The Best Internet Browser (FF3 vs Opera9.5)

[Luoma]

Got my friend to switch too xD

[torinchibi]

...Both opera and FF look pretty much the same to me. You can easily make FF look like opera too. Maybe the speed dial will pose some problems, but they are essentially the same.

[Luoma]

There are alot of differences believe me iv'e used FF for some years and discoved alot with Opera now

[Squirt]

WOW Opera has Speed dial. Yeah sign me up i'm downloading right now. Wheres the custom theme section place ?

[Morgoth]

anyone know when firefox3 will be officially released?

also about the opera browser, do any of you know if it has some widget similar to firefox's "no script" extension?

[Disconn3cted]

after trying them all i think i'll stick to IE, i don't need the protection of firefox since i dont go to sites i dont trust anyway and i dont care about the extra features opera has...

IE loads pages the fastest so i think its best

[Shynygamie]

mozilla firefox

[torinchibi]

after trying them all i think i'll stick to IE, i don't need the protection of firefox since i dont go to sites i dont trust anyway and i dont care about the extra features opera has...

IE loads pages the fastest so i think its best

Just did a side by side load on "New Highest DMG contest" thread (since it always takes the longest to load for me. FF beat IE by 10 sec+, I started it less than a second before IE. Once it loaded, you would expect IE to speed up....it didn't.

[Grandpa]

Don't forget Safari <~~~~~~ it runs on Windows too
Link: Safari Information
Apple DEMO & DL link: > HERE <

I'm downloading and test driving beta Safari now.
It does look GOOD

~Gpa

EDIT: First impression (after subscribing to del.icio.us for bookmark exports from IE7 and Firefox):
It is about +¼ again faster than mozillia for HTML and significantly faster (Blazing!) with JavaScripting.

Per the perhaps biased information on the Apple DEMO & DL link: > HERE <

• Firefox > IE
• Opera is faster than both Firefox -AND- IE in JavaScript performance ONLY.
  [EDIT]: JavaScript benchmarks based on VeriTest’s iBench Version 5.0
• Even there (especially there) Safari outshines 'em all.

It's gonna be my browser of choice, I can tell.

Safari SCREENIE SHOT HERE

[Midori]

what...

[tehfireman]

firefox

[DotCom]

I just downloaded Safari to try it out and the first thing I noticed is the bold-like fonts. Kinda annoying, gives a darker look to websites. Checked the font settings with Firefox and were the same, but still the font looks bold compared to Firefox. Is it only me?

Firefox



Safari

[Grandpa]

Same here re: fonts
More legible but as you say "bold" is a little annoying.
It is itune look. Works ok to show where link has been clicked though.
I re-calibrated my vid card settings to optimize for tru-color movies and that helped some.

What I really don't like is when there are load error / 'errors on page' delay.
I use Firefox now for SRO Forum here, elsewise usingSafari 100%.

~Grandpa

[Cruor]

I just downloaded Safari to try it out and the first thing I noticed is the bold-like fonts. Kinda annoying, gives a darker look to websites. Checked the font settings with Firefox and were the same, but still the font looks bold compared to Firefox. Is it only me?

Safari uses Apple's subpixel rendering method, which is supposed to make text closer to what it would appear as in print. Firefox on the other hand either has no subpixel rendering, or ClearType if you have it installed. ClearType is more focused on making fonts easier to read on screen.

[Shynygamie]

FF2 owns. It's so fast, it beats Opera.

[Grandpa]

FF2 owns. It's so fast, it beats Opera.

I'm comparing Mozilla FireFox Release 2.0.0.14 (pretty sure it's the latest) with Safari 3.11 (525.17) beta for PC.

For direct comparison of Opera to Mozilla (Firefox) the HTML and JavaScript benchmarks show Firefox is slower than Opera (except for HTML ONLY).

Per benchmarks based on VeriTest’s iBench Version 5.0 using default settings:
Safari is far better than all in HTML -AND- JavaScript performance.
I did note that Apple got their parser and 'spidermonkey' coding from the MPL (Mozilla Public License Version 1.1, found at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL.

~Grandpa

[Midori]

theres an article out there that actually compares most web browsers out there (since 2006 i think)

[Draquish]

AHAH! Tis' a duel!

Opera9.5 http://www.opera.com

vs

Firefox 3 http://www.mozilla.com


They have both been released fairly close to each other. Which one will win??


IMO Opera is still the 'big daddy', but Firefox is catching up. O_O.





RAM Usage



Firefox3 Displaying Ask.com



Opera9.5 Displaying Ask.com




Go Opera.

[Panu]

i think im gonna make the switch to 'big daddy'.

EDIT:

couple questions i like to ask u draq,

--does opera hold an options menu to display all known usernames/passwords that Opera has remembered? cuz firefox does, like if i forgot my username, i go to options then security then find out the websites user/pass.

--when downloading things, does opera have a mini bar at the bottom of the browser displaying wat im downloading at which speeds?

[Cruor]

Firefox3 Displaying Ask.com

Eh?

[BalkanFanaticS]

opera sucks ballz

[Leon]

I dled FF3 2 mins ago, almost the same as FF2, but it still owns.

I only use Safari on my iPod Touch cause there's simply no other choice .

[Voluptas]

I've been using Opera for about 3 years now.

In my opinion, it beats FF and IE in everything. On my pc, it loads faster than FF and IE, as i only use add-ons i really need, and dont have extravagant themes.

[PileOfMush]

Yeah, I thought that was funny too.
I've noticed a few times FF didn't load some CSS... and it's usually when Javascript is being used to load the CSS... or maybe the 3rd party host (like Akamai for Ask.com) isn't returning the requested CSS files fast enough. In either case, I bet the site developer is more to blame than the browser itself.

Firefox3 Displaying Ask.com

Eh?

[/Pi]

T.T

Installed FF3 assuming that it'll save my bookmarks. >.>

[Zypher]

T.T

Installed FF3 assuming that it'll save my bookmarks. >.>

it did

[/Pi]

T.T

Installed FF3 assuming that it'll save my bookmarks. >.>

it did

Not mine :S

[Draquish]

*cough* Opera's syncing feature would've solved this *cough*

[Squirt]

Wheres IE in the competition?

[Draquish]

At the posterior of the race.