In Part I of this article, we discussed Internet Explorer and Firefox. Now we will discuss some lesser known Browsers that are gaining in popularity. I was first exposed to the Opera browser back in 2000 and wasn't impressed much. After using it for a few weeks, I quickly uninstalled it.
I don't remember exactly what turned me off at this point but I do remember that I was turned off. Now in 2008 we have Opera 9.27. It has come a very log way and it is a very impressive browser. Opera is a tabbed browser and has some cool features built in to it that Firefox makes you download as an add-in. That said, it loads pages quickly and doesn't use a lot of resources like Firefox does. The only complaint that I have about Opera is that it doesn't handle media well and it doesn't render some sites as well as Firefox does. I listen to a lot of talk radio and watch some TV shows online; I have found that Opera is not the best option for that.
The next browser I'm going to talk about is Avant. I started using Avant back in 2000 just as I did with Opera. I loved it then, but got away from it for some reason. I rediscovered the latest version and have been using it now for several weeks. Although I like it a lot, is not about to supplant Firefox as my browser of choice. It is basically a skin for IE because it uses the same rendering engine but is not quite as fast as IE. However it's interface is more visually appealing.
Opera Originally a commercial product, these days Opera is completely free to download and use. It's a full-featured browser, even incorporating mail and chat clients. Despite this, the browser is very fast at loading pages, and memory usage usually isn't an issue. The user interface is a little strange for a Mac app - some would say "dated" - but it works well enough once you're used to it.
That brings us to Apple's offering - Safari. I don't like it and will be uninstalling it. It does have tabbed browsing but it is not nearly as easy to customize as the other browsers I've mentioned, and the customization options are limited. The speed of this browser is about as good as any that I tested, but when it came to sites with video content, the performance deteriorated considerably. The bottom line is that unless you're a MAC user, there really is no good reason to use this browser.
Another web recording tool, is WebAction from Copasetic Software LLC. This works slightly differently in that it installs itself within Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object. WebAction records activity in Internet Explorer and creates internet macros which you can play back. However, macros cannot be edited and will not run in other scripting environments, so this tool is focused more for basic macros and is less flexible.
Web macro recorders and scripting tools are ideal for automating routine tasks in modern web sites and web based applications, or for automatically transferring data into or out of web applications and interfacing them with traditional solutions. These tools can also be used for automated testing of web sites and web applications and offer easier, speedier development over traditional scripting languages.
I don't remember exactly what turned me off at this point but I do remember that I was turned off. Now in 2008 we have Opera 9.27. It has come a very log way and it is a very impressive browser. Opera is a tabbed browser and has some cool features built in to it that Firefox makes you download as an add-in. That said, it loads pages quickly and doesn't use a lot of resources like Firefox does. The only complaint that I have about Opera is that it doesn't handle media well and it doesn't render some sites as well as Firefox does. I listen to a lot of talk radio and watch some TV shows online; I have found that Opera is not the best option for that.
The next browser I'm going to talk about is Avant. I started using Avant back in 2000 just as I did with Opera. I loved it then, but got away from it for some reason. I rediscovered the latest version and have been using it now for several weeks. Although I like it a lot, is not about to supplant Firefox as my browser of choice. It is basically a skin for IE because it uses the same rendering engine but is not quite as fast as IE. However it's interface is more visually appealing.
Opera Originally a commercial product, these days Opera is completely free to download and use. It's a full-featured browser, even incorporating mail and chat clients. Despite this, the browser is very fast at loading pages, and memory usage usually isn't an issue. The user interface is a little strange for a Mac app - some would say "dated" - but it works well enough once you're used to it.
That brings us to Apple's offering - Safari. I don't like it and will be uninstalling it. It does have tabbed browsing but it is not nearly as easy to customize as the other browsers I've mentioned, and the customization options are limited. The speed of this browser is about as good as any that I tested, but when it came to sites with video content, the performance deteriorated considerably. The bottom line is that unless you're a MAC user, there really is no good reason to use this browser.
Another web recording tool, is WebAction from Copasetic Software LLC. This works slightly differently in that it installs itself within Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object. WebAction records activity in Internet Explorer and creates internet macros which you can play back. However, macros cannot be edited and will not run in other scripting environments, so this tool is focused more for basic macros and is less flexible.
Web macro recorders and scripting tools are ideal for automating routine tasks in modern web sites and web based applications, or for automatically transferring data into or out of web applications and interfacing them with traditional solutions. These tools can also be used for automated testing of web sites and web applications and offer easier, speedier development over traditional scripting languages.
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