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2006-06-24, 11:24 | Link #22 |
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Thats funny... I swear it was reloading on me when I last used it. Now its blazing as hell fast... Maybe because that was its first run? Hmm thats a good thing I guess.. Anyway sorry for the trouble. My Opera preferences show the same as yours for that bar, NSW. Every 5 hours.
Ahwell, now I don't mind changing over. Another question; is there a way to change the order of the toolbars at the top of the page? Because I tried looking in the options, but other than changing their position within the page, I couldnt find a way to change their stacking order. Something like this: (in Opera) to become what I have in FF, where topmost is address, second are links and last are the tabs. Thanks all, and sorry bout the trouble. If I can't change it in Opera, no worries, its something I can live with. |
2006-06-24, 12:31 | Link #23 |
Sexy Tornado
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Go into Appearance, any of the tabs, it doesn't matter which. From there you can drag toolbars around and set them up how you like. Just click the address bar for example, keep it held, and drag it up to move it.
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2006-06-24, 14:15 | Link #24 |
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Its more of a workaround but use the main bar to replace the address bar.
http://nontroppo.org/-/media/mainbar.htm |
2006-06-24, 21:36 | Link #26 |
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I've been thinking of making the move to Opera since Firefox uses up too much resources for my taste. I've heard it uses about the same amount as Firefox, but I'd just like to have some feedback before I stick with Firefox.
I've disabled several settings said to help with memory usage, but they have only slowed it down. I'm still getting memory leaks, and I'd like to find something that's more "stable" in that sense. So, any feedback is appreciated. |
2006-06-25, 12:56 | Link #28 |
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Hmm, I guess I've decided to stick with Firefox for now. At all times I usually have 5-8 tabs open, and none of them are heavy on images or flash. What my problem probably is is that I have a few sites I look at heavy on the youtube videos and can have some larger images, so they're probably being stored in my RAM for later use. Unless I find a browser that clears up RAM periodically, I guess I'm stuck with Firefox as my best choice.
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2006-06-25, 13:38 | Link #29 |
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Um, Opera doesn't leave anything resident in ram, not even after viewing things on GoogleVideo or YouTube. If Firefox does then it kinda sucks I guess. Generally you'll be looking at 30-50mb RAM usage during normal browsing (could be different in v9.0 though, i'm still using 8.5 for now). I have about 800mb of free memory at all times, dropping to maybe 750 with opera running, but it's straight back to 800+ after closing opera.
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2006-06-25, 14:55 | Link #30 | |
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2006-06-26, 02:31 | Link #31 | |
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Opera scales its RAM usage to take advantage of the unused RAM on your system. When a system has scarce RAM, Opera tries to use as little as possible. However, since most systems have lots to spare, Opera will use that RAM in order to speed up the browsing speed by caching more information. The philosophy is that unused RAM is a wasted resource. In other words, Opera will run slower on less RAM and faster on more RAM. Rely on it to scale back its usage when other programs need more memory.
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2006-06-26, 05:41 | Link #32 |
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FYI: anyone interested in switching to Opera might want to wait until v9.01 or something.
While Opera 9 is supposed to pass the Acid 2 Test, I was actually able to build a site that doesn't work well at all on Opera 9 [and only Opera 9, even v8.5 works fine...] Essentially it involves some pretty weird bugs with frames & basic http authentication. However, this does mean that random other sites might also start to act weird if they somehow trigger the same bug. If you encounter a site with content that doesn't want to load, you might want to either downgrade back to 8.5 or wait for a bug fix... |
2006-06-26, 13:47 | Link #34 | |
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2006-06-26, 14:23 | Link #35 |
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Opera 8.5 works perfectly for everything that I've tried so far. V9 is only just released so it's still missing a lot of support on various sites (I can't log into my bank account using that version for example, which is the main reason I'm sticking with 8.5 for a while).
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2006-06-29, 14:21 | Link #38 |
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I can post a pic that shows opera using 22,376k and firefox using 33,124k, both with four tabs opened. However, I won't because it doesn't prove anything. Your pic doesn't either. The memory usage of a web browser can be manipulated pretty easily. With a few seconds of trying I was able to get both firefox and opera above 40 mb of ram usage, which is higher than either normally use on my system. Normally, I'd let this go, but don't post a misleading pic then accuse people of lying.
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2006-06-30, 07:02 | Link #40 |
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I've been a user since Opera 5, and I am continually appalled at all the convenience this browser has given me ever since. I do admit that Opera 9 is much heavier than ever on the memory. In the transition (8.5 -> 9), memory usage seems bigger but then the performance remained the same. All the features seem to make it an excellent web package. It has IRC, Mail, RSS, and now Widgets, all amazingly packed into a binary so small it boggles the mind.
I also use Firefox since back when it was still named Mozilla Firebird. This one seems to be more compliant to some websites I frequent. When Opera doesn't display the page correctly, I fire the Fox and it shows it right. This is practical comparison though. Opera seems to be browser standards leader. The reason that some sites break in it is because of poor web coding (trying to comply to IE standards as well). Firefox also gives me neat extensions that it almost gets addictive. I install and try so many of them, the browser starts to get bloated by that time. Opera has the strength of being an all-in-one browser, while Firefox has the power of extensions. User opinion can go both ways depending on the user's needs: - A mainstream user may see Firefox to be just IE with tabs, and opt to take their browsing one step further with feature-rich Opera. - Another mainstream user may find Opera visually boring, and may opt for the Firefox browser that arguably looks and feels almost like IE, but with tabs. - A semi-techie user may love the whole Opera package whenever they feel that installing lots of Firefox extensions (just to make it work their way) become too troublesome. - Another semi-techie user may love the seeming endless possibility of Firefox extensions, and would say goodbye to inextensible Opera. - A hardcore user will appall Opera because their uber l33t webpage displays just the way it was programmed to be. - Another hardcore user will appall Firefox because they can modify the code all they want and install those neat extensions that will terraform the browser into an ultimate internet machine. IMO both browsers are as good as it is, no need to compare which is more efficient because both are efficient enough (only a matter of tens of megabytes). Be thankful that both are free, one is open-source, and the other has high-quality development. What do you see in IE now? Beta 1... beta 2... beta 3...
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