Why is Opera your preferred browser?
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DerSchlingel last edited byI'm using Opera for almost three and a half years, but I'm always tempted to change to another browser. Only to see that each of them has some flaw.
But if you compare Opera to its competitors, you'll likely see that,
Brave and Firefox have more privacy
Edge has almost every feature that Opera has and some others more
Vivaldi is way more customizable
Edge's Copilot seems to be better integrated than Aria and often delivers better results
Brave's and Chrome's interface is cleaner
Opera's background isn't without some issues, doesn't make it the more David against Goliath type of company it once was
If it were not for Chrome's extensive data collection, Edge's nagging into the MS eco-system, Vivaldi's sluggishness, Brave's shady bitcoin and right-wing libertarian background and Firefox's dwindling market share and compatibility issues, I'd easily choose one of those.
If you were to convince me to stay with Opera for reasons that makes it stand out, what would you point to?
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flaviu2 last edited by
@DerSchlingel
Good post. I am agree with what you said, especially this one: Brave and Firefox have more privacy.But you see, other browsers has other flaws, most of them are pretty harsh to endure.
To be honest, we could add here the reasons why we do use this browser. However, the developers who work on this product should read carefully your post and fix as much as they could.
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DerSchlingel last edited by
@flaviu2 Thank you very much. Do you think there is some special reason for you or even one or two more, that doesn't let you give up on Opera?
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flaviu2 last edited by
@DerSchlingel
Hi, and sorry for this late response.I can put here some reasons I am using Opera, however, some of them are pure subjective.
- best looking browser (I know, I am subjective here), I liked even the version without tab islands (99 or below)
- fastest and efficient, I have tested on Speedometer3.1 and JetStream2.0 against Edge (for me Chrome does not exist)
- standalone application, not integrated in OS, like Edge
- has versions for any OS, including Android, I am using this browser on my smart phone as well
- switching tab is just like as professional editors, you can switch between 2 tabs with Ctrl+Tab key, this behaviour is not present on Edge or Chrome, this feature is very useful for me
- cannot close the browser by Ctrl+W, if you keep this key combination on Edge you'll end up closing the browser without wanting this
- has Dark Mode for the pages at glance (or screenshot)
- password manager I like it more than Edge
- render some pages correctly instead of Edge (Chrome is also showing correct this one):
and Edge:
- can use almost any Chrome / Edge extenstion
- I am using it from years and no new browser convince me to switch it, except knowing this product is owned by China, and I don' trust China at all ... this might be a reason to give up using it
- tab islands feature is not perfect yet, but I like they are listen the users and they fix and improve the browser step by step
- and more ...
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DerSchlingel last edited by
@flaviu2 Thank you very much for your extensive answer. I'm not in a position already to give a thumps up, unfortunately.
I can agree to almost every point you're saying. That's what keeping me with Opera for almost 3 and a half years now. Especially when considering that every other major browser has flaws of its own.
With the Chinese ownership you nail it, actually. But as I also see China with lots of distrust, I don't think there's so much to worry about with Opera. But anyway, who asks himself who owns Alphabet or Microsoft? And at least you can check who owns Opera as they are traded publicly.
In self declared privacy circles there's a lot of fuss about Brave. But in this case you don't know who owns it and where their earnings really come from.
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flaviu2 last edited by
@DerSchlingel
You are very welcome. I liked sharing my thougts with you.I totally agree with you when you said: at least Opera is listed to traded publicicly so you can see who owns this product. Being regulated after Norwegian laws, this give a level of trust though.
