Opera, Opera Beta & Opera Developer

SG65 · March 9, 2011, 5:46pm

I’m trying Opera 11 and I like it; but it still lacks FF add-ons and configurability (but it’s moving in that direction).
Some things it lacks:
Configure zoom for images and text, only images, only text, have an option for a preset increase (NoSquint in FF).
The click sounds like in IE (NavigationalSounds in FF).
More buttons (ToolbarButtons in FF).
When you use full screen you can’t have the bars back temporarily by touching the top of the screen with the pointer (FF and IE).
When you’re in a page and open Bookmarks and try to open a new page without closing the current one you can’t: both left and right click will just open the new page and close the one you’re in (this is an old issue that should had been solved by now).

Still, worth keeping an eye on future developments.

elliotcroft · March 9, 2011, 7:20pm

SG65 post:681:

I’m trying Opera 11 and I like it; but it still lacks FF add-ons and configurability (but it’s moving in that direction).
Some things it lacks:
Configure zoom for images and text, only images, only text, have an option for a preset increase (NoSquint in FF).
The click sounds like in IE (NavigationalSounds in FF).
More buttons (ToolbarButtons in FF).
When you use full screen you can’t have the bars back temporarily by touching the top of the screen with the pointer (FF and IE).
When you’re in a page and open Bookmarks and try to open a new page without closing the current one you can’t: both left and right click will just open the new page and close the one you’re in (this is an old issue that should had been solved by now).

Still, worth keeping an eye on future developments.

So? Opera has it’s own superior versions to all of these and has it’s own exclusive amazing features. (I don’t see firefox having built in bittorent)

SG65 · March 9, 2011, 9:57pm

No it doesn’t. Don’t behave like a fan boy.

I admit that Opera is a very good browser. I admit moving from FF to Opera eventually. I admit Firefox is not perfect and I admit users have their browsing habits fulfilled by this or that app.

But I don’t admit not recognising flaws and/or lacks.

elliotcroft · March 10, 2011, 1:48pm

Sorry, I exaggerated a bit. :-[
I like to of what Opera thinks of firefox like this:
Opera: You may look nice in your heavy make up and jewellery, but my beauty is natural and comes from within.

SG65 · March 10, 2011, 2:13pm

Good one.

jeremysbost · March 10, 2011, 2:33pm

Of course, with Opera crashing twice a day, for me, that “inner beauty” (the excuse for ugly people 88)) is a bit spoiled.

Citizen_K · March 10, 2011, 2:53pm

Did any of you ever see this comparison of browsers: http://operawatch.com/news/2007/09/opera-vs-firefox-vs-internet-explorer-picture.html ? 8) 8) 8)

Radaghast · March 10, 2011, 3:02pm

What a bunch of kak!.

You’re talking about a tool that allows you to access web pages! Choose what you will but don’t eulogise over it!

Luxor · March 10, 2011, 3:58pm

Also this thread is for discussion about Opera, not trolling by ff fanboyz

Radaghast · March 10, 2011, 4:54pm

Obviously missed the point again!

rhgtyink · March 10, 2011, 5:31pm

Guy’s can we please cool down… this is the “all about Opera thread” :P0l

jeremysbost · March 10, 2011, 5:44pm

No wonder why it “crashed” into a nice argument. 88)

rhgtyink · March 10, 2011, 6:03pm

Choosing your preferred browser is a matter of taste, just like falling for the right woman/man.
And I’m glad we all have different taste else we’d end up running after the same woman leaving the rest unhappy now we can’t have that happening can we?

So pick what you like now, and drop it when it starts to bore you 88)

JoWa · March 10, 2011, 8:29pm

Your thumbnails, now prettier!

jeremysbost · March 10, 2011, 8:50pm

Oh dear, no wonder we have so many sad divorces. 88)

It might make it easier on web designers if we all had one browser. 88)

captainsticks · March 10, 2011, 9:08pm

Hi Ronny. !ot! It would make for a very tired, but happy Woman. All browsers are becoming copycat boring, but we can’t drop them all. Some good developer could do well starting from scratch, and make a browser that doesn’t resemble all the others in anyway at all. Kind regards.
Edit- Apologies for being off topic.

SG65 · March 10, 2011, 9:39pm

That’s an idea, but… what?

captainsticks · March 10, 2011, 11:18pm

!ot! I will give this some thought, but in the mean time I will open a new topic about it and let Opera get back on Topic. Thanks.

Tarantela · March 11, 2011, 7:06pm

Does anybody know why Fanboy’s “fanboy-adblocklist-elements-v3.css” was not
updated since 17 February 2011?

-http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/opera/fanboy-adblocklist-elements-v3.css-

-https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/opera/fanboy-adblocklist-elements-v3.css-

Checksum: Hfx+kiudi0opPS4XIYikOg Fanboy Optimised Element Blocking Version: V3 Updated: 17 Feb 2011

Edit: quote from Fanboy posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:40 pm

I'll be rolling out an update to the css file for Opera (and IE).. V4 will be pulling directly from the firefox list now (makes it easier to maintain and avoid forgetting to put filters into Opera CSS file)
With this change, the list did grow around 300lines in size, downside, the list on googlecode repo won’t be maintained anymore since its been superseded by version 4. And all the funky coding is hosted on the server. Just link to fanboy.co.nz to keep up to date. Once everything is stable enough I’ll link v3 filename to v4 on fanboy.co.nz.

Thank you very much Fanboy. :-TU

JoWa · March 11, 2011, 7:44pm

Speed Dial, and other fixes