Posted by JDS on 12/11/58 11:47

On Fri, 12 May 2006 18:13:09 +0000, Spartanicus wrote:

> 'Lean' Firefox 1.5: 5175696 bytes: very few features
> 'Bloatware' Opera 8.54: 3833344 bytes: loaded with features
>
> And then there are the security problems that Firefox extensions pose,
> and don't get me started on extensions not surviving a browser upgrade.

For real, yo. I tried Opera recently after getting fed up with how dog
slow and unstable Firefox has been for me. Mind you, FF 1 or even prior to
1 was pretty fast, IIRC, but seems like it has gotten slooooower and
bloooatier. This is on Linux. FF on Windows seems leaner and faster, to
me.

Opera, OTOH, is FAAAAAST. And even 9.0b (as in "beta") is super stable.
And even if it crashes, it REMEMBERS WHAT YOU WERE JUST DOING. wow. That
feature alone was worth the switch. "Start from last time". Plus mouse
gestures. Oh, yeah, and that fastness thing.

Anyways, I am going to evangelize Opera with all the best of my
evangelizing abilities from here on out.

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