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1. Your Favorite Browser For OS/2 Warp
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Hi,

I was just wondering what everybodys favorite browser is for
the various versions of OS/2 Warp you have used and why it is your favorite.

Thank you !!

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Date: 30 Jan, 2005 on 13:03
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Well, we have earlier had a poll asking what browser people where using, but I think that now around two years ago and lots have happened since then. Be my quest to suggest and set up a poll at following url:

http://scripts.os2world.com/stuffed/index.cgi?pkg=poll&action=suggest_poll

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Date: 30 Jan, 2005 on 13:37
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FireFox on any OS.
Date: 26 Jul, 2005 on 17:33
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I use Mozilla on my computers; no matter what OS it uses.

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Date: 26 Jul, 2005 on 17:57
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My favorite one is Mozilla.
Date: 26 Jul, 2005 on 23:26
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Firefox on OS/2, Win2000, WinXP and Win 98.

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Date: 27 Jul, 2005 on 02:49
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Seamonkey on OS/2, Firefox on windows (if I used it more there then it would probably be Seamonkey too).
Date: 27 Jul, 2005 on 04:15
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Deer Park WPS Alpha2

Deer Park WPS 1.0+
Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0+

and IBM Web Browser 2.0.5
https://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/

Date: 27 Jul, 2005 on 13:46
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I have never heard of Seamonkey. Do you have a link to the site where it is?

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Date: 27 Jul, 2005 on 20:34
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Seamonkey is the name used for the Mozilla project, that's the one we all know and love..

The Mozilla that's being produced by Rick Walsh, (with the WPS enhancements), is referred to as the Deer Park distribution.


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Date: 28 Jul, 2005 on 04:01
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Ben Dragon (28 Jul, 2005 04:01):
Seamonkey is the name used for the Mozilla project, that's the one we all know and love..

That's not completely correct. The Mozilla Organisation has decided not to continue producing the Mozilla Suite. They will continue developing the infrastructure and the individual applications (Firefox, Thunderbird etc). When this was announced, another group was formed to continue the suite. They had to name this something different, and chose "SeaMonkey" as that was the codename used for the suite for a while. They are doing this with the full support of the Mozilla Organization.



The Mozilla that's being produced by Rick Walsh, (with the WPS enhancements), is referred to as the Deer Park distribution.

Again, not completely correct. Deerpark is the next version of Firefox. It will be Firefox V1.5. Rick Walsh is using this codebase to improve the integration of Firefox with the WPS. But, he has done at least one build of the Mozilla Suite with these enhancements. He is intending that the changes he makes will be usable by all Mozilla based products.

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Date: 29 Jul, 2005 on 04:20
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abwillis (27 Jul, 2005 04:15):
Seamonkey on OS/2, Firefox on windows (if I used it more there then it would probably be Seamonkey too).

The seamonkey build on OS/2 doesn't even work with ft2lib. Anyway.. I use firefox 1.06 w/ thunderbird 1.06 because they can run concurently.. if only firefox 1.06 came with an installer in OS/2 to make it the default desktop browers.. then thunderbird would load links in firefox.

Date: 29 Jul, 2005 on 05:32
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I use Firefox and Thunderbird 1.06 and links in TB load in FF.

All you have to do is to set the default OS/2 browser to FF and presto magico... it's done.

You can do this two ways. Download the program from hobbes that sets the default Inet apps in a convenient interface, (ConfigApps), or simply open a URL object and change the reference to reflect the location of Firefox.

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Date: 29 Jul, 2005 on 06:06
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SeaMonkey does work with ft2lib on my system pretty well , and it is even more stable than official relases 1.7.8... it is also bit faster

So I see no point in bother with firefox which is obviously crippled mozilla so it can be used by typical brainless windows eaters...

btw. ft2lib needs ipluginw.dll to work....
it also needs some tuning with regedit2 as executable now is seamonkey.exe rather than mozilla.exe

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Date: 03 Aug, 2005 on 12:14
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osw (03 Aug, 2005 12:14):
So I see no point in bother with firefox which is obviously crippled mozilla so it can be used by typical brainless windows eaters...



Fortunately, it isn't quite as simple as that.

Firefox is a stand-alone browser whereas Mozilla is a full suite, (browser plus E-mail client plus News Reader - and before you say it, I know only the browser part of Mozilla can be installed if desired... nevertheless, it remains a suite).

Thus, Firefoxs overhead is less and the efficiency in system resources is enhanced by its use in comparison.

While Firefox doesn't have all the features of Mozilla, the loss of those few does not overshadow the returns WRT the resources gained.

