Comparing Firefox 3 With Opera 9.5 On Linux

**TNT Bot** · Jun 21, 2008, 02:06am

Joe Barr writes "Mayank Sharma has two recent stories on Linux.com; one evaluating the performance of Firefox 3, and the second comparing it to Opera 9.5. Which is better? For most people, it's probably more a matter of familiarity or personal preference, but these stories provide hard performance data to consider as well. Sharma notes, 'In terms of rendering JavaScript, Firefox 3 had the edge over Opera 9.5 in the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark, which has an error range between +/-0.8% to +/-11.3% depending on the type of test. In the JavScript Engine speed test, Opera 9.5 scores over its peers when it comes to error handling, DOM, and AJAX.'" Slashdot shares a corporate overlord with Linux.com.

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**APK** · 02:06pm

FF3's already got "security holes" in it, hours after its release: http://secunia.com/advisories/30761/ Opera 9.50, also newly released? Has NO SUCH security issues, & still is @ a total of 0% KNOWN UNPATCHED SECURITY VULNERABILITIES... PLUS, I am testing FF3, right now as I write this, on THIS website... & have had issues with it already (mainly in logging in, once you are inside a topic already & trying to reply here - it won't let you see the "password" field, but it DOES let you see the "username" field, IF you are inside a topic trying to reply - the "workaround" is to hit the MAIN forums section & then login, because then it lets you see the "username" AND "password" fields)! Opera 9.50 also gets the formatting right on this forums, & also does NOT give me a hardtime on logging into a post to reply (where FF3 omits the pwd field) either... Opera's faster, more secure, & just overall BETTER, just based on history AND what I am seeing as "messed up" so far, in FF3... APK P.S.=> Also, upon replies? FF3 seems to omit placing in , same as enter key keypress (carriage return + linefeed) & sets the formatting of posts all "willy-nilly", as far as I am concerned... as you can see here? I am NOT getting my paragraph breaks inserted as they SHOULD be, using FF3... (my initials & P.S. for instance, are ALWAYS in diff. paragraphs when I post)... apk

**APK** · 02:54pm

Same reply, done in Opera 9.50 (for posterities' sake, & to illustrate ONE of the issues I have on this forums board engine, using FireFox 3, by way of comparison):

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FF3's already got "security holes" in it, hours after its release:

http://secunia.com/advisories/30761/

Opera 9.50, also newly released? Has NO SUCH security issues, & still is @ a total of 0% KNOWN UNPATCHED SECURITY VULNERABILITIES...

PLUS, I am testing FF3, right now as I write this, on THIS website... & have had issues with it already (mainly in logging in, once you are inside a topic already & trying to reply here - it won't let you see the "password" field, but it DOES let you see the "username" field, IF you are inside a topic trying to reply - the "workaround" is to hit the MAIN forums section & then login, because then it lets you see the "username" AND "password" fields)!

Opera 9.50 also gets the formatting right on this forums, & also does NOT give me a hardtime on logging into a post to reply (where FF3 omits the pwd field) either...

Opera's faster, more secure, & just overall BETTER, just based on history AND what I am seeing as "messed up" so far, in FF3...

APK

P.S.=> Also, upon replies? FF3 seems to omit placing in , same as enter key keypress (carriage return + linefeed) & sets the formatting of posts all "willy-nilly", as far as I am concerned... as you can see here? I am NOT getting my paragraph breaks inserted as they SHOULD be, using FF3... (my initials & P.S. for instance, are ALWAYS in diff. paragraphs when I post)... apk

