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Which browser is better?

Firefox
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Firefox or Opera?
« on: November 25, 2006, 09:14:08 pm »
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I just wondered what you guys thought, I have used opera for along time but wondered whether firefox is better....
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2006, 09:37:44 pm »
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Firefox is all around better in my opinion, though sometimes I'll come across something where I think "Opera would be useful here".
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2006, 10:31:40 pm »
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I'm a faithful Firefox follower, and actually never use anything else. Well, unless I come across some crappy Frontpage-created website which only looks right in Internet Explorer...yuggh.

I have never used Opera, but then again I have never seen a reason to. Firefox does the magic for me.
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2006, 12:27:39 am »
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I use IE when I encounter stuff Firefox can't do (ie http://maplestory.nexon.net). I had to teach my family how to use Firefox, because they kept complaining about stuff not loading when I had NoScript activated.
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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2006, 12:29:59 am »
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Internet Explorer ^_^
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2006, 07:36:05 am »
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I am an Opera user myself, but I don't find either one to be better all around. It all depends on what you're using it for. Opera's good for me as I like a fast browser without much bloat and I tend to like better html, and Opera can be anal about that :P It's surprisingly compatible in some cases >_>

To some extent I find it to be between Firefox and IE, in that it doesn't take five minutes to start, and loads pages faster, and it scrolls differently.

Firefox is more comfortable for some users, and it is less anal about html, and isn't internet explorer >_> Firefox does have its other good parts but everyone's heard those too many times.

Quote from: Sol on November 25, 2006, 10:34:29 pm
I've used Opera, Firefox and, obviously, internet explorer. I have to say Firefox seems to be the best for general users - I found Opera to be a little confusing, bulky and limited.

Opera's no more limited than Firefox... And I don't see where the confusion stems from. You have the toolbar, then tabs, (you know tabs, remember firefox?) then a bunch of buttons with obvious uses, which you've seen before. There are two added buttons, rewind and fast foward, but they're unimportant. The address bar is below that and then a google search bar. What's so confusing? It's almost a copy of Firefox and Internet Explorer... o_O

As for bulky... Look at the memory usage for firefox, and compare it to opera. You're calling OPERA bulky? Opera definitely runs smoother and loads faster, and it seems to take up much less ram and processor. Firefox is quite a memory !@#$% with multiple tabs open. It keeps five pages or so (I've forgotten exactly) for each and every tab preloaded in ram. This is not good if you use tabs heavily :P It's not that bad if you're a normal user, but I keep wayy too many tabs open on average, as that's how I work best.

As I said, it all depends what you want from the browser.
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2006, 03:38:20 am »
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Quote from: Falcon on November 26, 2006, 12:27:39 am
I use IE when I encounter stuff Firefox can't do (ie http://maplestory.nexon.net). I had to teach my family how to use Firefox, because they kept complaining about stuff not loading when I had NoScript activated.



^^Does that intrigue you?!

Made possible by IE Tab!
Yay for extensions!

I use Firefox.
I've never used Opera extensively on my PC, to be honest. But Firefox has been great for me, and the wide variety of extensions make it sooo capable and expandable!
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2006, 05:55:45 pm »
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I have both, but Firefox is just so much better for some reason.
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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2006, 08:45:22 pm »
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Never tried Opera, but anything is better than Firefox. As CPP said, it's a memory !@#$%, slow, and I could live without the extensions.
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2006, 08:55:55 pm »
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I've never used Opera, but I'm a fan (and I use) of Firefox. :3
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2006, 11:05:40 pm »
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Quote from: BlueMonkey on November 28, 2006, 08:45:22 pm
Never tried Opera, but anything is better than Firefox. As CPP said, it's a memory !@#$%, slow, and I could live without the extensions.

I disagree, Firefox is better than IE :P
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2006, 03:02:24 am »
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i use firefox, mainly for its extension functionality
i also consider it the best browser for testing web pages in development,
Web Developer, OperaView, IE Tab, HTML Validator ftw
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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2006, 03:06:24 am »
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Quote from: cpprograms on November 28, 2006, 11:05:40 pm
Quote from: BlueMonkey on November 28, 2006, 08:45:22 pm
Never tried Opera, but anything is better than Firefox. As CPP said, it's a memory !@#$%, slow, and I could live without the extensions.

I disagree, Firefox is better than IE :P
I am gonna try Opera soon, it might be what I am looking for.
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2006, 01:32:33 am »
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I love them both, they're great, substantial browsers and I've used both of them extensively. I do, however tend to use Firefox more often now, I only really use Opera for web development. But as Windy said, there are plenty of extensions that make other browsers redundent.
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2006, 11:02:48 am »
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I tried Opera for a day. Ugly UI... The only thing I like was the built in torrent thing :) Firefox is a memory !@#$% though :P
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2006, 11:09:45 am »
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It has skins ya know... plus it even has a feature where it takes on the look of whatever skin you're currently using >_>
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2006, 03:25:26 pm »
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Having compared the two for a week I'd say this:

Firefox: More options for customisation, easier for loading webpages where you have to sign in but slow and takes up aot of memory.
Opera: Simpler, faster than firefox and reliable too but the whole "wand" thing rather than just saving my cookies is a pain in the ass.

I honestly can't say which I prefere cos they are BOTH better than IE. maybe I should try smart browser too...
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #17 on: December 02, 2006, 03:05:37 am »
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You realize you can turn the wand off, right? It indeed is annoying. Oh and Opera does store cookies like any normal browser... o_o
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Re: Firefox or Opera?
« Reply #18 on: December 02, 2006, 11:51:53 am »
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O.o I worded it wrong, I know it stores cookies I just ment that others just bring up your info while opera asks you to click the bloody wand. nd no I didnt realize you could turn it off  :-X
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« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2006, 12:02:01 pm »
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FireFox 2 baby!
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