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I just remembered why I used Opera:

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I used it because I could trick websites into thinking I was using "Internet Exploder" with Opera's browser identification. Also, because Internet Exploder simply blows on Mac; the last supported version was discontinued in 2004, only retains support for PPC (so OSx86 runs it by way of Rosetta emulation), and borks all pages ever.

Like this:


The only reason I even still have IE-for-Mac is because it came with OSX 10.3 — the OS shipped with my tower.

I can get IE 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 to run on OSx86 (OSX on Intel) on my MacBook, via DarWINE, but the Darwine packages are tricky to install and configure and rather sketchy. Also: font rendering sucks, as IE doesn't anti-alias; it looks jagged and crappy. The performance is sub-par, also. I think I might fiddle around and make that work on my MacBook again this afternoon. A challenge is always fun.

Opera 9.5 seems to be out of beta, plays better than Firefox does within OSX, and it supports bookmark syncing. I might switch back to it again.

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* Naturally, my ire at this implies the fact I have none of the listed things.