Opera 7, by far the best web browser EVERY!!! title change requested by NOX

[iispeedyii]

i dont like the name OPERA? cumon now

im sure its a great web browser, my roomate has it, it loads really fast.

but why get it when IE aint broke (not that i like MS or anything)

 

[CrowDog]

Originally posted by: larciel
i wish netscape was as good as o7 ... man i love this thing!

reminds me of old days when everyone used Netscape over IE

if little things, (better fonts, java related loading) are fixed , i'll definitely get rid of IE

Yup I think "Little Things" is a good way to say what is wrong with Opera....I like it but there are some LITTLE things that annoy....but the good things make up for it. There are things about it that I like alot and so its enough for me to use it as my main browser.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: CrowDog

Originally posted by: airduct
ok, just dl and using it right now...a few questions if you guys can answer:

1) how do you remove the underline links
2) how do open a new tab next to the old tabs like in crazy browser?
3) how do you type in a new address and have it open in a new tab?

thanks guys

Those Questions are answered in this thread

care to repeat them? i never saw an answer on 2 and 3 and i've read the thread twice... in fact i think i'm the first one who asked about 2 and 3! unless the answer you are talking about is "you can't"

i'm sticking w/ crazy browser...

 

[CrowDog]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: CrowDog

Originally posted by: airduct
ok, just dl and using it right now...a few questions if you guys can answer:

1) how do you remove the underline links
2) how do open a new tab next to the old tabs like in crazy browser?
3) how do you type in a new address and have it open in a new tab?

thanks guys

Those Questions are answered in this thread

care to repeat them? i never saw an answer on 2 and 3 and i've read the thread twice... in fact i think i'm the first one who asked about 2 and 3! unless the answer you are talking about is "you can't"

i'm sticking w/ crazy browser...

My mistake....

 

[sash1]

I think I'll try after reading this, although I like Phoenix myself.

~Aunix

 

[larciel]

Originally posted by: CrowDog

Originally posted by: larciel
i wish netscape was as good as o7 ... man i love this thing!

reminds me of old days when everyone used Netscape over IE

if little things, (better fonts, java related loading) are fixed , i'll definitely get rid of IE

Yup I think "Little Things" is a good way to say what is wrong with Opera....I like it but there are some LITTLE things that annoy....but the good things make up for it. There are things about it that I like alot and so its enough for me to use it as my main browser.

so far, little things.

1. when using multi language input.. the browser remembers the last input character i used, in IE it's different from window to window, but since opera intergrates all windows into the inside, i have to change my input everytime.

2. the CTRL+ENT .. (adds, www. at the front, and .com at the end) .. so far i haven't seen any other browser than IE that does this,... saves so much time and typing

3. needs little more timing, but i've found when loading JAVA, or flash scripts, it's tad out of sync than IE... can't argue because IE is mostly used WebB now

4. do i have to make the 'To: and Subject: field' appear on the screen everytime? .. very annoying

pro.

1. fast
2. nice looking
3. search tabs at the aboe

 

[larciel]

one more bad.

takes more than double the space of memory
using 90500K now

 

[i3rYs0n]

omg this is fast a crap

<-- never used anything other than IE

~LaSt

 

[aphex]

You bastards! You finally found something to replace my IE. I will hate you until your dying day

 

[0roo0roo]

well i guess the horrible opera 6 slow downs are fixed right?

 

[dzt]

Originally posted by: CrowDog
Opinions on the free version?

What kinda popup blocker software does it support?...I know most require IE

Is a %10 increase in speed the main reason to switch?

Do most people switch just because it isnt an MS product?

mine OPERA 6.0 much2 more faster than IE 6.0
and surely it's not MS'

 

[RalfHutter]

Originally posted by: mojaam

K, f*ck it, after trying O7 "final" for four days I'm going back to 6.05. I just can't get past all the bugs. I've used Opera since v3.5x almost exclusively and I realize that it has it's quirks and I've put up with buggy "final" releases before (anyone remember v5.0?) but this is just too much.

