Least resource sapping Web browser

[edjam]

May be a silly question, but am bored, so whatever. Any other web browsers which I should seriously consider using rather than IE? I have tried Netscape, didn't like it, what's this Mozilla?

 

[b0red]

mozilla + aol crap = netscape

you should try opera.

 

[Elledan]

Mozilla is the unbloated version of Netscape 6.x.

Opera isn't exactly lightweight either, it takes 100+ MB RAM after half a day on my systems, which is much, much worse than Mozilla.

Perhaps K-Meleon would interest you?

 

[SendTrash]

wow, that K-Meleon is very interesting

 

[edjam]

Wish I could access the page:-/

 

[syzygy]

the enigma browser i think is smaller
than k-meleon. couldn't find the stats on the enigma to confirm. this
page touts it as the smallest
web browser, but the story may be old depending on when k-meleon was
developed.

 

[yoyo25]

Face it, it is hard getting away from IE....one of the main reasons i hate using a linux machine to browse websites...but i think opera now supports linux. Plus, IE isn't all that bad, it is fast and clean.

 

[Elledan]

<< Face it, it is hard getting away from IE....one of the main reasons i hate using a linux machine to browse websites... >>

I haven't used IE since I discovered NS 4.7.


<< but i think opera now supports linux. >>

Opera has been available for *NIX for a long, long time.


<< Plus, IE isn't all that bad, it is fast and clean. >>

Fast on Windows because it's so tightly integrated in the OS.

That, the proprietary stuff implemented in IE, its lousy bookmarking system and its lack of functionality make that IE looks everything but appealing to me.

 

[MrBond]

<< Face it, it is hard getting away from IE....one of the main reasons i hate using a linux machine to browse websites... >>

I don't find Konqueror that bad. It's not IE, but it's a suitable alternative.

 

[randomlinh]

under something other than windows, i like mozilla... but since i use windows primarily.. just stick it w/ IE... like someone said, it's so integrated into the OS.....

 

[gopunk]

i think lynx would take the cake.

 

[Elledan]

<< i think lynx would take the cake. >>


How about Links?

 

[FuZoR]

haha, Nothing like a text browser lol.

anyways, I see no problems with Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

 

[BeauJangles]

No problems with IE for me. Not too slow at all. It's probably the best MS product out there

 

[edjam]

Yeah, I was just looking to experiment, if you cant tell I am bored.

 

[wedi42]

i found this www.offbyone.com/ browser
here www.tinyapps.org/ this site specializes in apps that fit on a floppy

 

[voodooguy]

K-Meleon is actualy based off of Mozilla.

It uses Mozilla's Gecko HTML rendering engine and removes all the bloat.

This is what's great about Mozilla. The code is Open Source and highly portable across platforms, so once Mozilla hits 1.0, you will see developers building tons and tons of apps based on Gecko and XUL and other Mozilla technologies.

Mozilla will be everywhere!

 

[GTAx]

If Opera is using too much memory you can go to File-Preferences-History and Cache and disable Auto RAM cache

 

[Random Variable]

K-Meleon is based on Mozilla but it looks like IE.

 

[Elledan]

<< If Opera is using too much memory you can go to File-Preferences-History and Cache and disable Auto RAM cache >>


Thanks! I must have missed that option

It doesn't really matter on my systems, though, because they all have sufficient RAM, but it made me wonder whether something was wrong with Opera. Clearly it was a user fault

 

[Nemesis77]

Like it was already said, Links or Lynx is the king of lightweight web-browsers . When it comes to graphical browsers, I use Mozilla and Konqueror in Linux (mostly Konqueror) and Opera in Win.

 

[Random Variable]

When I use that Off By One browser, it feels like I'm using a C64.