Comments on: Opera preview puts widgets on stage

Second preview of Opera 9 Web browser adds mini-app support, keeps BitTorrent search engine.

[Stating]

Very Satisfied With Preview 1

I've been using Preview 1 for a few days now and am very satisfied with it. The quality is exellent. It is rock solid (has not crashed once),and has very few bugs as far as I can tell. Most sites render properly, and the rendering speed is amazing. I look forward to installing Preview 2 on Tuesday.

I contrast my recent Opera experience (beta) to that of Firefox 1.5.0.1 (production). Starting with 1.5 I began to experience frequent, multiple browser crashes. Crashes occurred on multiple computers running different version of Java. In some cases I had to completely reboot the computer to get Firefox to load again. Attempts to resolve the problem by reinstalling, and disabling all extensions were of no help. Finally,in disgust, I dumped Firefox for Opera. It is ironic that the quality of Opera beta seems to be far superior to Firefox production, and the features that matter to me most are about equivalent.

[mortis9]

Opera isn't free

I'm quite satisfied with Firefox, but I'm always open to trying something new. That said, I refuse to try a utility that, in my opinion, ought to be free. They're gonna go the route of netscape if they keep charging. If they really do have a superior product, they should drop the price to zero and let that puppy compete.

[epiac1216]

Problems With Firefox

I don't know why your Firefox version behaved erratically. I've been using Firefox versions 1.5 and 1.5.0.1 intensely (more than 10 hours a day) with several tabs open, and not once has it crashed. Maybe you had compatibility problems with your extensions, since version 1.5 was a major upgrade.

I look forward to tomorrows Opera Preview 2 which will include widgets. I've been using widgets from ex-Konfabulator and they perform fine; plus they look cute on the screen.

[Dean_Ansari]

There is another web browser: Oxygen

FYI: there is another web browser out there.
Which is very good and fast and it is totally hack proof. And it has one real advantage over IE, FF or Opera, it has Java natively built in.
And it is totally free, free of cost or Ad banners. It is NetDIVE's Oxygen web browser.
Here:
http://www.netdive.com/oxygen/download.htm

Cheers :)

[zmodem]

Not really...

I just downloaded Oxygen and tried it out. It's just another rebranded Mozilla/Netscape browser. Nothing to get excited over.

Opera is what a Browser should be

I moved away from IE and never looked back> Actually, I prefer Opera due to the flexibility factor. I like the panels and ease of use. The fast link finder capability and almost everything about it. Opera seems to have problems (or some sites have problems :O) with Opera.

Can't use Opera to do banking and all the functionality of Gmail isn't available either. Still, most of my web work is done on Opera. Fast, dependable, reliable, and just a good piece of software with the bells and whistles!