The Opera appreciation thread

macbiter · Sep 14, 2008, 04:49 PM

Ok I know most people apparently on DH prefer Firefox to any browser, but I have to say, ive been playing with IE7 - 8, Chrome, Firefox and Opera and I just don't know why Opera isnt the browser of choice with educated geeks. It seems faster, has the best tab implemention system, has the wonderful gestures. It also never seems to crash when some dodgy sites bring down FF and IE....

Anyone else back me up here are or you all FF fanboys#?

BlueMak · Sep 14, 2008, 05:14 PM

I don't see much point in this, but yeah, I agree with you. I wouldn't say that DH members prefer Firefox over any other browser though or that those that do are FF fanboys.

FF is good.

Just not as good as Opera.

mkk · Sep 14, 2008, 05:48 PM

Opera made a miscalculation when they took so long to remove the price tag from their product, otherwise they would have been several times as big as they are now. It doesn't help to be a very good browser when it's so hard for old Opera to get attention, simply because it's old. It's been my secondary browser for a long time now, with Chrome in the overtaking lane behind Firefox at third.

wolf2009 · Sep 14, 2008, 08:08 PM

I'm behind you for Opera 24/7

pemang · Sep 15, 2008, 12:14 AM

love opera. always have always will!

Al_Vampyre · Nov 23, 2008, 04:39 PM

I love Opera...great browser, think it was actually Zardon that put me on to it, haven't really spent much time with Chrome yet, waiting to see what the jury says about it!

Sep 14, 2008, 04:49 PM	#1
macbiter DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 0	The Opera appreciation thread Ok I know most people apparently on DH prefer Firefox to any browser, but I have to say, ive been playing with IE7 - 8, Chrome, Firefox and Opera and I just don't know *why Opera isnt the browser of choice with educated geeks*. It seems faster, has the best tab implemention system, has the wonderful gestures. It also never seems to crash when some dodgy sites bring down FF and IE.... Anyone else back me up here are or you all FF fanboys#?

Sep 14, 2008, 05:14 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,454 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	I don't see much point in this, but yeah, I agree with you. I wouldn't say that DH members prefer Firefox over any other browser though or that those that do are FF fanboys. FF is good. Just not as good as Opera. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 23, 2008, 04:39 PM	#6
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Re: The Opera appreciation thread I love Opera...great browser, think it was actually Zardon that put me on to it, haven't really spent much time with Chrome yet, waiting to see what the jury says about it!

Sep 14, 2008, 05:48 PM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,481 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Opera made a miscalculation when they took so long to remove the price tag from their product, otherwise they would have been several times as big as they are now. It doesn't help to be a very good browser when it's so hard for old Opera to get attention, simply because it's old. It's been my secondary browser for a long time now, with Chrome in the overtaking lane behind Firefox at third.

Sep 14, 2008, 08:08 PM	#4
wolf2009 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	I'm behind you for Opera 24/7

Sep 15, 2008, 12:14 AM	#5
pemang DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Brisbane Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	love opera. always have always will!