Which is a better Web Browser, Opera or Mozzila Firefox?

kucing13 · 23 May 2010

tried chrome for a while but going back to FF. Couldn't remember why but i think I'm tied to it

MWRed · 24 May 2010

A Guy said:

yowanvista said:

Opera is fast but it has some rendering problems with some sites (a lot of bugs too

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I always wonder when I see such a remark, as I use Opera almost exclusively, and have never found a bug beyond the occasional page that doesn't display correctly because it isn't coded to current standards. I'd have to disagree with saying Opera has a lot of bugs, ask any regular Opera user, and they will say the opposite.

A Guy

Agreed. I've used the last few incarnations of Opera, and hear a lot of things like that (on their own forums even...yet a lot of the "issues" they talk about there are about "....well, I have 100 tabs open and it is lagging my pc..." ....duh.) yet haven't experienced them at all. An occasional rendering issue, but that's the ONLY problem I have ever seen. I use Opera and love the speed, which is why I leaned away from FF. I also do not need the add-ons, which I know is one of the selling points of using FF.
I even put Opera Mini on my new phone yesterday just to check it out. Pretty slick. Although, anything is better than a phone's native browser,lol.

Back to the point. It's impossible to say which is better. It all depends on what you use it for, and what you like. It's the same way with all of the "best AV" questions.

It's user preference IMO. If it works for you, then use it. If not, give something else a test-drive.

kenC · 25 May 2010

I use Opera - I find Firefox really slow in comparison.

<<Opera has spell check, it will underline questionable spelling as you type. It will not suggest corrections (that I am aware of).>>

If you right-click the underlined word the spell-checker will offer suggestions.

si8mon · 25 May 2010

- Which one is faster in loading pages? On my comp chrome way faster then Firefox,Opera and IE when it comes to loading pages.
- Do they have Spell Checker? Chrome, Firefox and Opera all have spell checkers.
- Which one has more customization abilities? Firefox is made for customization.
- Which one has the least bugs? All the big browsers these days don't have many bugs. But some webpages will work only work properly on IE and Firefox or sometimes just IE.
- Are both of them supported by Kaspersky 2010 Anti Virus? I dunno

I use Google Chrome.

Raid · 25 May 2010

metalmania31 said:

I would download all of them and use them. Then see which one suits your personal tastes and needs. They're all great browsers. Some have features that are better than the other some not. Depends on which features are more important to you as well. I personally like FF because of the ability to add any kind of plugin and extension. I like the customization of FF. Chrome is faster on some sites, but I think it's on par with FF in speed. I haven't used Opera in a long while. It's pretty fast when I did use it, but I didn't like the layout. But that's just my personal taste. Nothing wrong with Opera on a technical level as far as my experience was.

Agreed.

kucing13 · 25 May 2010

Are you sure Chrome are faster in loading pages?. I need to try that out myself:)

Raid · 25 May 2010

kucing13 said:

Are you sure Chrome are faster in loading pages?. I need to try that out myself:)

As a Chrome User i would say so. I use a variety of Web-Browsers and i would say Chrome is best in my opinion.

si8mon · 26 May 2010

kucing13 said:

Are you sure Chrome are faster in loading pages?. I need to try that out myself:)

For my computer Google chrome loads web pages seconds faster the chrome and opera. Ie is the slowest web browser fr my comp.

I have broadband btw.

kucing13 · 26 May 2010

And i have to agree, it is faster a bit than FF :)

Uber Philf · 26 May 2010

To be brutally honest, it's really personal preference. Opera has less support for some pages then IE & FF. BUt then again FF is the more customisable browser of the 3.