Opera or Firefox?

[Help]

Memory leakage is a pain in the a**. And startup time is  horrific too. =\. What's the difference between running FF, Opera, IE? How is FF "easier" to run? They all do the same basic things. Oh and my Opera8 blocks ads fine =P.

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For one, with Firefox, you don't need to mess around with .ini files, you click on an XPI file (an extension) and firefox installs it and you configure the extension using the GUI. That's easier...

Start-up time? horrific? seriously, waiting 5 more seconds for a browser to start-up won't kill you, it's really like the Ads in Opera, where you get a trade-off of Ads while your use the browser. Whereas for firefox, the trade-off is start-up time for a clean, simple browser. (and the start-up time is only a temporary side-effect, where as the Ads is pretty much permanent until you pay)

[jantjetest]

@Help

that's a bit shortsighted.

although i'm an Opera fan i agree that some of the things aren't the most ideal, but FireFox isn't either.

simply because we all have different needs. we don't live in an ideal world.

the learning curve of FF is just as steep btw.

it may look simple at first, but you'll have to figure out what 1000 extensions you need. then figure out which extensions work with eachother(because there are quite some extension that let FF crash or act weird when combined)

and then basically start all over again by deleting your profile once there's this minor update which should only fix security issues.

i know, once you know how it all works it's not too bad, but the ini's of Opera arent either.

a pro is that you only have to set it up once, and the settings from this profile can probably go until version 9 etc.. (don't get me started on "Mozilla backup" btw)

[drshdw]

For one, with Firefox, you don't need to mess around with .ini files, you click on an XPI file (an extension) and firefox installs it and you configure the extension using the GUI. That's easier...

Start-up time? horrific? seriously, waiting 5 more seconds for a browser to start-up won't kill you, it's really like the Ads in Opera, where you get a trade-off of Ads while your use the browser. Whereas for firefox, the trade-off is start-up time for a clean, simple browser. (and the start-up time is only a temporary side-effect, where as the Ads is pretty much permanent until you pay)

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Why can't I install downloaded FireFox themes just by clicking them? Why do I have to find an external program just to do that? O.o

Opera included all the extensions that I need, why bother d/ling others? Pointless. And even with all those extensions, the exe file of Opera is still about the same size as FF's.

The startup time of FF is give or take 20 seconds on my computer, default skin, adblock, etc. That is pretty damn slow. IE takes 4 seconds to start. Opera takes 5 seconds. Why would I want to wait an extra 15 seconds for FF to load? Btw my Opera has no ads, so whats your point? I'd rather not have ads than have a slow loading time.

[Jase]

Firefox with the best Extentions :D

[krmathis]

Firefox for me! :)

I cant stand adds and would never pay for a web browser, hence no Opera, when there are lots of free ones to choose from.

[jmc777]

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[Neil]

Friefox but there plenty of these already going

[Ward57]

Opera. Faster, smaller, more powerful, more standards compliant, email built-in, better looking, features more consistent and homogenous, less buggy, cooler CEO, sworn enemies of MS, etc

:D

[DanManIt]

I prefer Firefox. I used Opera a while back, but I think Firefox is better.

[EWRplaya]

Firefox, it doesnt have that REALLY big menu at the top and left sides... anyway, Firefox, yeah

[Hani]

omg, another thread on this subject :angry: By the way, I vote Opera

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

somebody please kill me

[beardly]

Just try the one that you like best, not what other people think. Personally I like firefox better.

[worbd]

I prefer Firefox. I used Opera a while back, but I think Firefox is better.

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Why do you think Firefox is better? You should at least try Opera 8 before commenting...

[vcv]

Why do you think Firefox is better? You should at least try Opera 8 before commenting...

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I tried Phoenix 0.1 a while ago and it sucked!!! So I went back to Opera and haven't looked back!

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[mr_demilord]

Firefox rulez period :ninja: /me love open source

Firefox is the most compliant W3C standard browser

I tried opera but it is adware and crashed alot :no:

[.:YodaGP:.]

Opera!

[drshdw]

Firefox rulez period :ninja: /me love open source

Firefox is the most compliant W3C standard browser

I tried opera but it is adware and crashed alot  :no:

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Firefox's user feedback used to crash FF all the time, pos.

[SimplySchizo]

If I only had a nickle, everytime I.........

[Rix]

Firefox rulez period :ninja: /me love open source

Firefox is the most compliant W3C standard browser

I tried opera but it is adware and crashed alot  :no:

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Please, get your facts right. Opera is more standards complient then firefox, period :rolleyes:

Why do you love open source? I'm guessing you can't code through the way you spell rules.. :sleep:

[mr_demilord]

I was acting fanboish, For everyone just try the browser you most like and use that one.

Opera is a mature browser with some hickups.

Every browser has its ups and downs

[Azusa]

IMHO we all have our diffences so diffrent browsers benefit us in different ways so debates,polls and descussions which try to determen the best are realy just pointless but anyhoo

go firefox&4chan!!!!!

[BoundToEarth]

Not another thread.. I love opera.

[kevcart3]

Opera is a pretty good browser. If for some reason I couldn't use Firefox, I definately would use Opera in it's place. I like Firefox because of the extensions that I have gotten to the point where I don't think I would want to surf the web without them.

[Altered State of Consciousness]

...I have gotten to the point where I don't think I would want to surf the web without [extensions].

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Yes, gotta love updating all those extensions every time you update Firefox.. Not to mention the chance they will conflict with one another.

I tried FF a few different times, always got sick of Extension-hell. It's a good browser, for sure, I just think Extensions are implemented wrong. And 90% of them are just there to rip off Opera features anyway, so there's no point, to me.