Re: [9fans] THX hell

[W B Hacker <wbh@conducive.org>]

Anthony Sorace wrote:
> you might talk to the Opera people. in addition to having a PC-type
> browser that runs on multiple platforms, they have slimmed-down
> versions that run on various embedded platforms. they've got a
> smallish version that runs on the Nokia N800 (a linux-based handheld
> device) which has decent performance and does ajax (i'm not sure what
> standards or test suites apply, but google mail and one other ajax-ish
> site i use work, which is all i really know about).
> 
> they're not open source and i believe you'd have to get their approval
> for redistribution; not sure how that squares with any religious
> convictions.
> anthony
> 

Opera is certainly worth a look, IMNSHO.

We've just stated shedding Firefox and SeaMonkey in favor of Opera.

Opera used to wear its feet on the wrong legs, UI-wise, but has become more 
configurable, as well as better at handling the all-too prevalent badly-written 
websites.

It builds faster and lighter from the *BSD ports tree than SeaMonkey or 
Thunderbird, does not seem have their memory leaks or resource appetite on OS X 
PPc versions.

Current license is not overly onerous, but a chat with them is certainly in order.

Bill