----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Whalen - The Computer Valet" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] opera question


> >
> Well, Active X spoils you with its ease-of-installation. If you've never
dealt with Netscape-style plug-ins, complete with icky MIME types and all
that, then you're in for a bumpy ride. Some plug-ins will install easily,
like Flash, others will fight you every step of the way and installation
instructions may be hard to find because so much of the world is
Active-X-Aware.
>

I have good deal of experience with netscape before, I think I can handle
the plug-in issue.

> Still, for that, I really like Opera. It's VERY fast at rendering pages,
by the way.
>

How about security, compatibility and stability?  the reason I strongly
dislike netscape is because its stability problem, the way it hi-jack system
and ill AOL dirty handed, IE let me down on its security bugs. So that I'm
looking for something that can fix them all.  And I do need multi-language
support, as I do need to be able to read Chinese (and possible others) on
net.

Jun Qian

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