Hey lemon... I may not know everything about web browsers, BUT I do know what works and what doesn't... IE works, the others are struggling, and constantly updating to get to the same level.
How would you feel is an application that you just downloaded/purchased didn't show documents correctly??? If it showed you part of a page proper, but then dropped the rest... Would you give it another shot when an update was there (and not sure if it would fix the issue)?? I don't think so.
IF/when the other browser can display pages correctly (which they still don't do) I might give them another shot. As for them being faster then what I am currently using, you ever stop to consider that you internet connection and the web pages you are using them to test has something to do with that??? Some of you might have found this site dog slow last night, but I wouldn't blame my browser over that. Also, there are settings you can do (hopefully to your alternates) to make the browser render pages faster. One is to reduce the disk cache amount. Anyone with a connection that is faster then dial-up should drop that size (I have mine set to 1MB, as opposed to the 10MB it came set to). You can also shorten how much history your browser keeps. Reducing that shortens it launch time.
As for my areas of knowledge... Considering my background, the ONLY area that I have a weakness is in the alternate browsers. I know about the software that actually matters, since browsers are a VERY MINOR part of computing, I don't see the point in devoting time to the alternates. I would much rather get to know Illustrator 10, Photoshop 7 (when I get a copy) or any of the other applications I either have, or we have at work.
The reason I call them alternates is NOT because they are not from m$, but because they are late comers to the market compared to either ie or netscape. Both of those have been around forever for users to have, and are NOT recent additions to the field. How long has omniweb been available compared to netscape??? Never mind ie.
Oh and something else... I really don't care what your opinion of me is. There are a few people that I care as to what they think about me, and you are not even close to being on the list. Rant all you want about omni this or iCab that, in the end, you could shove a lemon where the sun never shines (if it does, you need serious help) and whistle dixie from there for all I care.
Major changes will have to take place before I download any of the alternates and give them a twirl again. Until THAT happens, I will use what works best for ME, you use what you want to. Try and covert me and I hope you have a kevlar vest handy. I put people there with those that say my father is in hell because he didn't 'find jesus' before he died (and we are jewish)...