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    From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to All on Sat Mar 30 02:58:01 2024
    Hey do any of you guys use opera browser or is it just me?
    It's a great browser, even though i prefer chrome. i use both.

    If you havent used it in a while, check it out. it's very robust.
    also has a built in vpn if you want to use it.
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  • From Daniel Path@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Mon Apr 1 09:52:39 2024
    Hello MRO,

    30 Mar 24 02:58, you wrote to All:

    Hey do any of you guys use opera browser or is it just me?
    It's a great browser, even though i prefer chrome. i use both.

    If you havent used it in a while, check it out. it's very robust.
    also has a built in vpn if you want to use it.

    ahh the good ol' opera, i am using it on my win98 machines, but nothing serious :)

    Regards,
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  • From Margaerynne@VERT/PALANTIR to MRO on Tue Apr 2 20:58:49 2024
    Re: opera browser
    By: MRO to All on Sat Mar 30 2024 02:58 am

    Hey do any of you guys use opera browser or is it just me?
    It's a great browser, even though i prefer chrome. i use both.

    Every now and then I'll look around at the alternatives to Firefox, but I'm never convinced to permanently switch.

    It's not the fastest, shiniest, or most X-Treme but it's reliable and is basically exactly what I want my web browsing to be.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Margaerynne on Tue Apr 2 20:37:15 2024
    Re: opera browser
    By: Margaerynne to MRO on Tue Apr 02 2024 08:58 pm

    Every now and then I'll look around at the alternatives to Firefox, but I'm never convinced to permanently switch.

    It's not the fastest, shiniest, or most X-Treme but it's reliable and is basically exactly what I want my web browsing to be.

    I used to like Firefox, but then they started changing its GUI and it looked more like Google Chrome. Things like removing the dedicated search input (I believe you can re-enable that though) and removing the top menu bar in favor of the 3-bar menu, etc..

    Nightfox

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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Nightfox on Wed Apr 3 03:06:00 2024
    On 02 Apr 2024, Nightfox said the following...

    I used to like Firefox, but then they started changing its GUI and it looked more like Google Chrome. Things like removing the dedicated
    search input (I believe you can re-enable that though) and removing the top menu bar in favor of the 3-bar menu, etc..

    can still use seamonkey.. i still kind of like it. uses a lot of vertical space though.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to fusion on Wed Apr 3 02:26:35 2024
    Re: Re: opera browser
    By: fusion to Nightfox on Wed Apr 03 2024 03:06 am

    looked more like Google Chrome. Things like removing the dedicated search input (I believe you can re-enable that though) and removing the top menu bar in favor of the 3-bar menu, etc..

    can still use seamonkey.. i still kind of like it. uses a lot of vertical space though.

    yeah i check it out sometimes. it's good to use something different sometimes. but, now everything is pretty much the same.
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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Wed Apr 3 08:02:00 2024
    Nightfox wrote to Margaerynne <=-

    I used to like Firefox, but then they started changing its GUI
    and it looked more like Google Chrome.

    True, most browsers look very similar these days.

    Things like removing the
    dedicated search input (I believe you can re-enable that though)

    Yes, very easy - a single radio button in Settings. I prefer that too.

    and removing the top menu bar in favor of the 3-bar menu, etc..

    Also adjustable - right click near the top and checkbox for Menu Bar.

    I use both Firefox and Chromium about equally.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to fusion on Wed Apr 3 07:00:00 2024
    fusion wrote to Nightfox <=-

    can still use seamonkey.. i still kind of like it. uses a lot of
    vertical space though.

    SeaMonkey brings back pleasant memories of Netscape Communicator. In the
    late 90s, Communicator was king, having news, mail, chat and web in one
    place.

    I ran SeaMonkey for a while on the BBS, but it doesn't seem to like
    Windows 10 (or doesn't like the 32-bit version).



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  • From Toydragon@VERT/ANDUIN to MRO on Thu Apr 11 18:47:00 2024
    RE: opera browser
    BY: MRO to All on Sat Mar 30 2024 02:58:00

    OTE: DCTEdit v0.04 [5]
    Hey do any of you guys use opera browser or is it just me?
    It's a great browser, even though i prefer chrome. i use both.

    It's still chrome at its base. Also, this is purely personal, but I avoid opera after finding out they're funding themselves by giving out shady predatory loans in countries like kenya and nigeria. and again this is a personal thing, but if they're pulling that I don't wanna know what they're doing with the data they're scraping from users going through their vpn...

    personally i've been liking vivaldi -- it's (another) chromium fork, but it's run by one of the OG Opera founders

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Toydragon on Thu Apr 11 15:34:55 2024
    Re: opera browser
    By: Toydragon to MRO on Thu Apr 11 2024 06:47 pm

    OTE: DCTEdit v0.04 [5]

    Just a head's up, this indicates that you need to set SCFG->External Programs->Message Editors->DCTEdit->Strip FidoNet Kludges to "Yes".

    As shown here:
    https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:editor:dctedit
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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Digital Man on Thu Apr 11 21:52:00 2024
    On 11 Apr 2024, Digital Man said the following...

    Just a head's up, this indicates that you need to set SCFG->External Programs->Message Editors->DCTEdit->Strip FidoNet Kludges to "Yes".

    that's the Sync/2 board :)

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to fusion on Thu Apr 11 23:47:54 2024
    Re: Re: opera browser
    By: fusion to Digital Man on Thu Apr 11 2024 09:52 pm

    On 11 Apr 2024, Digital Man said the following...

    Just a head's up, this indicates that you need to set SCFG->External Programs->Message Editors->DCTEdit->Strip FidoNet Kludges to "Yes".

    that's the Sync/2 board :)

    Ah. SBBS v2.3 might still've had that option (I don't recall off-hand), but good to know.
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