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Davio
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 Posted - 08 November 2002 : 04:39:15
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Saw this being previewed on the ScreenSavers on TechTV.
http://www.avantbrowser.com
It is based off of Microsoft's Internet Explorer technology. So the rendering of the web pages are done using IE's engine. But this browser uses MDI (Multiply-Document Interface) which keeps all the windows in the browser itself.
It looks pretty good and I like it myself. It has some cool little features like going back and forward using your mouse buttons.
Mostly for users who like IE but want something a little different.  |
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Kat
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United Kingdom
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 05:02:33
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Naaa. As soon as Microsoft see that they might get somewhere in the browser world, they'll send thier tough guys over to rough them up and if that doesn't work, bring them to court for a few years until they don't have any money left.   |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 05:08:03
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Looks like a rip of www.netcaptor.com which has a few more features from what I can gather, course netcaptor isn't freeware.
Netcaptors been around for quite some time now, don't think MS have sued them yet  |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 05:39:33
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| M'oft have no issue with ie-based and non-ie-based browsers - Opera's been around as long as you like, as has NeoPlanet (ie-based). |
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Kat
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United Kingdom
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wii
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Denmark
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 06:13:42
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 06:23:45
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Originally posted by Kat
So more to the point - are any of you going to switch to it?
Purchased Netcaptor a few years ago and never looked back, lifetime of upgrades :) |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 08:09:05
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| wow apart from me it's the clash of the gold stars - it's like ordering a burger in mcdonalds |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 08:16:00
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Originally posted by wii
Give me one good reason why anyone would use this?
umm, I like it.quote:
M'oft have no issue with ie-based and non-ie-based browsers - Opera's been around as long as you like, as has NeoPlanet (ie-based).
It was just a joke against Microsoft. I don't really believe they would do that.
I'm not asking anyone to switch thier browsers. I found this software and I decided to try it out. I like it and decided to let the Snitz Community know about this program. If it instrests you, then go for it. If not, you can just pass it by.
Gremlin, I have never seen Netcaptor though. I have never tried any other browser (besides IE and Netscape) so this would be my first. I'll pop over to netcaptor's site and see what it looks like. |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 08:55:56
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Ohhh there's a world of exciting browser experiences out there! try http://browsers.evolt.org/ for a slice of history :D
I like to see how web sites appear to the rest of the world - it'll blow your socks off when you see what liberate(ntl connect thru the telly)/webtv users have to put up with!
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<toptip>Oh yeh, I like to keep a copy of opera on my boxes as well as ie - why? cos if you're testing a site and trying to load it a bit, multiple instances of IE will all share a cookie and hence session, so another unrelated browser can spark up a second simultaneous session on the same box :) </toptip> :-) |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 11:08:09
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| its just the flavor of the month to me... no reason to change, except for maybe to play with it for about an hour and then back to my trusty ol' microsoft IE aka INTERNET-browser-ELMINIATOR |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 15:25:51
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| I've been using NetCaptor for quite a while now too, after Gremlin wrote something about it on one of the forums here. It's absolutely great, and the tabbed browsing is nicer than in Netscape 7. It's still basically IE though, so sites don't load any faster for me. But then again, IE is probably the slowest "modern" browser available at this time. |
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Doug G
Support Moderator
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 17:48:31
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pdrg, this post's for you :)
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 08 November 2002 : 21:29:15
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Originally posted by FrutZle
I've been using NetCaptor for quite a while now too, after Gremlin wrote something about it on one of the forums here. It's absolutely great, and the tabbed browsing is nicer than in Netscape 7. It's still basically IE though, so sites don't load any faster for me. But then again, IE is probably the slowest "modern" browser available at this time.
Really ? I still thought IE was about the fastet renderer around, maybe I should do some comparisons for myself to see :). |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 09 November 2002 : 07:45:29
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I've loaded my own sites aswell as several others in both IE, IE with Netcaptor, Mozilla 1 and Netscape 7, and Mozilla and Netscape were the fastest. Netcaptor defenately doesn't speed things up, but that might be because I'm on 1024/256 ADSL and a 10k banner that's blocked doesn't make a whole lot of difference
Oh, and it's not the on-screen rendering of the page that Mozilla/Netcape does (while IE doesn't show anything until the entire page is "ready" to be shown) that tricked me. I simply timed the loading of the same pages and IE was often several seconds slower. |
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