cork1958 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 What... Where's the option "Yes, I tried it and I liked it more than teh fox" :) 585515430[/snapback] No doubt!! Where's the fairness here? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andos Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Tried it for some hours and tried to custmize the interface a bit because the dafult one was simply ugly and full of useless things. It was better than i expected but still i don't like it. It misses simple things that makes browsing generally better. For example you can't drag a link into the bookmarks toobar (or personal toolbar or whatever it's called) It was simply annoying to add a page to your favorites. It was really hard to find because it didn't show up in the toolbar as i expected it to do. Also why do we need to pay for something like that? Firefox browsing it much nicer 'out of the box' and gets even nicer with some neat little plugins. I guess Opera has nice plugins too but i doubt they can change the general userinterface to work precisely how i want it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantsnyy Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 yes i've tried it. I think its a fairly decent browser but its got something i don't want. A price tag. I don't believe you should pay for a browser when you can get one that equals it for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasabi Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 ok I had the impression that the majority of Fox luvers had never even tried it and where simply ranting the fox without knowing the alternative. Thanx for prooving me wrong. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imtoomuch Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Yes, but I didn't like it. I have tried numerous builds and versions of Opera and I really don't like how Opera is lest customizable and configurable than Firefox. There are also some build in "features" that I really don't like. I will say Opera 8 Beta is a lot better than any of the other previous Opera versions, but still give me Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronMT Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Downloaded Opera 8.0 two days ago and have fallen in love with it. Far superior/faster than Firefox. The text advertisement does not bother me. THe programmers have got to make an earning some how . You can move the tab bar below the address bar by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rablet Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I've tried it, don't like their tabbed browsing though :s With those back and forward buttons not on the top of the browser but at the tab-section :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronMT Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I've tried it, don't like their tabbed browsing though :s With those back and forward buttons not on the top of the browser but at the tab-section :s 585515661[/snapback] Easily customizable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEyedMan Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Hi, I'm a Firefox users and I have tried Opera because of my work as a web designer. So I have to test my html code so it runs on certain browsers. I know opera is too fast but I don't like its interface and I think it is fast because it doesn't display the html code properly. I have some minor problems when using css... so it will never be my default browser. Ah, it is not free!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkv Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 opera is faster as recent tests show but its not free so i am stayin with firefox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronMT Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Of course it's free. www.opera.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessehk Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I use both, both having their advantages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdesmus Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 yes, and i hated it. Gecko engine is by far superior...Firefox is more customizable and less prone to crash (in my experience) Firefox has crashed on me maybe 5 times in nearly 2 years of using it heavily (several hours a day). Opera (all different builds/betas) crashed at least daily. That's just not acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toastyone Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 i tried it. i didn't like it. 585515336[/snapback] bingo :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmax Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I use Opera for most of the browsing .. Use firefox 1 for browsing emails ( hotmail yahoo gmail ) and for secured banking stuff :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronMT Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 yes, and i hated it. Gecko engine is by far superior...Firefox is more customizable and less prone to crash (in my experience)Firefox has crashed on me maybe 5 times in nearly 2 years of using it heavily (several hours a day). Opera (all different builds/betas) crashed at least daily. That's just not acceptable. 585515691[/snapback] I found the opposite to be true. Firefox consumed up to 200+ MB of physical ram alone by opening a few tabs. This is rediculous! Open more tabs and watch the usage balloon upwards to hysteria. With Opera 8.0 open right now and have 5 tabs open on news site, it is using 21 MB. Never have I seen Opera crash. Never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 i tried it but...1. i didn't like the banners 2. it's not free 3. the user interface was way too busy and cluttered overall i didn't care for it too much. 585515601[/snapback] Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krmathis Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Yes, but I didn't like it! :x * Not free * Closed source. * Cluttered user interface. * Less W3C standard compliant. * Slow rendering. * Slow development (Ex. 5-6 months between each beta/preview version). * Less cumtomizable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlogics Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Both are great browsers (a lot better then IE)... I just prefer firefox. The user interface is very simple and comfortable. I love the search bar. I use Opera only to test websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kljs Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 just want to refute the "opening a few tabs it eats my memory thingy". that's about 30+ tabs. (you can only see part of it since firefox doesn't wrap the tabs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munashii Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I tried it out a long time ago. It was nice for a change, I guess, but that's it. I went back to IE after a while, and then I met Firefox (Firebird at the time), and never looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toology Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Yes, I have. Shortly after converting to Firefox 2 - 2? years ago from IE, I also installed Opera. I still have it installed, and have updated it. However, it just can't deliver what I want and need, personally. Firefox does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-n-t Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 yes, and i switched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TmasterT Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 yes, i have the pay version of Opera and used it for a few months, but after realizing how much i miss FX extentions and support for gmail. i think im gonna use FX again. im really trying to consider the wins and losses of each though, because fx uses too much memory. 16mb = Opera 8, 45 mb = FX...i have 1gb but that really doesnt matter much but i always alt tab out of games like cs source and WoW to do other stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvbfan Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Don't want to pay for a browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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