Comments on: Opera 9 vs Firefox 2 vs Internet Explorer 7

By: iP3K » Blog Archive » Opera 9.5 vs Firefox 3

iP3K » Blog Archive » Opera 9.5 vs Firefox 3 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:56:19 +0000

[...] might remember my infamous Opera 9 vs Firefox 2 vs Internet Explorer 7 post. I’ve decided to take a look back in the past and repeat the experience as new versions [...]

By: Richard Desrochers

Richard Desrochers — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:24:35 +0000

Informative, and to the points, that are needed to be understood correctly, thank you for a nice change. Sincerely; Richard D. S

By: PhoenixP3K

PhoenixP3K — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:58:06 +0000

Wow, you are right, I never knew that. You have to go to the Display pannel, then the Appearence tab. From there you select Effects, go to Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts and choose ClearType. Now I had to look for it, strange that it is not placed along the performance settings that can
let you pick how Windows will be displayed. Thanks for the info!

By: J81

J81 — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:27:12 +0000

The font-smoothing thing is a Windows feature, not IE feature. Most people have disabled it though. IE7 enables it auomatically and you can’t turn it off. If turn it on in Windows, you will have the same thing in Opera and Firefox.

By: Firefox.hk

Firefox.hk — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:27:01 +0000

Browser Market Share for March, 2006

By: Firefox.hk

Firefox.hk — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:21:17 +0000

Opera 9 vs Firefox 2 vs Internet Explorer 7

By: Omar Upegui R.

Omar Upegui R. — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:17:24 +0000

Hello Phoenix3PK:

I enjoyed reading your post very much. I liked your objective approach, since most of the reviews I’ve read are fanatically oriented.

In my case, I have a tendency to use Firefox for several reasons. First, because I’m accustomed to it and use it with an “automatic pilot”, if you know what I mean. Second, because of its endless possibilities of customization. For example, today Google announced another upgrade of its Toolbar. Now it’s in my Firefox working seamlessly. Third, is the dedicated customer service of Firefox staff and support forums. Whenever I have a problem, I get an answer in less than one minute. That’s pretty fast.

Right now I’m using Flock, Opera 9 TP2, IE7 Beta 2 and Firefox 1.5.0.1. All except IE has its own features that I like, so I use them according to my needs. Launching them is fast and effortless. Sometimes I have two browsers open at the same time and switch between them as easy as switching from one tab to another. Flock is another story and will not tackle it in this comment.

Just my two cents worth, regarding your excellent and objective post.

Regards,

Omar.-