Re: The smart way to Browse....

de hummingbird 01/13/2007 08:42

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:08:35 -0500 'badgolferman'
posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:

>hummingbird, 1/13/2007,7:21:37 AM, wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:36:43 +0200 'michail iakovou yos'
>> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>>
>> > Guys listen to me.. I have tested all browsers you can imagine...
>> > Only ONE is good enough to become MY BROWSER.
>> >
>> > forget the IE7 user interface that is made by imbeciles...
>> >
>> > use the best shell (user interface) ever made for a browser
>> >
>> > http://www.avantbrowser.com/
>> >
>> > Works with IE6 or IE7 installed. It uses the ie rendering engine so
>> > it remains compatible, but gives a superb user interface and
>> > flexibility.
>> >
>> > Tabs (or course), Tiny download... small memory footprint,
>> > fast as lightning, flexible, customizable...
>> > You can even have all the settings stored online for free (optional
>> > feature),
>> > all your bookmarks, settings everything.
>> > You install on another computer log in and presto.. you have
>> > everything there!
>> > There is also a portable version for USB drives
>>
>> I d/l and tried the latest portable version 11.43 but have several
>> dislikes with it; the main one being the way in which it handles
>> RSS feeds.
>>
>> The older non-portable version 10.1.40 which I still use has a menu
>> button marked 'Feeds' which accesses all my personal RSS feeds.
>>
>> This button has disappeared on later versions. RSS feeds can now only
>> be incorporated into Bookmarks as a seperate folder or accessed by
>> that new wretched left-side-bar which I don't like much. Added
>> problems are that there seens no way to transfer RSS feeds from the
>> older version to the new version and the favicons can't be customised
>> like before. This is possibly due to the different format now used.
>>
>> The other problem is that although it says that menu bars can all be
>> customised there seems to be limitations on this which affect me.
>> Notably I couldn't get the menu items to appear on the same line as
>> the menu icons like I can under the older version and the menu items
>> can't be positioned on their line as before.
>>
>> I'm also not sure if the author has solved the problem of a tab losing
>> focus or not getting it in the first place - a very irritating issue.
>>
>> Bottom line: I'll continue using 10.1.40 on my PC and only use the
>> portable version only if I have a need for its portability.
>
>It seems to me the portable version loads the cache on the hard drive
>also. I would prefer it didn't although you can enable the option to
>clear all traces. I don't know what Portable Firefox does in that
>regard. The other thing I noticed is it uses the IE Favorites even
>though I told it not to. Maybe I need to play with the options a bit
>more...

I think you're referring to TIC files which I also noted it loads onto
the HDD, although in my case I did install it on the HDD. Perhaps if I
installed it on a USB drive it would use that drive for its TIC files?

But the RSS problem is enough for me not to use it regularly.