen in other browsers. You are right about M2 not being in other software, but I shouldn’t think Opera would allow that. |
| BoneZ - Aug-23-2004 server time |
| Too bad firefox does all that too without the uglyness that is Opera |
| bLiTzJoN - Aug-23-2004 server time |
Opera blows FireFox away!! Many features of FireFox came from Opera! Here's a couple tips:
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| wldkos - Aug-23-2004 server time |
| ...Or use the fastest browser; FireFox |
| Red Squirrel - Aug-22-2004 server time |
| Opera is a free browser which is a great, better alternative to old bloody buggy IE. In this article learn how to make it even faster then it already is! http://www.iceteks.com/articles/db.php/act...e/operatips/p/1 |
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