Opera, the Forgotten Browser

Richard M · 26-01-2005, 23:29

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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

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

Ramrod · 26-01-2005, 23:47

Installing Opera now

26-01-2005, 23:52

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

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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

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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

26-01-2005, 23:57

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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

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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'

Richard M · 27-01-2005, 00:02

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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)...

27-01-2005, 00:04

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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

Richard M · 27-01-2005, 00:08

So, which browser would you recommend then eh?

27-01-2005, 00:10

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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

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

Derek · 27-01-2005, 00:11

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.

27-01-2005, 00:15

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Originally Posted by Scott

Well that is a bit of a stupid question

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

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

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.