Techie question

[Wrathchild]

I've just been advised that if I want to be able to download MP3s from one of my storage accounts, I should start using a browser programme called Opera.

I'm running Windows 95 on a 166 with a paltry 16 mb of RAM. If you could all stop pointing and laughing for a minute, I'd be grateful for some advice on whether I'd be doing the right thing .

Ta muchly,

W

 

[phlogiston]

Opera should be fine, I used to use it exclusively, until I reformatted my hard drive and found better things. It's built to be small and fast, so you should be fine.

The free version is also supported by ads that rotate in the upper right corner, so you've got less screen area and it eats some of your bandwidth downloading the ads.

However, I must ask, why does the browser matter? Opera does nothing that IE/Mozilla/Netscape/Pheonix/Galleon/Konqueror does. (Well, actually it does, but nothing that should affect downloading or anything like that). Who advised you, and which storage site?

 

[Wrathchild]

'Twas www.myplay.com . I have stuff in there that IE 4.0 wouldn't let me download, so I emailed their support staff for help. They said IE 6 or Netscape 7 would be the way to go, but then recommended Opera since I'm still using Win 95.

W

 

[Lord Tim]

Grab Mozilla - www.mozilla.org

That's essentially Netscape 7 without all of the AOL crap they put in now...

However, I agree with Phloggy - if you can't access the page with ANY current browser, then these people are morons and should go back to coding school...

 

[Lord Tim]

Although - if you have IE4.0, you're doing yourself a disservice by not updating to IE6... your system will run a LOT better because of it...

 

[phlogiston]

If you're going Mozilla, don't go Mozilla, go Pheonix. It's basically the Mozilla engine, but without all the bloat. Unless you want the stuff like news and email readers. Then go Mozilla. But in your case I'd go Pheonix. Smaller and faster.

 

[KoichCPA]

Opera is the best browser ever, multiple windows are great,you can easily get any undisired material off the screen and to a news site as soon as your mum walks in.

 

[Lord Tim]

Mozilla / Phoenix does that too!