Firefox 2 vs. Opera 9; Which is better?

Discussion in 'General Software' started by blade, Sep 25, 2006.

  1. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    Been using IE, but now I'm looking to change.
    Which is better? Firefox 2 (beta) or Opera 9 (beta)?
     
  2. DaKkU

    DaKkU Geek Trainee

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    overall opera iz better...tight security...well firefox got addons n things to fasten it up etc etc....
     
  3. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    It will provide you nearly all the details/features and other things......

    [link=http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1990850,00.asp]Which New Browser Is Best: Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7, or Opera 9? [/link]

    About me: I use both of them coz there are some pages where Opera doesnt work but firefox and vice a versa. But in first instance I would prefer Opera coz its startup is faster than FF.
     
  4. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    ...i'm leaning more towards Opera 9 now
     
  5. DaRuSsIaMaN

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    Does opera have a bunch of themes and extensions comparable to what's available for FF? I didn't think it did, but I never looked into it.
     
  6. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    [link=http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1990854,00.asp]Source[/link]
     
  7. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    Opera has themes; don't know about extensions, they also have widgets
     
  8. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    Gone with Opera 9; and its great!
    Trying to figure out how to get the "Go" button to show
    Also, does anyone know how to use the "Top 10" feature
     
  9. megamaced

    megamaced Geek Geek Geek!

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    Good :)

    Opera is a very clean and polished browser. It's also one of the most secure browsers.

    Opera doesn't use extensions as such, instead it uses widgets which are basically small programs contained within the browser. Some widgets can tell you the weather for example. My favourite Opera widget is probably the mini Connect4 game :)
     
  10. DaRuSsIaMaN

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    lol. Careful, mega. Don't get addicted now... :D[/ot]
     
  11. megamaced

    megamaced Geek Geek Geek!

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  12. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    [ot]:sniper:...............................................:swr:...........:toast:

    love these smilies....:loveme:[/ot]
     
  13. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    :sniper::gun::gun::guns::guns::guns::soldier: :soldier: :soldier:

    How is Opera said out; is it Aw-pera or O-pera
     
  14. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    :doh:Its Opera.........neither Aw Pera nor O-pera just Opera......
     
  15. Addis

    Addis The King

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    I like Opera, but hate the menu layout and the fact that it takes a bloody year for me to have all my buttons, feeds customised like my firefox setup.

    I'm also into FOSS, so Firefox is my primary browser. Opera is nice, but I like the freedom thing (although not as much as Richard Stallman).

    I've always wondered why there was a BT client included with Opera? Why? Its inferior to a dedicated torrent client, and doesn't include nearly as many features/configuration options.
     
  16. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    I meant pronounced... Aw-pera or O-pera
     
  17. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    There is a speech tool in opera, you can use that to pronounce Opera...
     
  18. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    In that list of browser comparisons, they forgot a few awesome features in IE7 which aren't present in the other browsers!


    [​IMG] Annoying-as-hell "nagging" method to keep you "safe", which cannot easily be disabled.

    [​IMG] Horribly sluggish, counter-intuitive, badly-implemented tab behaviour.

    [​IMG] Same nasty vulnerabilities as are present in IE6.

    [​IMG] Lack of support for higher than 128-bit encryption.

    [​IMG] Absolutely no coherence to established W3C web standards.



    The choice is clear! But if only I could get IE7 running in WINE... :(
     
  19. DaRuSsIaMaN

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    lol!
     
  20. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    Decided to get Firefox also...and its great!
    If you compare Opera and Firefox together with their "factory" settings, Opera wins, but if you get firefox and add all the extensions you want then, firefox wins.
    What are some good add-ons? I got a few already, looking for more
     

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