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Thread ID: 75125 2006-12-17 05:51:00 Opera 9.10 Final released zqwerty (97) PC World Chat
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507402 2006-12-17 05:51:00 Get it from here, the official Opera ftp:

ftp.opera.com 		zqwerty (97)
507403 2006-12-17 07:03:00 :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: tweak'e (69)
507404 2006-12-18 00:43:00 Will I like it better than FF2. I tried 9.0 and didn't. KiwiTT_NZ (233)
507405 2006-12-18 01:01:00 It is not as good as Firefox 2 IMHO but is useful for going through a lot of eMail sites quickly because of the Wand. It also has a built in Bit Torrent downloader which is not as good as uTorrent, but it does the job. zqwerty (97)
507406 2006-12-18 01:06:00 Hmm yer, I tried the latest version of Opera before the final one (Altho some sites say its not the final), and the latest version of Java 1.6.

It kept crashing.

I dont know if Opera or Java was the prob.

BUT, 1.6 of Java works fine with IE and FF 2. Which I had to install since Opera kept crashing. 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
507407 2006-12-18 02:01:00 I gave Opera 9.10 a 2 hour session last night in my normal browsing routine instead of using Firefox 2.0 or Firefox 3 Alpha1 and didn't notice anything untoward. I am using Java 1.6. Opera is a good browser and I like using it but I love all the extensions available for Firefox and the complexity of setting them up and playing around. On my computer Firefox, both versions, are subjectively faster than Opera, and always have been, through all the different versions of both. I have always had Opera in my back pocket since version 3 and I also use it for the inexplicable times, quite rare, when Firefox glitches on some downloads from Softpedia and a few others of the main download sites. Firefox seems to want to download the page that the download address is on instead of the actual download itself, lol. Sometimes when all else fails I use IE as a tab in Firefox or as an independent browser and it is then I notice how slow it is on page loading compared to Opera and Firefox. I can always get any download that all the other download managers fail to get , ie Star Downloader, Leechget, Wachget, FlashGet. So IE still has a place on my computer but all the pop-ups, multiple windows and general annoyances like the flash advertising disrupt the usual calm that Firefox gives me when browsing. zqwerty (97)
507408 2006-12-18 02:05:00 Here is a list of the extensions I am running on Firefox 2, lol:

Aardvark 1.1
About This Site 1.1
Adblock Plus 0.7.2.3
Add Bookmark Here 0.5.5
Advanced Dork: 2.0.1
Allow Right-Click 0.4
Always Remember Password 0.6
Auto Copy 0.6.4
Autohide 1.1.3
Bookmark Backup 0.4.2
Bookmarks Scrollbar 1.0.5
BookmarksHome 1.5.2
BugMeNot 1.3
Cacheout! 1.10
Chrome Cleaner 0.3
Codetch 0.4.0.20061026
Colorful Tabs 1.7
CoLT 2.2.1
Compact Library Extension Organizer (CLEO) 2.0
CookieCuller 1.3.1
Copy Plain Text 0.3.3
CustomizeGoogle 0.55
del.icio.us Complete 1.3
Delete Icons 0.1.2
DictionarySearch 2.0
Diggler 0.9
Download Embedded 0.5
Duplicate Tab 0.8.1
ErrorZilla 0.2
Extended Statusbar 1.2.5
Fasterfox 2.0.0
Firebug 1.0b2
Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE) 4.0.4
Flashblock 1.5.2
FlashGot 0.5.97.02
FxIF 0.2.2
Gcache 0.2.4
Gmail Manager 0.5.3
Gmail Space 0.5.1
gTranslate 0.3.1
IE Tab 1.2.0.20061120
Image Zoom 0.2.7
Java Console 6.0
Leet Key 1.3.2
Locate in Bookmark Folders 0.2.5
MeasureIt 0.3.6
MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.1
Nightly Tester Tools 1.2.1
NoScript 1.1.4.5.061206
Open link in... 1.4.1
Password Exporter 1.0.6
Paste and Go 0.4.3
Paste Email 2.1.2
PDF Download 0.7.8
Pearl Crescent Page Saver Basic 1.3
Performancing 1.3.5
Personal Menu 2.3
Popup Blocker Settings 0.2.1
Preferential 0.8.2
SaveWithUrl 0.2.3.1
Screen grab! 0.7
Searchbar Autosizer 1.3.1
Shazou 1.1
Show Image 0.4.2
Sort Bookmarks 0.7.0.1
Stylish 0.4
Tab Clicking Options 0.6.8
Tab History 1.0.4
Tab URL Copier 1.1.8.20061010
Talkback 2.0 [DISABLED]
Toolbar Control 2.5
Toolbar Extras 2.5.1
UI Tweaker (Formerly Toolbar Cleanup) 1.7.0
VideoDownloader 1.1.1
Web Developer 1.0.2
Who Is This Person? 1.0
Word Count 0.4
X-Ray 0.8.1 		zqwerty (97)
507409 2006-12-18 02:09:00 Yer Opera is alright , I like the personal bar thing. Its pretty good.

The only site Opera seemed to crash on often, was the new NZ Herald site, for some reason. Most of the other sites were fine.

FF has the similar bookmarks toolbar thing, but I don't think u can drag it to the bottom of the screen, like u can by selecting bottom under personal bar in Opera.

Yup I know the feeling about annoying flash ads. Thats the good thing about Opera and FF. Opera can block them altogether, altho FF only puts an F in its place. I rarely use IE 7 even tho I bothered to install it, in the 1st place.

Must have been bored at the time :D

BTW, if u do use IE 7, there is a fix for the phishing filter, if this is enabled.

Thats what can slow browsing down in IE 7.

I've only got the Adblock and Flashblock add-ons in this. Those are good enough for me. 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
507410 2006-12-18 10:35:00 It's on the main site now :) HadO (796)
507411 2006-12-18 22:31:00 Well looks like it has an issue (still with the NZ herald site) sometimes.

I tried the final, uninstalled the previous version/s of Opera.

Deleted all of Opera's old / previous folders and entries in the registry.

Still crashed. The Herald site hasn't crashed with FF 2 since I installed it.

So, I don't think the prob is Java 1.6.

Opera 9.02, the previous version before the final and the final 9.1 crashed on the new Herald site. 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
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