Off-Topic? Not really... Opera still IS, overall, the BETTER webbrowser program! If it wasn't faster, safer, & just better? I wouldn't be using it as my primary webbrowser, period.

(In terms of speed, security, and originality of featuresets? Opera rules!)

PROOF?

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SECUNIA DATA ON BROWSER SECURITY (dated 07/05/2008):
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Opera 9.51 (new release) security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/product/10615/?task=advisories

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FireFox 3.x security advisories @ SECUNIA (100% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/product/19089/

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IE 7 (latest cumulative update from MS) security advisories @ SECUNIA (34% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/product/12366/

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Those %'s are the latest for FireFox 3.x, IE7 after last "patch Tuesday" from MS with the "CUMULATIVE IE UPDATES" they have, & Opera 9.51...

ALL/EACH, latest/greatest models.

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So, as you can see?

Well, NOT ONLY IS OPERA MORE SECURE/BEARING LESS SECURITY VULNERABILITIES?

It's faster too, on just about ANYTHING a browser does, & is probably the MOST standards compliant browser under the sun (not counting HTML dev tools). This is borne out in these tests:

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html

AND, yes others (most recently in Javascript parsing speeds, oddly enough, lol... given the topic of my post here that is), right here:

http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/

DISCLAIMER HERE - FF3 is "king of the heap" here now, in javascript parsing speeds, but of what gain is this? Security risks abound in running javascript on "every site under the sun"... limiting it to sites you absolutely NEED it for is the way, IF you wish to stay safer online that is.

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Opera's also just more "std.'s compliant" - for example, having passed all the ACID (2/3 before anyone on the latter & one of the first for the former no less), plus it's faster + MULTIPLATFORM, & more secure than the others out there - thus, it's an "all-around" overall best solution!

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QUESTION - So, "where do you want to go today?"...

ANSWER = Opera (if you're into speed, security, & std.'s compliance + using a webbrowser that runs on most any platform out there for computing is where).

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I mean, to ANYONE reading here:

Do you think tabbed browsing came first in FF/Mozilla, for instance?

(Guess again, if you think so - Opera, had it 1st... & that's only 1 of many - most of the .xpi addons for FF are already NATIVELY PRESENT in Opera in fact, as is, outta the box/oem-stock!)

The ONLY THING FF3 has over Opera 9.5 (now, finally, for once)? Speed in terms of javascript processing (w/ Opera fairly close behind, where it historically knocked-the-chocolate out of FF & all others) - what good is that, when a good % of sites you visit are SQL Injected with threats in their sitecode, as well as their adbanners (FLASH &/or JavaScript driven ones) are infected as well?

NO - javascript/iframes/activeX controls & such? Keep them on, but ONLY for sites you ABSOLUTELY need them for (such as online banking &/or shopping sites, @ MOST, to stay safe(r)).

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*All in all? HEY - You're FAR from "off-topic"... you're just telling it how it is.

I like their consistent "programmatic excellence", because in Opera, it TRULY shows, thru its history...

APK

P.S.=> Don't get me wrong - I like FF, & have helped their programming/dev team fix bugs on websites (NTCompatible.com a few years back) & they wrote me directly, wrote the webmaster of said site, & came to visit us to debug it too no less... great, fast, personable service!

NOW, if they can "stop the security bugs"?

(of which FF 3 already turned one up as a known unpatched security vulnerability, where Opera has 0% in all versions?)

Then, I may switch to FF (but until then? No way Jose...)... apk

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