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- LucasVB, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28But Opera is faster than Firefox.
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#winspeed - Squinky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24File - Sessions - Save this session....
- atdigg, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26I always run the latest weekly build, it will come out very nice: widgets, content blocking, bittorrent integrated, these are some of the improvements over 8.54.
With all browsing, e-mail, IRC, RSS and bittorrent integrated Opera is still smaller and faster than Firefox. - worbd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22"Open in tabs"? Opera has had that since v1 or so. Long before Firefox was even being considered, as a matter of fact. Most features in Firefox were invented by Opera.
- LabThug, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24BRING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- slyckidiot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21I use Firefox, but Opera is a great browser and I'm glad there is healthy competition between the two.
- soogy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Hell yeah! Opera 9 fixes almost everything in 8.5 that bugged me. The only thing I can think of that it didn't (and couldn't) fix, is ignorant web designers who don't know the meaning of "cross-browser testing."
- MisterCookie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21I'm just psyched for the Nintendo Wii version :D Even though it seems kind of pointless, as nearly everyone has a computer with internet access. Still cool though.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Also according to http://www.24fun.com/downloadcenter/benchjs/benchjs.html opera is faster.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Opera's rendering of pages is the most standard compliant way. its mostly ignorant web devs.
- LucasVB, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Excellent! Opera is the best browser out there, but unfortunetly most people never look much into it to fully enjoy it. I hope they start a public awareness campaign of some sort in order to kill the several myths about Firefox and Opera, so Opera can get the innovative, fast, secure, stable image it deserves.
- pornel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I don't find it much different than in any non-IE browser. Opera's doing a lot to be compatible with the average tagsoup (implements IE dom, can spoof it's user agent, even has bunch of greasemonkey-like patches for popular broken websites and lame scripts)
- acoot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12digg+opera+wii :) what more could i want.
I have a confession to make, i use opera 80% firefox 19% (IE 1% coz of some office work) - pabster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Heh, Opera is already faster than Firefox. It loads faster, renders pages faster, and overall runs smoother. It also uses less system resources (namely RAM) and has a ***** of features which have to be added to Firefox via extensions. What the hell's not to like here?
- PaiTrakt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"After getting used to the intuitive nature of the mouse gestures, I find myself trying to use them in OTHER apps!"
Haha, me too :) - EvilBaby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11what are you doing wrong? Seriously. The Opera beta has crashed on me once since I've had it and I'm pretty sure that was just XP having its issues. I find Opera much more stable than anything else out there. One of the main reasons why I switched from FF to Opera.
- pornel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Opera 9 implements rich text.
- Lee69, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I've been using the Opera Beta's for my primary browsing and I love it. However, there's still bugs and crashes present in the program, I don't think it's ready for final release yet. The development is quick, so maybe they'll get those fixed before the 20th.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Yes, finally =) I love that browser!
- jaxxstorm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9opera:config, clikc bittorrent, untick enable, click save
done - LucasVB, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9@cesclaveria
Thanks, you're right. There are several other strong points to consider with all the features packed with Opera. But that's part of what I meant with the myths: people think Opera is bloated with all these features, but even with all these it is still smaller, faster and more secure than competitors. That's why this marketing boost is more than necessary :) - Go Opera! - Jarasmen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Actually I feel a bit nagged, but by the Firefox fanboys. Everything must be FF, half the new builds need a digg article, every good site needs a ff badge and some need to show you an error page if you don't use ff. Even Jehova's Witnesses aren't as persistent. I don't have anything against the browser, I just hate it for it's fanbase.
- cesclaveria, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8A campaign not only in Operas browser capabilities, but also the other components, like the e-mail client, RSS, Widgets, IRC. Having all that in a blazing fast application saves a lot of time, but I respect the ones who wish to have separated program for each task :)
/*Sorry if I have bad grammar... Im doing my best */ - cesclaveria, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9man.. I think you are confusing Opera with a really ***** up FireFox installation (to many extensions?)
