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> Another vote for Opera here. I'm running 9.02 at home. |
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> A few observations from my set-up, although they could be as much to do |
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> me having not got something else in my configuration right ... |
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And another strong Opera vote here :-) |
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> 1) This version of Opera really seems to struggle with "heavy" pages. |
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> The whole app slows down, no response to clicks etc, until the page has |
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> fully rendered. Example of affected page: |
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> http://funds.ft.com/funds/searchFund.do?symb=AQSTG&type=F1 |
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> 2) Opera infrequently causes my system to hang completely. I can't ctrl |
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> +alt+F1 to a terminal screen, I can ctrl+alt+backspace to kill X, I |
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> can't do anything. It's a hard reboot of the box. Admittedly I'm |
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> slightly impatient, but I give it 10 secs before hitting reset, |
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> sometimes longer. I can't categorically state that it's Opera, but I've |
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> a very strong suspicion. Especially given that I basically use an |
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> xterm, sylpheed and opera 95% of the time. |
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Not had these issues ....... sorry. |
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> 3) Javascript seems fairly broken in Opera - but that could be my fault |
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> for not setting something up properly. |
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JS works great here - perhaps reemerge everything? |
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> 4) Some pages just don't render properly in Opera and I have occasion |
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> to fall back to firefox. As another poster said, it's often badly |
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> designed banking sites. |
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Yep ..... So I changed banks (earlier bank wanted I.E.). I tell them that |
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if they want my business, they'll get their site to work on Linux/Opera. |
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Present bank got it to work fine (not perfect rendition - but functional). |
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> 5) Overall though, IMO Opera is a nicer browser to use than firefox. |
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> Tabbed browsing is implemented in a more effective fashion. Keyboard |
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> shortcuts are lovely, eg F2 to bring a dialog for typing a URL, which |
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> can be configured to fire up a new tab is very nice. Shift+F2 allows |
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> you to have a one key shortcut for favourite bookmarks (again firing |
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> up a new tab). Sidebar is far more effective in Opera. Obviously |
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> personal preference, but I much prefer it. |
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IMHO, Opera loads MUCH faster, and surfs much faster as well. ALSO, it is |
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easy to put Opera in a Chroot Jail; FF is a PITA to put into a jail. |
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Final note is that most FF users seem to have never tried Opera; Most |
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Opera users have tried FF - gotten it to work adequately - and chosen |
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Opera. |
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