Opera Vs. Firefox

[Delirious]

Did a quick search on opera and firefox...

Simple thread, lengthy answers.

Which is better and why?

 

[emad]

both are great, but I prefer Firefox. The simple reason being that Firefox has a plethora of extensions that help improve the usability of the browser.

With these extensions, I can do the following:
block all ad banners
spellcheck in online forms
manipulate the content and designs of websites for improved functionality using Greasemonkey
website layout debugging using the web developer toolbar

There's more, but these are the extensions I make use of most. If Opera had support for something like this, I'd gladly give it an in depth try

 

[VIPFREAK]

please everyone, stay with IE... for my sake.

 

[Iceman]

Opera is a little too "overdone" if you know what I mean. Firefox does what it does very well, with every option you can think of available so easily as extensions.

 

[niky]

I've never noticed a difference between the two, except maybe Firefox is a little more polished.

Both huge memory hogs, though... because I keep opening tabs one after the other... till I have about twenty or thirty tabs open.

 

[toyomatt84]

With their latest releases, I find Firefox much more a resource whore than Opera. Don't get me wrong, FF is packed with available features which is extremely appealing. But, with the latest releases of popups and spyware, it's lost a small percentage of it's impenetrable defense to the onslaught.

For sheer speed, I use Opera. It's hands down faster loading than Fox is, ATM, and I'll use it for it's safety as well. It's also better at displaying certain websites that we're previously IE only. There's also a way to incorporate an AdBlock of sorts for it, so it made the switch quite easy for me. Really, the fact that I couldn't use AdBlock on Opera before learning this little trick, was why I shy'd away from it.

I chose Opera.

 

[niky]

Could you share where you found this trick? My Firefox is starting to get a little boggy.

 

[DQuaN]

A guy at my work uses a sort of generic adblock, that works with firefox, opera, and other browsers. I'll ask him about it when he is next in.

 

[Shannon]

This maybe?

Personally, I prefer Firefox. I dunno, Opera just seems to cluttered and eye-candy-ish.

 

[Blake]

Personally, I prefer Firefox. I dunno, Opera just seems to cluttered and eye-candy-ish.

I agree – firefox just looks leaner…

 

[ALPHA]

Same here. I'm fooled by Firefox's simplistic look, it makes me think it doesn't use as many resources as I think it does.

One thing I really like about Opera was the ability to save sessions. I bet there's an extension out there for FF, but I'm not in any hurry.

 

[kikie]

I never heard of opera before I heard of firefox a few weeks ago and I'm still using IE. So I can't contribute anything to this thread. I'll shut up now.

 

[niky]

You ought to try them. Whether or not they're more stable or safer than Internet Explorer, the extra features are worth a look.

 

[ls2_297]

firefox!!

 

[Ram-Rod]

Firefox 1.0 5 was just plain out bad. They came back great with 1.0 7 thou. For me personnaly, I have way more expierence with Firefox. But hey! I lived with IE for 7 years!

 

[h0ss]

I just can't get into Opera. I've tried a couple of times, but it just doesn't feel right to me.

Firefox is the browser of choice at my company, and at my home-- at least on the non-mac systems. On our macs, it's safari.

 

[Gabkicks]

i've been a long time firefox user... but for the past few months its been giving me problems. it would randomely close all pages.... but thats stopped. now it wont let me bookmark anything.

 

[skip0110]

I use Opera--I like the integrated webmail and better render speed.

 

[F1GTR]

I use Firefox mainly because I don't like the way IE and Opera scroll down screens. I got Opera free aswell (no ads).

 

[Carl.]

There's one thing that bugs me down with Firefox and IE... when I load a page with a lot of images that are loading gradually, why isn't there any sort of simple code to make THAT FRIGGIN SCROLLBAR TO STAY IN ITS FRIGGIN PLACE!!!!!

*breathes heavily*


I understand its size and location has to be updated, but it shouldn't be that hard to keep the page in a constant position so that I can at least read something without constantly fighting the stupid scrollbar while images are loading. Is Opera doing the same thing?

 

[skip0110]

There's one thing that bugs me down with Firefox and IE... when I load a page with a lot of images that are loading gradually, why isn't there any sort of simple code to make THAT FRIGGIN SCROLLBAR TO STAY IN ITS FRIGGIN PLACE!!!!!

*breathes heavily*


I understand its size and location has to be updated, but it shouldn't be that hard to keep the page in a constant position so that I can at least read something without constantly fighting the stupid scrollbar while images are loading. Is Opera doing the same thing?

I share your pain. Unfortunately, Opera does the same thing (and so does IE).

It wouldnt be a problem if vBulletin automatically added size tags to the images.

