[Duo2400] Re: [Duo 2400] Safari

[Ivan Drucker]

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>Over on the MacWorld forum pages (sorry they changed their URL and I don't 
>have 
>the new one) there is a discussion that some people have have trouble with 
>Safari.  Can not print.  Can not go to Classic.  Can not fix these 
>problems.  
>It sounds like Apple is aware of these glitches.  
>
>I was going to download Safari but could not.  (Do you think Bill Gates 
>added a 
>couple of lines of code to Internet Explorer to refuse to download other 
>browsers?)  I think I will hold off just a little bit on that to see if this 
>bug is resolved.  (Maybe that's why its called a beta version.)
>
>Also over at the MacWorld forums in the portables forum are a number of 
>threads 
>about the new PowerBooks.  The general tenor of the threads is not as 
>glowing 
>as many of the posts on the Duo/2400 list.  
>
>Good Night.
>
>Francis 
>> Larry wrote about Safari:
>> >  I'm not running iCab so I don't know how much faster Safari is,
>> >  but I did notice that iCab was conspicuously absent from the
>> >  performance comparisons.
>> 
>> I don't have any hard numbers, but on my iBook connecting with
>> Airport over dialup, I think iCab beats Safari. I haven't held a
>> stopwatch to any pages, but I think that iCab starts rendering
>> text before Safari does. I also like the ad and image filtering in
>> iCab, which really helps speed a dialup connection. Of course
>> both Safari and iCab are still beta versions, so anything's
>> possible in their final releases. iCab has more control over
>> cookies and other preferences, so if you're fussy about that
>> kind of thing (like I am), you may not want to make Safari your
>> primary browser.
>> 
>> If you have a broadband connection, everything I've read about
>> Safari makes me believe that it may very well be faster than
>> any other browser. If you're using a Duo you can forget about
>> Safari, so enjoy iCab - or Wannabe, which is really fast.
>> 
>> -wayne
>> 
>> 
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