Re: Need a a second browser?

On 1/17/2021 11:00 PM, Jeff Barnett wrote:
> Problem: The demise of Flash has caused IE and me a problem. I'm using 
> Windows 7 so IE is sort of ancient. I listened to internet radio using 
> IE and that no longer works. (https://v7player.wostreaming.net/854) I 
> used IE so I could easily use FF without worrying about interactions 
> among tabs, e.g., a bank account in one tab and anything else in 
> another. When I open a radio station in a tab. I need to start a new 
> browser whenever I want to do most anything else. Further, I now must be 
> careful not to shut the radio down by accident. When IE worked, I just 
> used FF for everything else and never worried about it.
> 
> So what I'm looking for is another browser for Windows 7 (not IE or FF) 
> that 1) does not need Flash to play radio stations, 2) is light weight 
> since that is all it's going to do, and 3) does not offend with a lot of 
> crapware as the price for using it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> BTW, running radio in separate FF window fails: every time I try open a 
> URL it becomes a tab in the same browser window as the radio resides.
> 

Have you concisdered using a streaming application for listening to the
radio?  I use VideoLAN (VLC) from <http://www.videolan.org/>.

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David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>.

The only reason we have so many laws is that not enough people will do
the right thing.  (© 1997 by David Ross)

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