Opera Opera vs IE vs Firefox

[Chesso 0]

lol Germans use them more often? didn't know that.

[Arbitrary 0]

lol Germans use them more often? didn't know that.

I think they capitalize the beginning of every noun or something.
I have used the big three browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera) and they're all installed just in case I need to do cross-browser testing. I have to say that if you're looking for speed, go for Opera. It's the fastest--Firefox takes forever to startup; even IE is faster at loading than Firefox.

Opera (shockingly), also has Adblock. (I believe it came with version 9.) It's under the alias of the content blocker, as Opera is still run by a commercial company who can't endorse advertisements. For more information, see: http://operawiki.info/OperaAdblock

If you're looking for something akin to Gmail manager in Opera, you can just subscribe to Gmail's RSS feed and let Opera automatically notify you whenever you have new mail messages.

That being said, my main browser is still Firefox as Opera still doesn't have many things that I really need. For instance, it's javascript support isn't exactly up to par--I am unable to load Zoho writer on it. Moreover, it doesn't have something similar to FireFTP or Chatzilla, all of which make my life much, much easier.

[Tony Stewart 0]

I believe that firefox is still the best browser i used Opera last year for about a month and i found it slower than firefox.

[Soda1405241561 0]

As far as browsers go, I prefer Opera. The interface is lovely on my mac and it loads the forums 2x faster then firefox (which by the way really kills on my computer, as far as speed and memory goes.) and as for Safari, :l That should explain itself.

[Pratyusa 0]

I use Firefox almost exclusively because more web developers take Firefox into consideration than Opera or Safari. I don't even talk about IE because it is so unstable and also does not adhere to conventions correctly. Most web applications work for Firefox now, but I cannot say the same about Opera and Safari, but things are getting better with the advent of AJAX. Web developers are starting to build applications that are truly cross-platform, but until then, I will use a bit higher-profile browser like Firefox than Opera or Safari.

some people are saying that opera is faster, some say firfox is faster, some say safari. but what i think is that the fastness depends on a lot of aspects as given below.
the difference comes into account in the way they load (not how they interpret) the web page. firfox loads the images first and then the texts with their styles simultaneously. but opera loads the texts then their styles and then only the images.
1. type of content you want to browse. if you are browsing mainly text contents then firefox seems to be bit slower than opera.
2. type of server you are browsign. In the server if the images are randomly placed and these images are going to be parsed then obviously firefox and also opera takes some time. but in between firefox and opera, opera loads bit slower.

i used to use IE for surfing. but when i came across the firfox it seemed to be better in every aspects, excluding the case of very slower connections. in slower internet connections IE loads faster then firefox. if the speed is very slow then you can find out that IE is noticiably faster then firefox.
all my thinking were changed when i tried opera. it has a lot of facilities in addition to those present in firefox.

Opera Mini (for mobile) is really great. It's the best browser to view HTML files. it also possess zoom functionality. Really I am in love with my opera browser. though i have installed both firefox and opera, but i use opera mainly. i use firefox hardly.

[toby 0]

Loading text first is completey normal, if not the proper way. It's degrading gracefully. Where the files are only makes a difference for multiple requests, which both can do. Opera lets you change it in a GUI, FF lets you do it in about:config.

[skedad 0]

Opera... I have heard so much about it, but I have never tried it.I have downloaded iTunes and before you know it, I now have Safari... I am actually typing my comment on my work Mac... and it is Safari.I have just read some other topics about Google Chrome, and I was able to play around with for like a day or two.I grew up with Internet Explorer. I guess once Internet got popular I used IE... Growing up is a weird thing to say.. but if feels like it has been around that long. I use it as a default because my wife uses it.My browser of choice is Mozilla Firefox... and when I first used it, nobody really wanted to try it... they were like dude, I have Explorer... who needs anything else, it will be confusing and all. And I am glad I switched. I also like to try new things, and also try to see if browsers will continue to be compatible with Dreamweaver. I try to keep updated with both IExplorer and Firefox, and it seems like Apple wants me to keep updated with Safari! haha- skedad -

[last-king 0]

Opera... I have heard so much about it, but I have never tried it.
I grew up with Internet Explorer...........

- skedad -

why you don't spend a little time for trying opera ?

i guess you will like it for ever!

it's fast, user friendly and professional !
also see : portal.opera.com

"I grew up with Internet Explorer" do you mean IE is a Browser?

[y4nzi 0]

I tried opera for a while some years ago and it was a pretty nice browser but it didn't quite have the range of extensions and addons that firefox does to enhance its range of function AND some websites didn't show up properly? (i don't know if that is still a problem) so i switched back to firefox.IE is a browser I hardly use now, it is just there on my computer, i'm really not a big fan of ie7 even after they introduced tabbed browsing etc, firefox and opera were way ahead of them in that department.

[toby 0]

Heavily depends on how long ago, Opera really does take massive steps very often. Now, something like 2/3 of the top 150 FF plugins are in Opera by default. Nearly all of the rest are easy bookmarklets.

[khalilov 0]

I have tried opera before, it didn't run java scripts. And Firefox is better for flash stuff from my experience. But between opera and IE i choose IE mainly cuz of the java part. In general i choose firefox.

[Quatrux 4]

What are you talking about that Opera doesn't run javascript? and whats the difference of Flash in Firefox and Opera? it's using the same plugin :PIt runs Java and Javascript really well, just that on every different browser there may be some difficulties, because browsers like IE doesn't use standards and some things only works on IE, because it's a custom feature, but if you are experienced you can do a lot and make your website compatible on most of the browsers.In my opinion, Webkit and Opera engine fallows the web standards best, I guess same for Firefox now ;]

[toby 0]

As far as I've heard, that gap before Firefox still exists, Opera and Safari have the only stable (Opera wrongly calls it alpha, it's stabler than many beta/finished products I use) Acid3-passers, and various other things, mostly older.

[wutske 0]

I have tried opera before, it didn't run java scripts. And Firefox is better for flash stuff from my experience. But between opera and IE i choose IE mainly cuz of the java part. In general i choose firefox.

I agree that on linux pre-Opera 9.6 and pre-Flash 10 crashed all the time, but on windows flash works extremely well on Opera. No problems with Java and Javascript either (pres F12 in Opera and check whether "Enable Java" and "Enable Javascript" are enabled).
Do note you need the install the latest JRE from Sun, otherwise Java won't work in Opera en FF. Java in IE does work because Microsoft ships it's OS with some kind of lightweight homebrewed JRE

[khalilov 0]

What are you talking about that Opera doesn't run javascript? and whats the difference of Flash in Firefox and Opera? it's using the same plugin
It runs Java and Javascript really well, just that on every different browser there may be some difficulties, because browsers like IE doesn't use standards and some things only works on IE, because it's a custom feature, but if you are experienced you can do a lot and make your website compatible on most of the browsers.

In my opinion, Webkit and Opera engine fallows the web standards best, I guess same for Firefox now ;]

When i open http://www.tinywarz.com/ in it (a site with ALOT of java) and log in most of the java features don't work. I dunno in the game forums they said opera doesn't work with the game because it doesn't support java. I might have misunderstood them or something, maybe they were refering with java use by the game. I dunno, did it always support java or is it a new addition?