The advertisement doesn't claim anything about compliance with anything.
The page clearly gives the impression that IE is more compliant than other browsers in general. There are multiple articles and comments all over the web that clearly show that this is the impression most people get when they see the page. Microsoft, however, chose not to fix their page, so it is still as misleading as it used to be.
The difference between Opera and Firefox is that Opera's memory usage is more dynamic. It uses more if more is available, and less if the system is short on memory. Opera runs on mobile phones, remember (and not just small computers like the N900).
While Opera certainly requires more memory than it used to
That's mostly because of all the web technologies they need to support. And all the compatibility workarounds. The browser engine is the biggest part by far, and I'm sure they could have cut it down quite a bit if they didn't have to introduce thousands of workarounds for websites.
Opera is a major backer of web standards; typically the most compliant browser (Chromium guys don't seem to have a problem with pointing that out [chromium.org]); they initiated HTML5 video tag and are backing Theora-only solution from the beginning.
As a matter of fact, not only did Opera propose the video tag, but HTML5 as a whole started out at Opera.
Further, Opera's "cleaned up" default UI is in a version which is yet to be released.
I'm not sure what gave you that idea. Opera 10.50 was released in March.
It's 2010 and Opera is just getting around to sorting out the default UI.
I'm sorry, but Opera's UI has been evolving all along. Opera 10 got a new skin and improved layout of various items, for example. Opera 10.50 got an even cleaner UI again.
I relent that the previous versions have all been greatly customisable, but then what excuse does Opera have for not starting simple and allowing the users to expose features to meet their needs?
This is what Opera has been doing the last few years. It started out pretty clean already with Opera 8.x.
As I mentioned to someeone else, the V8 benchmark was designed to perform well in Chrome. It kind of "cheats" and leaves out things Chrome is slow at. It's definitely not a good general benchmark. The only thing it's good for is comparing different versions of Chrome.
Unfortunately, the V8 benchmark was designed to perform well in Chrome. It kind of "cheats" and specifically leaves out things Chrome is slow at. It's definitely not a good general benchmark. The only thing it's good for is comparing different versions of Chrome.
There are pros and cons to newsgroups. I personally have found myself drifting away from newsgroups because of all the cons.
For example, there's no moderation. Crazy people all over the place. You would have to start maintaining kill filters and all that.
Web forums can be accessed from anywhere. Newsgroups, well, you could using certain web interfaces. But they were usually sub-par.
Newsgroup readers are usually very complex. I personally ended up relatively comfortable using one, but it's much easier to just dive in and use a web forum.
I really like the threading and all that in newsreaders, but in the end, I found that web forums were much more convenient and useful for me, especially because there was someone around to kick out spammers and abusers.
The reason their activities were anti-scientific is because replication of results is a key part of science.
And their results were indeed replicated. The research has been independently verified by other scientists.
In a field in which climate data and modeling are really the only thing you have, refusing to release data and models is anti-scientific.
No one is refusing to release anything. Other scientists have full access to all the stuff they need. There's a difference between "not routinely releasing" and "hiding". As for FOI requests, those were pure DoS attacks where more than 50 requests were filed in a single day, just to harass the scientists. They simply don't have the man power to handle such denial of service attacks by denialists.
Multiple investigations have found that the CRU did in fact not behave in "an anti-scientific sort of way". As a matter of fact, the only ones still going on and on and on about the manufactured controversy that is "Climategate" are hardcore denialists.
It is only natural to mistake denialists and creationists because the groups overlap, and use the exact same tactics. Such as crowing about manufactured controversies.
There's no denying that AGW deniers and creationists are basically the same. They have both chosen to reject scientific facts because they don't match their religion/ideology. They also use the exact same tactics (quite-mining, misinformation, appeal to false authority, misrepresenting the science, etc.), and the groups even overlap (creationists are some of the most active within the AGW denial movement).
Switching from landscape to portrait always introduces lag, also in Safari. You navigate back and forward far more often than you switch viewing modes too.
Zooming works fine in Opera Mini. It allows for easy one-handed browsing, and no need to constantly adjust the zoom level like in safari.
The default browser thing is up to Apple.
The article is garbage because it only superficially touches on the subject, and was written by someone who was obviously biased. There are several far more in-depth reviews out there, and some of them praise Opera Mini while others give both valid praise and valid criticism. The crappy article Slashdot linked to was just a shallow hit piece.
As for privacy, that goes for everything. You have to trust your ISP, Apple, etc.
It has speed, but little else going for it.
Are you trolling?
It has something as basic as find in page, which Safari does not(!)
Simple one-handed browsing (just one tap to zoom)
Text always wrapped to fit the screen just right. No constant zooming adjustment or horizontal scrolling
What does Linux have to do with anything? Apple tells users to use things the way Apple wants them to. Apple basically dictates what the user should be doing.
Opera Mini has lost? According to Opera, people didn't just download it, but they also seems to keep using it. The end-user won because Opera Mini leads the way in many areas, and Safari is sure to follow (as Apple has always followed Opera on other platforms).
No, these are either non-issues or minor/irrelevant issues. Safari has far worse problems, such as the rotten fake tabbed browsing, the terrible usability issue of reloading when navigating back, no find in page, etc.
Tabs work much better in Opera than Safari. Don't bother with multitouch. It's optimized for one-handed browsing (tap to zoom instead). Atomic Browser is just a Safari skin, and costs money.
