I'll try Opera again (if ever) when they get better spoofing modes, better flash blocking.
You should give Opera 8 a try.
I was pretty much at the same place as you. I was just getting fed up with Opera's Javascript problems and Firefox was getting close enough to what I like about Opera to switch. On top of that, my bank web site started flat out blocking connections from Opera.
I wasn't going to throw for 8 but I found out it's a free upgrade from 7 (if you paid for it).
Here's my favorite feature of 8: each profile has a file called ua.ini. This file is a list of webhosts with a code for each one identifying the user agent that should be used for that site. These codes let you specify the identical user agent string for mozilla or ie, not just the ones that opera used to have that all had Opera somewhere in the string so sites could still filter on that. Whenever you hit the "Check for updates..." menu item, opera updates the file with sites it knows about that have opera blocking code, preserving any changes you've made.
When I heard about this feature, I went to edit that file to stick my banks url in there and lo and behold, it was already there.
I'm back to using Opera for online banking now.My (major west coast) bank is none the wiser.
Besides that, they've improved their Javascript a bunch too. Still not %100, but the sites that I've had problems with were crummy sites that wouldn't have looked any better in Firefox.
The/. crowd is always gonna give Opera grief over the money thing. At this point it's just religion. In my case, Opera 7 was not cutting it and Firefox provided the better browsing experience. Now I prefer Opera 8 to Firefox. It could switch back in a few more releases.
We should just be glad that there's competition again and that it's IE that's playing catch up to Firefox & Opera
Most of my clients can't even express their requirements in plain english:P
We need the algorithm that removes the buzzwords and replaces inapropriate jargon in middle management speak to translate it into plain english. This would be the DWIM (do what I mean) pre-filter for client requirements.
Now don't get me wrong. I still use Thunderbird for mail. And I still think the Mozilla suite is awesome for many reasons, though I use mostly Opera for browsing.
It just seems like the 'cutting edge' browser features that people always talk about in Mozilla products were first featured in Opera years before: 'Tabed Browsing' and Gestural Navigation being the prime examples.
Now the new mozilla buzz is "Virtual Folders".
Well guess what gang? The Opera mail client has had that for at least 2 years now.
40 Gigs was the cheapest drive they sell on NewEgg. If I'd been willing to spen more time to go to another site to find a 20gig, I bet I could have gotten pretty close to $100. But then, I'd rather spend a little more to get some slightly more powerful that a vanilla 1.3 Athlon.
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You should give Opera 8 a try.
I was pretty much at the same place as you. I was just getting fed up with Opera's Javascript problems and Firefox was getting close enough to what I like about Opera to switch. On top of that, my bank web site started flat out blocking connections from Opera.
I wasn't going to throw for 8 but I found out it's a free upgrade from 7 (if you paid for it).
Here's my favorite feature of 8: each profile has a file called ua.ini. This file is a list of webhosts with a code for each one identifying the user agent that should be used for that site. These codes let you specify the identical user agent string for mozilla or ie, not just the ones that opera used to have that all had Opera somewhere in the string so sites could still filter on that. Whenever you hit the "Check for updates..." menu item, opera updates the file with sites it knows about that have opera blocking code, preserving any changes you've made.
When I heard about this feature, I went to edit that file to stick my banks url in there and lo and behold, it was already there.
I'm back to using Opera for online banking now.My (major west coast) bank is none the wiser.
Besides that, they've improved their Javascript a bunch too. Still not %100, but the sites that I've had problems with were crummy sites that wouldn't have looked any better in Firefox.
The /. crowd is always gonna give Opera grief over the money thing. At this point it's just religion. In my case, Opera 7 was not cutting it and Firefox provided the better browsing experience. Now I prefer Opera 8 to Firefox. It could switch back in a few more releases.
We should just be glad that there's competition again and that it's IE that's playing catch up to Firefox & Opera
Most of my clients can't even express their requirements in plain english :P
We need the algorithm that removes the buzzwords and replaces inapropriate jargon in middle management speak to translate it into plain english. This would be the DWIM (do what I mean) pre-filter for client requirements.
Now don't get me wrong. I still use Thunderbird for mail. And I still think the Mozilla suite is awesome for many reasons, though I use mostly Opera for browsing.
It just seems like the 'cutting edge' browser features that people always talk about in Mozilla products were first featured in Opera years before: 'Tabed Browsing' and Gestural Navigation being the prime examples.
Now the new mozilla buzz is "Virtual Folders".
Well guess what gang? The Opera mail client has had that for at least 2 years now.
40 Gigs was the cheapest drive they sell on NewEgg. If I'd been willing to spen more time to go to another site to find a 20gig, I bet I could have gotten pretty close to $100. But then, I'd rather spend a little more to get some slightly more powerful that a vanilla 1.3 Athlon.