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Re: Brand new web browser to be released today
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:41 am
by Liberty
John wrote:particle wrote:I've been using it as well. Seems pretty nice - haven't tested it with sites that required IE (Quickbooks Online Edition, banking software, etc).
Particle... It does NOT work with Quickbooks Online Edition. Also, i use a google "Start" page and one of the Google Gadgets doesn't work. It's the one that syncs with Microsoft Outlook. Hope they get that one working.
Otherwise, i really like larger size window. Took a while to figure out how to show a "home" button in the tool bar. -John
It doesn't have ad blocker. Without it a browser isn't ready for prime time.
Re: Brand new web browser to be released today
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:20 am
by John
Liberty wrote:It doesn't have ad blocker. Without it a browser isn't ready for prime time.
Liberty, It has a "Pop-up Blocker" and a box to check under options/"under the hood" to notify when a pop-up is blocked. Is that the same thing as an ad blocker? I'm way behind the times for an 80's vintage computer science major.
edited to add: Tested the pop-up blocker at the suggested site popuptest.com and it passed all of the tests.
Re: Brand new web browser to be released today
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:52 pm
by Liberty
Russell wrote:John wrote:Liberty wrote:It doesn't have ad blocker. Without it a browser isn't ready for prime time.
Liberty, It has a "Pop-up Blocker" and a box to check under options/"under the hood" to notify when a pop-up is blocked. Is that the same thing as an ad blocker? I'm way behind the times for an 80's vintage computer science major.
edited to add: Tested the pop-up blocker at the suggested site popuptest.com and it passed all of the tests.
No. An ad blocker literally hides all of the advertisement banners and pictures on a website so you do not see them at all. For example, AdBlock Plus is the one that is most widely used for firefox.
Yup and it blocks Google ads in particular, Once you've experienced the web without ads there is no going back. Chrome is in beta right now, if they get it running in Linux and they get a good adblocker running within it, Firefox will be retired and Chrome will be my browser of choice. its not just the speed, the clean interface is close to perfection.
Re: Brand new web browser to be released today
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:05 pm
by wilder
I've been using it for a week or so now and am sold on the speed and interface. It pleases me.
