Opera vs. Firefox

drowddrowd Texas
edited October 2005 in Science & Tech
ok folks, i am a fairly diehard opera user, but i have recently been thrust into the world of firefox because gmail does not support opera as of yet (but they are supposed to when gmail officially launches). so, what i wanted to know, is if any folks that use either of these browsers (or any others i suppose (if you mention ie = BAND!!1)) would like to compare and contrast.

welp, what do people think?

Comments

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    firefox
  • LiLbRoLiLbRo Troy, Michigan
    edited June 2004
    i use firefox, and i love it! awesome wesome awsome, thats all i can say about it
  • verselloversello New
    edited June 2004
    FireFox sounds cool :thumbsup: But IE is even cooler... you can say, IEat shredded wheat.
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    Trying fire fox right now, let you know.
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited June 2004
    doesn't opera cost money? I am now hooked on firefox since the new one came out.
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited June 2004
    its worth the money. firefox just doesnt have all the features built in that opera does . . .
  • rapturerapture
    edited June 2004
    I like Opera a lot. Mozilla was the first alternative I tried (well, other than neo planet, hehe) but that was before Firefox. I tried Opera and hated it but came back about a year later just to see how things had gone and have used the browser since. Loving every new release, its a very stable browser and is really nice to use.

    In other news, England 1 Portugal 0 Weeee!
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Update: been using Firefox ever since the original post of the thread, and I must say I like it!! the transition from IE to Firefox was sweet & simple. I love how it tabs things instead of piling things up in the task bar. I do have to say that some things pages seem to load a we bit slower, but its not realy a big deal. Thats my .02 cents.
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited July 2004
    I use a Skinned Mozilla and i love it!

    IE = too many security risks.
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited July 2004
    yeah. friends dont let friends use ie. if you dont get help with opera, get help somewhere (firefox, mozilla, even lynx for chrissakes!!!1)
  • avansantavansant New Jersey
    edited August 2004
    Personally, I use firefox, but for a many good reason.

    1) I used to use opera, but I eventually went on a guilt trip about stealing software (my key was stolen). I am a poor college kid and couldn't afford to pay for my web broswer so I had IE for a bit (firefox wasn't out yet). The best thing about opera is how you can left to right click or right to left click to go forward and back- Either way... opera is great but it costs money.

    2) Since that time of my life I have come to love opensource and everything it stands for. I love how anybody can look at / modify / find flaws in code. It is basically an emergent system that creates the best possible software humanity could create... that is if everyone would just get into it. Firefox is free and opensource.

    3) I am unsure of Opera's status, but as a webdesigner I cannot stand stuff that does not cohere to standards.. Firefox coheres to standards.

    4) The main advantage of opera.. that being that it is fast... has become negligible cause my computer could launch a 400mb gorilla just as fast as two web browsers who are both light on system resources.

    5) If you use multiple-platforms. (i use linux, windows, and osx on regular basises) Firefox is available on all of em... So you have a good amount of consistency and thus maintain effecient web browsing. Not to mention all the config files are compatible. I checked to see if its compatible (opera) with osx, and it looks kinda shadey... MacOS... I assume that means pre unix based macos... I never have run that so it doesn't help me.

    The fact is they are both awesome web browsers and both deserve a harty hand of applause.. It is just circumstance which dictates which ones you use.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    firefox is teh faster and jsut rules all!
  • LiLbRoLiLbRo Troy, Michigan
    edited August 2004
    GnomeWizardd wrote:
    firefox is teh faster and jsut rules all!
    yes

    i use firefox 99.9999999% of the time

    when i go into ftp i use IE
  • SSR_06SSR_06 Iowa
    edited August 2004
    firefox just kicks ass!!!! internet exploder or opera just can't compare to the sly and cunning firefox. FIREFOX RULES THE INTERNET!!!!
  • phlipphlip hell
    edited October 2004
    I just started using firefox and its teh shit yo!
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited October 2004
    Welcome to the club.
  • shinobishinobi
    edited October 2005
    Come on

    If any of you thinks that Firefox is FASTER that opera, you havent used Opera even once!

    I have tried Opera on many PC's, and it always beats Firefox in terms of speed.

    Besides, now that Opera is FREE, (as in Free Beer), you dont have an excuse for trying it.

    In 4 MB, you have an Email client (works great with my gmail account), an excellent web browser, and a IRC client. You can uninstall MIRC now :)

    Opera Rulez by now

    (it even has a version of the Web Developer Toolbar)
  • NorthstarNorthstar
    edited October 2005
    I've been using Firefox for about a year, and I like it. I've never been a fan of IE, ever since Micro$oft made it an integral part of the OS. When they did that, they we're basically saying they want to monopolize the Internet.

    I've tried Opera, but that was several years ago, and at the time it looked like a clone of IE, so I didn't care for it. I'm sure it's changed quite a bit since then, and it might be worth looking at again.

    Firefox is a nice alternative in that it seems to work with most webpages and sites, supports most plug-ins (or at least the ones I use), has tabbed browsing which can be nice (but honestly I don't use tabs as much because opening a new window is just as easy), and it's a stand-alone fairly fast working app.

    Every once in a great while I'll run into an incompatibility issue with some website trying to do something super funky, but most of the time I have no problems.
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited October 2005
    No excuse with opera now? No excuse ever. *caugh* kazaa *caugh*

    In terms of speed, your internet is the biggest issue there, not the browser, then after internet, just the upkeep of your computer so people who actually have spyware/adware/etc crap (do people actually have this stuff?) are going to get slow, then after that I would guess your hard drive limits you, not so much new ones but older slower ones maybe 5400 or less rpm are really going to hurt, and I'm sure the list goes on...

    And also, my biggest pet peeve about fire fox is that I am used to opening a new window and it having saved the same info from the window I opened it from, for example:
    I open IE, home page is set to yahoo.com then I go to google.com then I search for "Icrontic geeks talking about browser speed" and incur no results so I go check my email and sign in, then I open a second IE window from there and hit the back button twice on my mouse and I am right back to the google search I did to modify that.
    In Firefox a new window/tab doesn't even go to your homepage, dispicable!
  • rapturerapture
    edited October 2005
    My biggest problem with Firefox is Gecko. Its slow as fuck, and not even a hardcore Firefox user can deny that.
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