Nutshell Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 You may be aware that many elderly people in the USA are living into their 90's. My great grandmother is 99! Her mind is still sharp and she does use the internet. Her PC is kind of old and slow. She needs a simple browser with a light footprint. The objective would to load web pages as quickly as possible. She doesn't need a browser with a million extra features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janitor Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 K-Meleon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife Party Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 opera? ....if not...K meleon is a good choice :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macfanboy Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 yup. or even firefox but remember these 3 words of something doesn't seem right "Just don't click" thats amazing that she uses the net. teach her some <html> <title>html code</title> <h1>ihhi</h1> </html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htwho Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Why not go with IE7? It is amazing that your great grandmother is that sharp! Hope she lives a merry and long life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusValentine Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Also try The World Browser: http://www.ioage.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 K-Meleon +1 Although I would recommend you set it up for her as K-Meleon may be a little intimidating to her in it's default state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutshell Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 I'll take a look at K-Meleon. Thanks guys. Sadly, my great grandmother's generation may be the end of the line. There are a growing number of people living into their 90's with their minds still intact, if not their bodies! With the epidemic of obesity (about 40% of the population) life expectancy will surely decline. My great grandmother lives in a retirement community. There are numerous other retired folks who help keep her PC healthy. If I install K-Meleon I'll make sure its setup right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migo Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Off By One runs off a floppy if K-Meleon doesn't work. It's HTML 3.2 tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 uBuntu Linux + Firefox = No Spyware + No Viruses = No Problems, No Stress :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadgeek9 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 uBuntu Linux + Firefox = No Spyware + No Viruses = No Problems, No Stress :) Ubuntu runs a little slow on older computers (such as my Pentium III), but its lightweight brother Xubuntu will work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vquattro Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I suggest try: Netscape 9 http://browser.netscape.com/ What Neowinians said about Netscape 9 https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...amp;hl=Netscape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadgeek9 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Just out of curiosity, what are the specifications of that computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted December 25, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 25, 2007 off by one browser :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I'd say Opera. Stay away from IE at all costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadBoat89 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 uBuntu Linux + Firefox = No Spyware + No Viruses = No Problems, No Stress :) better for her to stay with something she would be familiar with... going with your method may yield many phone calls regarding how to do this and that. unless she is one of those people who picks up on new things quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted December 26, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2007 better for her to stay with something she would be familiar with... going with your method may yield many phone calls regarding how to do this and that. unless she is one of those people who picks up on new things quicklyThe Linux suggestion isn't bad. Using Ubuntu with full Gnome on a low-end PC is rather questionable, though.But using a web browser and email in Linux (believe it or not) is pretty much functionally identical to browsing and emailing in Windows. Shocker! Yes, I know. You might get the odd phone call about "how do I attach a picture to my email" again. But those questions probably come in Windows too. You won't get the "my computer keeps popping up ads all the time and is dog slow" because it is now a spam-zombie types of calls. Linux is a possibility. It may not be a best fit. But it very well may be a best fit. You shouldn't just dismiss it summarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honey01 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Opera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncidentFlux Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Opera. Their core development strength comes from optimizing Opera to run on the lowest speced devices, like mobiles phones and hand held games. Opera runs fast everywhere... Opera all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unto Darkness Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 I suggest using TheWorld Browser. Homepage Offbyone Browser is certainly a light browser but it does not have Flash or Javascript support. Source: Homepage of Offbyone Browser Off By One Browser Limitations * No JavaScript support (so no pop-up ad windows). * No applet, plug-in or Flash support. TheWorld Browser is of almost the same size with all the features required for safe moderate browsing. Opera is also recommended but it depends on how "old" your computer really is. If it has at least 512 MB RAM and runs Windows 2000=< then go with Opera. If not TheWorld Browser is also a good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Another vote for Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoJD Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Opera's a bit heavy on resources isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villiansv Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Opera's a bit heavy on resources isn't it? No, quite the opposite, of the full-featured browsers (at the very least plugin-enabled ones) its only competitor for resource use would be K-meleon, and even then I'd say it's a tossup. On my 1.7GHz P4 laptop (768MB RAM) I can't tell the difference, but it's not exactly the slowest machine out there. To the OP - Opera has a built-in email client which is very functional and uses virtually no resources in addition to the actual browser. If you have to use an email client, then Opera is a better choice over the other browsers because of this. Of course, if the only mail checking going on will be webmail, then it's a moot point. The email client doubles up as an RSS reader, and there's IRC too, so on an old computer needing a modern browser, email client, rss reader and/or irc chat, going with Opera will be the best use of the resources available. And keep in mind, not using those features means they do NOT take up any resources, so don't go down the "bloated, won't use it" road :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loligoth Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I have to say Opera. In my old Pentium 3 500 with 256M RAM, Opera is only browser which I can open dozen of tabs without too much slow down and with some good responsive-ness. Firefox continuously locks up at times, and IE7 simply crashes. I even used Opera on my super old Pentium 133 with 64M RAM once, and it can actually opens up half a dozen tabs. Wow, that's simply... Wow! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaaack Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Opera +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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