May look Non'elma but, .... [set to main browser?]

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 8 Jul 2004, 21:02

Here's is my problem, i'd like to know how to change my "main" navigator ....

( Meaning : when I click on a website link, the window opens in Explorer, i'd like it to open in Netscape )

If you think this is not Elma-related here's why :

1. First, i want Netscape to be my "main" web navigator
2. Second, i'll be able to register on mIRC
3. Third, i'll be able to put my name in battles, and it won't be unregistered !

AS simple as that !

Thanx for help in advance....

i3 · Post by i3 » 8 Jul 2004, 21:21

opera and firefox is much better than ie and netscape put together... that's my advice... IMO...

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 8 Jul 2004, 21:32

Maybe but, how do you change it ?!!

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 8 Jul 2004, 21:49

Make it the standard browser. Look in you HELP file (

) if can't find out how.

Post by **SveinR** » 8 Jul 2004, 23:55

This IS non-elma. Anyway, right-click while holding down shift on an html-file, then a dialogue box saying "open in" will appear. Select the prog of your choice, and choose "open always in this program". You could also look to the browser's Properties/Options section, and select that browser to be the standard web browser from there, or select which file assosiations to associate it with. At least Opera has this function, and it's very easy.
GET OPERA 7.51, there's nothing better ok!

The BoneLess wrote:2. Second, i'll be able to register on mIRC

Why in the world do you want to do this?

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 9 Jul 2004, 00:44

SveinR wrote:This IS non-elma. Anyway, right-click while holding down shift on an html-file, then a dialogue box saying "open in" will appear. Select the prog of your choice, and choose "open always in this program". You could also look to the browser's Properties/Options section, and select that browser to be the standard web browser from there, or select which file assosiations to associate it with. At least Opera has this function, and it's very easy.
GET OPERA 7.51, there's nothing better ok!

The BoneLess wrote:2. Second, i'll be able to register on mIRC
Why in the world do you want to do this?

The BoneLess wrote:3. Third, i'll be able to put my name in battles, and it won't be unregistered !

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 9 Jul 2004, 01:53

What do you exactly mean by that, registering?
registering to battlebots list? Then what is the purpose to change browser settings?

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 9 Jul 2004, 09:54

SveinR wrote: GET OPERA 7.51, there's nothing better ok!

Opera has that big banner, that takes up all the space.. nat much space for teh website your looking at :/

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 9 Jul 2004, 10:22

Get Crack or valid product number in www.cracks. am/ru you idiot. I can give you one if needed. Opera is best browser ever.

i3 · Post by i3 » 9 Jul 2004, 11:36

Opera is ugly without that ad!

It look to empty!

dz · Post by dz » 9 Jul 2004, 12:59

Boneless, I hope you don't mean registering mIRC would make you registered battle user?

Firefox is really nice and light browser btw.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 9 Jul 2004, 14:01

but it still has some incompatible stuff. But way better than mozilla normal.

Post by **SveinR** » 9 Jul 2004, 18:38

Kopaka wrote:
SveinR wrote: GET OPERA 7.51, there's nothing better ok!
Opera has that big banner, that takes up all the space.. nat much space for teh website your looking at :/

Watch: http://www.geocities.com/sveinrunesaxru ... posite.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sveinrunesaxru ... posite.jpg

Whadduyaknow, they show about excactly the same amount of the site!

dz · Post by dz » 9 Jul 2004, 19:23

That Opera advertisement banner really looks annoying, I don't want to see banner all the time I browse net. And I don't feel like buying or haxor it

Post by **SveinR** » 9 Jul 2004, 19:54

dz wrote:That Opera advertisement banner really looks annoying, I don't want to see banner all the time I browse net. And I don't feel like buying or haxor it

Have you ever used Opera? I never notice the banner when I use it.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 10 Jul 2004, 01:05

I totally agree with Svein. You should use opera, ez max best over any other browser. I tested almost all of them, at least all browser used by more than 10k people, and I must say: Opera is the best you can get.
About that banner, or without banner. You don't see the banner. Maybe first day. But after that, you won't see it anymore. Also, when you do crack or smth, not make so much difference. It remains some spot you never look to. Some benefits about opera:

Download Manager.
QuickDownload, really easy downloading url to standard location.
Faster browsing. Yes i works faster than IE, and firefox. at least at me.
Choice between more windows or more tabs. The tabs stuff are great.
Possibility to just shut opera off, then later start opera again with all pages open you had when closing.

