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Subject: [Leica] OT: Better browser?
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:35:34 -0400

I think Apple should name the next version of OS-X "Tabby" or "Housecat"

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On 6/29/13 3:26 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

>I use Safari "cue   jungle noises".
>But on Panther with no snow shoes operating system. Its a few back and a
>bit
>of a different world back then I keep alive.
>I get pop ups when I surf  "it would be so nice if you could upgrade your
>this or that".
>So its a moot point as to what is going on. Will be upgrading my system
>very
>soon. The browser will be upgrade automatically. A few weeks later when I
>get the hang of it I'll go from the Leopard who loves the snow to the Lion
>who is not so hot on the mountains. Valley Lion.  And then to the one who
>loves the mountain.
>I'm I'm totally into cats.
>As soon as all my kitties are settled in I 'd go to the just out then
>Mavericks.
>Which is no feline I've ever heard of.
>Turns out Mavericks is a California surfing location named after a guys
>dog.
>A German Sheppard.
>I'm a dog lover. German Sheppard's in particular.
>But Wild Cats is an act no dog would want to follow.
>
>Would  I go Beagle when I could go Puma?
>Would  I go Bull Terrier when I could go Cheetah?
>Would  I go Dachshund when I could go Ocelot?
>
>Dogs are friendly and obedient but they live because their kitty friends
>let
>them live.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>On 6/28/13 9:44 AM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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