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  1. 1. FireFox or Opera ?

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Opera has that extra touch of professionalism that can only come when a group of programmers know they are getting paid for their work. They HAVE to do a good job, or lose their job you see.

In my opinion, the idea of fixing a problem should not have to be digging through INI files or registry hacks. In Opera, anything I really need to do is as simple as the F12 button.

im a firefox user ONLY because of the fact it renders a bit better than opera

but opera itself is much better

It has EVERYTHING you need in one package..there arent even extensions for all of opera's features yet

Saying opera sux is really quite retarded, saying IE sux is retarded

id give up fighting over this cause a fanboy will always be a fanboy, one day theyll realize theres more to life than what browser people use

im a firefox user ONLY because of the fact it renders a bit better than opera

but opera itself is much better

It has EVERYTHING you need in one package..there arent even extensions for all of opera's features yet

Saying opera sux is really quite retarded, saying IE sux is retarded

id give up fighting over this cause a fanboy will always be a fanboy, one day theyll realize theres more to life than what browser people use

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hahaha, so true... damn fanboys...

i regard firefox and opera as quite equal actually, but IE is quite inferior to the two.

My points, from the view of a FX builder:

1) Firefox is open source and that's nice for thingsl ike the print patch which I include and the optimizations I get to apply.

2) Firefox renders pages a bit better than Opera

3) Opera is far more polished. It does exactly what you expect it to. Don't give me the extension bull****. It's an excuse for a feature that hasn't been included.

4) The opera devs just have a lot more common sense and a more open ear to their community than the FX devs do.

hahaha, so true... damn fanboys...

i regard firefox and opera as quite equal actually, but IE is quite inferior to the two.

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hard to say

being #1, IE might just be the bigger target

i mean their finding FX vulnerabilities now here and there

the upside is FX and opera fix those right away, IE could take months

4) The opera devs just have a lot more common sense and a more open ear to their community than the FX devs do.

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That is one thing that is true for Opera.. i'll give them that: If enough people show the desire to have a feature in the Opera community, it appears in the next release!

[Opera user since v5.10]

My points, from the view of a FX builder:

1) Firefox is open source and that's nice for thingsl ike the print patch which I include and the optimizations I get to apply.

...

3) Opera is far more polished. It does exactly what you expect it to. Don't give me the extension bull****. It's an excuse for a feature that hasn't been included.

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Being open source, I can imagine Firefox is a dream come true if you're a programmer and find yourself dedicated enough towards it.

But personally, I do prefer to more polished look. Perhaps its Microsoft that have spoiled me, but I prefer my software to have that polished "Complete" look. The appearance of a markettable product.

I highly approve of Opera. I have tried to see if Firefox was right for me, but it simply didn't feel right, and I feel right at home with Opera. Like almost everyone else has said, just try both of the browsers and go from your own preference. It's completely your call.

I hope you make the right decision ;) (opera 7.6 preview 3)

I highly approve of Opera.  I have tried to see if Firefox was right for me, but it simply didn't feel right, and I feel right at home with Opera.  Like almost everyone else has said, just try both of the browsers and go from your own preference.  It's completely your call.

I hope you make the right decision ;) (opera 7.6 preview 3)

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THat?s right;))

My points, from the view of a FX builder:

1) Firefox is open source and that's nice for thingsl ike the print patch which I include and the optimizations I get to apply.

2) Firefox renders pages a bit better than Opera

3) Opera is far more polished. It does exactly what you expect it to. Don't give me the extension bull****. It's an excuse for a feature that hasn't been included.

4) The opera devs just have a lot more common sense and a more open ear to their community than the FX devs do.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this a design decission? The full Mozilla suite had become huge - "Oh.. feature. Include it, and a config pane". It got to the point that it was SO huge that they said "Let's make a stripped-down version, but offer extendability!" So it's not about polish, it's about not ****ing off the Open Source community, while making the browser more attractive.

Just out of curiousity, what do you mean by common sense?

Goals:

1) Standards compliant

2) Useable

That's common sense IMO.

Opera.

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

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No, that would be AOL for most bloated software ever. Opera is smaller than FireFox... how can you call it bloated? It has been very stable for me and no more bugs than FireFox or IE. FireFox is nice, Opera is great.

What Opera is trying to do is to take over the mobile browser market. Their web browser is small enough to fit on cell phones and PDAs. It also has technology to format web pages for the small screen. FireFox does not do this.

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No, that would be AOL for most bloated software ever.  Opera is smaller than FireFox... how can you call it bloated?  It has been very stable for me and no more bugs than FireFox or IE.  FireFox is nice, Opera is great.

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Perhaps he's talking about the features? I know that's what puts me off it. Too much stuff I don't want and not enough of what I do.

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