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Which is Better, Firefox or Opera?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fat-lady-slender-fox dept.

Roblimo writes "Firefox and Opera are the two most popular cross-platform Web browsers. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Kris Shaffer tested them side-by-side on SUSE Linux 9.1, Mac OS X Panther, and Windows 2000, and decided that your choice may depend more on what you *do* with your browser than anything else, unless (as is the case for many of us) Opera is off the table from the start because it's not open source."

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  1. Is Opera Open Source? by npsimons · · Score: 0, Redundant
    It isn't? Well, I guess you know my answer then.

    Any software that isn't free sucks.
    -- Richard Matthew Stallman

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  2. Re:Ads by Shazow · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I ditto that.

    My _primary_ turnoff from Opera is the built-in ads for the free version. And I'm too lazy (and have no good reason) to download a pirated version. :P

    That and my web-developing needs. All too often that I see the dreaded words "this wont feature will not work in Opera," at which point I promptly send a message to my Opera-fan friend with a scoff.

    - shazow

  3. Re:Uhh... what? by Crayon+Kid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The Opera and Firefox goals are quite different. Firefox aims to be as simple and possible out of the box, while allowing virtually unlimited extensibility via 3rd party addons.

    The very fact that a person can use extensions and themes to make Firefox act more like Opera (or IE, or CrazyBrowser, or Safari etc.) pretty much settles it for me.

    If you're unhappy with something about Opera your options are very limited. If you're unhappy with a Firefox extension you can talk to the author, look for another similar one or ultimately modify or create one yourself.

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    i ate crayons when i was a kid and now i have two braincells and the blue ones taste nicer
  4. Re:*All* your gripes can be fixed with extensions. by AK+Marc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Also, I don't have to pay for Firefox (yeah, I'm a cheap bastard - sue me).

    You don't have to pay for Opera, either.

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    Learn to love Alaska