Opera Internet Browser

[krmathis]

I used to be a faithful Opera user, but switched to Camino more than two years ago. Never looked back!

 

[Welly Wu]

Opera 11.00 is the latest version of the web browser as of right now. I am using it. I switched from Google Chrome 8.x because of Tom's Hardware Web Browser Grand Prix 2 results showing that Opera is the fastest web browser in the world. That review was done a few months ago using the older version 10.x. Opera 11 now has the ability to add extensions though its library is small compared to FireFox and Google Chrome.
 
Out of all the web browsers that I have tried, Opera is the fastest with the most accurate page rendering. I will be using it as my default web browser for some time unless something else becomes available that is superior.
 
I love web browsers because they keep getting better and better at no cost.

 

[ArmAndHammer]

Google Chrome works for me. I'm too computer dumb to figure out or need most of the features offered anyways. As long as it has a search bar and gets me where I want to be in a reasonable amount of time...I'm a happy camper.  

 

[ArmAndHammer]

Ok...what the heck...I'll give it a try.

 

[Confispect]

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Ok...what the heck...I'll give it a try.

Lol the same allthough Google Chrome is working past what I expected I shall differ. 

 

[ArmAndHammer]

I'm posting this from Opera...not sure about it...I am resistant to change.
 
I actually do like the clean look...I just need to explore it a little. Doesn't seem any fast though then Chrome but that has been fast enough that I don't really need faster. 

 

[Confispect]

Clean look 

 Coming from Chrome how could you get cleaner....(Goes to check it out, literally)

 

[Welly Wu]

I do not mind a more cluttered user interface so long as it gives me more useful and innovative features that I can use daily. Opera has a long history of pioneering innovative ideas into their product over the past several years and version 11.x just shines with its tab stacking, labels for address fields, incorporation of visual mouse gestures, extensions, and its mail panel. Tab stacking is a great way to organize your web browsing experience and I consider it to be the next evolution to tabbed browsing. Labeling address fields makes sense because it is an easy and convenient way to check the security of the web page that you are visiting. Visual mouse gestures means less clicking and it creates a more intuitive web browsing experience. Opera 11.x finally got its act together by creating an architecture for extensions to be added onto the stock web browser to suit the specific needs of different users. Opera is the only web browser that has a built-in mail panel to manage your e-mail contacts and messages within the browser instead of relying upon web mail or a separate e-mail client like Microsoft Outlook Professional Plus 2010 which I use for work at New Jersey Institute of Technology. It also has Opera Unite which is a different twist on the whole social media experience by allowing you to use the web browser to share data among family members and friends or colleagues directly from Opera. I have also turned on Opera Turbo in Wi-Fi Hotspots that are clogged with many surfers to great success to maximize my transmission speeds in less than ideal locations away from the wireless router. Speed Dial is still a useful feature for me to visit my most favorite web pages quickly and Opera executes this idea brilliantly. Opera has the fastest Javascript engine and it has robust support for HTML5 and CSS3 along with Scalable Vector Graphics. Last but not least, Opera 11.x will support GPU hardware based acceleration later on.
 
These are just some of the new and existing features that differentiate Opera from the other web browsers in a highly competitive market. For me, the addition of tabbed browsing stacking and the later addition of GPU hardware based acceleration are the key technologies that make Opera a superior web browser for my usage patterns.
 
I took a long time to research and explore different web browsers and I have finally settled upon Opera as my default choice for my needs. It seems to exhibit the fewest quirks while visiting the various forums within Head-Fi too.

 

[Welly Wu]

http://www.conceivablytech.com/4606/products/no-hardware-acceleration-in-opera-11-but-…/

 

[Argyris]

I switch between Chrome and Opera most of the time, based on who's currently ahead in the speed wars. Lately I've been spending most of my time on Chrome, though, on account of a few extensions I really like. Opera is a really nice browser, though. Quick, cleanly laid out, and more broadly compatible than in years past. As an amateur web developer, I've been watching it for years and in the past year or so have come to like it enough to use it for extended periods. Chrome can be buggy sometimes, and oddly enough it hates HeadRoom's site. Opera seems to work well with just about everything I throw at it, though it does have its own weird quirks that I have to code for. For example, when I was using the old alpha transparency on my website I discovered that Opera would not render the alpha value of any element that extended beyond the current view. I had segments of my page meant to mimic glazed glass, and they didn't render until I scrolled the page down. I have no idea if Opera still does this as I migrated from the old approach to transparency ages ago, and Opera's support of CSS3 is quite robust.

 

[Proglover]

used Opera for a while to do some things with a mmorf game callen 'Tribal Wars'
after I was done with that game, just switched back to Internet Explorer.
 
Everybody seems to use something else than IE these days, I tried Opera, FF and also Chrome shortly, I just prefer good old IE.

 

[Confispect]

@Argyris
Agreed my main concern is speed and with that being said I'll keep Chrome.

 

[atto]

Been using Opera for a couple years...it's the only browser that impresses me with its innovation.
Also, it's one of the easiest to use when you don't really want to use the mouse ( yeah, I'm that lazy sometimes...), just scroll and read..that alone makes it hard for me to move to other browsers, due to the lacking shortcuts

 

[Welly Wu]

I changed some settings around in my Opera 11 web browser and some websites like ASUS and CNN do not display correctly. Can someone here tell me the default settings for their Opera 11 web browser in the Style Options portion within the Advanced tab under the Content section? Thank you.

 

[atto]

Here you go:
 
Display:
+ Selected: Enable frames, Enable inline frames, Enable styling of forms, EnableStyling of scrollbars
+ Unselected: Show active frame border


Presentation Modes:
- Author mode:
 + Selected: Page style sheet, Page fonts and colors, My style sheet,My link style
 + Unselected: My fonts and colors
- User mode:
 + Selected: My style sheet,My fonts and colors,My link style
 + Unselected: Page style sheet, Page fonts and colors
- Default: Author
 
Hope this helps
 
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I changed some settings around in my Opera 11 web browser and some websites like ASUS and CNN do not display correctly. Can someone here tell me the default settings for their Opera 11 web browser in the Style Options portion within the Advanced tab under the Content section? Thank you.