SillyDog701

[sbean]

Just registered today.... I found this site while looking to find as many browsers as possible for a webdesign class i'm taking.

The goal is to have a site that can be read by many people, i'm using a mac book pro.

please offer any advice or links

thanks

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/418.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3

[DJGM]

Luckily there's a generously wide selection of web browsers available for Mac OS X . . .

SeaMonkey Suite - Community based replacement for the former Mozilla App-Suite.
Mozilla Camino - Mac OS X native browser that uses the Mozilla Gecko engine.
Mozilla Firefox - The most popular browser that isn't Internet Explorer!

OmniWeb - Built upon the Apple WebKit engine used in Safari, but not free.
Opera - Cross platform browser that ought to be more popular than it is.
Shiira - Free browser built upon the Apple WebKit engine used in Safari.
iCab - AFAIK, the only Mac browser that still supports Mac OS 9.x !

FWIW, even though it's officially obsolete now, go here to get Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS X.
(Microsoft have officially stopped supporting IE for Mac, and no longer offer it for download from Mactopia.)

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060721 SeaMonkey/1.0.3

[sbean]

thank you so much for the information abundant response! Exactly what I wanted.

I have successfully downloaded a few of them, and will continue. Never heard of most of the browsers.

Question: In my niaviete, is it possible I could download a spyware? if so how do I get diagnosed & doctored?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/418.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3

[sbean]

got the internet explorer - thanks!

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/418.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3

[DJGM]

The Shiira browser for Mac OS X is a project originated in Japan, and the link should take you to
this URL http://hmdt-web.net/shiira/en which is the English language version of the site.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060721 SeaMonkey/1.0.3

[DJGM]

Question: In my niaviete, is it possible I could download a spyware?
if so how do I get diagnosed & doctored?

At this moment in time, there is no spyware or malware that affects Mac OS X. The vast majority of spyware,
if not all of it, only affects users of the most widely used operating system, that being Microsoft Windows.

While Mac OS X still only has a fairly low market share, spyware makers aren't bothering with it ... yet.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060721 SeaMonkey/1.0.3

[sbean]

I appreciate your help.

does sound a bit foreboding - happy to be on the mac safe side for now,

are there education/certification options in this sillydog place of tech geniuses?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/418.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3

[Antony]

are there education/certification options in this sillydog place of tech geniuses?

What do you mean?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/418.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3

[sbean]

Yes, thank you.
there seems to be such a wealth of information on this site, but I get lost in the conversations because i don't have the basics. I'm asking for some sort of "browsers 101 class" or "best web design software"

I am currently learning HTML and dreamweaver. Our assignment was to find 20 different browsers in which to view our newly created websites. I luckily found sillydog.org and downloaded recommended browsers.

However from searching this site I see there is much I don't know:
Stable vs- unstable browsers.
multitudes of changing browsers.
What are the risks and benefits of different browsers.

Is web design language also changing? Is Perl and Java Script still a sensible next step?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/312.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/312.6