Opera 9.5 – Beautifully Engineered

June 15, 2008 · Filed Under Software · Comment
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Opera 9.5 - Beautifully Engineered

Opera 9.5 – Beautifully engineered, and indeed it is. Browsing has never been so fast and pleasant, I have to confess I am falling for the latest release. Before I talk about the browser, let us recap my favorite browser 10 years ago.

1996 Netscape
1997 Internet Explorer 5
1999 Opera 1.x
2001 Internet Explorer 6 / Opera
2002 Internet Explorer
2003 Mozilla
2008 Opera 9.5?

Opera 9.5 is truly an amazing browser, it has what safari, Internet Explorer and Mozilla lacks of, and as a user of Mozilla Firefox 2, I have to admit that Firefox is unstable, and when ever the browser crashed, I tend to lose all of my bookmarks – months and months of precious information are lost, not once but probably a dozen of time.

Looking sharp: Opera makes a move to modernize its look and feel to a sharp new skin with clean lines and clear icons. The ‘New Tab’ button and other elements have been modified to make the switch to a better Web experience more intuitive.

New Feature in Opera 9.5 – Speed Dial
Below is a screen shot of speed dial in action, typing addresses for sites you visit frequently is ineffective. Get your favorite Web page with just one click. Speed Dial is a set of visual bookmarks you see when you open a new tab, like a dashboard for your online life. To add a new page, simply click on an empty Speed Dial and Opera will make suggestions based on browsing history and bookmarks.

Opera 9.5 - Beautifully Engineered

Opera 9.5 – Quick Find and Quick Search
Have you ever forgotten the page where you found that great article or that perfect gift? When using Opera the browser remembers not only the titles and addresses, but the actual content of the Web pages you visit. Below is a screen shot of quick search with Google.

Opera 9.5 - Beautifully Engineered

Some other unique features are:

Download Manager with BitTorrent
Opera’s Fraud Protection
Faster handling of third party plug-ins
Much faster start up time
Superior support for Web standards

Opera 9.5 has set the new benchmark and Mozilla Firefox has lots of catching up to do. If the memory leak issue and the thoughts of losing my bookmark again occurs, I shall move on to another platform – probably IE or Opera, Safari is just not what I had in mind, probably because of the text rendering engine.

Discover the new standard in Web browsing. Download Opera today to get the fastest and most powerful Web browser available and make the most of your time online.

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Download Mozilla Firefox 3 and Firefox Wallpaper

November 22, 2007 · Filed Under Software · 4 Comments
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According to research, Mozilla Firefox is the best open source browser in the market, but fact is Mozilla Firefox 2 is the worst browser ever in the market.

One of the problem faced by Mozila Firefox is the memory leak issue, initially I was skeptic and thought that this could be a PC problem, or some bias review from the Microsoft camp, much to my surprise, it wasn’t a bias review and the rumors for once turned out to be true. Mozilla Firefox indeed has a memory leak issue, try loading 10 website simultaneously, yes, it lacks so badly – that is the memory leak bug found in all version 2 browser.

Good news for Firefox 2 user, the up and coming Mozilla Firefox 3 manage to solve the memory leak issue, currently in beta, Mozilla Firefox 3 is available for download at the official website. With the memory leak issue, mozilla firefox is still gaining market share – it could be that nobody notice the memory leak bug, how many net user actually launch 10 new websites simultaneously?

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Flock, an open source browser based on the Mozilla engine was able to solve the memory leak issue. If you’re a firefox fan and reluctant to switch camp, try some other alternative browser such as Safari from Apple and Opera Browser.

Talking about Opera browser, the browser is believed to be the fastest, at least according to experts, I am not entirely convinced that this is the case. One of the reason for me to doubt the super fast loading speed of Opera is the way it render and cache website. I believe Opera display images and text after loading the page to about 80% whereas IE, Safari and Firefox display the images and text as they load. More of an illusion of speed. After all, with broadband widely available through out the nation, even in a third world country, speed is no longer the selling point. Security is.
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Interested in knowing more about Firefox? Read up the history and background of Mozilla Firefox in Wikipedia. I was astonished to know that it was called Phoenix, follow by Firebird and eventually Firefox.

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