Just use it, I wouldn't recommend this if it was pure shit, would I?

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 10 Jul 2004, 02:11

i used opera years ago, dunno if it's still the same.

1. it didnt have <form> <input=text> edit boxes, instead they used these multi line editboxes.

2. it was uglier than ie

3. it couldnt display my buggy java applet, which ie could.

4. didnt have all ie features.

it might or might not have fixed these issues. i doubt it has.

Revolt · Post by **Revolt** » 10 Jul 2004, 04:59

i d/l opera, very nice, but i still seem to prefer ie over it.

dz · Post by dz » 10 Jul 2004, 06:43

Well, matter of taste anyway, I just don't like Opera outlook.

Mozilla screenshot

I don't use tabs, though they are really well made in Firefox what I've heard. But I prefer maximum browsing window and minimum browser tool area so I've configured it that way.

Post by **SveinR** » 10 Jul 2004, 09:17

ribot wrote:i used opera years ago, dunno if it's still the same.

1. it didnt have <form> <input=text> edit boxes, instead they used these multi line editboxes.

2. it was uglier than ie

3. it couldnt display my buggy java applet, which ie could.

4. didnt have all ie features.

it might or might not have fixed these issues. i doubt it has.

It has fixed them. Opera 6 couldn't display everything as well as IE, but 7 can. Even more so.
And as a reply to 2.) there: Opera 7 is an absolutely beautiful browser, imho.

And tijsjoris, I'd like to add the following to your list:
Pop-up blocker, which works really great. Ability to only block unwanted pop-ups for instance, so that those you request won't get blocked.
MOUSE GESTURES!!! After you've gotten used to them, you can't ever browse the web without them again! Using IE is a bitch nowadays.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 10 Jul 2004, 10:28

Ah offcourse. Yeah when you have blocked, those annoying ones, you completely forget about them.

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 11 Jul 2004, 04:57

beautiful often means slow. and buggy.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 11 Jul 2004, 05:02

Opera is NOT buggy. Opera is NOT slow. You are IRRITATING me.

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 11 Jul 2004, 11:25

OH DAMN. you are just too lazy to download newest version and crack it. it HAS MORE features than IE or any other browser and it is NOT buggy, i love the mouse gestures and tabs the best.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 11 Jul 2004, 16:17

To just even download it.

chux · Post by **chux** » 11 Jul 2004, 18:33

But if IE does the job, then why bother?

Although Im intreaged by 'mouse gestures'...what are they?

dz · Post by dz » 11 Jul 2004, 19:38

IE still has ALOT of unfixed security problems, some of them are really really old. One of them got my comp in so bad condition I had to format system drive.

Post by **SveinR** » 15 Jul 2004, 22:46

chux wrote: Although Im intreaged by 'mouse gestures'...what are they?

Ability to go backwards, forwards, lock a page, make new page, minimize/maximize page, etc., with the twitch of the mouse. A very easy twitch. And short. Takes 1/20 of a second.

Completely necessary for browsing the web.

dz · Post by dz » 16 Jul 2004, 12:19

Come to think of it, that sounds really nice.
I might check it out someday.

chux · Post by **chux** » 16 Jul 2004, 13:03

Yeah, but dont you do stuff by accident?

Post by **SveinR** » 16 Jul 2004, 23:53

chux wrote:Yeah, but dont you do stuff by accident?

Nope.

Revolt · Post by **Revolt** » 18 Jul 2004, 10:36

i am now using opera full time, leant how to use it properly, love having many pages in the one widow but with ie a new thingy has to be opened up and can take ur precious task bar space

dz · Post by dz » 18 Jul 2004, 10:40

That can be actually set up with IE as well as "group similar instants" or something. But personally I like when they are as different windows on taskbar

Post by **SveinR** » 19 Jul 2004, 01:39

dz wrote: But personally I like when they are as different windows on taskbar

May I ask why?

