Case for buying Opera

[Kipper]

Came across this article regarding Opera - appears to be pretty even-handed and has a nice conclusion regarding the price of Opera:

"The only real negative for Opera is that unlike rival browsers, you have to pay for it (or deal with advertisements that become part of your interface). While $40 may seem like a lot compared to free, it's a small cost indeed when put in the context of your entire computing life.

"If you use a laptop, you probably shelled out at least $1,000 for your system. If you have high-speed Internet access, that's another $30 per month or more.

"Adding $40 to significantly improve the tool that lets you experience the outside world seems more than reasonable."

Original Article

[Malisk]

Oh yes, Opera's cost isn't anything to be bothered about... I mean, it's like buying some clothes at a store... No biggie. However, if Firefox's features along with some of its extensions fulfill a user's needs, there's of course little reason to go with Opera. It all depends on what you need and want to do. But if Opera is obviously better for your needs, the one time fee is very small.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

it's so simple, if you like it better than any other browsers, buy it

[Erftek]

Worth every penny imho. :yes:

[dan1el^]

You get water for free, but you still buy milk.

[worbd]

People still buy water in bottles, too.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

You get water for free, but you still buy milk.

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your point is?

[Jesse Carlton]

I buy cheese...this thread is pointless

[Bamsebjørn]

your point is?

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Probably he means that you should drink water until milk gets free... to which I totally agree.

I'm lucky enough to get milk for free from my parants though. Didn't get Opera for free so I use Firefox.

[Erftek]

Security.

I was trying to decide which browser so,

I checked out the track record of FF vs. Opera's and clearly Opera had a better record thus far. I found the info on Secunia.

[lillitnn92]

Security.

I was trying to decide which browser so,

I checked out the track record of FF vs. Opera's and clearly Opera had a better record thus far. I found the info on Secunia.

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some people even pay for air :)

well, it was Firebird when i used it the first time and i even tried FF to see all the fuss. the percentage of it working completely to my liking never got met. i always had problems.

if Maxthon had been out before i found Opera, who knows, i may have never bought Opera. i was only looking for something to customize, nothing fancy, but what i found in Opera exceeded my expectations and then some. i will pay until the sun falls for such an awesome product.

[chozsun]

My issue is that the browsers that are free are worth about as much. Firefox is pretty close to Opera in terms of speed and functionality. But in the end, even Firefox is at most the dim-witted second cousin that no one acknowledges at the family reunions.

I have seen the speed graphs and I know what I experience as a enduser is good and bad. But with Opera and everything else, it is the little things like being able to place the any bar wherever I want, shutdown images at the click of a button/keyboard shortcut (for sites NSFW while I am at work) and the like. The biggest thing would have to be tabbed browsing and mouse gestures. Sure, FF has it but I have tried all the extensions and they do not function as well or as fast as Opera. Opera is like that out of the box. Heaven forbid I get a new workstation and have to reload an extension only to find out that the author has played around with the extension and now it is broke.

Being an artsy-fartsy person myself, skins are ultra important. Do we even need to compare the skins available to Opera and Firefox? If I want a straight black theme with buttons that look good: Opera. What about concrete? Opera. With Firefox, I get very slight variations of the default and nothing radical. Frustrating.

Of course, in the end, it is all about speed and rendering. As a wannabe Web Designer, I trust no other browser to render my work except for Opera. It may be nanoseconds but that is less time waiting and more time working/researching/pr0nning. For me, it adds up.

I am more than glad to pay for software that works the way I want to rather than get some cheap knockoff of the same.

[Orien]

My issue is that the browsers that are free are worth about as much.  Firefox is pretty close to Opera in terms of speed and functionality.  But in the end, even Firefox is at most the dim-witted second cousin that no one acknowledges at the family reunions.

I have seen the speed graphs and I know what I experience as a enduser is good and bad.  But with Opera and everything else, it is the little things like being able to place the any bar wherever I want, shutdown images at the click of a button/keyboard shortcut (for sites NSFW while I am at work) and the like.  The biggest thing would have to be tabbed browsing and mouse gestures.  Sure, FF has it but I have tried all the extensions and they do not function as well or as fast as Opera.  Opera is like that out of the box.  Heaven forbid I get a new workstation and have to reload an extension only to find out that the author has played around with the extension and now it is broke.

Being an artsy-fartsy person myself, skins are ultra important.  Do we even need to compare the skins available to Opera and Firefox?  If I want a straight black theme with buttons that look good: Opera.  What about concrete?  Opera.  With Firefox, I get very slight variations of the default and nothing radical.  Frustrating.

Of course, in the end, it is all about speed and rendering.  As a wannabe Web Designer, I trust no other browser to render my work except for Opera.  It may be nanoseconds but that is less time waiting and more time working/researching/pr0nning.  For me, it adds up.

I am more than glad to pay for software that works the way I want to rather than get some cheap knockoff of the same.

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You took the words right out of my mouth. :yes: :yes:

[Galley]

When I explain to people how much of their security problems are caused by IE, they gladly shell out the cash for Opera once they've used it for awhile. :yes:

[d_ralphie]

to make this clear: no, crudely bolted on extensions can never emulate the smooth polish of opera.