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themoose
April 28th, 2008, 18:28
http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/

It's just that little bit better ;) Seems faster, and a couple of pages load better than b1.

If you're still on Opera 9.27, get 9.50b2 (although I'd suggest installing it as a seperate installation). It's a whole different league.

And if you're still behind with that "FIREFOX IS THE BEST FIREFOX FIREFOX W00T !!!1111!!!#~~!ONEOEN!", get Opera - you won't regret it.
Dynash
April 28th, 2008, 18:35
And if you're still behind with that "FIREFOX IS THE BEST FIREFOX FIREFOX W00T !!!1111!!!#~~!ONEOEN!", get Opera - you won't regret it.

Amen. I've never liked FF from the start.
I'm still using 9.27, some reason though, my Opera runs from 285k+ usage from the very start loading, no idea why. It happens only with me when i use the PC..
themoose
April 28th, 2008, 18:41
Upgrade, you can very easily make it a seperate installation so your old installation will always be there, never changed.

Do you mean 285k or 285mb? 'cause 285k is very low :p
Dynash
April 28th, 2008, 18:47
Yeah, i mean mb.
I'll install it now :D
themoose
April 28th, 2008, 18:49
That's odd.

I have 8 tabs open.. including a couple of digg, and gmail and it's only 100mb.

BTW, if you minimise it while you're doing other stuff it uses a whole lot less RAM.
Dynash
April 28th, 2008, 19:22
The "normal" usage is about 200mb, it goes down to 180mb if i leave it for like 5 mins to settle, the second i open one tab, it shoots up to 240mb, then keeps rising the more i use it. the max it's gone is about 310mb. It's a pain. FF is doing it too, it's done it on 3 of my PCs. I ask the support, they have no idea.

Oh well, regardless of that problem, i still prefer it.
Silver9990
April 29th, 2008, 05:40
I recommend installing the new beta version, I've been running it for a few hours now and it runs 10 times faster than 9.27 and uses half the amount of ram.

Ran into 1 problem so far, it seems to have a problem with importing mail accounts.
hamster
April 29th, 2008, 07:04
I still use FF ;) too lazy to change lol
Decker
April 29th, 2008, 07:08
Tried to download it and got 9.27 installer :eek3:
themoose
April 29th, 2008, 10:30
^ http://www.opera.com/download/?ver=9.50b2
laokun
April 29th, 2008, 10:36
To be honest
Opera is not the best
Decker
April 29th, 2008, 11:37
Same link - it was downloading 9.27 this morning :eek3:

Seems to be working now though!
BananaMaster
April 29th, 2008, 12:34
I have to admit when I tried out opera a couple of weeks ago I didn't like it at all so I have go to say:

"FIREFOX IS THE BEST FIREFOX FIREFOX W00T !!!1111!!!#~~!ONEOEN!"
JohnN
April 29th, 2008, 14:22
Whenever on a windows PC I use opera. I use firefox when I need liveHTTP headers, the developer toolbar and firebug, really I can't live without them.
Patrick
April 30th, 2008, 16:44
I am starting to like Opera -- even though I've been a diehard FF fan. Though this seems to be loading pages faster and using less RAM.

Thanks for the post. :)
DanTheMan
April 30th, 2008, 23:24
When opera can start blocking ads along with 100 other add ones that actually do something, i'll switch. Other wise i'll be in that firefox crowd. :D

Does the beta crash a lot :D hehe
Decker
May 1st, 2008, 03:17
Tried the beta and it seems stable enough, and faster than the previous version, apart from that the features I use don't seem any different.

Still like it though :)
Silver9990
May 1st, 2008, 04:16
After running it for 24+ hours I noticed a major slowdown and ended up having to crash it.
mshiva
May 1st, 2008, 10:26
I'm an Opera fanatic, but I myself do not like 9.5b2, earlier previews were more stable, anyway Firefox Beta is much more unstable.
themoose
May 1st, 2008, 10:55
Dan;986773']When opera can start blocking ads along with 100 other add ones that actually do something, i'll switch. Other wise i'll be in that firefox crowd. :D

Does the beta crash a lot :D hehe

It's always been able to block ads, built in. Just right click > Block Content.

What do you mean "100 other odd ones"?

And yeah it never crashes... not for me at least.
Patrick
May 1st, 2008, 14:56
I am starting to like Opera -- even though I've been a diehard FF fan. Though this seems to be loading pages faster and using less RAM.

Thanks for the post. :)

I take that back... a few sites that I use regularly didn't even show up right. Back on FF. ;)
Dynash
May 1st, 2008, 18:01
Dan;986773']When opera can start blocking ads along with 100 other add ones that actually do something, i'll switch. Other wise i'll be in that firefox crowd. :D

Does the beta crash a lot :D hehe

The plugins don't make the browser.:)
Silver9990
May 1st, 2008, 22:55
I take that back... a few sites that I use regularly didn't even show up right. Back on FF. ;)

Yea, I've noticed a couple of things that don't load right.