The Best Internet Browser (FF3 vs Opera9.5)

Luoma · **Posted:** Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:10 pm

Got my friend to switch too xD

torinchibi · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 1357 **Location:**

...Both opera and FF look pretty much the same to me. You can easily make FF look like opera too. Maybe the speed dial will pose some problems, but they are essentially the same.

Luoma · **Posted:** Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:50 pm

There are alot of differences believe me

iv'e used FF for some years and discoved alot with Opera now

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

WOW Opera has Speed dial. Yeah sign me up i'm downloading right now. Wheres the custom theme section place ?

Morgoth · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 854 **Location:**

anyone know when firefox3 will be officially released?

also about the opera browser, do any of you know if it has some widget similar to firefox's "no script" extension?

Disconn3cted · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3293 **Location:** WV, USA

after trying them all i think i'll stick to IE, i don't need the protection of firefox since i dont go to sites i dont trust anyway and i dont care about the extra features opera has...

IE loads pages the fastest so i think its best

Shynygamie · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 688 **Location:**

mozilla firefox

torinchibi · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 1357 **Location:**

Disconn3cted wrote:

after trying them all i think i'll stick to IE, i don't need the protection of firefox since i dont go to sites i dont trust anyway and i dont care about the extra features opera has...

IE loads pages the fastest so i think its best

Just did a side by side load on "New Highest DMG contest" thread (since it always takes the longest to load for me. FF beat IE by 10 sec+, I started it less than a second before IE. Once it loaded, you would expect IE to speed up....it didn't.

Grandpa · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 867 **Location:**

Grandpa wrote:

Don't forget Safari <~~~~~~ it runs on Windows too
Link: Safari Information
Apple DEMO & DL link: > HERE <

I'm downloading and test driving beta Safari now.
It does look GOOD

~Gpa

EDIT: First impression (after subscribing to del.icio.us for bookmark exports from IE7 and Firefox):
It is about +¼ again faster than mozillia for HTML and significantly faster (Blazing!) with JavaScripting.

Per the perhaps biased information on the Apple DEMO & DL link: > HERE <

Firefox > IE
Opera is faster than both Firefox -AND- IE in JavaScript performance ONLY.
[EDIT]: JavaScript benchmarks based on VeriTest’s iBench Version 5.0
Even there (especially there) Safari outshines 'em all.

It's gonna be my browser of choice, I can tell.

Safari SCREENIE SHOT HERE

Midori · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3425 **Location:**

what...

tehfireman · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 192 **Location:**

firefox

DotCom · **Joined:** Jul 2006 **Posts:** 497 **Location:**

I just downloaded Safari to try it out and the first thing I noticed is the bold-like fonts. Kinda annoying, gives a darker look to websites. Checked the font settings with Firefox and were the same, but still the font looks bold compared to Firefox. Is it only me?

Firefox

Safari

Grandpa · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 867 **Location:**

Same here re: fonts
More legible but as you say "bold" is a little annoying.
It is itune look. Works ok to show where link has been clicked though.
I re-calibrated my vid card settings to optimize for tru-color movies and that helped some.

What I really don't like is when there are load error / 'errors on page' delay.
I use Firefox now for SRO Forum here, elsewise usingSafari 100%.

~Grandpa

Cruor · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 1999 **Location:**

DotCom wrote:

I just downloaded Safari to try it out and the first thing I noticed is the bold-like fonts. Kinda annoying, gives a darker look to websites. Checked the font settings with Firefox and were the same, but still the font looks bold compared to Firefox. Is it only me?

Safari uses Apple's subpixel rendering method, which is supposed to make text closer to what it would appear as in print. Firefox on the other hand either has no subpixel rendering, or ClearType if you have it installed. ClearType is more focused on making fonts easier to read on screen.

Shynygamie · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 688 **Location:**

FF2 owns. It's so fast, it beats Opera.

Grandpa · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 867 **Location:**

Shynygamie wrote:

FF2 owns. It's so fast, it beats Opera.

I'm comparing Mozilla FireFox Release 2.0.0.14 (pretty sure it's the latest) with Safari 3.11 (525.17) beta for PC.

For direct comparison of Opera to Mozilla (Firefox) the HTML and JavaScript benchmarks show Firefox is slower than Opera (except for HTML ONLY).

Per benchmarks based on VeriTest’s iBench Version 5.0 using default settings:
Safari is far better than all in HTML -AND- JavaScript performance.
I did note that Apple got their parser and 'spidermonkey' coding from the MPL (Mozilla Public License Version 1.1, found at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL.

~Grandpa

Midori · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3425 **Location:**

theres an article out there that actually compares most web browsers out there (since 2006 i think)

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

AHAH! Tis' a duel!

Opera9.5 http://www.opera.com

vs

Firefox 3 http://www.mozilla.com

They have both been released fairly close to each other. Which one will win??

IMO Opera is still the 'big daddy', but Firefox is catching up. O_O.

RAM Usage

Firefox3 Displaying Ask.com

Opera9.5 Displaying Ask.com

Go Opera.

Panu · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 3536 **Location:** Around

i think im gonna make the switch to 'big daddy'.

EDIT:

couple questions i like to ask u draq,

--does opera hold an options menu to display all known usernames/passwords that Opera has remembered? cuz firefox does, like if i forgot my username, i go to options then security then find out the websites user/pass.

--when downloading things, does opera have a mini bar at the bottom of the browser displaying wat im downloading at which speeds?

Cruor · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 1999 **Location:**

Draquish wrote:

Firefox3 Displaying Ask.com

Eh?

BalkanFanaticS · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 768 **Location:**

opera sucks ballz

Leon · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 273 **Location:** OTL

I dled FF3 2 mins ago, almost the same as FF2, but it still owns.

I only use Safari on my iPod Touch cause there's simply no other choice

.

Voluptas · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 194 **Location:**

I've been using Opera for about 3 years now.

In my opinion, it beats FF and IE in everything. On my pc, it loads faster than FF and IE, as i only use add-ons i really need, and dont have extravagant themes.

PileOfMush · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 456 **Location:**

Yeah, I thought that was funny too.
I've noticed a few times FF didn't load some CSS... and it's usually when Javascript is being used to load the CSS... or maybe the 3rd party host (like Akamai for Ask.com) isn't returning the requested CSS files fast enough. In either case, I bet the site developer is more to blame than the browser itself.

Cruor wrote:

Draquish wrote:

Firefox3 Displaying Ask.com

Eh?

/Pi · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4592 **Location:**

T.T

Installed FF3 assuming that it'll save my bookmarks. >.>

Zypher · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 8705 **Location:** Canada

Prophet Izaach wrote:

T.T

Installed FF3 assuming that it'll save my bookmarks. >.>

it did

/Pi · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4592 **Location:**

Zypher wrote:

Prophet Izaach wrote:

T.T

Installed FF3 assuming that it'll save my bookmarks. >.>

it did

Not mine :S

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

*cough* Opera's syncing feature would've solved this *cough*

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

Wheres IE in the competition?

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

At the posterior of the race.

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