Computer Science Canada Opera web browser |
| Author: | Insectoid [ Tue May 27, 2008 7:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Opera web browser |
Well, my I.E. kept crashing, so I went for an alternative. I had heard of opera, and decided to give it a try. It seems quite good so far, except for one thing. It doesn't load every page. It loads this page, facebook, some other forums, and other such things, but not google, or addictinggames.com. It just does nothing! Is this a problem for lots of people? (I have the newest version of opera). I like it, especially the 'speed dial' page. I also like how it remembers what page you were on last, so if you close the window, then re-open it, it goes to that page. If only it could load bookmarks from wherever they are stored for I.E. What the heck, lets do a poll. |
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| Author: | michaelp [ Tue May 27, 2008 7:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
I voted for Firefox still. I did try Opera once, but I missed some of the add-ons that were in Firefox. But, yeah, the speed-dial page was pretty good. Some of the widgets weren't bad either. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Tue May 27, 2008 7:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
way to limit the choices to just IE/Opera/Firefox I primarily use Safari (on OS X), as it's much faster. I hear that Camino is more lightweight, but I guess it's a trade-off between speed and power. |
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| Author: | apomb [ Tue May 27, 2008 11:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
firefox V3 beta 5 |
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| Author: | TheFerret [ Wed May 28, 2008 12:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
Opera on my desktop and Firefox on my laptop... |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Wed May 28, 2008 7:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
oops, meant to put an 'other' option in there... Seeing as I am unable to edit that post, could a mod put that option into the poll? See, I find that IE and firefox are the big ones and opera is the one this thread is all about. Once again, I intended to include 'other'. |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Wed May 28, 2008 9:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
Thanks Tony |
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| Author: | jernst [ Wed May 28, 2008 10:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Opera web browser |
Lynx! haha j/k, firefox! |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Wed May 28, 2008 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
I'm liking Firefox 3 RC1, doing pretty good and the memory is amazing, no more leaks 
I also liked Safari for Windows, however it doesn't come with the much needed extensions so... I don't use it :/ (And for firefox rc1 most of my extensions are compatible) |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Wed May 28, 2008 1:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
IE works best for work, Firefox for just about everything else. Safari on Windows blows. It seemed ok on OSX, but I hated it on Windows. |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Wed May 28, 2008 4:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
Has anyone ever had problems with opera? (Just so if something comes up, it's not just my computer) |
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| Author: | apomb [ Wed May 28, 2008 5:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
I do not use it because it is not naitively supported by Ubuntu. I know, thats not a very good reason. Thats like saying "Why should i use FireFox when Windows comes with I.E"... i guess you can chalk it up to laziness on my part then  |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Wed May 28, 2008 6:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Opera web browser |
rdrake @ Wed 28 May, 1:09 pm wrote: Safari on Windows blows. It seemed ok on OSX, but I hated it on Windows.
Why oO? It was terrible when it first came out, since the fonts and everything was screwed up (especially the crashing..) however the latest version seems fairly good and its pretty damn fast, not to mention the look, the almost borderless look I don't like its bookmarking system though, and its rss feed reader either :/ I like the way firefox does it |
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| Author: | tenniscrazy [ Wed May 28, 2008 9:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
lol i love how nobody picked I.E.  |
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| Author: | r691175002 [ Wed May 28, 2008 10:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Opera web browser |
I use Firefox but it is starting to feel a little bloated. I've heard Opera is good but I haven't made the switch yet. I like my extensions. |
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| Author: | TheFerret [ Thu May 29, 2008 1:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
The things I love about opera mostly include the ability to save your session so that no matter what, you can be assured that you can get back to where you were when the browser is closed... The only problem I've found with Opera besides the lack of extensions is that when you leave flash webpages open with Auto memory usage, the memory usage can jump up to 500MB or so... |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Thu May 29, 2008 3:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
I noticed today that Opera does not refresh the page when you click 'back'. it just saves the page in the memory and loads it from there, so that if something changes, you don't see it (Such as if I edit a post and view after re-posting, I don't see the changes unless I manually refresh) |
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| Author: | [Gandalf] [ Thu May 29, 2008 3:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Opera web browser |
That could also be seen as useful, since you see exactly what you did last time you visited that page, even if it changed. Also good for catching mischievous edits. 
Oh, and Furo that's nothing TabMixPlus can't fix.  |
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| Author: | Bobrobyn [ Fri May 30, 2008 12:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Opera web browser |
tenniscrazy @ Wed May 28, 2008 10:03 pm wrote: lol i love how nobody picked I.E.
Meh. I use Firefox normally, but I've played with IE. I really like the interface, but it takes a hit in performance. I use a 3 year old laptop....and I really notice it (and I shouldn't!). Even simple operations like opening a new tab, or just moving between tabs, just take too long. I'm sure if you're not used to the smoothness that is firefox, you wouldn't really notice it. It also has issues with crashing. I don't think I need to say anything more. I've played with Opera, too. It seems like a great web browser, I just hate how it comes with advertisements. It's mouse gestures are great -- although you can just get an extesion for Firefox that does the same thing. Safari seems nice, too, but I find that even when I'm on a mac machine, I find myself downloading Firefox because I just prefer it. Of course, I'm naturally biased towards open source software -- my main OS is Ubuntu. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Fri May 30, 2008 1:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Opera web browser |
Bobrobyn @ Fri May 30, 2008 12:54 pm wrote: I just hate how it comes with advertisements.
Well you could have paid to have ads removed. Or download the browser any time since 2005 when the advertisements were taken out. |
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| Author: | Bobrobyn [ Fri May 30, 2008 1:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Opera web browser |
Tony @ Fri May 30, 2008 2:04 pm wrote: Bobrobyn @ Fri May 30, 2008 12:54 pm wrote: I just hate how it comes with advertisements.
Well you could have paid to have ads removed. Or download the browser any time since 2005 when the advertisements were taken out. Wow. I can't believe it's been that long since I used Opera (other than the Wii version, of course). I was thinking, when typing that post: "Hmm, I haven't used Opera in a long time...but it couldn't have been THAT long". |
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| Author: | lordroba [ Fri May 30, 2008 1:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Opera web browser |
I'm using Firefox 3 right now. I really like the new address bar and how you can search within it. |
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| Author: | tenniscrazy [ Fri May 30, 2008 1:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Opera web browser |
Quote: I'm using Firefox 3 right now. I really like the new address bar and how you can search within it.
Is it still in beta? and where can i get it? |
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