And I guess that thing you mentioned with IE only works on XP..

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 19 Jul 2004, 01:41

I've never heard of multiple tabs in IE...you mean some plugin?

dz · Post by dz » 19 Jul 2004, 16:09

SveinR wrote: May I ask why?

And I guess that thing you mentioned with IE only works on XP..

Because I switch windowses often and if I'm having different web pages on different tabs, that would always make an extra click if I'm switching from other window than from web browser, doesn't it?

tijsjoris wrote: I've never heard of multiple tabs in IE...you mean some plugin?

Well I didn't mean tabs.. yes it's only on windows xp as far as I know (might be on w2k as well). It works in a way that when you have e.g. three IE windowses open, they will be grouped to one taskbar icon, then when you click the window icon at taskbar, it opens another menu where you can choose which instant/window you will open. It works with other processes as well, like windows explorer. I don't like it though, for the same reason as explained above.

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 5 Aug 2004, 11:47

you can switch between tabs with ctrl+tab, and it's not same thing with windows xp. as far as i know with win xp they are all on the same button on the task bar, but u cant alt tab them. or maybe im wrong, anyway that option sux, i remember that. also if you dont want tabs in opera you can have several windows.

however, opera has ADS, which sux ASS. didnt anyone mention it? shame on you! and it's still uglier than ie.. probably because of ads. and my javascript didnt work in it. though gestures seem good, like hold right mouse button and click left to go back, opposite to go forward. i'll have to use opera a while to see if it's worth downloading.

btw you have to choose java or non java version, i think java software on windows is quite crappy, but i dunno what features it actually has (16 mb intead of 3).

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 5 Aug 2004, 18:02

not even one day of using it. it crashed while surfing moposite. and it can't handle javascripts well. come on, how could anyone use it? (opera browser)

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 5 Aug 2004, 18:33

because it is best browser ever. have you ever tried entering crack to get rid of ads, eh? mongo

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 5 Aug 2004, 18:33

you mean browsers shouldnt be able to handle javascript and browsing?

Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » 5 Aug 2004, 18:59

i am using Avant Browser, its great i think
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dz · Post by dz » 5 Aug 2004, 19:01

8-ball wrote:because it is best browser ever. have you ever tried entering crack to get rid of ads, eh? mongo

So you are mongo if you don't do illegal cracking?

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 5 Aug 2004, 19:14

its mongo to think that the ads that are simply removable are ruining the browser...

dz · Post by dz » 5 Aug 2004, 19:33

It might ruin it for honest people who don't want to spend money to use a web browser.

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 5 Aug 2004, 19:35

well i thought of cracking, but it's still disadvantage to have to search for it. and it doesnt even handle normal stuff.

Post by **SveinR** » 5 Aug 2004, 23:08

ribot wrote:well i thought of cracking, but it's still disadvantage to have to search for it. and it doesnt even handle normal stuff.

Mine does, so I don't know what the problem could be. And the ad I never notice.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 8 Aug 2004, 19:15

Javascript can be enabled ribot. just take a look at preferences. Note:
Unlike IE not all UNproper javascript is working like you exspect it to.
It might not even work in IE then.

Note 2: Avant Browser sounds like a nice alternative for Opera.

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 9 Aug 2004, 21:52

well javascript was enabled, it just didnt return the desired result. i dont think it's faulty code.

Code: Select all

<form onsubmit="link = document.forms[0].bortclog.value; if (link.substr(0,7) != 'http://') link = 'http://' + link; document.write('<a href=\'' + link + '\'>' + link + '</a>' )">
jenerera link fÃ¶r hÃ¶gerklick dl:
<input name="bortclog" />
</form>

it's a form i made myself that makes a clickable link from an url, so i can download things with rightclick instead of internet explorer or some other software opening them. in ie it works, and the link looks like it should (http://whatever). but in opera, the link works, though the text is wrong (http://) until i actually click the link, when the text appears. it's only a tiny error (document.write) but still, it was like the first javascript i tried, so it's a bad sign.

then there was another problem but i found out it was not browser related, so it's just this that i found so far.