Comments on: Opera: free at last http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/ Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: falsefridays http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 falsefridays Sat, 01 Oct 2005 07:00:18 +0000 http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/#comment-3112 <p>"But the CSS opacity property doesn’t work in Opera! Boo to that. ;)"</p> <p>i know right?</p> <p>wait, no i don't. huh?</p> “But the CSS opacity property doesn’t work in Opera! Boo to that. ;)”

i know right?

wait, no i don’t. huh?

]]> By: Lindsey http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 Lindsey Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:29:54 +0000 http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/#comment-3111 <p>But the CSS opacity property doesn't work in Opera! Boo to that. ;)</p> <p>I dunno. Firefox crashes and acts weird from time to time on both my Linux and Windows machines, but I've been using Mozilla/Firefox for so many years that I can hardly imagine not using it. And I wouldn't last a day without the Web Developer extension.</p> But the CSS opacity property doesn’t work in Opera! Boo to that. ;)

I dunno. Firefox crashes and acts weird from time to time on both my Linux and Windows machines, but I’ve been using Mozilla/Firefox for so many years that I can hardly imagine not using it. And I wouldn’t last a day without the Web Developer extension.

]]> By: Drew http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 Drew Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:27:09 +0000 http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/#comment-3110 <p>Falsefridays, Firefox (running on WinXP) seemed to get slower for me as time went on as well. I think it slowed down as I added more and more extensions.</p> Falsefridays, Firefox (running on WinXP) seemed to get slower for me as time went on as well. I think it slowed down as I added more and more extensions.

]]> By: falsefridays http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-3099 falsefridays Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:35:28 +0000 http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/#comment-3099 <p>lemme know if i screwed up the trackback. i'm still learning.</p> lemme know if i screwed up the trackback. i’m still learning.

]]> By: falsefridays http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-3091 falsefridays Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:02:42 +0000 http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/#comment-3091 <p>interesting. i too have notcied firefox having more crashes than the average espresso addict lately, so maybe i will switch.</p> <p>oddly though, a few months ago when i stated using firefox more, it was FASTER, by far, than safari. now i am not really sure.</p> <p>opera you say? hmm. HMMM.</p> interesting. i too have notcied firefox having more crashes than the average espresso addict lately, so maybe i will switch.

oddly though, a few months ago when i stated using firefox more, it was FASTER, by far, than safari. now i am not really sure.

opera you say? hmm. HMMM.

]]> By: Paul The UnixCentric http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-3084 Paul The UnixCentric Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:58:16 +0000 http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/opera-free-at-last/#comment-3084 <p>I dunno about you, but I've given up and gone back to Safari.</p> <p>Opera just isn't a big deal to me, and browsers like Camino and Shiira are just Safaris wearing different suits that don't fit properly. Firefox is kind of a no-other-real-choice option when I go back to Unix <em>(I mean, really... Konqueror? Galleon? Netscape? Pfft. Please.)</em>, but under OSX it just doesn't cut it. I'm a balance between disgusted and thoroughly disappointed -- Fx was supposed to be a faster, lightweight Mozilla; suffice it to say that it isn't. It's just as slow and clunky as its' older brother, but without all the features that would have been a viable excuse. <em>(Case and point: on my <a href="http://www.apple-history.com/body.php?page=gallery&model=pg4_17_133&performa=off&sort=date&order=ASC" rel="nofollow">Q41</a>, Firefox takes between 10 and 120 seconds to open... Safari takes 3 seconds; 8 if the system is busy. Opening a couple dozen background tabs from links on a page in Forefox can freeze the whole system for minutes at a stretch; same operation in Safari is instantaneous -- individual page loads notwithstanding in either example.)</em></p> <p>What I find most... amusing... is that with little tweaking, Safari is as robust and annoyance-resistent as Firefox. That, and a few choice free OSX apps that do the job of some of the extensions I became reliant on make the insanely huge speed and response difference more than worth doing in all respects.</p> <p>So, until D-Day comes <em>(which <a href="http://www.matthewgifford.com/2005/09/22/ship-date-for-intel-based-macs/" rel="nofollow">you've pointed out</a> as being some time in June)</em> and I'm forced to re-evaluate what companies are still worth dealing with, I wash my hands of Firefox. The Mac version is just... pointless. :-)</p> I dunno about you, but I’ve given up and gone back to Safari.

Opera just isn’t a big deal to me, and browsers like Camino and Shiira are just Safaris wearing different suits that don’t fit properly. Firefox is kind of a no-other-real-choice option when I go back to Unix (I mean, really… Konqueror? Galleon? Netscape? Pfft. Please.), but under OSX it just doesn’t cut it. I’m a balance between disgusted and thoroughly disappointed — Fx was supposed to be a faster, lightweight Mozilla; suffice it to say that it isn’t. It’s just as slow and clunky as its’ older brother, but without all the features that would have been a viable excuse. (Case and point: on my Q41, Firefox takes between 10 and 120 seconds to open… Safari takes 3 seconds; 8 if the system is busy. Opening a couple dozen background tabs from links on a page in Forefox can freeze the whole system for minutes at a stretch; same operation in Safari is instantaneous — individual page loads notwithstanding in either example.)

What I find most… amusing… is that with little tweaking, Safari is as robust and annoyance-resistent as Firefox. That, and a few choice free OSX apps that do the job of some of the extensions I became reliant on make the insanely huge speed and response difference more than worth doing in all respects.

So, until D-Day comes (which you’ve pointed out as being some time in June) and I’m forced to re-evaluate what companies are still worth dealing with, I wash my hands of Firefox. The Mac version is just… pointless. :-)

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