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opera 9 is out
Dark_Me:
You guys are such assholes.
Aloone_Jonez:
Thanks for making be wait until I get home before I can veiw this thread bitches!
_kill__bill:
I have Opera, but it has more problems than I like. I might try v9, but I'm probably not going to switch. Here's my problems with Opera:
#1: It isn't availible on all platforms. I use Firefox because it works on all my computers, and the less switching of interfaces the better. The only way to run Opera on OpenBSD (my laptop) is through Linux emulation (buggy).
#2: Not as extensible. Firefox has more extensions than anything else.
#3: Opera renders many pages poorly. Many that work fine on Firefox, Safari and IE look like crap on Opera.
On the plus side, its fast. And it is free of charge, like every web browser.
Jack2000:
you should complain that restricting you
violates soem law and make them stop that !
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: _kill__bill ---#1: It isn't availible on all platforms. I use Firefox because it works on all my computers, and the less switching of interfaces the better. The only way to run Opera on OpenBSD (my laptop) is through Linux emulation (buggy).
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I would be nice if they made it open source or even sharred source that way you could compile it yourself.
--- Quote from: _kill__bill ---#2: Not as extensible. Firefox has more extensions than anything else.
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Each to their own on this one, I personally have never needed any extensions in Opera. Extensions are one of the things I don't like about Firefox, for it to even half suit me needs I'd need to install lots of extensions, these take up more memory, slow it down and are often buggy causing it to become unstable.
--- Quote from: _kill__bill ---#3: Opera renders many pages poorly.
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Wow, I think even Mastertech may have had a point here! Opera is probaly one of the best browsers as far as rendering standards are concerned (it passes the Acid2 test which is more than can be said for Firefox). Firefox has many Netscape specific non-standard features that many websites have been designed to cater for so they don't render wel in Opera, it's even worse with pages designed for IE. As Mastertroll rightly said a webrowsers support for standards has very little to do with webpage compatability, however as least I include the all important standards debate in my disscussion.
--- Quote from: _kill__bill ---Many that work fine on Firefox, Safari and IE look like crap on Opera.
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Shit I think you've got me here, well maybe not. You're aware that both IE and Firefox have specific features that the web as been designed around (well more the former than the latter but you get the point) but what about Safari? (you may ask), Well Safari (or so I've heard) is probably the best for standards (it was the first to pass the Acid2 test) and it wouldn't suprise me if it has kind IE and Netscape emulation to make it more compatable, I don't know.
--- Quote from: _kill__bill ---On the plus side, its fast. And it is free of charge, like every web browser.
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All good, I also like the download manager and zooming features.
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