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Richard M

26-01-2005 23:29

Opera, the Forgotten Browser

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When he reads the glowing stories detailing the wonders of the fledgling Firefox web browser, Jon von Tetzchner can't help but wonder why his own baby is so often ignored.

Von Tetzchner is the CEO of Opera Software, maker of the Opera web browser. In the sort of grand comedic tragedy that echoes its name, Opera went from spending almost a decade as Internet Explorer's understudy to getting an occasional polite mention in the cavalcade of media attention currently being directed at the new superstar -- Mozilla's Firefox browser.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology...w=wn_tophead_2

[Opinion]
I don't think Opera will ever overtake Firefox as a browser.
I used it a few times and I thought it was a good browser but had a terrible UI.
But anyway, they do adhere to Web Standards and that has to be a good thing, I'd be quite happy if Opera users had 20% of the market, IE had 5% and Firefox had 70%.
[/Opinion]

Shaun

26-01-2005 23:40

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

Because its full of adverts. Who's going to choose to look at more adverts on the net?

Ramrod

26-01-2005 23:47

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

Installing Opera now :)

Electrolyte01

26-01-2005 23:52

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

You have to pay to get rid of the adverts?

Get stuffed, I'm not paying anything for a browser when I have IE.

Richard M

26-01-2005 23:55

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

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Originally Posted by Scott

You have to pay to get rid of the adverts?

Get stuffed, I'm not paying anything for a browser when I have IE.

You should rephrase that to:
"Get stuffed, I'm not paying anything for a browser when I have Mozilla Firefox which had better security and more features than crappy IE"

Ramrod

26-01-2005 23:56

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

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Originally Posted by Scott

You have to pay to get rid of the adverts?

Get stuffed, I'm not paying anything for a browser when I have IE.

Thats what I was thinking.......it doesn't even copy my bookmarks and homepage when I install it :td:

Electrolyte01

26-01-2005 23:57

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

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Originally Posted by Richard M

You should rephrase that to:
"Get stuffed, I'm not paying anything for a browser when I have Mozilla Firefox which had better security and more features than crappy IE"

No, because I say stuff crappy FireFox aswell.

Ramrod

26-01-2005 23:58

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

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Originally Posted by Richard M

You should rephrase that to:
"Get stuffed, I'm not paying anything for a browser when I have Mozilla Firefox which had better security and more features than crappy IE"

Hey! IE isn't crappy.......it's just 'differently abled' :D

Richard M

27-01-2005 00:02

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

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Originally Posted by Scott

No, because I say stuff crappy FireFox aswell.

In your opinion, but you're obviously an M$ fanboy (from your sig)...

Electrolyte01

27-01-2005 00:04

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

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Originally Posted by Richard M

In your opinion, but you're obviously an M$ fanboy (from your sig)...

Actually, I'm an M$ hateboy :rolleyes:

Richard M

27-01-2005 00:08

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

So, which browser would you recommend then eh?

Electrolyte01

27-01-2005 00:10

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

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Originally Posted by Richard M

So, which browser would you recommend then eh?

Well that is a bit of a stupid question :rolleyes:

IE, but that doesn't mean I'm an M$ fanboy does it?

Derek

27-01-2005 00:11

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

I'd back Opera all the way. I've been using it for a few years now and can't see past it.

I only use Firefox for sites like Gmail which are very picky about how they run. Seeing the ads take up a very small amount of the screen I can live with it.

homealone

27-01-2005 00:15

Re: Opera, the Forgotten Browser

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Originally Posted by Scott

Well that is a bit of a stupid question :rolleyes:

IE, but that doesn't mean I'm an M$ fanboy does it?

why is it a 'stupid' question - why is any question 'stupid' ?

Electrolyte01

27-01-2005 00:16

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Originally Posted by homealone

why is it a 'stupid' question - why is any question 'stupid' ?

It was a stupid question because he already knows what browser I'm going to say.

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