What this amounts to is that most of any typical computer's up-time is going to be devoted to web browsing. The browser you choose to work with is going to be critical to how well your system works (and how well you like working with it). The latest offerings from both Netscape and Microsoft, while they work well with the latest version of Windows (XP sp2 as of this writing), are a mixed blessing: the newer and more sophisticated uses of JavaScript and DHTML, as well as the latest versions of plugins from such programs as Acrobat Reader and RealPlayer, thrive in these newer browsers. Older systems, however, will feel the taxation of system resources and struggle just to get the program started. And, once it's up and running, system stability can be heavily compromised.
If you've got an older system, or even if you'd prefer to use a browser which does not consume the lion's share of your computer's resources, you've come to the right article. Read on.
1) economy of executable code;The results are on the next page:
2) stability;
3) security, and;
4) Java-bility.
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