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Opera or FireFox
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Jman - Posts: 683
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I think it really depends on what your end result should be. I use both to check all kinds of compatability with all the sites I make, but I use firefox more than Opera because it's faster on this specific platform.
As always, YMMV.
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Mithrandir - Posts: 11071
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I happen to like Opera because it's a lot smoother to use, doesn't require a piecemeal and sometimes troublesome update process (a.k.a. "is there a version of extension x for version y"), does pretty much anything I've needed right out of the box (no extensions required), has a better security record (according to Secunia), and doesn't have that "Open-source feel" (i.e. it's polished).
I put Firefox as my second choice because it's at least tabbed and if it doesn't do quite what I want, at least there's an extension to fill that desire, albeit usually in a clunkier way than with Opera. Also, it's at least more secure than IE.
IE, of course, I prefer to avoid using. No tabs, no mouse gestures at all (I love Opera's forward and back just with the mouse buttons - hold right and click left for back, the other way for forward/next - and you don't have to release the one you're holding to do it again), and if it crashes, it takes my taskbar with it. Plus, when I was using an alternate shell for Windows, loading IE kept trying to start a taskbar instance (NOT what I wanted).
Of course, your needs may vary, blah blah blah, #include<disclaimer.h>
I put Firefox as my second choice because it's at least tabbed and if it doesn't do quite what I want, at least there's an extension to fill that desire, albeit usually in a clunkier way than with Opera. Also, it's at least more secure than IE.
IE, of course, I prefer to avoid using. No tabs, no mouse gestures at all (I love Opera's forward and back just with the mouse buttons - hold right and click left for back, the other way for forward/next - and you don't have to release the one you're holding to do it again), and if it crashes, it takes my taskbar with it. Plus, when I was using an alternate shell for Windows, loading IE kept trying to start a taskbar instance (NOT what I wanted).
Of course, your needs may vary, blah blah blah, #include<disclaimer.h>
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I really like what I've used of Opera. I would probably use it more than Firefox, if it wasn't for the fact that the CAA chat doesn't autoscroll in Opera. Since I'd rather have one browser window open than 2, I use Firefox.
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Opera on the Mac is pretty lousy. It's not bad on Windows.
Since I'm on the Mac, if forced to choose between these two only, Firefox. But I really like Camino.
Since I'm on the Mac, if forced to choose between these two only, Firefox. But I really like Camino.
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fiiiiirrrrreeeeeffffooooxxxxxxx.......
(and the extensions are only for specialized stuff like rss readers. it does way more than i need right now and i don't have any extensions)
(and the extensions are only for specialized stuff like rss readers. it does way more than i need right now and i don't have any extensions)
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ishy - Posts: 64
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ok, another question, when i scroll it is like laggy, anyway to fix that on Firefoxxx?
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after trying opera today...
- FF is much faster, or at least it seems so (there might be a setting i don't know about to speed opera up?)
- Opera's tabbar on top is nice though.
- I just realized how much the extentions i use on firefox mimic opera - spellcheck, the sidebar configration - and i'd never used opera beforehand...
- since i'm a keyboard person, i haven't really eveloped a preference on the mouse stuff - it's backspace for me!
- I was trying to figure out if there is any extention functionality on opera, can't seem to find very much in this aspect, and so much of the functionality i'm used to isn't there on opera (images showing where a link is headed from a quick scan of the page, easy keyboard shortcut changing/adding, the ability to put dfferent browser engines side by side in tabs, quick hex/bin and DES decryption/encryption, weather, etc.)
- i've only once had a problem with a firefox extention not autoupdating corrctly, and it was a quick fix...
so, from the limited experience i've had with Opera, i would have to say FF is still my favorite.
- FF is much faster, or at least it seems so (there might be a setting i don't know about to speed opera up?)
- Opera's tabbar on top is nice though.
- I just realized how much the extentions i use on firefox mimic opera - spellcheck, the sidebar configration - and i'd never used opera beforehand...
- since i'm a keyboard person, i haven't really eveloped a preference on the mouse stuff - it's backspace for me!
- I was trying to figure out if there is any extention functionality on opera, can't seem to find very much in this aspect, and so much of the functionality i'm used to isn't there on opera (images showing where a link is headed from a quick scan of the page, easy keyboard shortcut changing/adding, the ability to put dfferent browser engines side by side in tabs, quick hex/bin and DES decryption/encryption, weather, etc.)
- i've only once had a problem with a firefox extention not autoupdating corrctly, and it was a quick fix...
so, from the limited experience i've had with Opera, i would have to say FF is still my favorite.
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Firefox is definitely my browser of choice.
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I prefer Opera. I tried Firefox in the past, but it couldn't give me what I wanted.
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firefox for me here, i love all of my extensions and the themes + tabs + fast 
i usually use it on windows and osx, i may use camino a bit when i get my own mac, opera has changed alot, it used to be garbage lol (with banners) but now its pretty nice
nobody has mentioned the ie7 beta, which i do think is a huge improvement, and i might actually use it....its nice
i usually use it on windows and osx, i may use camino a bit when i get my own mac, opera has changed alot, it used to be garbage lol (with banners) but now its pretty nice
nobody has mentioned the ie7 beta, which i do think is a huge improvement, and i might actually use it....its nice
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Opera for me.
The main feature I like is the session saving - you have all the same tabs open from when you left. And it does look more polished.
On the downside there is the occasional site the doesn't work properly in Opera (eg. chat), which I use Firefox for. Also, it does take a long time to load when you have *cough*over80*cough* tabs open from previous session.
I've never realised this, but I haven't actually needed to, because I use a 5 button mouse with a single click to go forward/back.
The main feature I like is the session saving - you have all the same tabs open from when you left. And it does look more polished.
On the downside there is the occasional site the doesn't work properly in Opera (eg. chat), which I use Firefox for. Also, it does take a long time to load when you have *cough*over80*cough* tabs open from previous session.
Kaligraphic wrote:...no mouse gestures at all (I love Opera's forward and back just with the mouse buttons - hold right and click left for back, the other way for forward/next - and you don't have to release the one you're holding to do it again)...
I've never realised this, but I haven't actually needed to, because I use a 5 button mouse with a single click to go forward/back.
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kaemmerite wrote:I really like what I've used of Opera. I would probably use it more than Firefox, if it wasn't for the fact that the CAA chat doesn't autoscroll in Opera. Since I'd rather have one browser window open than 2, I use Firefox.
I like Opera better overall as well, but I've had problems with the Chat like you, so I've been using Avant for CAA.
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Firefox! gotta <3 the tabs!! 
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