FireFox or Opera ?

[greg098]

i prefer firefox. not only does opera make me want to SCREAM CAUSE ITS SOOOOOO BAD, i cant understand why people use it. I used it for 5 minutes, it was slow and cr..p so i went back to firefox

[Kupo-Cheer]

FF

[Rix]

i prefer firefox. not only does opera make me want to SCREAM CAUSE ITS SOOOOOO BAD, i cant understand why people use it. I used it for 5 minutes, it was slow and cr..p so i went back to firefox

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Wow, how the hell is it slow? It loads in literally half the time that FF loads for me, and its faster at rendering webpages.

[SimplySchizo]

I use both.

[kyro]

i like all browsers but i have this issue with ff ...

On my WindowsXP home + athlon 1800 + 256Mb box... I open firefox (with atleast 3-4 tabs open)and minimize it for a long time , try to click it... to max... it just freezes for huge time compared to IE... opera has no freeze time...

all FF lovers, dont u hate this bug.. also,FF has mem leak issue, which i thought will be solved in final release but it hasnt.

[Rockett15]

:D I've used Opera on Windows since v5.10, i's gonna take a revolution in the browser-wars for me to switch to Firefox. It's one piece of software I gladly paid for :p

Opera r0x0rz your s0x0rz :p

However, Firefox is good too, just not too my tastes!

[Hurmoth]

Firefox :wub:

[Stokkolm]

I like Opera a little better but Firefox is not bad.

[insanekiwi]

firefox.

[tom5]

Firefox :)

[Stokkolm]

Some random site says it's the best, it must be the best. In addition to "the best browser", they also said what was the best in about 400 different catagories. To be honest I can't imagine they went into great depth.

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I didnt' realize PC World was some random site.

[sonyacarlson]

I just removed Opera and installed Firefox. I still can't get rid of IE--that makes me mad!

Why?

Why NOT IE (not that people need a reason anymore)

1. I use XP and with all the updates, IE blocks my test websites EVERYTIME I am trying to test in Dreamweaver. It makes no sense, but it blocks sites from my computer and not from the internet. I couldn't figure out how to turn that one off.

2. Won't do tabs.

3. There isn't a search bar on the top.

4. I don't like their linking/bookmarks settings on the browser window.

5. No wands/password memory

Why NOT Opera

1. It has a huge ad banner that only goes away when you purchase it.

2. It doesn't block things.

3. I like the sleeker icons.

4. It won't do auto complete like IE.

5. Can't check gmail from google.

6. 7.5 won't check hotmail

7. Starts slow on my machine.

Why Firefox,

1. Free

2. Does do autocomplete

3. Easy to do the password protection

4. Checks all my emails.

Why NOT Firefox,

1. Starte slow on my machine.

I added them up and Firefox won. And I work with a rabid Mac lover so I generally just do the opposite of whatever he does. Firefox just does the most of what I want out of a browser. That is why I switched.

[PimpinWithAaron]

I just removed Opera and installed Firefox.  I still can't get rid of IE--that makes me mad!

Why?

Why NOT IE (not that people need a reason anymore)

1.  I use XP and with all the updates, IE blocks my test websites EVERYTIME I am trying to test in Dreamweaver.  It makes no sense, but it blocks sites from my computer and not from the internet. I couldn't figure out how to turn that one off.

2.  Won't do tabs.

3.  There isn't a search bar on the top.

4.  I don't like their linking/bookmarks settings on the browser window.

5. No wands/password memory

Why NOT Opera

1.  It has a huge ad banner that only goes away when you purchase it.

2.  It doesn't block things.

3.  I like the sleeker icons.

4.  It won't do auto complete like IE.

5.  Can't check gmail from google.

6.  7.5 won't check hotmail

7.  Starts slow on my machine.

Why Firefox,

1.  Free

2.  Does do autocomplete

3.  Easy to do the password protection

4.  Checks all my emails.

Why NOT Firefox,

1.  Starte slow on my machine.

I added them up and Firefox won.  And I work with a rabid Mac lover so I generally just do the opposite of whatever he does.  Firefox just does the most of what I want out of a browser.  That is why I switched.

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1.) All software is "free", were talkin about the quality of the product

2.) Does do autocomplete

3.) Are you a nub? It is easy

4.) Opera checks email, DUH

5.) Your comp must suck, Firefox takes me 1-2 seconds, opera instantly

6.) Opera uses LESS memory, far more stable, faster

7.) Hotmail client access is blocked now.., the website loads just fine

You should really learn how to use ur comp b4 doin reviews

Btw..it does check gmail, another DUH, maybe you forgot to actually try the browser before talkin

[mrt2]

Opera is the most bloated software ever. It's like they are trying to grab the coat tails of open source genre of users. It's finicky at best and laggy, and buggy. I used it for years and even was a tester for it at one point. I love firefox. GO FOX GO

[Cyranthus]

Why NOT Opera

1.? It has a huge ad banner that only goes away when you purchase it.

2.? It doesn't block things.

3.? I like the sleeker icons.

4.? It won't do auto complete like IE.

5.? Can't check gmail from google.

6.? 7.5 won't check hotmail

7.? Starts slow on my machine.

Why Firefox,

1.? Free

2.? Does do autocomplete

3.? Easy to do the password protection

4.? Checks all my emails.

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1. Opera is quality! Opera doesnt pride itself as "The Fastest Browser on Earth" just for nothing...

2. doesn't block things? can moremore vague? if your talking about adblocker... works fine for me, I havent seen one popup in ages.

3. better icons is a reason to hate a browser? just get another skin... sheesh...

4. eh.. i dont know what auto-complete is... (i must not use it, so it doesnt matter to me)

5. Opera does check Gmail with 7.6 beta. (when identified as Opera)

6. Opera 7.5 wont check hotmail? what? im using 7.6 now... but before i used 7.5 fine and was checking hotmail all the time... where did you pull that from?

7. Takes maybe 5 seconds... alot shorter than firefox on my system (10-15 seconds)

Firefox is a good browser, its alot more equal with Opera as you may think, but i still think Opera is faster than Firefox, and I never liked how Firefox performed, it just seems slow to me, moreso than IE even. and it annoys the crap out of me when people say they dont like Opera because of a tiny ad banner and they didnt even take 5 minutes to see how the program actually performs.

[nonan]

Definitely Opera is the best. I have tried the Firefox final release and Opera is still better.

Opera is fast, easy to use, nice, got a lot of features. Moreover Opera is develloped faster than Mozilla and is turned to the future.

[EduardValencia]

firefox all the way,it mops the floor with opera

:laugh:

[elliot]

I didnt' realize PC World was some random site.

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If you say so... i've never heard of it.

[KayMan2K]

Opera.

FYI, if PC World = the magazine, then it is faaaaaar from random.

[imation2458]

I will tell ya the funny thing about this. What is the big freaking deal about the diffrent types of browsers? You people get all worked about a damned computer browser to look at websites. Give me a break... step into reality my friends... But that may be besides the point of this thread... One if not 100% better than the other . IE has its good points and so does Firefox.

[putzboy]

I have tried both (Opera & Firefox) and use firefox because it has the most compatability with the different types of webpages out there.

[Cyranthus]

PC World is one of the leading computer magazines... in the US... if not the World. you've been living in a cave.

[Rablet]

I like Firefox very much, but on the other hand I haven't really tried to get into Opera, so maybe it's better, but I like Firefox to much to switch from it :D

[elliot]

I'd say PC World are living in a cave if they think Opera is the best browser of 2004.

[Cyranthus]

and why is that?