[NMLUG] A true IE replacement??

[timothyemerick at yahoo.com (Tim Emerick)]

The part that you are missing is that IE is not available for linux.  I would
like to put up some linux web browsing kiosks that can also access our
corporate sites that seem to be made for IE only.  Absent that compatibility
I am forced to put in WinXP/IE6 workstations and every couple of weeks spend
a day cleaning off spyware that has managed to lodge itself within.

My ideal situation would be to have a pure browsing kiosk with all the needed
plugins and printing capabilities installed.  Firefox is the obvious choice
but any browser that can come as close to IE while still running on linux
would be ideal.

I've seen some suggestions to google for firefox activex plugins which have
been developed separately from the firefox project.  That will be my next
step.

Tim
--- michael <mpchlets@infotechmegacorp.com> wrote:

> I may be missing something, but if you want 99% compatibility why not just
> use IE.  If it is the 
> interface, then get another interface or convince microsoft to change it. 
> If you just don't want to use 
> Microsoft, well then don't expect someone else to re-invent the wheel
> perfectly.  What I mean is, it is 
> hard to get someone to re-invent something without trying to "make it
> better" or "take a different 
> route", all of these result in what you see with Opera or Firefox, someone
> doing something similar, 
> but taking a different route, and having incompatibility.
> 
> But if it is as I expect, just the generally well deserved hatred for
> microsoft, then do not try to follow 
> their standards, less you become like them.
> 
> michael
> 
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:03:45 -0600, James Hamilton wrote
> > The only other option might be something like Opera, but I think 
> > it's the M$ problem.  Not sticking to a standard, re-inventing the 
> > wheel you know all the standard ways to hose an industry.
> > 
> > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:26:52AM -0700, Tim Emerick wrote:
> > > I've been using firefox since it first came out.  
> > >  
> > > Most of the corporate sites that I _need_ to visit usually use active-x
> or some other IE only web 
> tricks and firefox/konquerer balk at them.  It's really a shame when an
> entire industry is entrenched 
> in MS technology.
> > >  
> > > I've been trying to find a browser that I can run on either linux or
> windows that offers all of the 
> functionality of IE.  Just how close can firefox (or another browser) come
> to being 99% IE compatible?
> > >  
> > > Tim



		
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