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Firefox 1.5 vs. Opera 9

From willlangford.com

I've been a diehard Firefox user sense before Beta 1. I wrote my Firefox Guide earlier this year, once that page hit Slashdot there were several comments about how Opera does all of that and more, without the need of the extensions that Firefox has. I put a mental note that I should check this out. Well a few months later and Opera 9 has been released. Well I guess now is a good time to look at this Opera vs. Firefox talk that everyone flamed about. So the goal in this article is to see what is better under different environments. So let's give it a go.

Both Firefox and Opera have many more features than Internet Explorer. This isn't about tabbed browsing, having a search box on the right of the navigation bar, added support for extra features, or anything else we've come to expect in these browsers. My goal in this is to go into the features that Opera is showcasing and to see how well Firefox holds up.

This is for the PC version. His verdict? He doesn't know whether to use Firefox or Opera, as they both have qualities he desires.

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Opera 9 comes off ... (Below threshold)
wom:

Opera 9 comes off to me as a browser that has "cool" features. It's not an everyday browser like Firefox is.

There are a couple of p2p Firefox projects going on at the moment; AllPeers and MozTorrent. I'd rather have it like that where it's optional (as an extension), rather than something forced on me.

Widgets are not necessary by any means either. I don't understand why they had to incorporate that into the browser. I currently use the Yahoo Widget application for that. Vista will have its own, and the Mac OS does so right now.

What's fair though...is to compare Firefox 2 when it comes out in a couple of months to Opera 9.




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