Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/29

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Better browser?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:04:14 -0500
References: <51CD0881.1000704@threshinc.com> <CDF4A5E7.C6E2%mark@rabinergroup.com>

If  you ever were in the woods at night and saw the forest floor aglow with
Foxfire, you would have a better appreciation of the word.


On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> I like the sound of the word "Chrome" and they way it looks in print and
> the
> advertizing campaign which goes with it ten times better than the word
> "Firefox" which sounds real dorky.  F's and X's!?! And they don't advertize
> on Hulu. Is there a Fox on fire? Not an image I'd like to tote around with
> me. Just saying the word "Chrome" puts a smile on my face.
>
>
> On 6/27/13 11:52 PM, "Peter A. Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:
>
> > This question lives in the Windows universe. Macs are perfectly good
> > computers, but outside the scope of the problem.
> >
> > The entity to which I am indentured requires us to use an earlier
> > version of the Bill Gate's browser. Since I sometimes need to connect
> > there from home, I have to keep my IE behind.  Said version is now so
> > old that it often freezes or crashes on many Web sites these days.  So I
> > am going to make another browser my default, and save IE for when I need
> > to connect to said entity.
> >
> > So...  Chrome or Firefox?  Or...?   Which do you prefer, and why? I like
> > reliability and logical simplicity of controls. Reasonable security is
> > good, too.
> >
> > I've been fooling with the most recent version of Chrome, but have
> > noticed some quirks. Like the LUG gallery displaying blank pop-ups when
> > I click the little double rectangle to enlarge the pictures (they show
> > up fine if I right click and tell it to open in a new tab).
> >
> > --Peter
> >
> >
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] OT: Better browser?)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] OT: Better browser?)