Feeling like a 2nd class citizen

[Billie Walsh]

Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> Good evening,
>
> I know I probablly shouldn't be posting this to both lists, but I couldn't
> figure out which one would be better to post to.
>
> I am getting frustrated with using Konqueror as my default browser.  I
> don't know if I just have some problems, or its the fact that I am running
> 64-bit Kubuntu, but it is getting to the point that browsing the web is
> just easier, and more fun in Internet Explorer.
>   

One problem is that most web pages are written specifically for IE.
Microsoft, in their infinite stupidity, use proprietary tags and don't
necessarily use the standard ones. The standard ones they do use are
interpreted differently.

> I know that Google and GMail don't always play nice with Konqueror and
> have lived to accept it, but it is other sites that I am getting sick of
> trying to deal with.
> I can to a page, an example being Facebook, and not get all of the images
> or all of the links to work.  I go to a travel site to book airplane
> tickets and get to use the "basic" settings, I go to a page and am told
> flash is not installed when I do have the non-free version of flash
> installed or even better I click on a link and nothing happens until I
> click on the link 3 or 4 times and finally the "gear" starts spinning and
> I get the page I want.  Another fun problem is when I increase the font
> size the text blurs together and I can't read it.... or go to a page that
> has a form and the text runs into the form so I don't really know what I'm
> filling out.
>
> Is it just that I need to switch to Firefox on my Kubuntu install?  Or
> should I stick to browsing the web in my XP VM, cause things "just work"
> there


I don't generally use Konqueror for web browsing. I did when I first
started playing around with Linux a few years ago but had experiences
quite like your. I've used Firefox as my primary browser for both my
Windows and Linux installs from it's inception. While a lot of sites
don't play well with Firefox it does seem to do a better job of
interpreting pages.

My suggestion is to use Firefox. Just don't try going to Microsoft web
pages. They get plumb testy.