Author Topic: Why I love Opera (Read 8325 times)

Pariah · « **Reply #25 on:** January 15, 2007, 06:45:19 PM »

I understand now. The balance must remain. I switch to Opera, and Strolen switches to FF. There must be a balance on the site or it'd all go *bloomy*.

Strolen · « **Reply #26 on:** January 15, 2007, 07:20:31 PM »

Biggest issue for me is no 64bit Opera and there is too much involved with getting the 32bit installed with all the extra crap you need to support it. (linux)

Firefox is just easier...plus it has Firebug.

I still use it in Windoze though, don't need Firebug in windows.

Ancient Gamer · « **Reply #27 on:** January 16, 2007, 03:10:09 AM »

As a Microsoft developer (working for an ISV - Independent Software Vendor) I do not get to use Linux overly much. In Windows, the unquestioningly superior OS *cough*, Opera is the browser of choice.

Firefox has that Firebug that made even me happy. However Firefox feels... Awkward. Unnatural. Windows 95-ish. Archaic. Old. And EVERY d**n feature they have is a straight RIP off Opera. They stole their tech. *mutters*

Strolen · « **Reply #28 on:** January 16, 2007, 06:21:14 AM »

That is one thing that pisses me off about Firefox and IE. I keep reading articles comparing those two and talking about all these grand features they have...finally...specifically the tabs. And they talk like it is all new and shiny when Opera has had them for years. Then the big thing that Firefox finally put a close button on their tabs like it is the most novel thing ever. Gimmie a break. At least they gave credit to Apple when the spoke of Windows, they could at least give credit to Opera when they speak of Firefox and IE.

Strolen · « **Reply #29 on:** April 12, 2007, 09:15:06 PM »

Opera 9.20

For instance:
Go to the strolen.com index.
Right click on the search form field.
Select "Create Search"
Label it.

Now, in the title bar where you can pick google, amazon, yahoo, etc, you now have the option to pick Strolen's Citadel as your default search. Even has the nifty icon. Put your search criteria in and it brings you to the search page.

Sweet!

----

Click on "new tab" and it now has what they call their "speed dial". Instead of a blank tab where you have to type or open a bookmare, it shows a page with 9 available screenshots of favorite webpages. Drag a webpage onto the "speed dial" number and it takes a screenshot and creates a hotlink. So when you open a new tab there is a nice organized set of 9 screenshots of your favorite webpages ready for an immediate click and visit.

You can refresh the screenshots with a CTRL-R at any time.

Awesome feature that I am sure IE and Mozilla will adopt immediately if they haven't already...then we will read in the magazines about this great "new" feature "they" came up with.

Ria Hawk · « **Reply #30 on:** April 12, 2007, 09:26:34 PM »

Dammit, now I have to go upgrade again... do you know how long it will take me to download that?

Strolen · « **Reply #31 on:** April 12, 2007, 09:27:09 PM »

I am broadband so, 15 seconds....

Under 5MG....amazing it works isn't it. You couldn't guess something could be that efficient when you look at IE. Firefox is almost 6MG so a very nice size too.

Ria Hawk · « **Reply #32 on:** April 12, 2007, 09:51:01 PM »

You suck.

I'm on 24k dailup.

Ancient Gamer · « **Reply #33 on:** April 14, 2007, 05:07:49 AM »

I am using 9.20 now too. Other sweet fixes are:
- Opera now works with everything microsoft (msdn.com, outlook web mail, sharepoint portal server) except ActiveX (and there is a reason why they do not support activex).

Those fixes have been gradual during other updates, but with 9.20 I can actually use Opera in my Microsoft related work.

Hooray for Opera Software!

Ria Hawk · « **Reply #34 on:** August 31, 2008, 02:42:55 AM »

*dusts off the Opera thread*

Have a question for the more tech-minded Opera-philes of the place. I use Livejournal for various things, and those things require me to have several different log-ins. I know there's a plug-in thingy for Firefox that allows the user to switch between logins. Does anyone know if there's a similar thingy for Opera? It's still my browser of choice, but it's annoying to have to log out of one account then log into another to do stuff.

