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Opera Sees "Dramatic" Rise From Microsoft's Ballot
TheReal_sabret00the notes a TechRadar piece reporting that Opera Software has seen a doubling from normal download numbers on average since Microsoft's browser-choice screen lit up in Europe. The UK saw an 85% increase and for other countries it was larger still: Poland 328%, Spain 215%, and Italy 202%. Hakon Wium Lie, CTO of Opera Software, said "A multitude of browsers will make the web more standardised and easier to browse."
Could someone explain when this ballot actually comes up? is it only for new installs of Windows or at some later moment, too? I already use Opera so it wouldnt make any difference to me but at least during the odd times I had to use IE for something it didn't ask me anything.
"Opera must be doing something right, that all the other browsers are missing." - by Runaway1956 (1322357) on Friday March 19, @09:27AM (#31536984) Homepage
They surely are: ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF BETTER ONLINE SPEED and SECURITY (consistently over time no less - see the url's below for verification no less):
IF you love speed online (fastest renderer around for webpage data AND scripting too, both YEARS ago -> http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#win , and last year too -> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm , is Opera 10.5.3315 (AND, also per the SunSpider benchmarks recently done this month no less, passing FireFox AND EVEN GOOGLE CHROME yet again -> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/gallery/features/356350/on-test-the-hidden-seven-browsers-in-the-windows-ballot/145087 (which Opera USUALLY owns javascript processing speeds too, but FF passed them BRIEFLY earlier this year is all, for once, in that area)) AND if you love security too!)
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SECUNIA WEB BROWSER PROGRAM SECURITY STATS AS OF THIS DATE:
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Opera 10.x:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/26745/
Unpatched 0% (0 of 5 Secunia advisories)
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FireFox 3.6x:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/28698/
Unpatched 0% (0 of 1 Secunia advisories - FIREFOX does make a good showing here too though... but, they've consistently over time had more than Opera, & more left unpatched too + for longer usually)
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Internet Explorer 8.x:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/
Unpatched 44% (4 of 9 Secunia advisories)
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"Read 'em & weep"...
Opera's CONSISTENTLY free of security vulnerabilities too, year-in & year-out... (or, moreso typically than the other 2 of the "big 3", that is) - and features?
Opera's got features most browsers need "bolted on" addons for, except Opera has them natively (as well as having a widgets addons set for it as well, IF you need that kind of thing (I really do not, it comes with all the features I like such as popup blocking, script blocks or accepts BY SITE (via its various .ini files it has) too & more, far more).
APK
P.S.=> So, in the end? For better SPEED online (both HTML/XHTML/XML + javascript processing) AND BETTER OVERALL SECURITY ONLINE? Go Opera... apk
"We code for, and test against, IE 6+, FireFox 2+, Safari 3+, Chrome 4+ and Opera 9+. And it sucks. With all the supposedly intelligent and future thinking people pushing the Internet forward, I am stunned at their inability to comply with W3C standards. Yeah, yeah, W3C documents are the 'drying paint' of the internet, but they are what all browser developers are supposed to be aiming for. I think they all need new glasses. - by WrongSizeGlass (838941) on Friday March 19, @08:55AM (#31536242)
Per my subject-line above then? How about THESE #'s, over time, in the areas of BOTH SPEED & SECURITY?? You spoke of needing glasses??? Take a read, about SECURITY & SPEED (because perhaps you've been drinking from the wrong glass my man, in regards to your statement (I interpreted it as "Opera sucks" actually), & perhaps you omitted reading these (or, you need diff. reading glasses):
IF you love speed online (fastest renderer around for webpage data AND scripting too, both YEARS ago -> http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#win , and last year too -> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm , is Opera 10.5.3315 (AND, also per the SunSpider benchmarks recently done this month no less, passing FireFox AND EVEN GOOGLE CHROME yet again -> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/gallery/features/356350/on-test-the-hidden-seven-browsers-in-the-windows-ballot/145087 (which Opera USUALLY owns javascript processing speeds too, but FF passed them BRIEFLY earlier this year is all, for once, in that area)) AND if you love security too!)
