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Opera 10.50 Beta for Mac Released, Performs Well in JavaScript Benchmarks
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Problem lots of multiple windows open - Tabbed Browsing
Problem having your favourite sites easy to access - Speed dial or Topsites as Apple called it.
I did a benchmark test on youtube "Shane Dawson's Channel"
Browser Benchmark Test
youtube Shane Dawsons channel
First time
Safari- 3.1 seconds
Google Chrome- 3.3 seconds
Opera- 2.8 seconds
Firefox- 3.0 seconds
Second time
Safari- 3.5 seconds
Google Chrome- 2.9
Opera- 3.4 seconds
Fire Fox- 1.9 seconds
Browser Benchmark Test
youtube Shane Dawsons channel
First time
Safari- 3.1 seconds
Google Chrome- 3.3 seconds
Opera- 2.8 seconds
Firefox- 3.0 seconds
Second time
Safari- 3.5 seconds
Google Chrome- 2.9
Opera- 3.4 seconds
Fire Fox- 1.9 seconds
A truly great browser, I miss my opera after switching to safari for cloud syncing... Probably more innovative over the years than all the other browsers put together.
It's easy to transfer the, hard to keep them al synced, and unfortunately a third party solution xmarks, only works for safari and firefox. If opera realize that the way their product doesn't sync with the rest of bookmarks from safari is hurting them, they 'll start making inroads. They are smart guys, they should soon figure it out.
Anyway it's great to see they are still around delivering a great product against the odds.
It's easy to transfer the, hard to keep them al synced, and unfortunately a third party solution xmarks, only works for safari and firefox. If opera realize that the way their product doesn't sync with the rest of bookmarks from safari is hurting them, they 'll start making inroads. They are smart guys, they should soon figure it out.
Anyway it's great to see they are still around delivering a great product against the odds.
Firefox does support HTML5 video, the problem is the HTML5 standard doesn't dictate the codec that must be used.
Therefore Firefox supports the open Ogg Vorbis codec which as an open source browser is the only thing it can do without getting into licensing issues.
Apple supports a codec that involves payment of royalties (H.264 I think it's called). Google chrome supports both codecs but only provides H.264 in youtube hence their HTML5 videos don't work in Firefox.
Presumably the reason youtube is concentrating on H.264 is so they can support the iPhone.
I believe Opera only supports Ogg Vorbis like Firefox.
It's annoying really, we need a standardised codec for HTML5 video before people will start moving from flash.
Seems to suck for me. The UI is slow as hell, and any time I try to scroll with my trackpad (2 fingers) it crashes. I'll stay with Safari.
mmmmm not as good as Safari, for me
Well guys I'm just trying out Opera, and I don't know if the problem is due to my internet connection. But Opera is kind of veeery slow, it took Opera like 30 secs to open Google main page. Maybe is because it is the first time I use it, but Safari is still better, for me.
What About you?
Well guys I'm just trying out Opera, and I don't know if the problem is due to my internet connection. But Opera is kind of veeery slow, it took Opera like 30 secs to open Google main page. Maybe is because it is the first time I use it, but Safari is still better, for me.
What About you?
No Universal Binary
No Universal Binary once again means millions of Mac users w/ PPC Macs won't bother checking it out.
Version 10.10 is a UB version yet 10.50 not.
Even for those like me who have an Intel Mac, if you work in a mixed-use environment, you're unlikely to bother trying out software like this since you can't use it across all machines.
Like Google's Chrome, the lack of a UB will ultimately mean failure for another Mac browser.
Mac users keep their Macs far longer than the average PC user keeps his PC.
Even Apple is largely still supporting PowerPC Macs in many ways and continues to with Safari, and even the latest Webkit does, as well as the latest Firefox.
I know I'll get the usual round of boos and "Go Out & Buy a New Mac" ridicule from the snobby INTEL-ONLY crowd, but I'm just telling it like it is.
If you're a PC Switcher, think of it like this, did your company go out and invest or install tons of VISTA-only software that wouldn't run on your XP machines?
Oh nevermind, bad analogy, I keep forgetting nobody bought VISTA.
Bad premise, hehe.
No Universal Binary once again means millions of Mac users w/ PPC Macs won't bother checking it out.
Version 10.10 is a UB version yet 10.50 not.
Even for those like me who have an Intel Mac, if you work in a mixed-use environment, you're unlikely to bother trying out software like this since you can't use it across all machines.
Like Google's Chrome, the lack of a UB will ultimately mean failure for another Mac browser.
Mac users keep their Macs far longer than the average PC user keeps his PC.
Even Apple is largely still supporting PowerPC Macs in many ways and continues to with Safari, and even the latest Webkit does, as well as the latest Firefox.
I know I'll get the usual round of boos and "Go Out & Buy a New Mac" ridicule from the snobby INTEL-ONLY crowd, but I'm just telling it like it is.
If you're a PC Switcher, think of it like this, did your company go out and invest or install tons of VISTA-only software that wouldn't run on your XP machines?
Oh nevermind, bad analogy, I keep forgetting nobody bought VISTA.
Bad premise, hehe.
Opera Link keeps your bookmarks, speeddial, notes and a few other items synced between your computers that have Opera installed (including phones), just log your browser in and zap everything there and kept in sync.
However this isn't cross browser support.
Opera has been very innovative.. Apple and Mozilla have copied plenty of features from Opera.
Only the blind would think Webkit is the only solution to a web browser.
How? Aside from it being crashed by a Facebook App in the first 5 minutes I am willing to give it a shot.
Opera would improve their adoption rate by making it dead easy to move from one browser to another, which means not having to redo all of your bookmarks.
I'll stick with Safari. Opera boasts that it is fast, but still doesn't seem as fast as Safari to me.
Why isn't any web pages loading? I've always had this problem with Opera browsers. Can't even use the darn thing.
http://i.imgur.com/s41yk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/s41yk.jpg
I found that. Try it out, you have to know where your bookmarks are stored for each browser.
Compare that to importing bookmarks on Safari, Firefox, or Chrome. It's not nearly as user friendly.
Same here. Opera does not even properly render a normal site. try this in safari and opera and see what I mean: http://idesign.net
"Opera has always been slow"
"a solution to a problem no on has"
Why post when you haven't got the first clue about the history of the Opera browser?
"a solution to a problem no on has"
Why post when you haven't got the first clue about the history of the Opera browser?
I've never really given Opera much thought and I'm not sure I care to changing from Safari. But I've taken a first look at the Dragonfly debugging tools, and as a web developer, I think it beats the Safari debugging tools!
I need to give it a proper test first thing tomorrow...
It has just crashed though, so maybe not just yet
I need to give it a proper test first thing tomorrow...
It has just crashed though, so maybe not just yet
I don't give a sweet damn about Opera's history.
I'm using this non-Webkit mishmash from Opera thinking . . "wow, they've got a great history!"
Not.
