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Analog01
Citizen
Username: Analog01
Post Number: 164
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 8:18 pm: | 
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In honor of Bill Gates leaving Microsoft, I have left IE6 for Opera. I downloaded it the other day - it's a fairly small file, loads quickly and automatically grabbed my favorites and email settings from IE. So far so good. I like the interface, and web pages do seem to load much faster.
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Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14761
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 9:53 pm: |
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I've been using Opera for years. I don't understand how anyone couldn't love it more than other browsers. I also use Firefox, which is also excellent, but Opera has a few features that just aren't anywhere else.
Unfortunately, Opera adheres to industry standards and won't change its browser to work with non-compliant web sites. This means Opera doesn't work with all web sites. So I run both browsers at once. When I find a website that Opera doesn't like, I go to that website with Firefox.
So on a PC, I never use IE, and on a Mac, I never use Safari.
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Alleygater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 2263
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 9:09 am: |
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Yeah, I've never been a big fan of Safari. It aint bad, at all. But it isn't Firefox (nor Opera).
Now if I could only obliterate IE from my memory entirely, I'd be a very happy web producer. |
Monster©
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 3665
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 9:59 am: |
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I've been using Safari almost exclusively lately, 2.0.3 version, with Pith Helmet, and Saft plugins. |
LazyDog
Citizen
Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 301
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 1:27 pm: |
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Compared to FireFox, Safari looks a little dated. I'd use FF more on the Mac if I can get it to scroll more smoothly...very annoying. |
Monster©
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 3670
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 1:52 pm: |
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what are your scrolling preference3es set to in FF Lazydog, perhaps you need to uncheck smooth scrolling, when I have it checked it makes scrolling choppy. |
LazyDog
Citizen
Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 304
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 2:05 pm: |
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checked, unchecked...same jerky scrolling. Bloody Mac. Maybe I should go back to a PC !!! |
Analog01
Citizen
Username: Analog01
Post Number: 165
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 7:19 pm: |
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Interesting viewpoints. I'm really getting to like Opera the more I use it, but as Tom mentions I've found some sites that don't work.
I'm still using Safari on my Mac (mainly because I refuse to use IE) but I see that Opera has a version for Macs now. Has anyone tried it? |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14807
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 7:55 pm: |
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Yes, I've been using a Mac exclusively for the past month. Up until then, I was using Macs, PC's and Linux systems. I've been using Opera on my mac mostly, though I use Firefox for gmail. Opera works fine with gmail but Firefox works a bit better.
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