Hello everybody,
The browser war is going on the major contestants are
i) Microsoft Internet Explorer
ii) Mozilla Firefox
iii) Opera

Everyone is a star in their on category
If we take the case of IE Microsoft has the support of a large audience
But it can't capture he market with only that
Mozilla foundation is supported by technologists around the world
Opera with its loyal fans (like me)

But my point is that
As browser wars is heating up the final gains to us who are the users
As I said before opera is my favorite browser because
i) it loads pages faster than any other browser out there
ii) best cache management
iii) mouse gestures
iv) nice interface
v) integrate mail client
vi) integrated RSS reader
vii) voice navigation
viii) tabbed browsing
ix) sessions
x) horizontal scroll bar eliminator
xi) page zoom
xii) integrates search
xiii) integrated IRC client
xiv) after all better security

The one minus point I found for opera is it need an ad blocker
For stopping bandwidth hungry ads
May be they will release one soon


Sujith john Abraham
Alieneyes

Personally, I don't like opera. I don't like the layout and the way certain things are done on it. You say "i) it loads pages faster than any other browser out there" that is doubtful unless you did tests and even then, I still wouldn't believe it. There is only so fast a browser can load a page and that mainly depends on your internet speed.

I think that opera has basically all of the same stuff as firefox. Though, some of the features are plugins you can get. I got a question though, does opera let you have plugins? I tried opera once and didn't like it so I uninstalled it. If opera doesn't have plugins, that firefox pwns opera. Plugins help so much because it allows other brilliant people to make nice additions to the browser which makes the browser much better.
I love plugins

but thats my opinion, just giving my 50 cents :\

xJedix

opera doesn't belong with firefox and ie. It's not a very good browser, and the only thing its better at than ie and firefox is its compatability with CSS. It's pretty much a testing ground to see if your CSS is working the way its supposed to theoretically, but if you use slightly obscure functions, you're screwed with ie or firefox.

I've used Opera for a while in stead of Firefox, but I'm abck to firefox now. Opera had some strange behavior with all cookie based websites making posts mysteriously read / unread. Altrough my firefox has some problems with PostNuke and PHP Nuke sites.

i like opera and i use opera. The good thing about opera is that it loads real fast, and the toolbar for internet pages tabs is at the top, so it doenst clog up my window like what Internet Explorer does. Also, IE is full of problems and seriously downloading stuff with opera is really much better. I vote opera, use opera for optimal results

I would not consider Opera to be the best browser. Why would Opera want to put in an ad blocker when they would be blocking themselves (the ads on the top of the browser if you do not register)? Firefox is the best way to go it is secure, has an ad blocker, has alot of addons, has a good layout, and is an all around good browser. Even Internet Explorer is free so even it is better than Opera.

Opera is free like Firefox and Internet Explorer, and there are no ads on it AT ALL! If you don't believe me, go to http://www.opera.com/ and you'll see.

Also, Opera IS actually faster.

Here are some sources:
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html


http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-981.php


You can also try a Google search for "Browser Speed Test" to find out more.

Sorry for double posting, a mod can merge the posts.
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Opera is fully customizable, and you can move everything around just as you want it. Also, you can download lots of skins for it.

For more info, visit: http://my.opera.com/community/customize/

In my opinion, now that Opera is free, it is one of the leading browsers. It takes a bit of getting used to - I was reluctant when I first started toying with it, but after I became accustomed to the interface and its features, I find it difficult to use anything else (including Internet Explorer and FireFox - they just don't seem as good). That's my two cents, anyway.