Browser wars

Teranfirbt · Post by **Teranfirbt** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:36 am

I'm fed up with IE and its weakness, but i can't decide between mozilla and opera... Which is the better browser?

asp55 · Post by **asp55** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 5:28 am

Well, I'd have to say I'm quite partial to Opera. Mainly because it's got all the features of mozilla and then great things like mouse gestures, they make alot of the common tasks in browsing a lot faster.

Infin8Cyn · Post by **Infin8Cyn** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 5:34 am

I'm partial to Opera as well, I've tested the most recent builds and Opera still launches better, and crashes less. Sure Moz is open source, it just comes down to what really matters to each user.

MasteR · Post by **MasteR** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:40 am

i much prefere mozilla

Infin8Cyn · Post by **Infin8Cyn** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:43 am

reasons?

EvilElf · Post by **EvilElf** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:48 am

You could just download both and try them out..... They are both free!
http://www.mozilla.org
http://www.opera.com

enjoy

Ryom · Post by **Ryom** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:57 am

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/ <--------Browser
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/ <----Email Client

Some benefits of Firebird...

1.) Tabbed browsing... keeps mulitple windows from cluttering your taskbar... you can make a window open in a row tabs across the top of one browser if you want...
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/Firebird0.png

2.) Advanced Bookmarks... you can designate a folder to contain particular bookmarks... such as a Forums folder, and a Web Utilities folder, etc...
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/Firebird1.png

3.) Automatic Update checking...
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/Firebird3.png
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/Firebird4.png

4.) Popup blocking...
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/Firebird5.png

5.) Image blocking per server... Don't let ads load
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/Firebird6.png

6.) Automatic Image Resizing... much easier than IE's... simple click on the image to adjust to full size or back dow n to auto-size. No hovering with mouse, then pressing the resize button that appears in IE.

7.) It's skinnable

Yes, I know that opera has some or all of those and a few different ones... but thats not the side I'm arguing for. Opera is Ad-Supported (unless you buy it) and I can definetly live w/o extra ads

So there! Let's see if that gets a few converts

Teranfirbt · Post by **Teranfirbt** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 1:45 am

well I downloaded opera and got rid of the ads (i wont say how, ill leave that to the imagination

;;) and i've been very happy so far... the mouse gestures are the best.

Post by **Martin Blank** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:53 am

I'd like to point out that mouse gestures, per-server image blocking, and a lot more are also available for Mozilla via http://www.mozdev.org if you're willing to look around.

Also, one thing that SHOULD be on MozDev but isn't is something enisoc found -- tabbed browser extensions, which you can find here. This is everything I ever wanted Mozilla's tabs to do and more -- I don't know how I got around without the Duplicate Tab feature before.

Mandor · Post by **Mandor** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:24 am

Make you choice basing yourself on this comparative study: http://www.stephenbrooks.org/browserwars/index.php

NKryptiD · Post by **NKryptiD** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:10 pm

this is scary cause so did I!
I hate IE so I switched to Opera7.11 full version (me love piracy)
turns out....I can't save the image on the front page of RealLife...AT ALL
so I loaded up IE to save it, but overall Opera is cool.

...however...no saving RL images.....BAD!

Edit: Removed really stupid line. You know the rules, particularly the one that furre quotes right after this. -- Martin

furre · Post by **furre** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:15 pm

cough

Do not post requests for, links to, or significant information about warez, cracks, hacks, serial numbers, or anything else designed to get around registration or purchase of non-free software. Shareware is not free software. Doing so may result in disciplinary action.

cough

NKryptiD · Post by **NKryptiD** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:22 am

yes I realize i'm quite stupid, leve me be

Post by **Martin Blank** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 2:27 am

He posted that before I edited your post, and before I sent you the message, so calm down.

NKryptiD · Post by **NKryptiD** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 2:13 pm

I am calm...I'm just stating

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