Opera/Firefox

audiobliss
audiobliss Posts: 12,518
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
I've finally gotten tired of Netscape's long load-up times, hang-ups, hitches, glitches, and lock-ups. So, I just re-installed Opera a few days ago, as I remembered liking it before. I like the overall layout of Opera and the way everything works, especially the mouse gestures, but it's slow! I didnt' remmeber it being slow, but it not only loads pages slowly but it also slows down my computer! I didn't think it was that much of a resource hog. It's much worse in that aspect than Netscape was.

Is there something I can change in Opera to fix that, or should I just download firefox and get that Mouse Gestures 'plugin' and start customizing?
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited September 2006
    Hmmmm...both browsers are runnning slower than usual....thinking maybe it's a PC issue and not the browser
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited September 2006
    Sounds like it may be time for you to run this:

    http://www.tenebril.com/consumer/spyware/spycatcher.php

    SpyCatcher does a lot better job than my McAffe/Ad-Aware combo.
    Never Forget
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2006
    Whao, wait a minute. Netscape hasalways run slow. It's not my computer. There's a very noticeable difference between playing on my computer with Opera loading a page, and playing on my computer with Opera closed. So, it's not my computer. IE works very well. I just don't want to use it.

    However, I am on my laptop right now since I'm defraging my desktop as I type this, and then I'm going to run adaware and spybot.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
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    [Home Audio]
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  • MattN03
    MattN03 Posts: 558
    edited September 2006
    I switched from IE to Firefox a few weeks ago and like Firefox better. Tabbed browsing is by far my favorite feature. The downloadable extensions are a nice touch, depending on what you're looking for. Give Firefox a try ;)
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited September 2006
    I've got Opera downloaded at school to try it. Its okay.

    I had to uninstall Firefox from my computer at home because it seemed to be messing with my Frontpage files when I updated my website this week.
    Tschüss
    Zach
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2006
    Netscape still exists? What is this, 1992?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2006
    I'm currently viewing with Firefox! Netscape has been uninstalled!

    Now I just need to get these mouse gestures setup...
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited September 2006
    I really like Firefox the best.
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited September 2006
    ND13 wrote:
    I really like Firefox the best.

    +1 I'm still working on the integrations but I like how it doesn't get attacked by spyware/adware like my IE did.
    Never Forget
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited September 2006
    I like features like the "one click" option, amongst others, that Mozilla offers, and yes, Thuggy, the anti-spy/adware works much better than anything else.
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • Kris Siegel
    Kris Siegel Posts: 309
    edited September 2006
    I've been an active user of Opera for at least the past 4 years and I have never had it run slow or load a page slowly unless I was on a 56K connection.

    It's faster than Firefox by multitudes and it feels faster than IE (IMHO). It sounds like something is either wrong with your install or possibly with your system.

    I'd try uninstalling it and removing all files for Opera (Check Program Files/Opera) and then try reinstalling the latest version.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2006
    I really liked Opera's mouse gestures than the 'extension' for Firefox. I just might try reinstalling Opera. We'll see how I get acclimated to Firefox.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited September 2006
    Hey Chris, did you get a chance to check out my website update(below)? Any suggestions? You can PM me or email me if you think of anything.
    Tschüss
    Zach
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