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Posted by Ed Mullen on 11/24/27 11:47
Spartanicus wrote:
> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote:
>
>> My bloatware remark was really directed towards IE, however I here
>> remarks 'but Firefox doesn't do...' when there is a readily available
>> extension. As to size comparisons, I admit the *download* of Firefox is
>> larger than Opera, but not the final install! Opera guys must use better
>> compression on their installer because my Opera 21.9MB vs Firefox 20.7MB
>
> Opera stores it's cache and mail base in it's \Program Files\ dir for
> single user installs, FF's cache is located somewhere else
> (Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles on my W98 system).
>
> The real installed figures:
>
> Opera: 5.33mb
> FF: 15.7mb
>
Not sure how you have only a 5.3 Mb program install size for Opera.
On Windows XP, my Opera 8.54 cache is turned off. My figures:
Opera in Program Files
Total Files Listed:
99 File(s) 13,349,259 bytes
32 Dir(s) 13,472,444,416 bytes free
Opera in Documents and Settings
Total Files Listed:
51 File(s) 894,098 bytes
47 Dir(s) 1,160,716,288 bytes free
I downloaded and installed a plain-vanilla Opera and have only used it
to view some pages for testing purposes.
My Firefox is also only used for testing. I do have a few extensions
installed but the cache is also turned off.
Firefox in Program Files
Total Files Listed:
203 File(s) 20,320,854 bytes
92 Dir(s) 13,472,428,032 bytes free
Firefox in Documents and Settings
Total Files Listed:
74 File(s) 20,957,722 bytes
101 Dir(s) 1,160,679,424 bytes free
Both Opera and Firefox have essentially the same bookmarks file, about
500Kb.
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