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From: Jim on 19 Apr 2010 09:05 On 2010-04-19, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Can see why. I, again, can't use chrome because it's not working with >>> VO at this time. This is unusual as it's meant to use webkit isn't it? >> >> I'm guessing, but I don't think VO links to WebKit as such, but to the >> browser itself. >> >> Jim > > Possible I suppose. It's interesting that VO reads other HTML type > areas well enough, software update release notes - that kind of thing. I could very well be wrong. Like I say, it was purely a guess. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Andy Hewitt on 19 Apr 2010 09:03 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > This has probably been done to death but what actually makes a good > browser? Many here prefer one over another, whether it be Safari or > Firefox or some other. My views have already been stated and I won't > bother boring you all again because I know my views here aren't > generally respected. > > I only bring it up because of Jamie's remarks that he didn't use Safari > in the hacking thread. I use whichever browser works most of the time for me. In my case, Safari does that, so I tend not to look much further. I keep a copy of Firefox to hand, just in case, but it's becoming less and less necessary. For me, I prefer the clean and uncluttered interface of Safari, and very much dislike the plethora or addons, and extra toolbars that seem to appear on most other browsers, most of which I haven't found a real world use for. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: James Jolley on 19 Apr 2010 09:08 On 2010-04-19 14:05:35 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On 2010-04-19, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Can see why. I, again, can't use chrome because it's not working with >>>> VO at this time. This is unusual as it's meant to use webkit isn't it? >>> >>> I'm guessing, but I don't think VO links to WebKit as such, but to the >>> browser itself. >>> >>> Jim >> >> Possible I suppose. It's interesting that VO reads other HTML type >> areas well enough, software update release notes - that kind of thing. > > I could very well be wrong. Like I say, it was purely a guess. > > Jim It's a fair guess and probably true in some related way. I know that Safari has an object model that VO is using to get the page structurees - number of lists/links/headings/etc. It uses this object model to effectively parse the HTML so that lists are indicated properly and bulletted. Perhaps it's just so tied in with Safari right now, doesn't mean things won't change. Flock worked with VO but it's not my sort of browser.
From: SM on 19 Apr 2010 09:10 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > 1) I *hate* having my current tab overwritten by eg using the search > bar to search for associated info to whatever I'm reading. Is this not solved in Safari by command-clicking, command-returning etc? Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 19 Apr 2010 09:12
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:59:10 +0100, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >> On the downside for Firefox >> >> 1) It doesn't use the Keychain to store passwords > >That I didn't know. That's a shame really as I love the keychain and >the autofiller in safari. Firefox has its own autofiller, working from its own data store, so it's functionally fine. I just prefer to have all my password-flavoured eggs in one well protected basket, as it were! Cheers - Jaimie -- Networking is well understood and well standardized, unfortunately not by the same people. |