Opera now FREE !! - Page 3

bopdude · 21-09-2005, 10:45

Ok, a dumb question ( well I'm the right bloke to ask them

)

Is there / could there be any adverse side effects from having 3 browsers instaled on one machine ?? I have IE and FF but tend to use FF more, I like the sound of Opera and thought I might give it a go, but what about uninstalling either or all, has anyone come across any problems ??

TIA

21-09-2005, 10:47

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Originally Posted by bopdude

Ok, a dumb question ( well I'm the right bloke to ask them

)

Is there / could there be any adverse side effects from having 3 browsers instaled on one machine ?? I have IE and FF but tend to use FF more, I like the sound of Opera and thought I might give it a go, but what about uninstalling either or all, has anyone come across any problems ??

TIA

I wouldn't have said so

bopdude · 21-09-2005, 11:36

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

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Originally Posted by bopdude

Ok, a dumb question ( well I'm the right bloke to ask them

)

Is there / could there be any adverse side effects from having 3 browsers instaled on one machine ?? I have IE and FF but tend to use FF more, I like the sound of Opera and thought I might give it a go, but what about uninstalling either or all, has anyone come across any problems ??

TIA

I wouldn't have said so

Thanks mate, I'll give it a bash me thinks, see what all the fuss is about

basa · 21-09-2005, 12:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by bopdude

Ok, a dumb question ( well I'm the right bloke to ask them

)

Is there / could there be any adverse side effects from having 3 browsers instaled on one machine ?? I have IE and FF but tend to use FF more, I like the sound of Opera and thought I might give it a go, but what about uninstalling either or all, has anyone come across any problems ??

TIA

Well I have Avant (an IE 'skin' by another name) and Opera permanently on my m/c and I have also used FF in the past, all giving no problems, in fact I often had them all open together to compare web site rendering.

I know of other people who have 5 or 6 browsers operational on one PC (they use them for web site compatibility testing).

Go for it !

Mal · 21-09-2005, 13:00

I have got Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Avant on mine. No problems here.

nffc · 21-09-2005, 13:24

IE6 (rarely use), FX (mainly use), Opera and Netscape

bopdude · 21-09-2005, 13:31

Posting al la Opera now, first impressions are so so, thats just me ( hate change ) speed looks ok, couple of image probs, I'll have to read up on a tutorial or 2, and then import favorites etc etc.

Overall

GeoffW · 24-09-2005, 20:53

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Originally Posted by scrotnig

I have found a browser that takes many of the aims and unrealuised aspirations of Firefox and Opera, and turned them into reality.....pages render correctly EVERY time, and you don't get locked out of sites for having the wrong browser!

It's called INTERNET EXPLORER, most Windows users will find a version of it already installed on their PC!

I used to think that until one day the browser croaked and I had to reinstall the OS. Then I realised what a really dumb idea it was to tie a browser so closely to the OS.

I now use FF and generally have no probs with the sites I go to and I'm reassured that I'm less likely to get hacked by some javascript or php.

fisheddie · 24-09-2005, 23:53

i have a question:

i am using opera now but i dont seem to be able to use apple quicktime player. i have it installed on the computer and IE will have no problem playing the video.

thanks

Stuart · 25-09-2005, 00:12

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Originally Posted by fisheddie

i have a question:

i am using opera now but i dont seem to be able to use apple quicktime player. i have it installed on the computer and IE will have no problem playing the video.

thanks

Quicktime doesn't install itself in Opera. What you need to do to get it working is to close Opera, then copy the contents of the Plugins folder (all the files in C:\Program Files\QuickTime\Plugins) to the Opera plugins folder (probably C:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins). Restart opera.

If you haven't installed Quicktime and Opera on drive C, just subsitute the the C with the correct drive letter.

basa · 25-09-2005, 09:11

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Originally Posted by fisheddie

i have a question:

i am using opera now but i dont seem to be able to use apple quicktime player. i have it installed on the computer and IE will have no problem playing the video.

thanks

See Opera's knowledgebase here for installing all plug ins.

patrickp · 25-09-2005, 13:59

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Originally Posted by nffc

IE6 (rarely use), FX (mainly use), Opera and Netscape

We still use Netscape 4.5 at work (please - DON'T ASK!). The one thing I always liked about Messenger is the nsnotify app. For those that don't know it, it's a little app thats part of Netscape and runs in your system tray to check your email, without having to have the email client itself open.

It's a brilliant idea, but no other email client maker has ever taken it up - I've looked all over, but the nearest I've ever been able to find is a little app called Mailbox Verifier. The main problem seems to be that, although several apps like this have been written, they always start adding on capabilities until they wind up almost as email clients themselves - this defeats the (to me) main object, which is to have a small app in your system tray using negligible resources.

Mailbox Verifier is good; does the job very well, but doesn't integrate with my email client (Thunderbird) as well as I would like. Although clicking on it will open T'bird, I always have to select T'bird from a right-click list the first time after a boot. It's supposed to stop checking when the email client is open, but, in fact, carries on doing so, and it doesn't know when I download email it's flagged up until it checks for itself.

Just my observation... ;-)

fisheddie · 28-09-2005, 23:14

i have tried it and found the files in both 'plug-ins' folders are identical.

and restarted the browser and computer... just not working ? ?

v0id · 29-09-2005, 01:30

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Originally Posted by patrickp

We still use Netscape 4.5 at work (please - DON'T ASK!). The one thing I always liked about Messenger is the nsnotify app. For those that don't know it, it's a little app thats part of Netscape and runs in your system tray to check your email, without having to have the email client itself open.

It's a brilliant idea, but no other email client maker has ever taken it up - I've looked all over, but the nearest I've ever been able to find is a little app called Mailbox Verifier. The main problem seems to be that, although several apps like this have been written, they always start adding on capabilities until they wind up almost as email clients themselves - this defeats the (to me) main object, which is to have a small app in your system tray using negligible resources.

Mailbox Verifier is good; does the job very well, but doesn't integrate with my email client (Thunderbird) as well as I would like. Although clicking on it will open T'bird, I always have to select T'bird from a right-click list the first time after a boot. It's supposed to stop checking when the email client is open, but, in fact, carries on doing so, and it doesn't know when I download email it's flagged up until it checks for itself.

Just my observation... ;-)

Thunderbird has an extension that minimizes itself to the sys tray, and notifies you of new mail. Theres no need for an external App. :/

basa · 29-09-2005, 09:43

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Originally Posted by fisheddie

i have tried it and found the files in both 'plug-ins' folders are identical.

and restarted the browser and computer... just not working ? ?

Delete the QT plugins from the Opera / Plugins folder, but leave them in the Opera / profiles / plugins folder and try again. I think

Dunno why two plugins folders, but I have found from experience with plugin.dll's in both upsets their working correctly ??