 

[Blake]

There's one thing that bugs me down with Firefox and IE... when I load a page with a lot of images that are loading gradually, why isn't there any sort of simple code to make THAT FRIGGIN SCROLLBAR TO STAY IN ITS FRIGGIN PLACE!!!!!

*breathes heavily*


I understand its size and location has to be updated, but it shouldn't be that hard to keep the page in a constant position so that I can at least read something without constantly fighting the stupid scrollbar while images are loading. Is Opera doing the same thing?

Haha, yes, this is very annoying! I just read something in another tab if I’ve got a big page with heaps of pictures loading…

 

[toyomatt84]

Could you share where you found this trick? My Firefox is starting to get a little boggy.

Sure.
Links for reference:
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Enabling filtering

Add this to the opera6.ini file to define the location of your filter file on Windows or UNIX: 

[Adv User Prefs]    
URL Filter File=filterfilename.ini

Add this to the "Opera 8 Preferences" file to define the location of your filter file on Mac OS X: 

[Adv User Prefs]    
URL Filter file=System Partition:Users:username:Library:Preferences:Opera Preferences:URL filter file.ini
Blocking local files, news, and images over ftp

The example below will exclude local files and news (because they are not included), and block loading of bmp, jpg and jpeg, gif, and png pictures over the file transfer protocol:

[include]    
http://*    
ftp://*    
    
[exclude]    
ftp://*.bmp    
ftp://*.gif    
ftp://*.jpg    
ftp://*.jpeg    
ftp://*.png
Allowing one site only

This example demonstrates how to give precedence to the [include] list, and set the kiosk up to allow surfing on one site only:

[prefs]    
prioritize excludelist=0    
    
[include]    
http://???.opera.com/*    
    
[exclude]    
*

This maybe?

Personally, I prefer Firefox. I dunno, Opera just seems to cluttered and eye-candy-ish.

That works as well.

 

[DeLoreanBrown]

Opera is old Netscape code, basically what Firefox makers threw away 8 years ago. Its nicer than exploder, but what is'nt?

Firefox has an encrypted ( well, coded ) Cache, making life very difficult for viruses and nosey business creeps. Extensions are cool, but there does'nt seem to be enough coders working on them, they fall behind quickly, ime thinking of putting my shoulder to the wheel as FF1.5 is missing some vital ingredients.

IE7 that'll be bundled w/ Vista, will copy most of the Firefox features & claim innocence ! Just as the Os itself, and its 'virtual folder' malarkey will just be selling people what is present & paid for in current linux releases. . .

 

[Evolution.]

FireFox is my little friend.

I tried it out first, but didn't like the GUI so went back to IE. Then I realized I was getting about 50 spyware items a day using IE. Switched to Firefox and problem solved. Haven't had ANY spyware since January 27th, 2005 which is when I started using FireFox again. Plus with Extensions, Themes, and the ability to Supercharge it, FireFox is so much more user friendly and expandable than IE. FireFox combines eye-candy while still remaining simple. It doesn't go overboard on the eye-candy like Opera, but it doesn't give you a completely bareback ugly browser either (IE). The options are MUCH more user-friendly and can be accessed by anybody. And I advise to never use Nutscrape *cough* "Netscape". It's the worst BS I've seen in a browser.

 

[dougiemeats]

I just can't get into Opera. I've tried a couple of times, but it just doesn't feel right to me.

Firefox is the browser of choice at my company, and at my home-- at least on the non-mac systems. On our macs, it's safari.

Same over here with me Firefox at school with my Windows machine... Safari at home with my iMac.

 

[skip0110]

I don't know what everyone means, "eye candy" in Opera.

I dont have any eye candy on my Opera GUI.

 

[Flame-returns]

Firefox all the way for me, I love Pimpzilla!

 

[Cosmic]

Firefox! Since I installed Firefox I hate IE 👍

 

[Ram-Rod]

FireFox is my little friend.

I tried it out first, but didn't like the GUI so went back to IE. Then I realized I was getting about 50 spyware items a day using IE. Switched to Firefox and problem solved. Haven't had ANY spyware since January 27th, 2005 which is when I started using FireFox again. Plus with Extensions, Themes, and the ability to Supercharge it, FireFox is so much more user friendly and expandable than IE. FireFox combines eye-candy while still remaining simple. It doesn't go overboard on the eye-candy like Opera, but it doesn't give you a completely bareback ugly browser either (IE). The options are MUCH more user-friendly and can be accessed by anybody. And I advise to never use Nutscrape *cough* "Netscape". It's the worst BS I've seen in a browser.

That makes for a GREAT avatar!