Firebird VS Opera

[neoufo51]

Lets try to make this regardless of fact that Opera is a retail browser and Firebird is completely free.

Considering that Firebird is still in pre-1.0 status and Opera is at a healthty 7.X, which do you prefer as your default browser?

[Schmoove]

Definitly Firebird.

It has all the functions I need, Opera just has too much and tries to be your all-in-one internet applications.

Well Firebird is just a browser and does what it should do and does it in a way that suits me.

[carpediem]

Opera is ad-ware until you pay for it, so it's not completly free.

Operas is much more mature imo and feels more ready than Firebird does. There are of course loads of addons you can put ontop of Firebird to make the experience better, but it still doesn't feel right for me. I've tried Firebird on and off since the Phoenix time (0.3 i think), but i end up using it just a few days before I go back to another browser that shall be nameless to avoid a flamewar :) (Not Opera)

[CoolCatBad]

I prefer Firebird because Opera is damn hard to configure exactly the way I want, but K-Meleon is my default.

My Firebird is so loaded-up with extensions it takes ages to load.

[TheLegendOfMart]

Opera is ad-ware until you pay for it, so it's not completly free.

Operas is much more mature imo and feels more ready than Firebird does. There are of course loads of addons you can put ontop of Firebird to make the experience better, but it still doesn't feel right for me. I've tried Firebird on and off since the Phoenix time (0.3 i think), but i end up using it just a few days before I go back to another browser that shall be nameless to avoid a flamewar :) (Not Opera)

It will do, opera has the added development time, firebird isnt even at v1 yet,

I dont think this is a fair poll at all...

Firebird btw, just learning to love it :)

[aadhu]

firebird.. all the way...

even thought it's in it's pre v1 stages.. it sure packs a good wallop..

[hornett]

Firebird is good, but at this moment in time Opera just feels a bit more sturdy to me.

[amoeba]

Just because Opera is far past 1.0 stages doesn't mean it's more evolved than Firebird is in pre-final. I've used both browsers and Firebird hasn't given me ANY fuss.

[Digital.K]

I use both in heavy rotation:)

[morganpugh84]

Opera (for me anyway) has the same problem that Mozilla had. It is an Internet Suite not a Web Browser :(

Opera has a very nice UI and a very good web browser but it also has a news client and email client built in and i don't want that :(

[cbosdell]

firebird user here. I might use opera if it had extensions and didnt just "feel" bloated.

[cork1958]

Opera is easily better by far. I've given up on chasing all the browsers around. Tried them all, but ALWAYS come back to Opera.

[phantom]

for me its opera. but i keep close tabs on firebird and im sure ill just use that later down the road

[frease]

For general browsing, I use Opera. For graphics intense websites that I surf, I use Firebird. Basically I use the 2 together all the time :)

[XP_01]

I'm using Opera, and it just looks cool (after you give it an other skin) :D

[KC]

I switch back and forth between Opera, Firebird and Internet Explorer. Just depending on my mood.

I downlloaded the latest build of firebird and am using it now, but probably going to switch back to opera when I am done typing this. Why because that pic by XP_2003 is so tasty and I a sick of not being able to see my text curser (the blinking line) it just disappears at random. Don't know why but it does.

In short Firebird is great but just not stable enough.

edit/ I feel sometimes alot of people use Firebird just because its the "thing" and your not cool and 1337 if you don't use it.

[XP_01]

I switch back and forth between Opera, Firebird and Internet Explorer. Just depending on my mood.

I downlloaded the latest build of firebird and am using it now, but probably going to switch back to opera when I am done typing this. Why because that pic by XP_2003 is so tasty and I a sick of not being able to see my text curser (the blinking line) it just disappears at random. Don't know why but it does.

In short Firebird is great but just not stable enough.

edit/ I feel sometimes alot of people use Firebird just because its the "thing" and your not cool and 1337 if you don't use it.

:D

[Gee.B]

I've tried both of them but never really made a choice....however i have a newbie question: which of the two has more graphic rendering? is Opera's proprietary code better than Gecko or is it the contrary?

[TheLegendOfMart]

edit/ I feel sometimes alot of people use Firebird just because its the "thing" and your not cool and 1337 if you don't use it.

Erm no, this is the internet, i dont do things to be "in" with the crowd, for me Firebird is tons better than IE, which is why im using it, as stated before in the thread, Opera is an internet suite, i dont want overbloated rubbish, i want streamlined web browser that can render properly.

[GG-]

At the moment I think that Opera is better, anyway i'm sure that soon firebird will be alot better(after they'll fix some issues - specially important extensions like the tabbed browsing and better hebrew+java support) and I'll go back to it.

[ring0]

opera - unless firebird becomes as customizable as opera is, i don't think i'll switch.

and yes, i've used both. i used firebird for quite a while on my roommate's machine (he was never in the dorm, so his computer basically became my downloading zombie :D ) and it's nice, but i kept opera on my main rig and i love it.

along with nero and winamp 2.91, opera is one of the best programs i've ever started using.

[mm3h]

I use all of them Opera, Firebird and Internet Explorer. Just depends on my mood

I use Opera more that firebird cuz firebird uses alot of resources :s

[Sushubh]

Opera definitely.

and for those who thinks opera is not a browser but a suite, think abt this. Inbuilt newsreader or the mail client don't bloat it or slow it down (M2 is like a 300 KB extension that is loaded when required, compare that to thunderbird). It's still half the download size and faster to load than FireBird.

[krmathis]

Opera is easily better by far. I've given up on chasing all the browsers around. Tried them all, but ALWAYS come back to Opera.

I have tried them all as well, but I always go back to my faithfull Opera 6! :D

Imo Opera is a better browser than Firebird.

[krmathis]

Opera is an internet suite, i dont want overbloated rubbish, i want streamlined web browser that can render properly.

Meaning Opera does not render pages as well as FB? :sleep:

[frease]

IMO, Firebird is a little slower than Opera, not in rendering pages but in e.g. opening new tabs etc. But both are good browsers. I feel that Firebird render graphics intense sites faster than Opera.