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08-31-2005, 05:10 AM
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Free Opera... instead of Firefox?
No need to explain why ffx is better than ie.
i'll take almost anything that's free, but i need to be convinced to use it. so i've downloaded the free opera (10 year thingy), but is it worth replacing firefox? when i start considering a format, i start testing every software i can, but now i'm far from it and would rather not experiment. so can i get some opinions please?
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08-31-2005, 05:20 AM
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I use Firefox for most of the time.
But i do test my website in IE, Opera, Firefox, etc to see how it looks and that there are no, or very little differences to how it's displayed to the user. |
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08-31-2005, 07:29 AM
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I got that free version of opera too. its cool, low memory footprint, loads faster. but STILL i like ff... lol...
I experimented with both of them. Opera 8.02 & FF 1.06 tweaked.. and FF performed A LOT faster then opera  . well its only my opinion. but i'll stick with my firefox
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08-31-2005, 10:48 AM
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Barefoot on the Moon!
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I've been using opera since version 5 and have been quite happy with it.
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08-31-2005, 02:27 PM
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Im on Opera now.. Its great.
When on my Linux box I use Dillo for non graphical stuff-- its lightning fast. Idk if they make it for Windows. Otherwise I use Opera. |
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08-31-2005, 07:48 PM
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Opera is indeed faster, but I perfer Firefox for its amazing customization (extentions/themes). I'd take extentions over some speed anyday.
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08-31-2005, 08:04 PM
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I love adblock, and that is what has kept me to firefox. I thought about trying other things like Maxthon or Opera, but I'm really enjoying FF right now, so I don't really feel the need to experiment.
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05-29-2006, 11:23 AM
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i looove firfox
protects from: virases,trojans all that crap pop ups bad downloads bad sites i loooove it id rater have a loyt more protection than speed anyday |
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05-29-2006, 11:48 AM
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05-29-2006, 01:11 PM
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Firefox always got messed up on Windows, so I switched to Opera, and I like it. It has some weird features, but its nice. On Linux I have Firefox, but I mainly use Bon Echo (Firefox 2.0 Alpha, I think).
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05-30-2006, 09:58 AM
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I wouldn't say FF "always" messed up... I've never had a problem with it, nor anybody else I know on the outside of PCM and it seems like the major of folks here at PCM that use it are happy with it. It's the broswer I use 90% of the time, but also use the others I mentioned above from time to time. I like Opera, but just don't spend that much time with it as I'm already comfortable with FF.
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05-30-2006, 10:52 AM
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Chop Chop
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The newest version (1.5?) always deleted bookmarks and search engines at some random point everytime I installed it. I even reinstalled Windows (for other reasons) and it still happened. If i reverted to the older version, it worked fine, but I was just looking to try Opera.
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05-30-2006, 12:03 PM
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06-06-2006, 09:42 AM
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I go along with Force Flow, I have been using Opera for about six or seven years, back when you had to pay for it to get it without ads. I had dial-up then and thought it was well worth it as it appeared to be faster. I still use it, almost exclusively, I only use IE6 for the web sites that don't work correctly with Opera or some Microsoft sites that require it.
I like the fact that it has had tabbed web pages for several years, also, it does have one unique feature that IE6 doesn't appear to have and I don't know about Firefox. It will read any highlighted web pages to you and it does a pretty good job of it. For people who might require this, it can be a godsend. Dave |
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06-07-2006, 04:13 AM
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I used FF for a couple of years. I recently downloaded Opera 9 (Beta). It takes a little tweaking to get used to it, but with the built-in mail client I am quite happy with it. Opera 9 also comes with a great ad blocking feature.
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06-07-2006, 04:31 PM
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I've been using both for ages now. Was a mishap with Opera a while ago (started restarting my computer) but that got fixed and I'm nore than happy to use either browser (preferably Firefox) any day over IE.
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06-07-2006, 04:39 PM
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I use Opera, and rarely when a website is incompatable, I switch to IE 10.
But - when you get right down to it - its just personal preference |
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06-07-2006, 04:44 PM
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I tried Opera about 6 months ago ... the encryption wasn't good enough for my financial institution's online banking.
I liked it but I really didn't want to deal with having yet another browser taking up space. I use FFx now for about 99% of browsing, IE as a compatibility fallback. |
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06-07-2006, 07:25 PM
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06-07-2006, 09:54 PM
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yeah, thats right - 7, I had WMP in my head.
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