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SECUNIA WEB BROWSER PROGRAM SECURITY STATS AS OF THIS DATE:
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Opera 10.x:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/26745/
Unpatched 0% (0 of 5 Secunia advisories)
----
FireFox 3.6x:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/28698/
Unpatched 0% (0 of 1 Secunia advisories - FIREFOX does make a good showing here too though... but, they've consistently over time had more than Opera, & more left unpatched too + for longer usually)
----
Internet Explorer 8.x:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/
Unpatched 44% (4 of 9 Secunia advisories)
====
"Read 'em & weep"...
Opera's CONSISTENTLY free of security vulnerabilities too, year-in & year-out... (or, moreso typically than the other 2 of the "big 3", that is) - and features?
Opera's got features most browsers need "bolted on" addons for, except Opera has them natively (as well as having a widgets addons set for it as well, IF you need that kind of thing (I really do not, it comes with all the features I like such as popup blocking, script blocks or accepts BY SITE (via its various .ini files it has) too & more, far more)... plus, features Opera has, other webbrowsers COPIED (tabbed browsing anyone?), like mad!
"Imitation IS the sincerest form of FLATTERY"... period!
APK
P.S.=> So, in the end? For better SPEED online (both HTML/XHTML/XML + javascript processing) AND BETTER OVERALL SECURITY ONLINE? Go Opera... apk
"I've been using Opera for ages. For a long time, it was really the only choice for power users. Every other browser would crash or slow to a crawl when you had more than a few dozen pages open. Back in my Pentium II 200MHz days, I needed 200 pages open to inconvenience Opera." - by by mcvos (645701) on Friday March 19, @09:33AM (#31537132)
Agreed, & same here: I've been using Opera since, oh, Versio 4.x & I love it... here are the reasons why (BETTER SPEED & SECURITY mainly)!
(Also - with a small correction for you to note & see, @ the bottom though):
IF you love speed online (fastest renderer around for webpage data AND scripting too, both YEARS ago -> http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#win , and last year too -> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm , is Opera 10.5.3315 (AND, also per the SunSpider benchmarks recently done this month no less, passing FireFox AND EVEN GOOGLE CHROME yet again -> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/gallery/features/356350/on-test-the-hidden-seven-browsers-in-the-windows-ballot/145087 (which Opera USUALLY owns javascript processing speeds too, but FF passed them BRIEFLY earlier this year is all, for once, in that area)) AND if you love security too!)
====
SECUNIA WEB BROWSER PROGRAM SECURITY STATS AS OF THIS DATE:
====
Opera 10.x:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/26745/
Unpatched 0% (0 of 5 Secunia advisories)
----
FireFox 3.6x:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/28698/
Unpatched 0% (0 of 1 Secunia advisories - FIREFOX does make a good showing here too though... but, they've consistently over time had more than Opera, & more left unpatched too + for longer usually)
----
Internet Explorer 8.x:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/
Unpatched 44% (4 of 9 Secunia advisories)
====
"Read 'em & weep"...
Opera's CONSISTENTLY free of security vulnerabilities too, year-in & year-out... (or, moreso typically than the other 2 of the "big 3", that is) - and features?
Opera's got features most browsers need "bolted on" addons for, except Opera has them natively (as well as having a widgets addons set for it as well, IF you need that kind of thing (I really do not, it comes with all the features I like such as popup blocking, script blocks or accepts BY SITE (via its various .ini files it has) too & more, far more)... plus, features Opera has, other webbrowsers COPIED (tabbed browsing anyone?), like mad!
"Imitation IS the sincerest form of FLATTERY"... period!
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"It's still one of the browsers with the smallest memory footprint, although it's not leading by as much as it used to." - by by mcvos (645701) on Friday March 19, @09:33AM (#31537132)
Well, on this note? I have to 'burst your bubble', because according to that last URL on speed above (sunspider javascript tests etc.)? Opera's got a LARGE memory footprint now (but, the more you stay in RAM, the faster you go, period... far faster than diskbound accesses, as I am sure you are aware of) - this was just some "FYI" for you is all (believe you me, I am the LAST GUY that will ever "cut down" Opera, & because of its strengths in online speed, and security too).
APK
P.S.=> So, in the end? For better SPEED online (both HTML/XHTML/XML + javascript processing) AND BETTER OVERALL SECURITY ONLINE? Go Opera... apk