Aug 28 2007
Web browser.
Over the years I’ve used several browsers. I liked Opera and only switched to Firefox because they had a version (7 or 8 ) which was a real pain to install. But it ran fast and even though early Firefox versions were supposed to be quick, I never had the same feeling. For the last month or so, my main Windows browser has been K-Meleon. Like Firefox, it’s based on the Gecko engine, so everything renders beautifully, but it’s much barer and faster - None of the recent Firefox memory leak bloats. Unless you are wedded to some Firefox extensions, I’d suggest giving it a try. I still use Firefox for Firebug and the Web Developer bar plugins but straightforward surfing is all in K-Meleon.
It won’t be entirely painless. A few of the keyboard shortcuts are different, and some Flash content doesn’t load (YouTube has no problem), but I’ve had no problem with any Ajax apps and it is worth it for me.