[Leica] OT: Better browser?

[alal at poly.edu (Akhil Lal)]

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[mailto:lug-bounces+alal=poly.edu at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina 
Manley
Sent: 28 June 2013 09:45
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Better browser?

I use Chrome with no regrets.

Tina


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:

> Yes, there is that work-around for looking large. However, several 
> times, I've waited it out after the direct route of just clicking on 
> the enlarge icon and, after an annoying delay, the enlarged picture 
> showed. The work-around is faster.
>
> I quit Firefox because it seemed to have a memory leak, my computer 
> would slow down, and the activity showed that my available memory was 
> close to zero. It could very well have been some add-on (plug-in) but 
> a quick set of experiments failed to identify the culprit and I just 
> decided to switch to Chrome. Also, I've learned to love Chrome's bookmark
manager.
>
> Herb
>
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
>
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Peter 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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