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Thread ID: 58751 2005-06-11 02:31:00 Browser B*tchfighting: Opera vs Firefox vinref (6194) PC World Chat
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362904 2005-06-11 02:31:00 This article (news.com.com) reports a squabble between Opera and Firefox for the mantle of "PC World Best Browser of 2005". Ugh! I guess a case of fatheadedness comes to the best of them. Don't they realise that people can have both (they're free, accessible and run on almost all platforms)?

And who reads these "best of whatever" awards anymore?
vinref (6194)
362905 2005-06-11 02:43:00 i certainly don't listen to any "best of whatever" awards. if you look at how most of them are done it just PR bull. no-one ever clarifys what the term "best" actually is. ie is its best speed, best features, voted best by firefox fan boys or simply voted best by people who have never tried (or heard of) the other products. tweak'e (69)
362906 2005-06-11 02:55:00 The best one is ad-free.... :D :D :D Metla (12)
362907 2005-06-11 03:45:00 The free non-commerical browser will win every time :) gibler (49)
362908 2005-06-11 03:53:00 For what it's worth, here are my criteria for rating "best", in this order: security > stability > support > open source > functionality > speed, small footprint > eye candy. vinref (6194)
362909 2005-06-11 07:24:00 Man it's funny to watch the little opera fans trip up over themselves trying to defend their little browser and resotr to personal attacks, rofl :lol: Edward (31)
362910 2005-06-12 08:37:00 Man it's funny to watch the little opera fans trip up over themselves trying to defend their little browser and resotr to personal attacks, rofl :lol:

What personal attack, you loathsome heap of parrot-dropping?


Opera Opera Opera. :thumbs:
Winston001 (3612)
362911 2005-06-12 21:24:00 I propose Winnie for the Metla crown, or at very least apprentice :)

I vote for Crazy browser (a IE skin) Any apples users out there
beama (111)
362912 2005-06-12 21:38:00 There was a fight to see who was the best??


For what it's worth, here are my criteria for rating "best", in this order: security > stability > support > open source > functionality > speed > eye candy .
IMHO:
security == any browser not based on I . E
stability == Firefox or Opera
support == Firefox
open source == any browser not based on I . E
functionality == Firefox or Opera
speed == Konqueror, Opera, Firefox
eye candy == Firefox (cool logo and themes)
Myth (110)
362913 2005-06-13 08:05:00 There was a fight to see who was the best??


IMHO:
open source == any browser not based on I . E

Opera isn't open sauce, it's also not based on I . E
Jeremy (1197)
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