Exactly. And I am not waiting for an update anytime soon. I agrre with you on the movable toolbar but I am not sure if Opera 7 is faster than 6.05. I mean just like IE and Mozilla, all it does is display the content while Opera6.05 loads the complete page then display it. Am I right?

Bingo, that's exactly right. That's why O7 seems to be faster than O6.05.

 

[aphex]

Ok, welp this thing sucks.

Thought it was good at first but now im noting some things that bug the crap outta me.

1) Slows down for no apparent reason sometimes.
2) Scroll wheel action frequently messes up causing mass hysteria and occational sudden infant death syndrome.
3) Just overall annoying feel.

Welp, back to IE i go.

 

[LiekOMG]

I tried it. I must admit, overall it felt very fast and snappy. But there are a few things that keep me from using it.

1.) The Toolbar on the top and bottom takes up way too much space. I know its configurable, and i disabled a lot of stuff, and its still taking up a lot of room.
2.) Seems to take up a lot of memory. After about 30 minutes of using it, opera.exe was using up over 60mb of ram! Must be a memory leak, or its caching a lot to memory.
3.) It doesn't seem to recognize any MIME types, even though they are set properly. Music, video's, etc - it has no idea what to do with them when clicked.
4.) Using mousewheel to scroll up and down scrolls too fast, making it difficult to keep my place while reading.
5.) Completly ignores my windows theme for things like scroll bars and buttons.
6.) I don't like the way the main window is considered a tab which is always open. It contributes to problem #1

Oh well, back to Phoenix for me. It might be slightly buggy, but I love using it.

 

[HillbillyHab]

I have been a faithful Opera user since 3.6 beta. This is one of the few pieces of software I actually pay for. Still using 6.03, not sure if I should upgrade. Hmmm.
Those looking for help with the settings try Opera's excellent forums.
news.opera.no/opera.general

 

[CrowDog]

Oh well, back to Phoenix for me. It might be slightly buggy, but I love using it.

Same reason we like Opera......different strokes for different folkes!

 

[abaez]

Guys I have opera set as the default browser.. but when I click on a link on outlook express or mirc or something it comes up as IE?? How do I fix this. Is there a registry key or something? I've checked mirc settings and nothing there I think it just uses the default browser but I can't get it to use opera as the default browser any ideas?

 

[NEVERwinter]

well... for me...

flash and real works fine, not sure about WMV and Quicktime..... (it works with 6.x though). Pretty happy with it.... but I still use IE for loading some pages >_< and for saving webpages.. aww...

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: abaez
Guys I have opera set as the default browser.. but when I click on a link on outlook express or mirc or something it comes up as IE?? How do I fix this. Is there a registry key or something? I've checked mirc settings and nothing there I think it just uses the default browser but I can't get it to use opera as the default browser any ideas?

its under file -> prefrences-> default browser. you can do it from there


alson ANYONE know why opera is using so much memory on my comp? right now the task manager sas its using 62 MEGS !!!!!! WTF is this???

 

[abaez]

I have it set under that option and it still doesn't make opera the default browser.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: abaez
I have it set under that option and it still doesn't make opera the default browser.

try uninstalling IE

 

[abaez]

I wish, opera does not work with the washington mutual website even with all cookies enabled so I need ie for that. It also doesn't save my cookie at amazon so I don't have to login everytime.

 

[MithShrike]

Is Opera compatible with MSN Zone? I know that Mozilla isn't. IE has been working fine for me so I won't get Opera unless it is compatible with the Zone.

 

[PCMarine]

I just got Opera 7 today and it blows IE out of the water!

 

[RJR72006]

Originally posted by: de9ali

Download Opera 7 today to see why our users are calling this the fastest, smallest, most full-featured desktop browser on the market.

If you enjoyed the famous classic Opera innovations such as mouse gestures, integrated search, and multiple document interface, you'll love the new features in Opera 7.

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it.

http://www.opera.com

yah. I have it. It's cool