Comments on: Opera 10 thoughts

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:48:11 +0000

I started using Opera about two months ago when FireFox started crashing my computer at times. Since then I haven’t looked back. I particularly enjoy using the built-in IRC support – very nice!

Now I’m converting family members. :)

By: Victor

Victor — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:08:16 +0000

Firefox offers mouse gestures via an addon. Just like pretty much all the features that Opera offers and 100 times more.

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:09:22 +0000

Opera is my main browser since years. But sometimes I use Firefox because of it’s extension.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:05:26 +0000

I use Opera every day. I love it’s web features and use it as a quick torrent downloader. I tried it’s mail function, but it doesn’t support html mail (out/composition) and it uses proprietary contacts and mail data files. If it was more standards based mail wise, i’d use it. As for the browser part, i’ll switch to FF if it ever becomes as awesome as Opera – but only because i hate that Opera is closed source. Also, customizable backgrounds and the speed dial have kept me pleased more than the folks at Mozilla will ever know.

By: sims

sims — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:48:43 +0000

I think there is an add-on for mouse gestures in Firefox.

“Opera started as an early version of open source development on GNU/Linux.”

I’d like to see some proof. As far as I remember, Opera is not FOSS and only recently removed ads.

It is a slick fast good browser – probably the best. I test for it, but I’d rather use FOSS.

By: tdiddy

tdiddy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:34:19 +0000

I feel the same way as sebsauvage… I love opera but the what’s keeping me away from it is addons like adblock. Actually it’s pretty much adblock that’s keeping me from switching.

I’ve been an Opera fan since the early days, pre-Firefox.

By: tesarn

tesarn — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:26:47 +0000

I like opera very much, but it’s not opensource.

By: Ron F.

Ron F. — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:58:59 +0000

I think Opera looks great and for the most part works great on my Ubuntu machines. I find however that Flash video takes considerably more resources to run than in other browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, and Epiphany. I don’t know why it is, but Flash video that is smooth in Firefox, usually drops frames in Opera – and I am using the same plugin in both cases!

Also, AdBlock Plus works a little better in Firefox than the ad blocking capability in Opera.

After using Opera 10 for several weeks, I have gone back to Firefox.

By: sebsauvage

sebsauvage — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:22:05 +0000

Opera is a wonderful browser, fast, compliant, full features and innovative (Opera Unite is a great idea).
It deserves far more market share than it has.

Still, I stick to Firefox because of addons (ScrapBook, AdBlockPlus, TamperData, etc.). That’s the *only* point that prevents me to switch to Opera.

I think Opera partially missed the spot when it chose to close addon development possibility. Now it’s restored, but it’s too late.