Comments on: So you wanna live forever (or Opera is the best browser no one’s heard of)

By: becs

becs — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:37:12 +0000

Thanks. Its not a great review but it points out some of the more interesting aspects of the browser. Its a shame it is sluggish on the dashboard, perhaps I should email Opera and point it out to them. Maybe there is a rendering issue or something.
Do you have sluggishness on the dashboard? Vista IE7 spits it out in a split second, I was quite amazed at how fast it loaded when I logged in today.

By: bogeywebdesign

bogeywebdesign — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:33:18 +0000

Some interesting points becs, thanks for the comments. You also left a link to your blog, but I think a link to your Opera review is deserved as well.

By: becs

becs — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:26:22 +0000

Forgot to mention, while Opera is usually very fast, I find using it with my WordPress blog dashboard its quite slow – just installed Vista today and the Vista IE7 loads the dashboard very quickly. Maybe the macromedia flash plugin is not as good in Opera as it is in Vista IE7. Or maybe it is a CSS problem I don’t know.

By: becs

becs — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:15:38 +0000

Yes Opera is great. I wrote a vague review of it last week on my blog.
Its definitely my preferred browser and far exceeds Firefox and IE7 – both of which are too sluggish as far as I am concerned.