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Kill Bill's Browser
Aloone_Jonez:
How about Opera?
Which version of IE are you talking about, the latest beta 7 or 6.whatever it is ATM?
Refalm:
--- Quote from: lovefist233 ---i think firefox is shite, and IE does its job, best built in pop up blocker ive seen so far
--- End quote ---
Try this one ;):
http://www.popuptest.com/
Dark_Me:
2 popups with the latest version of Firefox.
pandronic:
The first thing a browser should do is display webpages. Until Opera 8.x I had struggled to make my webpages Opera friendly and finally I gave up. Opera 8.x seems to have an improved rendering engine, that takes into account many common quirks, but not as many as Firefox. We still live in an IE dominated world, so displaying webpages as similar as possible with IE is a must for any browser IMO.
I think Opera should rethink its priorities - instead of bragging with some incomplete SVG support that no one even uses they should focus on bringing their rendering engine on par with Gecko - after all a browser is all about displaying webpages.
On the XUL front ... it's nice from a technological point of view, but I think that native GUIs are much better - because of performance and seamless integration into the host OS. For example, Firefox menus look quite ugly on Win 2k and Win XP with classic theme. You have to install an extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1208&application=firefox) to make them look in place.
Still, Firefox's user interface is much more polished than Opera's, which might seem overwhelming for the average user. Another thing I dislike about Opera is the way the tabs look - they are more like buttons than tabs, and I'm also pissed by the fact that I can't figure how to put the tabs toolbar below the address bar like in Firefox.
Bottom line:
Firefox:
+ BETTER RENDERING AND JS SUPPORT (but Opera 9 shows promise)
+ more intuitive interface
+ all the features that an Opera user wouldn't even dare to think about via extensions
Opera
+ Faster and more lightweight
+ A few interesting, but seldom used features (zoom, style)
+ Better download manager
+ Built-in mail client
I think it's up to every user to make a choice depending on his/her needs.
Refalm:
I like Opera, because it provides real tabbed browsing, something that Firefox and Internet Explorer can't do.
I like saving sessions on Opera, making the horizontal scrollbar disappear, being able to use keyboard or mouse only to browse, customizing the UI better than Firefox or Internet Explorer can, etc.
It's safe to say I'll never use another browser than Opera.
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