It's plenty user-friendly. The point is that Opera doesn't do real pinch-zoom. You are supposed to put your finger where you want to zoom in, and that's it. Don't try to use pinch zoom as in Safari as that isn't even supposed to work.
Don't bother pinching. Opera works by tapping where you want it to zoom in. Trying to pinch-zoom when Opera doesn't really support that it just silly. It's nothing but a gesture, so you might as well just tap to zoom instead.
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The page clearly gives the impression that IE is more compliant than other browsers in general. There are multiple articles and comments all over the web that clearly show that this is the impression most people get when they see the page. Microsoft, however, chose not to fix their page, so it is still as misleading as it used to be.
Be sure to misrepresent the science to push your political agenda... Why do denialists always do that? I don't get it.
Maybe my brain is a bit tired today, but what are you saying? Surely not that the Adobe guy's statement wasn't amazingly hypocritical?
The difference between Opera and Firefox is that Opera's memory usage is more dynamic. It uses more if more is available, and less if the system is short on memory. Opera runs on mobile phones, remember (and not just small computers like the N900).
That's mostly because of all the web technologies they need to support. And all the compatibility workarounds. The browser engine is the biggest part by far, and I'm sure they could have cut it down quite a bit if they didn't have to introduce thousands of workarounds for websites.
What is it that you can't do with Opera?
You don't need to desire a Disneyland to appreciate spammers, flooders and other abusers being removed from the site.
As a matter of fact, not only did Opera propose the video tag, but HTML5 as a whole started out at Opera.
If Opera is slow on an old computer, there's a problem somewhere. Opera should work better than other browsers on old computers.
I'm not sure what gave you that idea. Opera 10.50 was released in March.
I'm sorry, but Opera's UI has been evolving all along. Opera 10 got a new skin and improved layout of various items, for example. Opera 10.50 got an even cleaner UI again.
This is what Opera has been doing the last few years. It started out pretty clean already with Opera 8.x.
As I mentioned to someeone else, the V8 benchmark was designed to perform well in Chrome. It kind of "cheats" and leaves out things Chrome is slow at. It's definitely not a good general benchmark. The only thing it's good for is comparing different versions of Chrome.
Unfortunately, the V8 benchmark was designed to perform well in Chrome. It kind of "cheats" and specifically leaves out things Chrome is slow at. It's definitely not a good general benchmark. The only thing it's good for is comparing different versions of Chrome.
The V8 benchmark is "cheating", mind you. It specifically leaves out things Chrome is slow at.
Widgets aren't supposed to be plugins, though. They are supposed to be separate applications.
For example, there's no moderation. Crazy people all over the place. You would have to start maintaining kill filters and all that.
Web forums can be accessed from anywhere. Newsgroups, well, you could using certain web interfaces. But they were usually sub-par.
Newsgroup readers are usually very complex. I personally ended up relatively comfortable using one, but it's much easier to just dive in and use a web forum.
I really like the threading and all that in newsreaders, but in the end, I found that web forums were much more convenient and useful for me, especially because there was someone around to kick out spammers and abusers.
And their results were indeed replicated. The research has been independently verified by other scientists.
No one is refusing to release anything. Other scientists have full access to all the stuff they need. There's a difference between "not routinely releasing" and "hiding". As for FOI requests, those were pure DoS attacks where more than 50 requests were filed in a single day, just to harass the scientists. They simply don't have the man power to handle such denial of service attacks by denialists.
It is only natural to mistake denialists and creationists because the groups overlap, and use the exact same tactics. Such as crowing about manufactured controversies.
There's no denying that AGW deniers and creationists are basically the same. They have both chosen to reject scientific facts because they don't match their religion/ideology. They also use the exact same tactics (quite-mining, misinformation, appeal to false authority, misrepresenting the science, etc.), and the groups even overlap (creationists are some of the most active within the AGW denial movement).
That's no problem when the mode of interaction is superior to the constant adjustment and zooming in Safari.
Zooming works fine in Opera Mini. It allows for easy one-handed browsing, and no need to constantly adjust the zoom level like in safari.
The default browser thing is up to Apple.
The article is garbage because it only superficially touches on the subject, and was written by someone who was obviously biased. There are several far more in-depth reviews out there, and some of them praise Opera Mini while others give both valid praise and valid criticism. The crappy article Slashdot linked to was just a shallow hit piece.
As for privacy, that goes for everything. You have to trust your ISP, Apple, etc.
Are you trolling?
Opera Mini has lost? According to Opera, people didn't just download it, but they also seems to keep using it. The end-user won because Opera Mini leads the way in many areas, and Safari is sure to follow (as Apple has always followed Opera on other platforms).
No, these are either non-issues or minor/irrelevant issues. Safari has far worse problems, such as the rotten fake tabbed browsing, the terrible usability issue of reloading when navigating back, no find in page, etc.
Tabs work much better in Opera than Safari. Don't bother with multitouch. It's optimized for one-handed browsing (tap to zoom instead). Atomic Browser is just a Safari skin, and costs money.
It's plenty user-friendly. The point is that Opera doesn't do real pinch-zoom. You are supposed to put your finger where you want to zoom in, and that's it. Don't try to use pinch zoom as in Safari as that isn't even supposed to work.
Don't bother pinching. Opera works by tapping where you want it to zoom in. Trying to pinch-zoom when Opera doesn't really support that it just silly. It's nothing but a gesture, so you might as well just tap to zoom instead.