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Comments on news posted 2005-05-18 18:50:44: NewsForge takes a look at both Firefox and Opera, and compares the feature sets, testing both browsers on Windows 2000, SUSE Linux 9.1, and Mac OS X (Panther, not Tiger). ..

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Methadras
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA

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OH NOES!!!

FAN BOYS UNITE!!!

TheSaint
join:2002-01-25
Hanover Park, IL

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Proud FF fanboi!

Plug-ins r0x0r y3r b0x0r!

Rob A
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Rob A

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Opera kicks ass

Aint it obvious? Got all the features in it without the need of extensions. Its free and very customizable. Its also the safest and fastest of all the browsers. And lets not forget fast forward and rewind, gotta love it.:D Need I say more?

AtomicZero
join:2004-11-24
West Palm Beach, FL

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I'm inclined to agree, just a shame not all websites work with opera. + for a SkinFreak like me I choose Opera, they've got very choice skinz

Tomek
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Last time I checked I had to pay for opera to have it ad-free. Firefox is a basic free browser that is expanded according to the user taste by plugins/extensions.

AtomicZero
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said by Rob A:

...Its free and very customizable....
Well you're kinda off on the free part

aenties
join:2005-03-19
Saint Louis, MO

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opera all the way

i like opera much better than firefox even if there is an ad in the free version

BonezX
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Re: OH NOES!!!

said by TheSaint:

Proud FF fanboi!

Plug-ins r0x0r y3r b0x0r!
translation = free things kick ass.

Vamp
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BOTH or EITHER!

I think they are both absolute great browsers..

But lately I have only been using firefox, because of nightly's and firefox's faster, more efficient development.

Viper007Bond
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join:2002-09-26
Portland, OR

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Firefox for life! :P

Extensions are what it's all about.
waynebike
join:2002-07-29
Elgin, IL

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Stuck

Opera is a great browser and I would make the switch from firefox, but another company is holding be back. The company that makes the app AI Roboform does not support Opera with their software and I use this stuff all the time since i fill out tons of forms online and i have found opera's form filler to be pretty poor. And i really dont like using 2 broswers, so it looks like im stuck with firefox.

Anonymous88
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Re: Opera kicks ass

$40 is 'free' to you?

no__1__here
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Yeah, me too

I have a license for Opera. Used it for a long time. Like it. But... I use FF on a daily basis now. Mostly 'cause I didn't like where O was going with bundling M2 and IRC and etc. Let me choose what gets loaded and then okay (maybe they are at this point?).

BTW, yes I did also use M2 for over a year. I like it okay... I think GMail took their "filter/tag-instead-of-folder" idea.
no__1__here

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Re: Stuck

Eww, run away from roboform! Use keepass (sourceforge) and/or FF's password manager.

Nerdtalker
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MVM
join:2003-02-18
San Jose, CA

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Re: Firefox for life! :P

said by Viper007Bond:

Extensions are what it's all about.
Firefox + Adblock + BugMeNot = Firefox ruling Opera.

Chris 313
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Re: Yeah, me too

I would use either Opera or FF, whichever worked best for me at the time. Right now it looks like i'm a loyal FF fanboy and damn proud of it!

xpkranger
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Re: Stuck

Try Maxthon. Supports Roboform, very customizable, not as "user friendly" as Firefox, but that's not necessarily a bad thing - it just seems I can do more with Maxthon than Firefox.

»www.maxthon.com

powerage66
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Both are good browsers

I use both everyday, though I use FF more, mostly because of the fact I can use SpywareBlaster with it and the text sizing feature is better, when I go to 120% view in Opera some of the letters in the text are messed up and the scrolling is not as smooth. The ads in Opera are nothing, they are small and out of the way, after a little while they are hardly noticeable.

lazarus_
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Re: Opera kicks ass

said by Tomek:

Last time I checked I had to pay for opera to have it ad-free. Firefox is a basic free browser that is expanded according to the user taste by plugins/extensions.
Free works for me.. I get what I need at a price I cant complain.

I also turned to AVG (though not the best when compared to paid services) it still does what I need..
theeinstein
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Opera

Who needs more ads... we have ads to have free email, ads to play java games, ads for everything just give us the freaking browser!!

FF Rulz!

AtomicZero
join:2004-11-24
West Palm Beach, FL

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how does FF make money?

zemus
join:2001-01-13
Brooklyn, NY

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IE

do they have IE skins?

Rhobite
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Waltham, MA

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Mac sucks! PC rules!

Oops wrong thread

Glaice
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Re: OH NOES!!!

said by Methadras:

FAN BOYS UNITE!!!
Someone get that 'fan baby' Penny Arcade strip

ctceo
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only drawback

the only drawback for me to using FireFox is that it wont play video files. they briefly show up on the screen then the video whites out and only audio is heard.

nightshade74
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Re: Opera

The Mozilla foundation is a not for profit
They accept donations and make some money
from »www.mozillastore.com/

It's free software (google GPL, GNU, FSF,
BSD, linux, etc for details) and not geared toward
turning a profit.

Bootes
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join:2005-01-28
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They don't make money. Being Open source allows them to run without having to hire many people.

Rob A
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Re: Opera kicks ass

said by Anonymous88:

$40 is 'free' to you?
No free is free to me. Opera has been free since v5.
»www.opera.com/pressrelea ··· 1206.dml

Dustyn
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Re: OH NOES!!!

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FAN BOYS UNITE!!!
Ahaha! Where's dadkins !!!?

Anonymous88
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Re: Opera kicks ass

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