It works differently than the other browsers

January 22, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Here's a cool Opera story by Computerworld review editor Barbara Krasnoff:

"I'm writing this on an online document management site using the Opera 10 browser. Interesting, you may murmur. How long has she been an Opera fan? The answer: About three hours. I'm simply somebody whose computer has decided to go wonky -- and who can't get on the Web using anything but Opera."

How did this happen?? Read the full story.

Readers' comments 24

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Haziz AkintundeFriday, January 22, 2010 8:01:05 AM
it work faster
Dustin WilsonFriday, January 22, 2010 8:07:09 AM
Is it conceited to say that it just works better? I'd say not.
TamilFriday, January 22, 2010 8:09:09 AM
d4rkn1ghtFriday, January 22, 2010 8:16:25 AM
Sami SerolaFriday, January 22, 2010 8:55:50 AM
I wonder if it's Windows Vista where this can happen. I just bought laptop with Vista on it, and I was not able to get anywhere else but Google Web sites with IE and Firefox. Never before seen such a odd thing to happen

I didn't waist my time trying to find a solution, and I did not try Opera on Vista. Instead I installed my favorite OS Ubuntu, where's no such problems.

Although, I'm using Opera on all of my devices anyway
thobiFriday, January 22, 2010 9:16:21 AM
weird story and she doesn't sound convinced now even being disappointed by her three (?) market leading browsers...

opera is magical
IKokeFriday, January 22, 2010 2:43:40 PM
Charles SchlossFriday, January 22, 2010 3:07:58 PM
Originally posted by Khadgar:

Is it conceited to say that it just works better? I'd say not.

+1
theoddbodFriday, January 22, 2010 3:31:06 PM
Her story is not dissimilar to how I discovered Opera 8 years ago - it was the only thing not blocked by a misconfiguration of our company firewall. Never looked back
Cutting SpoonFriday, January 22, 2010 7:24:52 PM
Yeah, it just doesn't seem to break or destabilize the system. At least for those of us that use Windows. Can't say the same for my experience with Firefox and Safari, while my beef with Chrome is that it can't do any heavy lifting. (lots of tabs)
civitassterFriday, January 22, 2010 8:37:57 PM
boring more!
techlawsamFriday, January 22, 2010 9:42:25 PM
HoborgFriday, January 22, 2010 11:28:05 PM
Using Opera was my best experience... My world was like a nightmare in other browsers and then when I installed Opera again and started to use it, all of those bad things and the age of using buggy, crashy, crazy, goddamned, unstable, slow browsers finished (esp. that damned fox which fires and eats your cpu and ram's power and speed and then shows its middle finger to you before crashing and destroying all of your work... )

In these years, Opera gave me peace and composure and I feel the way I never been before...

Opera has everything I need; Mail, Chat, fast and stable browsing, everything... I use Opera products everytime, everyday, everywhere and I'll use them forever...

Opera is really the best browser in the world and is going to be better everyday...
ErikSaturday, January 23, 2010 3:33:02 AM
Originally posted by Khadgar:

Is it conceited to say that it just works better? I'd say not.

YES IT IS ! 'cause many would like to see many sites which use NON standard code working 'better' ...Opera may hold the record for less crashes that any other browser though

I really prefer Opera
vipin kumarSaturday, January 23, 2010 1:52:15 PM
walterSaturday, January 23, 2010 5:09:15 PM
never too late to begin falling in love
tonyd2Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:13:45 AM

So how did the download take place?
malsumisSunday, January 24, 2010 9:21:01 AM
Originally posted by tonyd2:

So how did the download take place?

lol, she probably copied the installer from a usb stick or something.
Cutting SpoonMonday, January 25, 2010 1:44:58 AM
Her "partner" probably has a thumbdrive. Big surprise, right? I'm just fascinated that this even worked.
Jay GugelSaturday, January 30, 2010 12:05:27 PM
people, let me tell you ,"it works great on the blackberry " and that's all I give a shit about Yeah !!!! put that in your pipe and smoke it !!!!!!!!!!!
San saiiakaSunday, January 31, 2010 1:24:18 AM
.hmmm, bguz.lah
Mitchell StandridgeMonday, February 1, 2010 3:23:50 AM
Originally posted by operaton:

esp. that damned fox which fires and eats your cpu and ram's power

No kidding. I used to like Firefox a lot, but I right now only have 128 MB of ram and IE and/or Firefox come stops responding to any commands.
Cutting SpoonMonday, February 1, 2010 4:40:55 AM
Opera is(was?) capable of running YouTube on a Win9x machine with 32MB ram, current 10.10 (Unite and everything!) works fine with as little as 64MB. It is ideal for old PCs and virtual machines. And now it is speeding up on modern hardware.
Adonis @ my.opera /friendspartyworldSunday, January 22, 2012 12:02:05 AM