Jun 23, 2008, 01:48pm	#2 (permalink) Re: Comparing Firefox 3 With Opera 9.5 On Linux
APK Elite Member Posts: 367 Name: The Duke of URL Karma:	FF3's already got "security holes" in it, hours after its release: http://secunia.com/advisories/30761/ Opera 9.50, also newly released? Has NO SUCH security issues, & still is @ a total of 0% KNOWN UNPATCHED SECURITY VULNERABILITIES... PLUS, I am testing FF3, right now as I write this, on THIS website... & have had issues with it already (mainly in logging in, once you are inside a topic already & trying to reply here - it won't let you see the "password" field, but it DOES let you see the "username" field, IF you are inside a topic trying to reply - the "workaround" is to hit the MAIN forums section & then login, because then it lets you see the "username" AND "password" fields)! Opera 9.50 also gets the formatting right on this forums, & also does NOT give me a hardtime on logging into a post to reply (where FF3 omits the pwd field) either... Opera's faster, more secure, & just overall BETTER, just based on history AND what I am seeing as "messed up" so far, in FF3... APK P.S.=> Also, upon replies? FF3 seems to omit placing in , same as enter key keypress (carriage return + linefeed) & sets the formatting of posts all "willy-nilly", as far as I am concerned... as you can see here? I am NOT getting my paragraph breaks inserted as they SHOULD be, using FF3... (my initials & P.S. for instance, are ALWAYS in diff. paragraphs when I post)... apk __________________ "I'm Reese: Sgt. TechComVN38416, assigned to protect you - You've been TARGETTED FOR TERMINATION!" Last edited by APK; Jun 23, 2008 at 02:06pm.

Jun 24, 2008, 02:52pm	#3 (permalink) Re: Comparing Firefox 3 With Opera 9.5 On Linux
APK Elite Member Posts: 367 Name: The Duke of URL Karma:	Same reply, done in Opera 9.50 (for posterities' sake, & to illustrate ONE of the issues I have on this forums board engine, using FireFox 3, by way of comparison): ------------------------------------ FF3's already got "security holes" in it, hours after its release: http://secunia.com/advisories/30761/ Opera 9.50, also newly released? Has NO SUCH security issues, & still is @ a total of 0% KNOWN UNPATCHED SECURITY VULNERABILITIES... PLUS, I am testing FF3, right now as I write this, on THIS website... & have had issues with it already (mainly in logging in, once you are inside a topic already & trying to reply here - it won't let you see the "password" field, but it DOES let you see the "username" field, IF you are inside a topic trying to reply - the "workaround" is to hit the MAIN forums section & then login, because then it lets you see the "username" AND "password" fields)! Opera 9.50 also gets the formatting right on this forums, & also does NOT give me a hardtime on logging into a post to reply (where FF3 omits the pwd field) either... Opera's faster, more secure, & just overall BETTER, just based on history AND what I am seeing as "messed up" so far, in FF3... APK P.S.=> Also, upon replies? FF3 seems to omit placing in , same as enter key keypress (carriage return + linefeed) & sets the formatting of posts all "willy-nilly", as far as I am concerned... as you can see here? I am NOT getting my paragraph breaks inserted as they SHOULD be, using FF3... (my initials & P.S. for instance, are ALWAYS in diff. paragraphs when I post)... apk __________________ "I'm Reese: Sgt. TechComVN38416, assigned to protect you - You've been TARGETTED FOR TERMINATION!" Last edited by APK; Jun 24, 2008 at 02:54pm.

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Jun 21, 2008, 02:06am	#1 (permalink) Comparing Firefox 3 With Opera 9.5 On Linux
TNT Bot Elite Member Posts: 4,461 Karma:	Joe Barr writes "Mayank Sharma has two recent stories on Linux.com; one evaluating the performance of Firefox 3, and the second comparing it to Opera 9.5. Which is better? For most people, it's probably more a matter of familiarity or personal preference, but these stories provide hard performance data to consider as well. Sharma notes, 'In terms of rendering JavaScript, Firefox 3 had the edge over Opera 9.5 in the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark, which has an error range between +/-0.8% to +/-11.3% depending on the type of test. In the JavScript Engine speed test, Opera 9.5 scores over its peers when it comes to error handling, DOM, and AJAX.'" Slashdot shares a corporate overlord with Linux.com. Read more of this story at Slashdot. </img> More...