opera web browser is cccoooooooollllll

[Rickten]

whats the website to download it

 

[AdamDuritz99]

Oh well, i'm really getting to like opera. When i get some extra cash, i'm definantly going to buy it.

peace
sean

 

[Random Variable]

<< whats the website to download it >>


ummm...opera.com

 

[mithrandir2001]

W3C compliancy is "overrated". In the world of commercial websites, speed of page development and presentation are pretty darn important, not academic pursuits like standards compliancy. It is rather difficult to make an HTML 4.0 document look pretty and nice...you often have to fall onto specific features of individual browsers. You'll code a page so it looks nice in IE, then check it out in Netscape and if it doesn't look too bad, then it is ready for production. You can say this sucks, but this is simply reality. HTML has weak support for layouts, since it is a language mostly for hypertext, but web surfers want pretty sites, so you have to bend the W3C rules. I hear no compliants from our customers, so I'm not losing sleep over it.

 

[mithrandir2001]

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<< It's displaying things just fine, except for the space between the PM and Poll icons at the upper left side of the page, but that's not even worth it to be called a 'problem'. >>


I wouldn't consider it a problem either. It's more like a slight annoyance. >>


That's the "price" of compliance. IE looks better because it is looser with the standards. To a user, pretty is better than adherence to HTML 4.0 (which most have no clue about).

 

[TuffGuy]

yes, and we all know just how knowledgeable customers are. OF COURSE they won't say anything. if it looks nice and it works, they're happy.


<< You'll code a page so it looks nice in IE, then check it out in Netscape and if it doesn't look too bad, then it is ready for production. You can say this sucks, but this is simply reality. HTML has weak support for layouts, since it is a language mostly for hypertext, but web surfers want pretty sites, so you have to bend the W3C rules. I hear no compliants from our customers, so I'm not losing sleep over it. >>

 

[Random Variable]

<< W3C compliancy is "overrated". >>


It prevents the Internet from becoming compatible with only one browser (i.e. IE).---> Damn, that looks weird.

 

[ILikeSprite]

I couldn't use Opera even if I wanted to. I'm an admin for a fusetalk forum like this one and the admin section of fusetalk does not work with Opera or Mozilla. That would be a pain using a different browser just to change something in the admin section. Plus IE does everything I want it too and just about all websites look good in IE.

 

[TuffGuy]

true, but the "lite" opera comes with no java, and it prevents pop-ups.

 

[DAM]

OHH my god!!! up/down is reload, I am in love, I didnt know that feature from opera!!!!!



btw:OPERA users, make sure to enable under File>quick prefenreces>Identify as Opera

That way more web developer see that Opera is being used.






dam()

 

[tm37]

Ok just downloaded it and so far it's pretty cool!

Seems much quicker.

I will use this for a while and then I will decide if to pay, Seems pretty sweet so far.

 

[trmiv]

I downloaded 6.0 awhile back and played with it for a bit, I just couldn't get used to it. Yea the mouse gestures are a cool feature, but I have the same things most of those things do (back, forward, and reload) mapped to buttons on my mouse anyway. I didn't like the huge banner in the corner, and saw nothing that made me want to shell out $39.00 to get the bannerless version. So, I'm back on IE6.

 

[swayinOtis]

i like to view web pages in full view mode (F11) in IE. does Opera have a similar mode?

one thing i like about IE is the bookmarks. i absolutely hate Netscape's bookmarks. i also hate netscape when you are writing messages on web forums and the text just keeps scrolling to the right. really stupid stuff there from netscape. ie will wrap, like it should.

 

[Vadatajs]

I like the mouse gestures, and multiple panes in one window, but it still costs 39$ more than IE 6, it doesn't display this forum properly and IE 6 supports my 4th and 5th mouse buttons (which go to waste in opera). I like opera for linux, but I'm to stubborn to switch in windows.

 

[rh71]

Hmm, does Opera load my webpage okay?

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