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FireFox 3 vs Opera 9.27

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  • Started 6 months ago by InDiSent
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InDiSent
InDiSent
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I am running Opera 9.27 and FF 3 on my lappy. I launched them both and just had them sitting there on my homepage. WOW!!!! FF3 was using almost twice the amount of ram as opera. Just thought I'd throw this out there.


By indisent at 2008-06-05

Posted 6 months ago #
 
thegeek
The Geek
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Opera is definitely the lightest browser in terms of resource usage. It's also blazing fast... the only problem is that some sites aren't quite as compatible with it.

Posted 6 months ago #
 
InDiSent
InDiSent
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Opera 9.5 will have the ability to open tabs in other browsers. Kind of like IE tabs for FF. Check out this video.

http://cybernetnews.com/2007/0.....res-video/

Just installed 9.5B2........Holy crap. Pages load super quick. My 20/5 Fios connection seems faster. The open in another browser actually open the other browser and not in a tab. That kinda sucks, but it's still cool.

Posted 6 months ago #
 
whs
whs
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Does anybody know when they released the 9.5 Beta2. Because the original 9.5 Beta is pretty old (October 2007).

Posted 6 months ago #
 
jd2066
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According to http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/ 9.5 Beta 2 was released April 24th.
Also the article at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/.....692,00.asp says the final release of 9.5 should be available by Summer.

Posted 6 months ago #
 
whs
whs
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Thanks jd. This is good news because 9.5 is really great.

Posted 6 months ago #
 
frigiliana
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Hi thinking of trying Opera 9.5 , i have never used anything other than FireFox so is it worth it , can i have both running on my desktop or will one override the other , should i wait for the full version?

Cheers Dave

Posted 6 months ago #
 
jd2066
Posts: 3331

Yes you can have multible browsers like Firefox and Opera installed at the same time.

Posted 6 months ago #
 
InDiSent
InDiSent
Posts: 422

You can run them bot hat the same time with no issues. No one can tell you if it's worth it or not. You'd have to try it and decide for yourself. My opinion? Yeh, it's worth it. Uses less resources than FF and it is lightning Quick. I am a FF user and do not use IE, but after trying the 9.5b2 of Opera i think i will be using it more.

Posted 6 months ago #
 
bamsan
bamsan
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I can only say, "Opera rules !"

Posted 6 months ago #
 
frigiliana
Posts: 30

Hi Opera great , having a bit of trouble with a couple of things , Spell vhecking downloaded what it adviced but when i right click to check i get a pop up to take me back to the website that i downloaded what they asked for also Mail notifier how do i get that to work , early days for me withOpera but i you can speed me up it would be helpful

Cheers Dave

Posted 5 months ago #
 
whs
whs
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Dave, If you don't find the Opera answers here, go to the Opera Forum. They are very helpful and are, of course, specialized on Opera questions.
PS: Just make sure you post your question on their proper "Subforum". They are a little picky about that.

Posted 5 months ago #
 
frigiliana
Posts: 30

Hi played about with Opera agree very fast but couple of things need sorting before i totally convert from Firefox , Spellcheck just couldn't get it to work , Mail notifier the same and RSS feeds you need to open them a second time , but will definitely give it a go when the full version is available

Cheers Dave

Posted 5 months ago #
 
frigiliana
Posts: 30

Couldn't leave it alone , the mail setup has got to be the most complicated set up going if anybody understands it please let me know

Cheers Dave

Posted 5 months ago #
 
LorinM
Posts: 4

Check out Opera Cache. Opera is the one to use!!! Only wish it had exit cleanup like Firefox.

Posted 5 months ago #
 
frigiliana
Posts: 30

This site http://www.freeemailtutorials......ccount.cwd was useful but i still can't get it to work , it just doesn't want to open yahoo mail . Did look at Opera Cache too many abbreviation for me not that computer literate.

Posted 5 months ago #
 
whs
whs
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As I had suggested before, your best bet for help is the Opera Forum http://my.opera.com/community/forums/

Posted 5 months ago #
 

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