Browser Hijacking

[Louis Nick III]

If I want a movement, I'll eat some ex-lax. I just want to read some
webpages, not go live on an anit-corporate nerd commune.

If you don't like that, don't type "about:mozilla" in the address box.

Oh, now the homepage is "Getting Involved with Mozilla". That's a little
better. But I don't really want to get involved with my web browser, maybe
just flirt with it a little.

When I installed Mozilla, I made the homepage WWW DOT GOOGLE DOT COM,
and so now I just see that.

Mozilla was nice except for the terrifying netscape flashbacks it gave
me. If you want a browser with a corporation behind it, like God
intended, get Opera. Since 6.0, and especially since 7.0, Opera
(current version 7.23) has made amazing strides towards compatibility
with IE-intended webpages. And you can google from the ordinary address
bar: just type g searchwords and hit return, and whango. Nice
customizable search-engine shortcuts, with a good mix of customizing in-
UI and having to go into the user files with notepad, also like god
intended.

It has pop-up blocking built-in, and you can turn it on, off, or to
"requested pop-ups only" using the superbly useful quick-preferences key
(F12) which brings up a menu of commonly-adjusted prefs. I like it the
most because it has a quick proxy-toggle for my super-duper webfilter,
Proximatron 4.4 (Naoko). Proximatron is out of development, but who
cares, you can add your own filters and it starts with a ton of options.
If you can quantify what code you don't want to see anymore, Proximatron
can cripple it, and it'll probably throw in a Shonen Knife reference to
boot. Just turn off the garish colors before your remaining eye melts.

Also, I know very little about computers, but I do know: using IE
I got lots of adware that I had to spend time finding and removing,
and using Mozilla I get NO ADWARE, or it's incredibly subtle.

Opera's free with the ad-supported version, or affordable without ads.
So get Mozilla if you're aiming to get what you pay for. Get Opera if
you're willing to pay a little money. And if worse comes to worse, get
Avant Browser (runs over IE) to make IE a tolerable experience (works
great with Proximatron, too, with easier proxy-bypass than vanilla IE,
but not as quick as Opera.)

-LAN3
Opera Fan.

Me: Wow. Um...did you see that episode of the Simpsons last night?
They had a very funny pastiche of The Godfather.

It's an Italian-American Mexican Standoff!

[Joseph Michael Bay]

Post by Louis Nick III

When I installed Mozilla, I made the homepage WWW DOT GOOGLE DOT COM,
and so now I just see that.

Opera's free with the ad-supported version, or affordable without ads.
So get Mozilla if you're aiming to get what you pay for.

I've actually never tried Opera, and I've never felt Mozilla was
inadequate for what I use the web for, but maybe Opera's better, I GUESS.

Post by Louis Nick III
Get Opera if
you're willing to pay a little money. And if worse comes to worse, get
Avant Browser (runs over IE) to make IE a tolerable experience

I bet the Traskmobile would also work well there.

Post by Louis Nick III
(works
great with Proximatron, too, with easier proxy-bypass than vanilla IE,
but not as quick as Opera.)
-LAN3
Opera Fan.

Me: Wow. Um...did you see that episode of the Simpsons last night?
They had a very funny pastiche of The Godfather.

It's an Italian-American Mexican Standoff!

Aw, look at the bambino! Or is a bambina? I dunno, I no speaka any
language so good.

[l***@joimail.com]

Post by Joseph Michael Bay

Post by Louis Nick III

When I installed Mozilla, I made the homepage WWW DOT GOOGLE DOT COM,
and so now I just see that.

Opera's free with the ad-supported version, or affordable without ads.
So get Mozilla if you're aiming to get what you pay for.

I've actually never tried Opera, and I've never felt Mozilla was
inadequate for what I use the web for, but maybe Opera's better, I GUESS.

Post by Louis Nick III
Get Opera if
you're willing to pay a little money. And if worse comes to worse, get
Avant Browser (runs over IE) to make IE a tolerable experience

I bet the Traskmobile would also work well there.

Kill mame death &c