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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Obi-Wan Jerkobi, Jun 11, 2008.

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  1. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Correction. Opera 9.5 final is now out :)
    http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic106520.html

    Then Firefox 3 final next week. This is by far my pick against all other browsers - got to love my extensions.

    Safari 3 is a great improvement over its own past iterations, however it's too stubborn when you want to do something your way IMO.
    Julio Franco, Jun 12, 2008
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  2. Obi-Wan Jerkobi Newcomer, in training

    Ditched Safari because it hates plugins and wont play Windows Media, MP3, MP4, or any Quicktime file! :( But now that FF3 is out I am much happier. Runs almost as fast as safari, BUT all of my plugins work. :)
    Obi-Wan Jerkobi, Jun 19, 2008
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  3. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    bah, should have used Opera then :)

    And I'm sure Safari is supposed to be able to deal with those, they are extremely common on webpages, surely Apple wouldn't release their browser on the Windows platform crippled that badly.
    SNGX1275, Jun 19, 2008
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  4. Obi-Wan Jerkobi Newcomer, in training

    I dunno...my friend's mac can play windows media and quicktime files...I suspect a cross-platform conspiract...:suspiciou
    Obi-Wan Jerkobi, Jun 19, 2008
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  5. larryiam Newcomer, in training

    IMO FF3 is safer and just as fast now.
    larryiam, Jun 19, 2008
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  6. Obi-Wan Jerkobi Newcomer, in training

    For SAFER, I use opera. It makes me wish there was a right-click action you could do like "Open Link in Opera" or something...hmm, I wonder if they have that add-on?
    Obi-Wan Jerkobi, Jun 19, 2008
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  7. larryiam Newcomer, in training

    Well this debate could go on forever. But FF is my web browser IMO. :p
    larryiam, Jun 19, 2008
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  8. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    1. Firefox exploits are fairly common, they just also happen to get patched really quickly.

    2. Just as fast now? Because they just came out with FF3 and its faster than 2. But I would venture Webkit/Safari are just as fast or still faster. Then you have Opera 9.5 that just released last week (week before FF3) and it was already really fast on Windows (maybe safari was faster, but I don't believe FF2 was). So Opera 9.5 also saw large speed improvements.

    3. Have you even used Opera before? If so when, how long, and what version?
    SNGX1275, Jun 20, 2008
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  9. raybay TechSpot Addict

    Opera 9.5 and Firefox 3.0 beat the pants off Safari, which I think really needs a lot more work... to come close... even Internet Explorer beats if for full service operations.
    raybay, Jun 20, 2008
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  10. Obi-Wan Jerkobi Newcomer, in training

    With a little tweaking, I have gotten FF3 to run faster than Opera 9.5. Insane load speed with FF now!
    Obi-Wan Jerkobi, Jun 20, 2008
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  11. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    Load speeds are one thing, browsing speed is another. I have a browser opened 99% of the time my PC is running, so initial load speeds are pretty much meaningless to me.

    If you really think FF3 is a better browser for you, then I can't argue with that. I can argue Opera 9.5 is really fast (browser speed comparison searching on google is useless I've found). To me, Opera is superior, tabs behave like they should (tabs on FF is almost a crapshoot on how they behave), you have the 'wand' to remember your logins/passwords, near immunity to malware, mouse gestures, mail, irc chat, and others all built in. All in a smaller install footprint than firefox.
    SNGX1275, Jun 20, 2008
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  12. Obi-Wan Jerkobi Newcomer, in training

    lol I don't get it either SNGX, but for some reason I am not a person for easiness on the pc, I find myself wasting my time, going into the menu instead of clicking on the toolbar etc. I use Opera and Firefox at the same time sometimes. Since I know FF3 still has kinks to be worked out I open "mysterious pages" in opera, I do use it as my IRC Client, and manage me and my friends (Super Mod) video game forum from it. (Not PHP Based mind you.)

    Actually I didn't compare browser speed on google, I timed it 5 times for each browser after clearing the cache each time at 1up.com (Since it has an insane amount of page elements.) I guess as a still almost Faithful firefox user, you can compare me to someone who wouldn't move onto XP from 2000 professional. And I guess I'm not affected by tabs really, as I am most used to sliding my mouse into the top-left corner and going into the menu. Personal Preference I believe it's called. You have Opera, I have FF3 and a little bit of Opera.
    Obi-Wan Jerkobi, Jun 20, 2008
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  13. larryiam Newcomer, in training

    Well SNGX i will have to agree there Opera is a very fast browser. I have Opera 9.5 and Firefox 3. FF2 wasn't that fast at all. But i like FF3(my opinion) and (your opinion) you like Opera. And i really agree with Obi-Wan! :)
    larryiam, Jun 20, 2008
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  14. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    SNGX1275, Jun 23, 2008
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  15. Obi-Wan Jerkobi Newcomer, in training

    SNGX, I go to links I do not trust in Opera. Opera is my so called "Lab" for websites I have not tested out. I copy the link into Opera, and test out the site to see if any suspicious tracking cookies were added. I am completely aware of that vulnerability and commit to safe browsing in firefox and leaving the unsafe browsing to Opera. I admit that Opera is thousands of times more secure than FF3.
    Obi-Wan Jerkobi, Jun 23, 2008
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  16. ebolamonkey3 Newcomer, in training

    I tried it when my firefox got screwed up by some virus and loved the speed. But out of familiarity I still use firefox.
    ebolamonkey3, Jul 16, 2008
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  17. Obi-Wan Jerkobi Newcomer, in training

    Obi-Wan Jerkobi, Aug 11, 2008
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  18. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    Is that linux one repeatable on other sites? I almost exclusively use Opera on any OS and I've never noticed anything abnormally slow with it in Linux.
    SNGX1275, Aug 11, 2008
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  19. Obi-Wan Jerkobi Newcomer, in training

    The same thing happened on 3 different rigs. My AMD Athlon 900MHz with SuSE 11, my current one on Ubuntu, and my Dell Dimension E510 with Fedora 9. And yes, I have tried them ALL at 3 different houses with different ISP's. AT&T DSL, Verizon (My House), and Time Warner. I swear to God I didn't post it without being thurough.

    I used 1up.com for the Linux one because it has a nice mix of Flash objects, images, text, and javascript.
    Obi-Wan Jerkobi, Aug 11, 2008
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  20. old101 Newcomer, in training

    The newest version of Safari I downloaded the other day is 3.1.2 (525.21). Much more polished than the Beta version I tried a month or so ago. Faster than Firefox 3 in my opinion. This post is written on Safari - text does not seem blurred to me.
    old101, Aug 17, 2008
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