Ergo: insulting the users of Firefox, (with a direct comparison to "brainless windows eaters", is simply wrong.

Other than in mentioning it I will not speak on the fact that this forum is patronized by OS/2 users and not the M$ acolytes.

... and many of those patrons use Firefox.

Personally, I use both depending on which OS/2/eCS system I'm using at the moment.


Date: 03 Aug, 2005 on 17:08
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Mea Culpa....
I think that my previous comment was not right... and of course it was not about to offend no os2 user, but rather those who sudden switch from ie to firefox with no reason of full mozilla suite existence... those who previously were ignoring mozilla till it reshaped into ie-like browser and yet claiming to be true browser experts...
I started with mozilla 0.9.6... so new firefox incarnations seems to me crippled, instead I'm looking forward for to have seamonkey for os2 cairo engine powered. When it comes to deeper digging into html sources or hacking some mmedia links with drag and drop - mozilla is still number one to me.
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Date: 07 Aug, 2005 on 11:49
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What do you mean when you say: "I started with mozilla 0.9.6... so new firefox incarnations seems to me crippled"

I have been a Mozilla browser user since Netcape 1.x. I think I can safely say I'm not one of "those who previously were ignoring mozilla till it reshaped into ie-like browser" But I take offense to this. Those IE lovers which moved to firefox have saved Mozilla. They have brought interest back into the browser war which has brought in a bunch of programers which has accelarated development on all of the Mozilla projects.

I started using Firebird in the Phoenix(v0.4) days simply because tabbed browsing and UI customization worked better straight from the start. Mozilla has sucked since the netscape 4.x days. I too am looking forward to "seamonkey for os2 cairo engine powered" but if it wasn't for Firefox, you would be waiting a LONG time for it.

Date: 07 Aug, 2005 on 15:28
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osw (07 Aug, 2005 11:49):
Mea Culpa....
I think that my previous comment was not right... and of course it was not about to offend no os2 user,
Uh, uh...

No way!

I'm not buying it.

You meant to trash all us poor Firefox users! *sniffs*

How cruel!

Heh, heh, heh, sorry. I am quite sure that you did not mean to step on any eCS/OS/2-ers toes , but I just could not resist a little jibe.

I am sure that you just meant to smash Windows users a bit while stating your opinion regarding some missing features in Firefox WRT Mozilla... so... you will be allowed to live. {/off humour}

On a more productive note, what features do you particularly miss in Firefox?

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Date: 07 Aug, 2005 on 22:22
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Ben Dragon (03 Aug, 2005 22:53):

osw (03 Aug, 2005 12:14):
So I see no point in bother with firefox which is obviously crippled mozilla so it can be used by typical brainless windows eaters...



Fortunately, it isn't quite as simple as that.

Firefox is a stand-alone browser whereas Mozilla is a full suite, (browser plus E-mail client plus News Reader - and before you say it, I know only the browser part of Mozilla can be installed if desired... nevertheless, it remains a suite).

Thus, Firefoxs overhead is less and the efficiency in system resources is enhanced by its use in comparison.

While Firefox doesn't have all the features of Mozilla, the loss of those few does not overshadow the returns WRT the resources gained.


I would dispute that. Have you looked at the resources used? (I used Theseus)
On OS/2 (Warp 4.52 with FP5). I hit the exact same 4 web sites in sequence. Yahoo, GoogleNews, Slashdot, Car and Driver.
Firefox weights in with a memory footprint of over 17MB
Mozilla, the suite, chomps up just over 19MB.

If I run the same test under WindowsXP Pro (as shown by the Task Manager), Firefox typically comes in with the _same_ memory useage as Mozilla suite.

If I now start using Thunderbird in addition, the total memory useage ballons in comparison to Mozilla.

I also checked out the CPU usage. When idle, they're about the same. I hit Slashdot for a test. Mozilla peaked at ~52% and soon died down. Firefox peaked at ~70% and then dropped down to ~60% where it stayed for quite a while. Both times there were flashing/animated banners.

The results have been pretty consistent from Firefox 1.0 up to the latest 1.06 (in fact 1.06 is the first to have shown any savings at all!). The supposed "reduced resource requirement" is so minimal as to be not worth using Firefox over the Mozilla suite, especially if one has to use e-mail as well. The only savings is disk space, by a few 10's of MB. Nothing to shout about.

To be fair, Firefox does _feel_ faster during use. That's about it.
I'll switch when Firefox is really lighter.

Date: 08 Aug, 2005 on 09:40
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Netscape 4.61. Then again, OS/2 is on my second computer, so i don't use it a lot.
Date: 08 Aug, 2005 on 15:26
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