Browsers

[swanseadave]

As I mentioned on another board,I`ve downloaded Opera10.10 and I must say I`m amazed how fast it is compared with IE8.
IIRC it was Nick(Benchista)who recommended it.

I`m impressed.

[Muffin]

I use Mozilla Firefox - is Opera 10.10 better? Mozilla can be slow to load and my computer does not run very fast. I have a Gigabyte of RAM. All the IE stuff seems to be rubbish! Good old Bill is probably counting his money.

My computer man recommended Google Chrome but the tool bar proved a little difficult for me when trying to move from Mozilla. I am sure my computer can be faster and easier to use - maybe I need more RAM? 3 Gigs seems to be about what people buy.

[swanseadave]

I`m still getting used to it but it has a "turbo" feature which is said to speed up sites which run slowly.

Early indications are that it is much faster than IE.I have tried FF and Chrome,but not for long enough to make a judgement.
What do you have to lose? Try it.

[mcg]

I have used IE and Firefox, and must prefer Firefox.

Part of the beauty of it is the add ons.

I use NoScript, so you can visit a site and only allow scripts necessary to view the site, Ad Blocker (never see any adds), and others.

so much better than faster than IE!

[Muffin]

Hell Fire! Life is very complicated when it comes to computers. I see that even laptops now have 4 Gigs of RAM and enormous HDD's. My computer is stone age stuff.

[Tooslow]

Muffin, stone age? I doubt it. The first machine I worked on had 16K (that's not a typo, K = 1,024 bytes) of core storage. Proper, core storage, none of this fancy semiconductor stuff! :-)

http://tinyurl.com/yt42xn

and needless to say it was BIG. But it hads loads of flashing lights and a very sexy console :-)

JH

[Smudger79]

Ahhh, the old technology

My first computer was this

Chucky Egg - best game ever, along with Manic Miner.

[Tooslow]

The first one I worked on was something like this http://tinyurl.com/yzhmj7h

But it was much later than 1959 (honest!). This only shows the console. Then there was the printer, the card reader and the disks.

JH

[Nig]

I've been shifting between FF and Opera for a few years and recently,Safari as well. I dont find much speed difference between any of them really.
I always seem to end up using FF for most of the time though and like mcg, am now using noscript.
One thing I really like with FF is when scroll wheel is pressed on Bookmark, in Menu or Toolbar,the site is opened in a new tab.
I love the Full Flat theme also

Nig.

[Muffin]

I find in FF that if I want something in my Bookmarks beginning with a 'P' I just press P and I get straight to the P's. This doesn't seem to happen in Google Chrome, for some reason, and I have to do lengthy scrolling.

[Dorset_Mike]

Ahhh, the old technology

My first computer was this

Chucky Egg - best game ever, along with Manic Miner.

I started with one of these


Z80 processor, 16K ram which I upgraded to 32K. Used to programme in machine code or basic.

[Muffin]

I was most pleased to have an Atari and a dot matrix printer. When I retired there was no Web - and look at it now.

[MickLL]

The first computer I ever used was "Atlas" at Manchester univerity. Playing with it was an integral part of my course.

Then I used an IBM 1130 (I think) a main frame that, from memory, was less powerful than my current phone.

Then I had a sort of kit that was supposed to teach me about desktop computing. I don't remember the name but the only output was a single line display in hexadecimal (I think). It certainly wasn't English!

Then I changed jobs and was amazed to find an AppleII on my desk. Complete with 48k memory and two floppy disk drives.

Since then I've been through just about every incarnation of PC.

I've learned very little on the journey.

MickLL

[BigWill]

"I've learned very little on the journey."...................with you there mick! My first computer was an Amiga which didn't even have a hard drive.................the OS was on a floppy! Never did really get the hang of that thing and I've been struggling ever since.......but it's fun!

BigWill

[john_g]

My first computer came as a kit, made entirely of plastic with elastic bands to provide the flip-flop action. I can't find any information about it on the internet, but I remember that it could be programmed by moving cogs or pegs (the details escape me) but its practical applications were somewhat limited in that its capacity was only three bits i.e. the biggest number it knew about was seven. For all that, I remember being absolutely fascinated by it.

[swanseadave]

[Smudger79]

Yes, the BBC was programmable in BASIC as well.
I don't think my early programs of GOTOs and INPUTs had any bearing on my decision for a career in Software Development though.

[Tooslow]

Mick,
"I've learned very little on the journey" - I bet you learnt a few new swear words and; turn it off, count to five, turn it back on

JH

[swanseadave]

Ahhh, the old technology

My first computer was this

Chucky Egg - best game ever, along with Manic Miner.

I started with one of these


Z80 processor, 16K ram which I upgraded to 32K. Used to programme in machine code or basic.

I still have one of those

[john_g]

I know people thought I was, as usual, a bit delusional... but I've found it:



Here's the link to a site that is offering a modern rendering of it:
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/21...computer-.html