What browser do you use and why?
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I am using Opera Next, and 12.XX for some hacks,
when I need more power
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I use Opera 12.16 as my main browser (Opera 20 on test of course), Opera Wii, Opera Mini for Android, Opera on my Philips Net TV and Opera on my Archos Multimedia player
The end of Opera Presto is a problem for me. Not really found an alternative Internet Suite, such customizable, rich featured, so smart designed, reliable and fast…
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Always latest stable Opera when on supported systems. 18 right now.
I am not really an advanced user at home so it already does most of what I need (except bookmarks, but I can use the speed dial as a temporary fix for now)
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latest NEXT (19.0.1326.2)
no crashes, bookmarks bar working fine (middle click doesn't cancel folder menu)… very good build (as the previous was) -
Opera 12, since there is no newer Opera for Linux.
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Chrome. Opera 12.x was quite broken on Mac, which made me switch to Chrome, and when 15+ came around, I saw no particular reason to switch back, since it just was Chrome in a new dress.
(That said: I use Safari for Netflix since it doesn't make my fans spin like crazy)
Edit: I need to learn to paranthesize properly so LISP won't hate me
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Mainly Opera 12.16 (I'm on Kubuntu), but with the help of Chromium and Firefox simultaneously.
I've tested a lot of browser, and didn't find anything that came close to Opera.
And not one of them allow to put the tabbar at the bottom of the screen… -
I use Opium far as long as it exists as main browser, most of the time the dev flavour of it (having junctioned/linked all channels' profile folders switching between channels doesn't matter much to me – except dooming data loss, of course.
).I have Opera 12 hibernating with a ±100 tabs session, though. May be I should do some house keeping…
Integrated Opera Mail has been replaces by online InnoReader (and TheBat, which has been my e-mail application of choice for ages – a love/hate relationship).
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Hahah, good question considering the target audience of these forums
On the desktop I used Opera 12.1x exclusively until about a month ago. A system crash corrupted something in the mail storage, and every time I started Opera it triggered a terrific memory leak which would take down my computer…
After that I switched to Firefox as my primary browser, after 13 years or so of Opera. Mozilla is in spirit closest to what Opera used to be, and the browser isn't too shabby either
I missed certain things, notably mouse gestures, tab stacking, spatial navigation, the trash can on the tab bar, and some obscure power features. Add-ons have remedied some of these issues, and I'm learning to work with the Firefox features. I obviously still keep various other browsers around, including Opera Developer, Chrome and IE.On my Android phone I still use Opera, and after looking around for a while it seems to suit my needs best. I must admit I liked Dolphin a lot when I played with it.
I also used M2 since its inception, and I do miss having my email integrated in my browser... At work I'm force-fed Outlook though, and for personal mail I mostly use K9 on my phone. Still, I do miss M2's features and quirks...
/Mark
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Now that IE is finally getting useable, they suffer from years of bad reputation.
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I use Opera 12 and Firefox almost equally. and Blink Opera once in a while when new dev version comes out.
First I was playing with Firefox to see if I can make it work just like Opera by installing bunch of extensions, and few others I haven't tried before.
I managed to get to a point where I feel comfortable enough for everyday use but then I started to really like the additional extension I installed and those don't work very well with Opera 12.
But more problematic thing is that Opera 12 drive up my CPU and little cooling fan never stops unless I close Opera…
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Only Opera 12, only hardcore
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Opera 12.16. Too many good features to give up.
I have to use Firefox at work, and I honestly feel dumb when I use it because there are so many things that I do naturally with Presto-based Opera that I feel like I don't know how to work a basic browser.
I still check out the new Opera versions, and occasionally use it for a site that doesn't play nice with 12.16. But the direction of the new Opera is very disappointing so far.
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Opera Stable/18 is my browser at home and at work.
I use Opera on my Android too, but it, or default browser on that tiny screen, cannot log in/open here, vivaldi.net. That's a pity. -
(…) that tiny screen, cannot log in/open here, vivaldi.net. That's a pity.
… but the page seems to scale quite well:
Screenshot taken with my workhorse 12.16
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I use Chrome. Reason being that when I switched to a Mac Book Pro and OS X a year ago, the only solution I could reasonably live with was Chrome.
Opera was too slow on the Mac and M2 was out of the picture due to a corporate MS Exchange policy (Outlook 2011 :-/).
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I'm using Chrome and Firefox at work, Chrome on tablet and smart phone, and Chromium at home on my Lubuntu Linux laptop. Chrome and Chromium I use because of easy to use synchronization, thus making it easy to continue browsing on another device. Firefox I use especially for work related issues. For example Moodle learning environment works best on Firefox.
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Desktop: Opera developer (professional ties)
Android: Firefox due to ad-block extension. Slightly painful though as even without ads it is slower than Chrome and Opera with ads. -
Opera Stable/18 is my browser […].
I use Opera on my Android too, but it […] on that tiny screen, cannot log in/open here, vivaldi.net. That's a pity.That's what it looks like on my Android device using Opera 18 – quite nice:
I use Opera 18 for Android there on the phone, though I habe to admit, I probably do it because of sentimental feelings towards Opera; I find UX (eg arrangement of menus) and features (eg addons) of Firefox a lot more intriguing. :whistle:
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The day I heard Opera was switching to Chromium, I switched to Chrome to get used to a Chromium-based browser. Been using Chrome stable (have Canary installed too though) ever since. Haven't switched back to Opera as their hasn't been any reason too (no tab features for example). I'm also liking that Chrome supports h.264 and all the other media goodness. I no longer really have to worry about compatibility. I still test Opera Dev though.
Used Opera Mail 1.0 with Chrome for a long time, but recently switched to Thunderbird (stable). Opera Mail preferences UI is buggy and incomplete and was never fixed. There are some long-standing bugs that were never fixed. And, there's no hope for new features. Besides, I can do just about everything I want in Thunderbird with tags + filters + saved searches + custom views. And, Thunderbird supports a lot more things (IMAP QUOTA, Read Receipts, IMAP Server-side Searching, Aliases/Identities, Distribution List, encryption and signing (via Enigmail and GnuPG), vCard etc.).
