Opera... (browser)

FemFugler · Mar 29, 2010

Corry said:
FemFugler said:

It seems to freeze a lot....

Click to expand...

I don't have that issue unless I have 20+ tabs open.

I usually don't have more than 5 tabs open. Sometimes i have a video playing which may be behind it....

Corry · Mar 29, 2010

I currently have 18 (yes, 18) tabs open, and spent about an hour playing a flash game. No problems.

Dmitri · Apr 26, 2010

I officially gave up on Opera today. The only think I liked was the speed dial, and the rest was so buggy. And no ad blocker meant I had to stare at a blinking weight loss ad the other night (yeah, content block didn't work).

I found out that Firefox has a speed dial add-on, and while Firefox is far from perfect, I've discovered it's much better than opera.

Overread · Apr 26, 2010

To be honest I really don't get all the ad hate that people have - I never notice them and I'm not running any adblocking software. The only times they annoy are when they are in posts in a forum when one is not logged in.

Also I much prefer you snapping away to trying to crack my screen Dmitri - but seriously on camera flash - urgh! I thought you were better than that!

Dmitri · Apr 26, 2010

Overread said:
To be honest I really don't get all the ad hate that people have - I never notice them and I'm not running any adblocking software. The only times they annoy are when they are in posts in a forum when one is not logged in.

I think it's like DVR/Tivo - once you got it you wonder how you lived without it. I was watching a stream the other day for a couple of hours and the whole time I had a weight loss advert on the screen, blinking back and forth between overweight and thin. Blinking, blinking, blinking...
Also the "pop up" adds that cover half the screen until you click to close it.

Tho I did forget how painfully slow Firefox can be...

Overread said:
Also I much prefer you snapping away to trying to crack my screen Dmitri - but seriously on camera flash - urgh! I thought you were better than that!

Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do eek eek

Dwig · Apr 26, 2010

Dmitri said:
...And no ad blocker meant I had to stare at a blinking weight loss ad the other night (yeah, content block didn't work)...

no worse than your annoying animated avatar...

Opera's "Block Content" works well for me, although there are a few situations where is either can't block the content or can't block a specific instance of the content without blocking others that are desired (e.g. blocking your avatar without blocking all avatars, ...)

Dmitri · Apr 26, 2010

Dwig said:
no worse than your annoying animated avatar...

It's a paparazzi monkey, it's supposed to be annoying.

Dwig said:
Opera's "Block Content" works well for me, although there are a few situations where is either can't block the content or can't block a specific instance of the content without blocking others that are desired (e.g. blocking your avatar without blocking all avatars, ...)

Same. usually works decently but it didn't top that damn ad.