Which is Better, Firefox or Opera?

Which is Better, Firefox or Opera? 937

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @02:49PM from the fat-lady-slender-fox dept.

Roblimo writes "Firefox and Opera are the two most popular cross-platform Web browsers. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Kris Shaffer tested them side-by-side on SUSE Linux 9.1, Mac OS X Panther, and Windows 2000, and decided that your choice may depend more on what you *do* with your browser than anything else, unless (as is the case for many of us) Opera is off the table from the start because it's not open source."

Which is Better, Firefox or Opera?

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Have you guys heard about (Score:5, Funny)

by ellem ( 147712 ) writes: <{moc.liamg} {ta} {25melle}> on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @02:49PM (#12569341) Homepage Journal

Internet Explorer? It rules! You know if you want to do banking and stuff. ;)

Better Question (Score:2, Funny)

by AKAImBatman ( 238306 ) * writes: <akaimbatman@gmaYEATSil.com minus poet> on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @02:52PM (#12569369) Homepage Journal

Did the Opera CEO have to go for a swim?

This just in this just in (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @02:52PM (#12569370)

*old fashioned news ticker noise in the background*

This just in, this just in, in determining on which product in a category is best it depends on what the person/user does with said product...this just in, this just in....

;-)

Silly (Score:5, Funny)

by 787style ( 816008 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @02:52PM (#12569377)

unless (as is the case for many of us) Opera is off the table from the start because it's not open source

People who refuse to use a useful piece of software simply because it isn't open source make about as much sense as an Ethiopian refusing food because it isn't Kosher. It fits your needs, use it.

Re:Why doesn't Microsoft buy Opera? (Score:3, Funny)

by QQoicu2 ( 797685 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @02:55PM (#12569426)

They've already got a cross-platform closed-source browser - IE for the Mac.

Re:I know! (Score:3, Funny)

by bill_mcgonigle ( 4333 ) * writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @02:56PM (#12569435) Homepage Journal

Bzzzzt. Sorry, it's vi.

No, wait, python - no, qmail ... debian ... turbo (bio)diesel ... Firefly!

Re:Uhh... what? (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @02:57PM (#12569454)

Your post was too long for my attention span, so I didn't read past the first paragraph.

Fire-what? (Score:5, Funny)

by krough ( 771131 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @03:03PM (#12569560)

My company makes me use IE, you insensitve clod.

Re:Have you guys heard about (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @03:05PM (#12569579)

IE can visit some sites that require ActiveX, and Firefox / Opera can render properly sites that require better CSS2 support.

True, but I expect that IE has some advantage too.

Re:This just in this just in (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @03:13PM (#12569685)

This just in, Microsoft Office responds to notion user decides what he does with said product. And the response is "One size fits all, sucka!".

Re:I would say (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @03:14PM (#12569697)

someone who deters from philiosophical choice because of conveinance is nothing but an oportunist who would sell there own mother if the deal was good enough.

Why? How much are you offering for her?

Re:I would say (Score:2, Funny)

by Reene ( 808293 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @03:18PM (#12569760) Journal

Nice logical fallacy you got there. Dazzle us with another one, Socrates.

No way: (Score:1, Funny)

by blake3737 ( 839993 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @03:31PM (#12569928)

Lynx(browser.org) [browser.org] schools them both. Especially in the way in which it views ads graphics!~

Re:Have you guys heard about (Score:3, Funny)

by nametaken ( 610866 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @03:43PM (#12570074)

Hahaha...

Yeah, this whole article is a "Gentlemen, start your flamethrowers!"

Re:Get some balls, man (Score:4, Funny)

by frodo from middle ea ( 602941 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @03:53PM (#12570204) Homepage

what are you talking about, vi won ages ago.
:x!

Re:Have you guys heard about (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @03:59PM (#12570293)

Can't...stop...knee...from...jerking!

Re:Uhh... what? (Score:2, Funny)

by Bingo Foo ( 179380 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @04:21PM (#12570507)

The only thing that bothers with with my opera 8 is that it segfaults about one or two times a day.

You may wish to try out the 8.01 preview if you can... It's in prerelease stage, but already considered more stable than 8.00.

Yeah, I hear 8.01 only segfaults five or six times a week!

Re:Have you guys heard about (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @04:47PM (#12570784)

There was a private port of IE to the GameBoy Advance... if *THAT* isnt cross-platform, well then, i dont know what the hell is.

Re:Have you guys heard about (Score:5, Funny)

by danknight ( 570145 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @04:50PM (#12570813)

Hmm, now where did I put that DE-css program...

Re:Uhh... what? (Score:2, Funny)

by Unnamed Chickenheart ( 882453 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @05:22PM (#12571096)

"So I'm happy, the bible thumpers are happy, and if "

The "bible thumpers" are not happy with you now... :p

Re:Have you guys heard about (Score:3, Funny)

by DenmaFat ( 704308 ) writes: <denmafat@gmail.com> on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @05:59PM (#12571404)

I guess that makes it "platform-free."

Re:if Opera is out.. (Score:3, Funny)

by An Onerous Coward ( 222037 ) writes: on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @09:32PM (#12573273) Homepage

Oh, so you think it's somehow moral and proper to let koalas slave away in diamond mines, so your girlfriend can have a pretty-shiny? Think of all the cute, furry little bellies being worn raw as they drag sacks of ore up from the depths of the Earth! And look at those tiny, grasping little hands. They were obviously designed to collect eucalyptus leaves, not wield a heavy pick or shovel!

You, sir--and I use the term sarcastically--have no shame.

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