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abillybob

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abillybob

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Hey Guys

 

This may sound really silly and a bit noob-ish but I'm forever finding an issue with at least one browser! I really like Internet Explorer 11 but for some reason it won't work with EduGeek and various other websites at all (it may have something to do with me using the 64bit version) though I prefer 64bit IE as it's a lot snappier at loading web pages, 32bit. Meh not so much. I also use Chrome but that gets tedious and will have some weird issues sometimes when refreshing a page, plus I actually think IE 64bit is faster than Chrome.

 

All I want is a lightweight browser that is quick and works properly with no fuss. It obviously has to be free and has to incorporate flash, java and silver light. I do very much like to use Safari on the Mac but I want something as good as on Windows... I should also point out I don't like Firefox and I don't like Oprah!

 

Do me proud :)

 

Thankyou

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I don't like Oprah!

 

You don't wanna upset her...

 

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2013/01/oprahbees.gif

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Oaktech

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I use Avant a lot, as it's tri core (IE, FF and Chrome), it can be anything you tell it to be at the click of a button and does lots of other things besides and is regularly updated.
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LosOjos

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I really like Internet Explorer

 

GET OUT! :mad: 11

 

but for some reason it won't work with EduGeek and various other websites at all

 

That's because it's IE.

 

I also use Chrome but that gets tedious and will have some weird issues sometimes when refreshing a page

 

What's tedious about it? I don't have any issues myself...

 

All I want is a lightweight browser that is quick and works properly with no fuss. It obviously has to be free and has to incorporate flash, java and silver light. I do very much like to use Safari on the Mac but I want something as good as on Windows... I should also point out I don't like Firefox and I don't like Oprah!

 

How about Midori? Midori · A lightweight, fast, and free web browser

 

Can't get much more lightweight than that unless you go for an all text browser like Lynx: Lynx Information

 

Not sure about Silverlight on Midori, Flash and Java should be fine though. Lynx is text only so it goes without saying there are no content plugins for that...

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abillybob

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I use Avant a lot, as it's tri core (IE, FF and Chrome), it can be anything you tell it to be at the click of a button and does lots of other things besides and is regularly updated.

 

It's taking like half an hour for Chrome to load avantbrowser.com!! Haha But cheers mate I will look into that!

@LosOjos, after looking into Midori I found this http://elementaryos.org/ I'm amazed they got away with this it's extremely close to the look and feel of a Macintosh!

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LosOjos

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It's taking like half an hour for Chrome to load avantbrowser.com!! Haha But cheers mate I will look into that!

 

If Chrome is really that slow for you, I reckon you have a dodgy extension installed. Try disabling them all and seeing if it's quicker, then re-enable them one-by-one until you find the one that makes it crawl again.

 

I must admit, Chrome isn't the fastest mainstream browser any more IMO, I think Firefox wins that one, but overall I find Chrome the most pleasant to use.

 

Anything is better than IE.

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@LosOjos, after looking into Midori I found this Home | elementary OS I'm amazed they got away with this it's extremely close to the look and feel of a Macintosh!

 

The dock is the same style as Mac OS but the other elements are very much *nix staples (don't forget, Mac OS' are *nix based, though somewhat removed from Linux at this point). A lot of Linux distros ended up going the Windows route because it was familiar, but now a fair few are going their own way or back to their roots :)

 

EDIT: watched more of the video and there are more than a few similarities to OSX to be fair; Apple mustn't have managed to patent window layouts yet! :p

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speckytecky

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Personally I'm using Maxthon as a good alternative to IE and Google Chrome both the latter have been a pain in one way or the other. In particular Chrome has been right odd of late; completely refusing to open some sites. Across the school though IE is the default and of late IE11 has been rolling out on updates - that said there have been a few incidents of the proxy not getting picked up by it.
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EDIT: watched more of the video and there are more than a few similarities to OSX to be fair; Apple mustn't have managed to patent window layouts yet! :p

 

I'd also point out that OS X's UI (AFAIK) isn't '*nix based'. And going back to *nix UI roots is a very scary place indeed...

