Firefox 4: One generation ahead of everyone else speedwise

[atreader]

Opera and Chrome doesn't support Greasemonkey's GM_xmlhttprequest function. Which is needed for cross-site ajax/content stuff. This is the reason that a lot of userscripts won't work in Opera or Chrome.

I think all modern (latest versions of firefox, opera, chrome, safari, ie9) are fast with respect to start up time. Things that matter are which one can have 25 or more tabs open for days without a crash or performance issues (for example in chrome canary if you click on a tab after couple of days then it just takes forever to load (sort of reload/show) the tab.

 

[zokudu]

There is a way to mimic the GM_xmlhttprequest function in Opera.

To do so you need the following:
- cross-domain XMLHttpRequest implementation scripts (a-lib-stacktrace.js and a-lib-xmlhttp-cd.js) from here: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=1706672 (I suggest to read the entire thread)
- wrapper for GM_* functions (aagmfunctions.js) from here: http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/operaStuff/userjs/aagmfunctions.js
- enable the following options in Opera: opera:config#UserPrefs|UserJavaScript and opera:config#UserPrefs|UserJavaScriptonHTTPS
- modify the aagmfunctions.js script to use the cross-domain XMLHttpRequest implementation by changing the following line
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
into
var request = new opera.XMLHttpRequest();

 

[atreader]

^ cool, I will try those scripts.

 

[zokudu]

@pcslookout that greasemonkey script is partially written in XUL and Opera cannot read XUL it can work it would just take someone able to convert it from XUL it would work without issue. I just do not have the know how at this time to do it. I could look up some XUL but I don't know how soon I could get a working version for Opera. =/

 

[gevorg]

Actually Opera is the fastest web browser out there. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Who cares about Opera? LOL! Ever thought why its market-share has been is flat for years? Sorry to burst your bubble.

 

[zokudu]

Who cares about Opera? LOL! Ever thought why its market-share has been is flat for years? Sorry to burst your bubble.

Why wouldn't you care about Opera if its faster and does everything the other browsers do?

 

[pcslookout]

Why wouldn't you care about Opera if its faster and does everything the other browsers do?

Exactly the only thing other browsers than Firefox don't have at least is the addons. I can't imagine how different the browser wars would be if all add ons worked universally on all browsers even Internet Explorer hehe.

That would be a dream come true. For there to be a browser standard for addons and even for everything as well.

 

[atreader]

Why wouldn't you care about Opera if its faster and does everything the other browsers do?

This keeps pressure on Opera to capture market which results in there drive to continually innovate and come up with cool features. Which some how ends up in Firefox.