Opera a disappointment

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  1. Posts : 913
    Windows 7 x64 Professional
       #1

    Opera a disappointment


    I switched to Opera a while back and thought that looks-wise it was an awesome, sleek browser. A bit slower than other browsers but no biggie. Plus the included mailclient was a nice touch. Mainly I liked the look of it though.

    I noticed, however, that many times it wouldn't download certain files; patricularly .exe and zip files. That's a damn shame. Now I have to switch back to 'Plain Jane' Internet Explorer.

    Not really a question... more of a rant. Ta for the ear.
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  2. Posts : 2,651
    W7 RTM Ultimate x64
       #2

    Hmm, strange problem, i haven't had any problems downloading either types of file..
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  3. Posts : 913
    Windows 7 x64 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Maybe there's settings one can change... dunno... not very straight forward so I'm not bothering. Back on IE now anyhow.
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  4. Posts : 8,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch Linux
       #4

    O 10.5 renders some web pages very badly
    Back to FF and Chrome :)
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  5. Posts : 19
    7 x64 7264
       #5

    Strange


    Oupps I'm running 7X64 and the last Opera 10.5 Final Version works like a charm... Be sure to get the latest version previous Alpha and Beta version are buggy.
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  6. Posts : 136
    Windows 7 RTM x86
       #6

    I have also had problems with Opera 10.5 and I'm now back to Google Chrome.
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  7. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #7

    Chrome is liked by many members. Stories that it is not compatible with some websites is highly exaggerated. There is an add-on, too which overcomes that shortfall.
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  8. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #8

    Uber Philf said:
    Hmm, strange problem, i haven't had any problems downloading either types of file..
    I haven't had any problems downloading any file types either

    bigseb said:
    Maybe there's settings one can change... dunno... not very straight forward so I'm not bothering. Back on IE now anyhow.
    If you still have Opera installed, maybe manually changing the download folder location may have some sort of impact.

    Settings > preferences > Advanced >Downloads

    Although it should download 'out of the box' regardless of save location
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  9. Posts : 108
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #9

    Internet explorer isn't really that bad a browser =). In my experience, the pages load just as quickly in internet explorer as in other browsers. I also use google chrome and find that it is only minutely faster. I don't see what the big deal is with such little to compare in real world performance, not some javascript test, or acid3, sunspider, etc.
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  10. Posts : 501
    Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
       #10

    I tried Opera but it seemed very slow, also the turbo feature didn't help at all it made images on Deviantart look really awful but was strangely slower to load these pages.
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