You mean: I start Firefox in order to use a certain extension. It immediately updates itself and wants me to restart it, at which point I get "extension x is not compatible with this version. Checking for updates to extension - none available" - so I'm stuck for the next day or so. Has happened several times for me!
At least Opera's auto updates will be free of that problem!
Its the fault of clueless developers who use years -out-of-date UA sniffing and binary branching logic (IE||Netscape).
Object detection works much better.
Firefox looks like IE, which is too too scary.
Opera defaults to looking like the OS it is installed on. Of course if you are capable of tweaking your OS appearance, making Opera look nicer is a doddle.
OMG, those FF fans copy everything from Opera. But they took their time. Opera.bork was, what, 5 years ago? BTW, Jim Henson studios weren't overly happy about it. Watch out for karate-chopping pigs!
As of Opera 8, very effective. The new ua.ini file allows stealth spoofing, and although you can add to it yourself, Opera also downloads weekly updates for sites that others have reported to run better with a specific ID. On top of that is user js, which can be used to fix braindead scripts and to add features to sites. Many user js files are already available at my.opera.com
Because the efficiency gains when using Opera to its full potential mean you get your money back fairly quickly (every two weeks when I calculate my case).
I daily have to use software which costs much more than Opera but is less "valuable" and which doesn't have adequate free alternatives.
Don't forget too, that if you need any official support with FF, it will soon have cost you more than Opera.
One word sums it up: Productivity. The combination of true MDI, command interface (and I don't use gestures), customizability, history, and session management, rendering speed and scripting engine speed, plus the intuitive brilliance of the mail client saves me 20-30 minutes a day. Which means that Opera pays for itself every fortnight.
And now in Opera 8 its goodbye to stupid pages which are written to be too wide for the window.
But if you sat down and figured out the productivity gains from using Opera (anf providing minimal training on how to get the most from it), it would be one of the best investments you could make, with a ROI of somewhere between 10 and 1000.
To avoid bloat, Firefox developers created a browser that is lean, fast, and by default includes no extraneous features or closed source plugins. This makes for a small application download and a fast browsing experience, though there are hundreds of plugins and extensions that a user can find and install with relative ease. The biggest downside to this approach is that Java and Flash are not installed or enabled by default. Opera, on the other hand, does not provide extensions, but includes many more features by default, including Java, Flash, the optional disabling of sound and GIF animation, dictionary search, the automatic filling out of forms, identifying itself as a different browser, reloading pages at regular intervals, URL filtering, and paste-and-go URLs in the address bar. Thus, of the two, Opera is the browser that provides the most functionality upon initial installation.
Funny how Opera still manages to be smaller and faster than firefox, then! It can't all be the fault of open source, because KMeleon manages to bundle mail and news and quite a few features in a smaller package than Firefox, and it's also fast.
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You mean: I start Firefox in order to use a certain extension. It immediately updates itself and wants me to restart it, at which point I get "extension x is not compatible with this version. Checking for updates to extension - none available" - so I'm stuck for the next day or so. Has happened several times for me! At least Opera's auto updates will be free of that problem!
I don't see any problem. The key to stability is keeping your OS clean.
Its the fault of clueless developers who use years -out-of-date UA sniffing and binary branching logic (IE||Netscape). Object detection works much better.
Firefox looks like IE, which is too too scary. Opera defaults to looking like the OS it is installed on. Of course if you are capable of tweaking your OS appearance, making Opera look nicer is a doddle.
1) I was using google rads, not the banner, which is about 25px higher.
2) Did you remmber to allow for the extra bar at the bottom of Firefox?
OMG, those FF fans copy everything from Opera. But they took their time. Opera.bork was, what, 5 years ago? BTW, Jim Henson studios weren't overly happy about it. Watch out for karate-chopping pigs!
Screen height used by browser chrome, default install:
Opera 8 (with ads) 143 px
Mozilla Firefox 143 px
Opera 8 (registered) 113px
Sorry sir, your argument just died.
As of Opera 8, very effective. The new ua.ini file allows stealth spoofing, and although you can add to it yourself, Opera also downloads weekly updates for sites that others have reported to run better with a specific ID.
On top of that is user js, which can be used to fix braindead scripts and to add features to sites. Many user js files are already available at my.opera.com
Because the efficiency gains when using Opera to its full potential mean you get your money back fairly quickly (every two weeks when I calculate my case).
I daily have to use software which costs much more than Opera but is less "valuable" and which doesn't have adequate free alternatives.
Don't forget too, that if you need any official support with FF, it will soon have cost you more than Opera.
One word sums it up: Productivity. The combination of true MDI, command interface (and I don't use gestures), customizability, history, and session management, rendering speed and scripting engine speed, plus the intuitive brilliance of the mail client saves me 20-30 minutes a day. Which means that Opera pays for itself every fortnight. And now in Opera 8 its goodbye to stupid pages which are written to be too wide for the window.
Or that more mature people opt for functionality and ease of use over whatever is currently fashionable.
But if you sat down and figured out the productivity gains from using Opera (anf providing minimal training on how to get the most from it), it would be one of the best investments you could make, with a ROI of somewhere between 10 and 1000.
Funny how Opera still manages to be smaller and faster than firefox, then! It can't all be the fault of open source, because KMeleon manages to bundle mail and news and quite a few features in a smaller package than Firefox, and it's also fast.