[geeks] this browser does *not* suck...

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Tue Apr 16 17:08:40 CDT 2002


On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 02:25:52PM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> I figgered I go and download Mozilla 0.9.9 so that I could enjoy a more
> responsive Mozilla when I have to use it.  While at oss.sgi.com I came
> across something called Skipstone - a tiny little thing that uses the
> Mozilla rendering engine, as well as some othe junk.  However, it is
> waaaay faster than Mozilla, at least on my Octane.
> 
> The downside?  I dunno.  No flash, for starters - but that's not a deal
> killer here.  I really wanted something small, light, and could render
> broken HTML.  So far this is a Good Thing, and Does Not Suck.
> 
> Nice things Skipstone does: tabs, themes, small toolbars, responsive.
> not-so-nice things: helper apps limited to mailer and download (AFAIK)

Heck, that is one more helper app than I want.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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