Opera: Microsoft's browser ballot has tripled our downl

[swarfega]

Id switch to opera, but it lacks AdBlock.

 

[Barman58]

Hi Nick,

I don't notice any more ad issues since switching from Firefox, the built in pop-up control and such seems to control things, (or I am just mentally filtering the screen myself ,

You could give it a try, for a few days, and see if you get on with it, if it's not for you then you can simply revert to FF

 

[zezasu]

Id switch to opera, but it lacks AdBlock.

Well Opera doesnt exactly have an adblock, but you could find lists and paste it into there from ad block I forgot how.

But opera has a way to just hide ( not sure if it blocks it from loading at all).
If you right click on a page with ads on it that you don't like to see, select an option [Blocked content] and fire away at the ads you feel are to annoying and click done. While its not the best since it leaves a white box I find it better then nothing for the moment. Also since you pick out the ads to be blocked it loads a bit faster since it saves all this stuff to a file ( i forgot, but like local host but for the browser) so you just have to hide the ads for the places you visit instead of having massive list for places you probably don't even go too.. Makes me happy.

 

[Pichu]

Id switch to opera, but it lacks AdBlock.

Well Opera doesnt exactly have an adblock, but you could find lists and paste it into there from ad block I forgot how.

But opera has a way to just hide ( not sure if it blocks it from loading at all).
If you right click on a page with ads on it that you don't like to see, select an option [Blocked content] and fire away at the ads you feel are to annoying and click done. While its not the best since it leaves a white box I find it better then nothing for the moment. Also since you pick out the ads to be blocked it loads a bit faster since it saves all this stuff to a file ( i forgot, but like local host but for the browser) so you just have to hide the ads for the places you visit instead of having massive list for places you probably don't even go too.. Makes me happy.

Does the latest version of opera have support for windows 7 jumplist? Does it have a "private mode" like incognito, or inprivate browsing? Those are the two best reasons why I like to use chrome (casual manga reading ) and ie (actual work-accelerator, onenote shortcut, fav bar, etc. )

 

[ickymay]

Opera essentially started the ball rolling by filling an antitrust complaint with the EU in december 2007 >> Opera files antitrust complaint with the EU I personally think they should be applauded for opening up the market and it is also potentially a lot larger than just desktop P.C's

 

[Pichu]

By making microsoft bundle its enemies in its own operating system? I think that EU and opera went too far. it is absurd for you to promote your competitor's product. You wouldn't see a dell computer from their website that comes with an hp monitor, would you? Do you look for an apple computer and say that you want windows 7 on it? =.= It was too harsh for microsoft. Microsoft should have just shipped a windows 7 E edition, without any browser at all (Like the N and K and KN editions which were laughable).

 

[Barman58]

Does the latest version of opera have support for windows 7 jumplist? Does it have a "private mode" like incognito, or inprivate browsing? Those are the two best reasons why I like to use chrome (casual manga reading ) and ie (actual work-accelerator, onenote shortcut, fav bar, etc. )

Yes to full jumplist support
Yes to private browsing mode

 

[severedsolo]

Id switch to opera, but it lacks AdBlock.

thats because its built in, just right click an ad, and the option to block it appears

 

[ForeverZero89]

Id switch to opera, but it lacks AdBlock.

Well Opera doesnt exactly have an adblock, but you could find lists and paste it into there from ad block I forgot how.

But opera has a way to just hide ( not sure if it blocks it from loading at all).
If you right click on a page with ads on it that you don't like to see, select an option [Blocked content] and fire away at the ads you feel are to annoying and click done. While its not the best since it leaves a white box I find it better then nothing for the moment. Also since you pick out the ads to be blocked it loads a bit faster since it saves all this stuff to a file ( i forgot, but like local host but for the browser) so you just have to hide the ads for the places you visit instead of having massive list for places you probably don't even go too.. Makes me happy.

Does the latest version of opera have support for windows 7 jumplist? Does it have a "private mode" like incognito, or inprivate browsing? Those are the two best reasons why I like to use chrome (casual manga reading ) and ie (actual work-accelerator, onenote shortcut, fav bar, etc. )

yes, yes and yes, it even, through the aero peek show all your tabs.

 

[ickymay]

By making microsoft bundle its enemies in its own operating system? I think that EU and opera went too far. it is absurd for you to promote your competitor's product. You wouldn't see a dell computer from their website that comes with an hp monitor, would you? Do you look for an apple computer and say that you want windows 7 on it? =.= It was too harsh for microsoft. Microsoft should have just shipped a windows 7 E edition, without any browser at all (Like the N and K and KN editions which were laughable).

well the bundle idea was the EU and it is a step too far but i think it was a reaction to Microsoft who threw a strop suggesting they issue the OS with no browser , but this was decided it would cause too much end user confusion and the ballot was the compromise ?

 

[Shade]

This whole "Browser Ballot" is such a ridiculous idea. It's just another way to take business away from MS. Is the EU jumping on Apple's back for having Safari pre-installed on their machines? Who is flipping out on Google having their OS use Google Chrome as it's primary browser? Let's be honest here, if you don't know that you can download a browser outside of Internet Explorer, you shouldn't be using a computer.

 

[zezasu]

But in the end what will people pick out? IE because they know it.


BTW i hate that opera shows all my tabs on the task bar, Its a reason i don't use IE often -_- biggest downer is that but everything else is fine, besides being rushed a bit. The whole reason tabs were made and popular was so you don't have a bunch of browser windows open back awhile? but its coming back all over. At least its what i feel though.

 

[Barman58]

It's funny how a feature that one person hates can be loved by someone else - the multiple tab display on the taskbar peek was a feature that almost had me going back to IE , (it's OK I got over the urge )

Different strokes indeed

 

[zezasu]

It's funny how a feature that one person hates can be loved by someone else - the multiple tab display on the taskbar peek was a feature that almost had me going back to IE , (it's OK I got over the urge )

Different strokes indeed

A true lol on that barman. Well it wouldn't be such an annoyance but I have my
preview set on extremely fast since I use it for some things, such as windows explorer because it makes looking for something easier at times or itunes. So I guess I like it, just not on my browser. Since I will move the mouse to something else but while I am moving it will blind me to death with all the previews for each tab

 

[swarfega]

What Ive done is to compile and install privoxy on my shell account. Privoxy is not only a proxy but does a very good job at ad blocking.

 

[smarteyeball]

Id switch to opera, but it lacks AdBlock.

What Ive done is to compile and install privoxy on my shell account. Privoxy is not only a proxy but does a very good job at ad blocking.

You can also achieve a similar effect by directly editing and adding entries in the [exclude] section of:

C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\urlfilter.ini

The in built ad-blocker 'block content' is pretty piss weak actually.

ie

[exclude]
*-ads/*
*.2o7.net*
*.ad-*
*.ad.*
*.adbrite.*
*.adrevolver.*
*.ads.*
*.adserver.*
*.adtomi.*
*.advertising.*
*.atdmt.*
*.banner*
*.blogads.*
*.buysellads.*
*.casalemedia.*
*.click*
*.directtrack.*
*.doubleclick.*
*.etology.*
*.fastclick.*
*.google.*/adfetch*
*.googleadservices.*
*.googlesyndication.*
*.kontera.*
*.linkbuddies.*
*.mochibot.*
*.overture.*
*.pheedo.*
*.qksrv.*
*.quantserve.*
*.roar.*
*.slickkicks.*
*.tradedoubler.*
*.tradepub.*
*.trafficzap.*
*.tribalfusion.*

etc