Posts tagged Opera

Good times on the Web

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3 years ago
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I’ve gushed before about my web browser preferences, but these are exciting times for web surfers. Since the world-wide-web came into existence, web browsers have been like Sith – there are only two…two that count, anyway. And just like Sith, they may play nice while secretly desiring to destroy the other and rule the universe web. In the early days, it was Netscape dueling it out with Mosaic. That eventually turned into Internet Explorer vs. Netscape, which gave way to the Firefox/IE deathmatch. Web browsers have been like the de-facto two-party American political system, with fringe More >

Firefox, Schmirefox

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3 years ago
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Apparently, Firefox 3.0 was released this week, which is like some kind of big deal or something.  I wouldn’t know.  Opera 9.5 making it out of beta, now that’s a big deal.  Opera runs circles around Firefox, is more customizable, and more attractive (especially with the new version).  It also displays pages better (although, I’m comparing it to the shipping version of Firefox on my Eee Pc, which admittedly is out-of-date since I know nothing about Linux, and also on a tiny tiny screen).  Anyway, before you fall over yourself trying to get the newest version of Netscape in a fur coat, give More >

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