opera -- was: Re: downloading

[Net Llama!]

Joel Hammer wrote:
> compliant, don't work with opera. IIE is the most compliant browser around,
> AFAIK. I think that MS is playing the game smart. They are pushing ahead and
> rapidly complying with the new standards coming from the W3C people before the
> others have time to do it.

Huh?  Sorry, but M$IE is one of the *least* compliant browsers around, 
unless you count forcing M$ standards on the world as compliance. 
Mozilla is actually the most W3C complaint browser in the strictest sense.

> But, much more commonly, sites check for IIE and netscape and adjust
> accordingly. NOBODY (almost) checks for opera.

That's because its not a mainstream browser.

> I do most of my browsing in opera. It is quick and clean and nice to
> use. I use netscape 6.2 (just switched to 7.0, but this may not be a
> step up) when opera fails, which it does quite a bit, since sites don't
> check for it or allow for it. netscape 6.2 hardly ever fails. BTW,
> codeweavers cross over plugin thingee doesn't appear designed for opera.
> Now, don't assume all the freezes are opera's fault. You may not have the
> java or the flash plugin installed properly.

That's a poor excuse IMO.  A plugin shouldn't crash a browser, anymore 
than a browser shouldn't crash an OS.

> And, never forget, everybody checks to see if IIE runs on their site. I

I don't.  I don't give a rat's ass if IE runs on any site that i 
maintain, and i'm certainly not the only one.

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