Strolen · « **Reply #35 on:** August 31, 2008, 08:20:43 AM »

Got me stumped. I saw CookiePie but I don't know of anything in Opera that will allow it. I have started about even usage between Firefox and Opera when developing and use Opera only when just surfing. Firebug is just too irresistable and useful and Opera's answer to that (Dragonfly) is a bit cumbersome.

Ria Hawk · « **Reply #36 on:** August 31, 2008, 10:36:07 PM »

I am behind the times, what is Firebug, anyway?

Strolen · « **Reply #37 on:** August 31, 2008, 11:11:44 PM »

Just the sweetest plugin ever.

Mostly for CSS checking, DOM investigating, and html glancing.

Ria Hawk · « **Reply #38 on:** August 31, 2008, 11:37:51 PM »

Ah. Well, then I suppose I don't need it, then.

Ancient Gamer · « **Reply #39 on:** September 01, 2008, 02:16:31 AM »

Firebug is great for web developers. For the rest of the world it is nothing to be concerned with.

Currently I use IE (because all the Microsoft ActiveX controls need it), Firefox (for web design) and Opera (for personal browsing and advanced net-junkie functionality).

Internet Explorer clearly is a cumbersome dinosaur, but when it comes to Firefox and IE it is so-so. Both are capable browsers with different areas of usage.

Sadly I do not know of multiple user switching in Opera. Perhaps it could be a feature to be posted on their public forums, so that the devs can make it for us. It IS a sweet idea.

My solution to the problem, as I prefer Opera for personal browsing, is to log out and in again with the magic wand. Granted it is not ideal.

Michael Jotne Slayer · « **Reply #40 on:** September 01, 2008, 07:34:53 AM »

Mikes brainz explodzeses.

Ancient Gamer · « **Reply #41 on:** September 03, 2008, 08:38:17 AM »

I AM SURFING WITH GOOGLE CHROME!

Sweet!

manfred · « **Reply #42 on:** September 03, 2008, 02:48:13 PM »

Is it any good?

Seen some slides on it and it looked interesting. Worth trying you say?

Ancient Gamer · « **Reply #43 on:** September 04, 2008, 02:59:28 AM »

I like it

I sure does load google apps quickly! :p

Ancient Gamer · « **Reply #44 on:** September 05, 2008, 07:53:18 AM »

Opera has been struggling for a while. Its continued failure to lure new users to the browser has been noticed by current and potential future investors.Financially they have done well, but the market hoped for a strong alliance with Google, or perhaps a purchase.

With the launch of Chrome the market reacted negatively, Opera shares plummeting 20% in a couple of days.

Some analysts now announce they believe Opera will hit the wall in five or six years.

*Dons funeral clothes*

Pariah · « **Reply #45 on:** September 05, 2008, 09:16:45 PM »

*rends clothes asunder and smears face with charcoal*

//WAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!//

Strolen · « **Reply #46 on:** September 07, 2008, 05:22:00 PM »

That would be horrible. They are also the only mobile browser worth anything. Haven't used the iphone and that one seems good, but for others of us stuck with the crap that comes with most phones, opera mobile comes to the rescue!

Ancient Gamer · « **Reply #47 on:** September 08, 2008, 02:55:58 AM »

Well, it is only speculation. Safari has some huge security holes that renders it unusable for electronic banking and payments, so, well, I'd use Opera.

valadaar · « **Reply #48 on:** September 08, 2008, 06:48:06 AM »

I've found that phpspell does not work for me in Chrome - I get a window that is filled with black.

B9anders · « **Reply #49 on:** December 05, 2008, 10:09:59 AM »

Quote from: Ancient Gamer on September 05, 2008, 07:53:18 AM

Opera has been struggling for a while. Its continued failure to lure new users to the browser has been noticed by current and potential future investors.Financially they have done well, but the market hoped for a strong alliance with Google, or perhaps a purchase.

With the launch of Chrome the market reacted negatively, Opera shares plummeting 20% in a couple of days.

Some analysts now announce they believe Opera will hit the wall in five or six years.

*Dons funeral clothes*

<cries>

Please let this be false.

Opera saved my web experience when I used a lumbering old dinosaur back in 2000 and tried it out - suddenly realised not every page load had to lag for seconds. It's such a ridiculously superior browser.

I love it so much I could even consider abandoning linux for windows if it somehow stopped working in linux.