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Rose Pekelnicky
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Comments (5)Hey Sue, Welcome back to posting again, we've missed you. Do I read the "what's new on Garden Web banner? Yup, always do. have learned from experience that is where we are alerted to problems going on and info that we should be aware of. Like the one that is posted right now. Very cute wording to it too, I might add. "UPDATE: Wednesday, 12:00 ET: Who let the garden gnomes out? The partying got out of hand last night and they managed to bring down one of our servers. The Gnome Hunters have been deployed, but will need to turn off all posting for a few hours this afternoon (time tbd). Ouch -- that hurts, we know! Stay tuned for further updates. Same Bat Time, same Bat Channel!" Fran...See Moreweb browsers
Comments (16)I use Opera primarily and yes it does have a spell check built in from version 10 on. Aspell was fully compatible and worked fine in previous versions so Opera has had a spell check for, well I think I've used a spell check in it for nearly a decade now. It's an excellent spell check too at least for my use. So I primarily use Opera, and often use K-meleon and then comes Firefox. Never have tried Safari or Chrome but really no need to since I like these so much. Opera is the standard of comparison for great browsers. It's fast, well-equipped with features, including a mail client if you need it. It is the most customizable I've used. I like maximum screen space so I customize the toolbars to just be one, and be smaller so I see more of what I want to look at. And it's only about 6mb download for the whole browser! Updates on the Internet Elephant are sometimes 5 times that! K-meleon is based on the old Netscape Gecko engine and is extremely fast. It doesn't have the features of Opera but I like it for checking webmail. Also I have Opera set to kill off a lot of ads and occasionally I need to see something so I'll just open it in K-meleon or Firefox. Firefox is an interesting browser. It's open source and has many varieties. They use extensions, now called "add-ons" to add features. Many are gimmicks. But so many things like paste & go should be built into the browser and I don't like having to constantly update Firefox. Every week there's probably 3-5 updates to be downloaded. Not a major problem, but still a nuisance. But I do like the weather extensions for Firefox and a couple others. But it's much slower than Opera or K-meleon, although light years ahead of the Elephant. The best thing is to try out several. Give them a fair chance, at least a few weeks and do some research on tips and the like so you use it more fully. It took a long time to get used to all the advantages of Opera and I only use the Elephant now for Windows Update. Like I said you might find you like one for one purpose and another for another purpose. Nothing wrong with that. Sometimes you need a stove and sometimes you need a refrigerator!...See Morehow do you post a photo from the web
Comments (37)dedtired, I must have known what you meant, because I didn't even notice. Auto correct sure is fun though, isn't it? You type what you want and it thinks you meant something else so changes it for you. You can't remember how to spell something that it should be able to guess and it has no clue. I turned it off on my first smart phone, but it's rather fun to see what it comes up with, so I left it on my new phone and now my tablet. It's certainly good for a laugh now and then and who doesn't need more laughter in their lives? No worries Joanmn. You are not the first to do so and won't be the last....See MoreHow do I get my browser bar back?
Comments (2)Try right clicking in the area where your browser bar should be and then click on the toolbar that isn't checked. Hope that works!...See Moremaire_cate
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