Changing browsers

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in
:

In message , KenK
writes:
I'm getting very tempted to replace my Firefox browser (19) in XP
Home.

Suggestions? Preferably, I'd like something that upgrades by itself
without any fuss like Firefox does - not a slow (on my dial-up)
complicated process.

Is there a better Usenet group where I should discuss this?

I would have thought so, but none of the 'servers I take have "brow"
in the 'group name of any 'group they take.

Has IE improved enough since its pre-Firefox days to be a good choice?

From what I've seen, there's little to choose from a _features_ point
of
view between modern IE and modern Firefox. I personally think IE is
still too integrated into the OS, and that it has a tendency to cause
the whole PC, not just IE, to freeze (or at least go slow and become
unresponsive) when it's waiting for something, but that could just be
my perception.

YIA



(YIA?)

Typo. Meant TIA.


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On 03/08/2013 10:57 AM, KenK wrote:

If you are going to make any changes to your system I'd say get rid
of
dial-up and go with DSL (or cable).

No DSL out here in the country. I don't watch TV so cable is too
expensive to just use the internet portion.


I suppose satellite would be a bit pricey too.
Anyway, No TV here wither...I threw out my TV 20 years ago and don't
miss it.




We acted just about the same time - some 20 years ago. I was watching
sports and C-SPAN only, and suddenly my cable bill doubled to $25. I
cancelled it and stopped watching TV. I could never return to it now.

The satellite TV here is like cable, no internet only.





Yep.

Even though TV is mostly junk, there was enough good stuff on it to get
me addicted. Every few months the cable bill would go up a few dollars
and I realized that was never going to end...
so I canceled my subscription and literally threw the TV in the trash.

My wife and I don't miss it, but of course now I am just as addicted to
my computer, but there is a big difference I think.



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philo* wrote in :

On 03/08/2013 10:57 AM, KenK wrote:

If you are going to make any changes to your system I'd say get rid
of
dial-up and go with DSL (or cable).

No DSL out here in the country. I don't watch TV so cable is too
expensive to just use the internet portion.


I suppose satellite would be a bit pricey too.
Anyway, No TV here wither...I threw out my TV 20 years ago and don't
miss it.




We acted just about the same time - some 20 years ago. I was watching
sports and C-SPAN only, and suddenly my cable bill doubled to $25. I
cancelled it and stopped watching TV. I could never return to it now.

The satellite TV here is like cable, no internet only.





Yep.

Even though TV is mostly junk, there was enough good stuff on it to get
me addicted. Every few months the cable bill would go up a few dollars
and I realized that was never going to end...
so I canceled my subscription and literally threw the TV in the trash.

My wife and I don't miss it, but of course now I am just as addicted to
my computer, but there is a big difference I think.




The cable company would have to pay me to watch now - and quite a bit.

Now that you mention it, I guess I'm addicted to the net too. In my case
Usenet - I generally only use web sites for research, and that seldom.
Very little email, except one to my sister daily to let her know I'm ok -
I'm quite old and live alone and she worries. I keep my computer in an
adjacent building, which generally keeps me away from it except for three
or so hours in the morning.

I used to freelance consult and did a lot of programming (some
recreational as well) but those days are long gone now.



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"Where there's smoke there's toast!" Anon