[ale] IE6 under Wine (or just use Opera)

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Glad you love the browser. Check the bookmarks under "directories." They 
actually listed my site there! Only problem that I have found with Opera is 
related to framesets - other than that, it is a very solid browser.
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Drew
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On Friday 03 May 2002 16:04, aaron wrote:
> You might want to listen to Bob.
>
> OPERA RULZ!
>
> I've been running Opera for Linux 6.0 (tp3) for months and found this
> latest version, like its predecessors, extemely fast, smartand stable.
> The 6.0 feature list is very current and comparable with any browser out
> there.
>
> Have also been very pleased running Opera 5.0 final on the OS9.2 Mac
> systems that I need to use at my day job (-: at least for the time
> being:-).  It took about 2 seconds to convince tech literate co-workers
> Mac IE and switch to Opera.
>
> I've only seen a little of Opera running on M$ (since I don't do
> windoze),  but that was enough to confirm that it is very observably
> faster than both Netscape 6.0 and Internet Exploiter in that environment
> as well; possibly as much as 2X over Exploiter.
>
> Depending on the platform the only notable caveate in using Opera is the
> potential for limited plug-in availability with the more non-standard
> and/or proprietary "fluffernetter" like Flush and Shockwaste and
> SchemeWeaver.
>
> peace
> aaron
>
> On Thursday 02 May 2002 13:28, you wrote:
> > > Has anyone been able to get IE6 to run on Linux using Wine?
> >
> > IE has so many SERIOUS four alarm security bugs that you REALLY should
> > consider an alternative, in my opinion (if any M$ lawyers are reading).
> > How 'bout Opera's browser that can emulate IE under either Windows or
> > Linux?
> >
> > > Chris
> >
> > Bob
> >
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