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Subject: [Leica] OT: Better browser?
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:44:44 -0700
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On Jun 28, 2013, at 10:29 AM, "Akhil Lal" <alal at poly.edu> wrote:

> Second try:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/obzub5t





on a mac or pc?



> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+alal=poly.edu at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+alal=poly.edu at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Akhil 
> Lal
> Sent: 28 June 2013 13:02
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Better browser?
> 
> FYI:
> 
> 
> http://blog.emsisoft.com/2013/05/23/which-browser-offers-the-best-malware-pr
> otection/?ref=news130523website&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&
> utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=news130523website
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+alal=poly.edu at leica-users.org
> [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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> 
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Replies: Reply from alal at poly.edu (Akhil Lal) ([Leica] OT: Better browser?)
In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] OT: Better browser?)
Message from kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) ([Leica] OT: Better browser?)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] OT: Better browser?)
Message from alal at poly.edu (Akhil Lal) ([Leica] OT: Better browser?)
Message from alal at poly.edu (Akhil Lal) ([Leica] OT: Better browser?)