Firefox or Opera?

Muzic · Post by **Muzic** » 18 Nov 2006, 03:48

Though the fact that Opera is lighter. Stuff loads way quicker on FF. Maybe becuase i havent used it much. The only reason I use FF is becuase of Downthemall, who doesnt like 200kb/s dl +

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 18 Nov 2006, 07:06

I like firefox better. It has a fuckwhat of extensions (Including adblock, the secret device that makes firefox own all other browsers), and a nice amount of downloadable themes. I haven't given Opera much of a chance since its bookmark importer is sorta borked for me, and I dont wanna rebookmark everything.

Kixxe · Post by **Kixxe** » 18 Nov 2006, 09:53

I would use Opera if i found a way to activate the tab bar... or download a seperate one. The widgets are really usefull and it's overall awesome...

Deathblane · Post by **Deathblane** » 18 Nov 2006, 11:21

Eh, for me the tab bar has always been there at the top of the page. And I started using opera more than 2 years ago.

Also, the add/popup blocker on opera has been there for at least 2 years as well. It's one of the reasons I chose to use it so long ago.

hawkki · Post by **hawkki** » 18 Nov 2006, 11:44

Opera is great.

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 18 Nov 2006, 18:16

i'm using opera for a while now, and i am considering to go back to IE.

Aun · Post by **Aun** » 18 Nov 2006, 18:59

I went IE - FF - Opera and stayed at Opera, still very happy. ^_^

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 18 Nov 2006, 19:23

I likes my Opera.

AF · Post by AF » 18 Nov 2006, 19:35

Opera has pretty much everything FF has and more, exept it isnt as well known. It has its on version of adblock integrated in, just right click on a page and select "Block Content...".

I find it loads everything faster than IE or FF, and that FF displays tables incorrectly where IE and Opera display them correctly. My only qualm is that google doesnt allow IM'ing in Opera via the web interface for gmail (the feature's been restricted to FF and IE).

FoeOfTheBee · Post by **FoeOfTheBee** » 18 Nov 2006, 19:59

AF wrote:Opera has pretty much everything FF has and more, exept it isnt as well known. It has its on version of adblock integrated in, just right click on a page and select "Block Content...".

But FF has Adblock Plus, with block-list subscriptions, so you never have to see the ad in the first place. Does Opera have this?

AF · Post by AF » 18 Nov 2006, 20:01

Opera has extensions too, but I havent spent a week or two browsing Opera site to see just what exactly there is as there's too many.

imbaczek · Post by **imbaczek** » 18 Nov 2006, 20:33

If it wasn't for extensions, I'd use opera instead of firefox, because it's so much faster. However, FF2 has improved performance wrt FF1.5 and the addons... can't live without them.

ZellSF · Post by **ZellSF** » 18 Nov 2006, 21:32

Foe OfTheBee wrote:
AF wrote:Opera has pretty much everything FF has and more, exept it isnt as well known. It has its on version of adblock integrated in, just right click on a page and select "Block Content...".
But FF has Adblock Plus, with block-list subscriptions, so you never have to see the ad in the first place. Does Opera have this?

Opera doesn't have close to Firefox's adblock functionality, no, but what it has, it has without needing any configuration.

What it has over Firefox is more features without needing time to configure those (including installing extensions here), faster render times, widgets and a Bittorrent client.
It doesn't have a "killing ur memories lolz" feature either.

As for the original question, neither. Use K-MeleonCCFME. Or Camino, if you're running OS X.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 18 Nov 2006, 21:47

Firefox!

I don't use opera and don't intend to do so in the future.

Anyway you should give them both a try and use what ever feels better.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 18 Nov 2006, 23:01

You can just disable GIFs, Flash and audio in Opera (and reenable them quickly if you need them), few ads remain after that. You can whitelist websites so e.g. Homestar Runner doesn't get blocked (just a right click and a few checkboxes to tell it what you want to whitelist). I even disabled cookies and use the whitelist feature to get them for sites I want to use them.

Min3mat · Post by **Min3mat** » 19 Nov 2006, 00:11

i'll be honest the trashcan is probably what did it for me. Opera all the way. Plus in all debates its always said to be fastest (no idea where its @ now the new IE is out though). And the green skin i have for it is all shiney <3

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 19 Nov 2006, 00:21

I'd have switched to opera by now, but I'm too addicted to StumbleUpon

AF · Post by AF » 19 Nov 2006, 02:57

Opera is the closest to fully standard compliant too, being the only browser that correctly displays a lot of the tests.

mehere101 · Post by **mehere101** » 19 Nov 2006, 03:52

I think I'll stay with firefox. I love my extensions, can't live without em. Plus, I haven't ever encountered an error in Firefox that isn't caused by NoScript. That is one of the things I love, coupled with AdBlock, and my various other little addons.

FoeOfTheBee · Post by **FoeOfTheBee** » 19 Nov 2006, 06:25

AF wrote:Opera is the closest to fully standard compliant too, being the only browser that correctly displays a lot of the tests.

This is good, but very few web developers test with opera. Very few seem to test with FF too...

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Firefox or Opera?

Firefox or Opera?