- pornel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7So get it now http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/
- snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I've been using Opera since it was available as a one-floppy-sized installation, and it has always outperformed any other browser I have used.
I've been running the beta of 9.0 for windows since it was released, and have only had minor (beta?) problems with it a couple of times.
I've been running the Linux release, and have NEVER seen it have any problems.
The only down side I have been able to find is this:
After getting used to the intuitive nature of the mouse gestures, I find myself trying to use them in OTHER apps! - TechHerder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7As long as it's Firefox or Opera and NOT IE, it's cool with me. Bring on the innovation!
- kendals, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6One of my favourite features of Opera is showing the size, and how much is loaded of the page/images as the page loads (in the status bar at the bottom)- such a cool feature :)
- billmania, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6If Google Calendar would work in Opera I'd be a happy camper.
- Jarasmen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I don't have any gesture problems on my Opera 9 beta 2. Thare are diagonal, everything works fine.
- gookie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6It's even under Preferences. I dont have it installed right now, but it's on the file/mime types and the appropriate action....by default it's being handled by Opera....just change it that you just want to download the file.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Shouldn't that be "Opera v9 will be released for those NOT using 64-bit processors"? The next version appears to be i386 only again. Firefox sans Flash stays as the de facto for us amd64 users.
Phillip. - RIPtechtv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I love Opera. I use it 99% of the time. The last time I used Firefox it was version 8.x. I remember I switched to Opera cause a friend told me about it. I just use IE for Windows updates or something that is Java heavy.
- LouisC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Opera 9 has that all working as far as I can tell. I'm using the latest weekly and nothing "hangs" when I post.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Yes. Save a session with those pages and load it everytime.
- mvrck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I've been using opera for years and I wouldn't use any other browser except in instances where websites are not programmed to W3C standards. It has been at the forefront of innovation in browsing - tabs, gestures, shortcuts for everything, highly customizable toolbar etc.
I am currently using opera 8.54 for browsing, email, news-reading and RSS reader. The whole package fits in a < 4mb download. At its fast! FF needs to be beefed up w/ extensions to parallel opera's functionality but that reduces startup speed and opens FF to vulnerabilities that come w/ extensions. I've been waiting for the official 9.0 release and I am glad its finally coming out soon.
Bring it ON! - gookie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Awesome.
When will Opera linux start using GTK engine instead of QT? It's really ugly on my ubuntu box... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I agree, opera should have a 64 bit version.
- moofree, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7And from experience, Opera is faster. I prefer firefox, but opera really is a solid browser..
- skyfex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Perhaps because Opera Software and Trolltech are both Norwegian companies ;)
- LouisC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It works, you just need to spoof or hit cancel when the dialog box pops up saying you're using an unsupported browser.
- Jarasmen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Type "opera:config" in the adress bar (if that's what you're looking for).
- peanutz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2checking if LouisC is right about Opera not hanging while posting...
- LouisC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I use Opera on 64-bit. You just need to run it as a 32-bit app. It's no slower than it would be as it is 64-bit.
I would like to see it in native 64-bit, though, but seeing as flash isn't 64-bit yet and I need flash, it'd be kind of pointless. - Securityguru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The thing I love most about Opera is its download/transfer manager. The stop and resume works seemlessly. It is just simple and clear.
- LouisC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Guys, keep in mind that OperaWatch isn't an official Opera source. It's usually right, but for all we know, there could not be an event on the 20th at all.
Also, keep in mind that the event is supposed to be in Seattle, so it could be something to do with Nintendo. - Devz0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2well maybe if google would show a little bit of standard compliance then it would work.
- adolfojp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Right click -> save target as"
Have fun! :-)
Although it would be nice to be able to turn it off from the config menu. - HappyProgrammer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I switched to Opera for a little while from Firefox. I loved the browser. However many sites that work with Firefox do not work with Opera. Some of the Google sites for example do not work with Opera. My stock brokerage doesnt work with Opera either.
Additionally I use several computers and have become very dependent on Google browser sync to keep
all my browsers in sync.
I guess I am stuck with Firefox for now. -
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