 

Twm_en.png

 

:p

SYNACK

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IE 11 works alright for me here but I am using the desktop version. The reason for incompatibility is some of the EG javascript is targeted for only webkit browsers... perpetuating the same discrimination the OSS lot were all against when it was not in their favour.
diddylord

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As Above what is it that you don't like about Firefox?

I've been using it for years and it just keeps on getting better, new version 29.0.1 is quite different and more similar to chrome than previous ones, so far it's been very quick and nice to use.

tmcd35

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Isn't it based on NeXTSTEP?

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTSTEP

 

The core OS is based very heavily on NeXTSTEP which is itself based on a Mach Kernel and BSD Unix (AFAIK). The UI on the other hand is largely based on previous versions of MacOS. Also I'm pretty certain OS X doesn't use an X display server (although I think one is available/included for POSIX compatibility).

 

Mac OS X Server 1.0 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

:focus:

 

Chrome :D

Arthur

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The UI on the other hand is largely based on previous versions of Mac OS.

A Mac OS 9 and NeXTSTEP hybrid. :)

 

NeXTSTEP's user interface is considered to be refined and consistent. It introduced the idea of the Dock (carried through OpenStep and into OS X) and the Shelf. NeXTSTEP also created or was among the very first to include a large number of other GUI concepts now common in other operating systems: 3D "chiseled" widgets, large full-color icons, system-wide drag and drop of a wide range of objects beyond file icons, system-wide piped services, real-time scrolling and window dragging, properties dialog boxes called "inspectors", window modification notices (such as the saved status of a file), and more. (Source)

 

Also I'm pretty certain OS X doesn't use an X display server

The link I posted didn't say that it did? :confused:

 

The legacy of NeXT lives on in OS X « Ars Technica

 

Computers with a graphical user interface in the '90s, including Mac OS, used a grid of pixels to draw everything on the screen. Every window, button, text block, etc., would all be drawn one pixel at a time in a one-to-one mapping.

 

NeXTSTEP instead used Display PostScript, a variation of Adobe's page-description language for laser printers, to draw on-screen windows and text. This meant that text and vector-based elements would always be drawn at the sharpest resolution possible, independent of whatever graphics card or monitor was attached. Actually drawing fonts and other elements was abstracted away from the graphics hardware until the final rendering on-screen.

 

OS X and iOS use a different technology, called Quartz, but it's based on similar concepts. Quartz has the PDF page description language at its core instead of PostScript. In addition to generating sharp windows and text, the system also gives OS X users the native ability to view and create PDF files.

 

:focus:

 

Also Chrome! ;)

jamesbmarshall

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I use IE 11 with EG and it works just fine... am I missing something?

 

(I have Firefox and Chrome installed as well, for testing, although I've just standardised around IE because all my tabs and favourites are now on all my devices including my phones...)

abillybob

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Cheers for all your recommendations guys, I have actually started using Safari on a Mac as I find it's the quickest and most reliable browser (for me anyway) don't ask why Chrome and IE are slow sometimes I just have some strange issues, IE will struggle playing any video from 4od or Demand 5 and will stutter. Chrome works fine but with this site and other forums for some reason it will go on a never ending loop of trying to load a page up it's only when I cancel the 'Refresh' does the whole site pop up which I don't have a clue why! The only other browser that truly works for me is IE Touch browser on Windows 8 no problems with that as of yet but that's unpractical to use I prefer using the desktop!

 

Firefox I don't mind so much but I don't class it as lightweight (I don't class Chrome as lightweight either) they're big applications imo.

I have stumbled across another web browser, very simple, very fast and very small it's called QT Web and that seems to work very well so I may start using that! Much faster than Chrome imo. :) if any of you want to check it out QtWeb - Portable Web Browser

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Why not just get Safari for windows? I have that installed along with Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Ie11 is installed but only gets used for logging into the parcelforce website as that's picky, otherwise I wouldn't go near it :)
abillybob

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Why not just get Safari for windows? I have that installed along with Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Ie11 is installed but only gets used for logging into the parcelforce website as that's picky, otherwise I wouldn't go near it :)

 

Safari is available for Windows?? I never knew this I thought they stopped doing it for Windows.... Oops does it work as well as it does on Mac though?

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