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Who is using Opera


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fgvivaJan 7, 2007 10:10am
Could we have some debate on the pros and cons of Opera,
I am debating the issue of giving it a try.

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VortexfugueJan 7, 2007 10:12am
I love Opera! It's my favorite browser but I use Firefox almost exclusively. Opera has a higher learning curve and its code is proprietary, but it sings, is fast, has all kinds of cool things.

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rumisongJan 7, 2007 10:21am
it loads a little faster than firefox, and it doesnt have SU on it ... so for quick little inquiries into someones page for instance, or other quick "second window" needs, Ill use opera ... theres a firefox button for "open this tab in opera", that is so awesome ...

other than that, my firefox is so finely tuned and customized to just the way I want it, that I wouldnt consider anything else at this point ( ... could not live without Thlayli's "preview post" script ...) Sixty extensions that Ive hand selected to do things that Im in glee over, close to a hundred buttons that are customizable, and teach me to write code other than html ... its too good ...

oh, opera has a decent bookmark manager, so sometimes Ill do some of my sorting and switching there, and then import them back into FX ...

so its not a matter of switching, its a matter of which one will act as my secondary ...

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xiqueJan 7, 2007 11:53am
Opera is faster, more stable, has many FF extension features built in, is more web standards compliant than Firefox (FF will probably pass the ACID2 test in the near future too) and presumably more secure (very few reported vulnerabilities at Secunia).

Other nifty features:
  • the true full screen mode (no ugly scrollbars :D).
  • the Wand
  • When Opera crashes (which is very rare), it doesn't erase the cache.


I only use Firefox for thumbing sites.

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VortexfugueJan 7, 2007 11:56am
4. And ya gotta love those widgets.

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fgvivaJan 7, 2007 12:00pm
are widgets extensions?

or are there addons like FF?

cybormoronJan 7, 2007 12:01pm
saw this article yesterday.
weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2007/01/opera_fails_to.html [weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2007/01/opera_fails_to.html]

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xiqueJan 7, 2007 12:24pm
7: my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/01/08/handling-security [my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/01/08/handling-security]


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