Would Wagner or Mozart use this browser?

Recently, Opera granted keys to interested users for their ad-free browser. After obtaining one, I've installed this software and used it a few days. Good looking structure and the speed is fast enough. Three things stood out immediately. 1->No popups. 2->It doesn't like GMail. 3->Some important tools are lost in The Blogger posting area. This reminds me of KDE's Konqueror in use on my Linux PCs. Fortunately, Konqueror does not have a problem with GMail even though it is not on the GMail approved list. Will keep using this alternative way to surf the internet and report later. For a free download of the ad-driven version of Opera click here.

Firefox is still the leader in the recent browser battles. They have to gain control over the increase of popups though. The bad guys are still hammering away trying to force garbage on our PCs that we don't want. If you go to a site and the popup blocker stops an ad then DON'T return to this site. Email the webmaster of the page and tell them why you won't return. Gee, think people will do this? Internet Explorer 7 is on the horizon and will be available only to XP and Vista users. Why does Microsoft keep shooting that foot? Does Bill Gates have plans to venture into the Linux realm? Sure seems like he's headed that way. Remember, he injected 150 million dollars into non-voting shares of Apple in 1997.

NEW LINK: Please click on Cybersouth Links just under the picture above and check out the new Computing.net search link at the top of the page. For many years this site has been a great resource for curing various problems computerese. Just type in your query, select the category and enjoy the results!

Anyone having problems with Windows Updates? Please comment.

"I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not mildly, but with all my heart. To me an opera is the very climax & cap-stone of the absurd, the fantastic, the unjustifiable. I hate the very name of opera - partly because of the nights of suffering I have endured in its presence, & partly because I want to love it and can't."
-Mark Twain