Browsers

Well, I guess I finally understand why when I use the internet on multiple computers at different locations (my mom's house, my sister's house, the Seymour library, UT's library, three different computer labs at UT), they always seem to work differently and everything seems to be in the wrong place! I've used Explorer extensively (yes, I thought Explorer meant "get on the internet" on a "regular" computer) and had a tiny bit of experience with Firefox and Safari.

Tonight I looked at Opera, SeaMonkey, Camino, and Sunrise. I'm not exactly sure what I am looking at, but Opera seemed pretty "normal" to me, with features fairly understandable and in the proper place. SeaMonkey's STOP button seemed promising (I'm guessing it is used when the page you chose is taking forever to load, or you've just changed your mind), but everything downloaded so efficiently tonight I really wasn't able to try it out. When I tried Sunrise I wasn't sure I was looking at a browser or just a big advertisement for Apple, but I hated it! The clicking and getting multiple little pictures is probably really efficient and I'm sure a younger cliental would love it, but all the shifting images made me seasick!

The best for last.....drumroll please......Camino.....I love it! I love it! I love it! I'm actually not sure if it's the browser itself or just the way they've pre-bookmarked it, but this seems an amazing set up for grownups! I'm a news junkie (and Political Science major) so the tab with the multiple news sites is the besets thing on the internet to me. (They offer a pretty good selection, but I wonder if it can be personalized by adding FOX news to the mix?) Google should of course always be at one's finger tips, and Amazon is convenient, but not as obvious a voice. (I'm wondering if Apple owns Amazon, or if they pay to be placed there?) I also LOVE the translate button, and have always wished for such a thing.  (I once mentioned this to a professor and she looked down her nose at me and informed me that Americans should learn multiple languages. I replied that of course that was true, but surely she didn't expect me to master ALL of them!)

I've been thinking about what to do for a personal computer in the future, (I have a REALLY old, and surprisingly heavy  notebook) and thought it would probably be sensible to get a Mac. Now I think I know what browser I want too :)