Haha again.

IncludeDebugMenu

AddressBarIncludesAddBookmark

Wow. That’s the silliest use of XML ever.

I find it fun to read Safari users commenting on Firefox developers.

Chris Mills from Opera here – some interesting points! I tend to agree with him on DRM; on the subject of crashes, I think there are people who’ve had bad crash experience with every browser on all the available OSes. I’ve never had a problem with Firefox or our own browsers (I have with MSIE,) but I do know people who have repeatedly. I even know someone who hates Opera Mini because it crashes for them all the time – I’d love to know what phone he’s using!

I also have some answers to comments above:

1. Joel Streliner: “This post just got me to finally download and try Opera.”

Cool! Let me know what you think (cmills [at] opera [dot] com.) I think everyone should try the new alpha version (http://www.oper...s/desktop/next/.) Ack, shameless plugs is not what I’m here for

2. lawrence: “the thing i hate about IE is, if it crashes – all your browsing windows are gone. but with FF, there’s this nice restore option in the event that happens.”

We have that feature in Opera too. In fact, with the new version you can restore entire windows with all tabs intact, not just tabs in a single window.

3. Matt – “P.P.S (screw opera and screw anybody who uses it on any device with the exception of a mobile phone, Opera Mini is better than the default sprint thing… whatever it is. DO NOT recommend opera to your unsuspecting friends and family because you are doing nobody (except opera) any favors. Web developers (note that i did not say “Web Designers” so I am welcoming no replies from go-live-boy and his talking browser) will slap you with a trout for even mentioning that browser and it’s obnoxious rendering engine as a reasonable option… die painfully and aware then burn in the fiery pits of hell.)”

Wow – you do sound like you’ve had some bad experiences! I’d love to talk to you about your issues with Opera, as we are always looking for more feedback with the aim of improving our software for the good of everyone. Be aware that our new browser version has an improved new JS engine, so a lot of those annoyances should subside.

thanks for listening all.

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Thanks,

Blake Brannon

@ #33: In my best A. Whitney Brown voice, “I concur wholeheartedly”.

…though I use Safari now mainly because FF on Mac is an awful, awful mistake. (Think IE for Mac, or Safari for Windows.) But when i used to be shackeld to Redmond, I used Firefox because it was THE only browser worth opening.

P.P.S (screw opera and screw anybody who uses it on any device with the exception of a mobile phone, Opera Mini is better than the default sprint thing… whatever it is. DO NOT recommend opera to your unsuspecting friends and family because you are doing nobody (except opera) any favors. Web developers (note that i did not say “Web Designers” so I am welcoming no replies from go-live-boy and his talking browser) will slap you with a trout for even mentioning that browser and it’s obnoxious rendering engine as a reasonable option… die painfully and aware then burn in the fiery pits of hell.)

Then again, I guess you could make anything bloated if you stuffed it full with extensions…

I’m hoping the Mozilla team starts extending Firefox, not by adding a lot of functionality to the core app (which would be defined as bloat by people who don’t need that functionality), but by releasing their own add-ons.

This discussion about DRM being a bad thing needs to stop. This junk about everything is free is BS to the nth degree. Linux consultants make around $150 per hour. If Linux and stuff on Linux was free then make people and companies will shutdown.

SG