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Opera still Speed Champion

September 27, 2011 · by Aleksander Aas

How we feel after winning stuff.How we feel after winning speed tests.

With an increased focus on browser performance, Lifehacker thought it time for another round of browser speed test. They pitted the four most popular Windows browsers against each other in a battle of startup times, tab-loading times, JavaScript powers, and memory usage, with some good results for us Opera users. The verdict? Well:

"Opera's still the speed champion, as usual."
- Lifehacker

We're more than ever dedicated to improve Opera's speed, but besides being fast, what's your favorite Opera feature?

Readers' comments 59

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  • Enoch Appiah JuniorTuesday, September 27, 2011 7:20:15 PM

    haha....Opera Unite...been using it whiles in sch...in general, i just love the UI. With the speed, i think we can beat the speed of light!! Cheers to that :wine:

  • praetor87Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:29:24 PM

    I love M2. :love:

  • KarenTuesday, September 27, 2011 7:30:01 PM

    :headbang:

  • NimeshTuesday, September 27, 2011 8:22:05 PM

    :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

  • Mağruf ÇolakoğluTuesday, September 27, 2011 8:30:09 PM

    :cheers:

  • Alexodius PrimeTuesday, September 27, 2011 8:45:54 PM

    Mouse/rocker gestures + tab stacking :headbang:

  • Andrei DanielTuesday, September 27, 2011 9:15:29 PM

    Opera is a :wizard:

  • AbhinavTuesday, September 27, 2011 10:06:05 PM

    :up:
    Opera is just awe-wait for it-some awesome! :smile:

  • TamilTuesday, September 27, 2011 10:24:05 PM

    http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Cheers.gif -

  • PimTuesday, September 27, 2011 10:28:33 PM

    Favorite feature? I can't live without mouse gestures, but custom search keys and tab stacking are very close :smile:

  • fefrieTuesday, September 27, 2011 10:41:36 PM

    Mouse Gestures and keyboard shortcuts, wand, tons!

  • PhriendTuesday, September 27, 2011 10:52:36 PM

    My favorite feature is that it comes with so much out of the box! My least favorite feature is how I can no longer lock tabs, though. Pinning them (and thus moving them all the way to the left) is not an option.

  • ragazzo40Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:52:42 PM

    Maschi gay?

  • Alexodius PrimeTuesday, September 27, 2011 11:26:41 PM

    Originally posted by Phriend:

    My least favorite feature is how I can no longer lock tabs, though. Pinning them (and thus moving them all the way to the left) is not an option.


    You can still drag the pinned tab back to its original location.

  • PeteWednesday, September 28, 2011 12:17:47 AM

    I believe mouse gestures and tab stacking would have to be my favorites.

  • Charles SchlossWednesday, September 28, 2011 2:41:03 AM

    #winning I wondered if you saw my message on twitter

    hard to say as I use so many features, tho I use custom search a lot

  • d4rkn1ghtWednesday, September 28, 2011 2:54:05 AM

    M2, IRC and Unite. :up:

  • Joel Julian Salas LópezWednesday, September 28, 2011 2:54:32 AM

    [q]Opera's still the speed champion, as usual.[/q]

    Elementary my dear watson :sherlock:

    My favorite feature is the whole Opera.:flirt: Is hard to have a favorite with many excellents features, but I could say in order:

    1. Opera Link :wait:
    2. Opera DragonFly :dragonfly:
    3. Speed Dial

  • Sérgio Luís A. MonteiroWednesday, September 28, 2011 3:21:58 AM

    Downloading, Opera Turbo, And the Coulor.

  • KedarWednesday, September 28, 2011 5:58:20 AM

    opera, opera mini,opera mobile browser amazing

  • Jose CamarilloWednesday, September 28, 2011 6:05:24 AM

    I only use Opera mobile and is much faster than stock browser on Android

  • Swapnil RustagiWednesday, September 28, 2011 7:01:54 AM

    There is so much to like about Opera.

    1. Speed Dial - The New tab page in other browsers is so poor compared to Speed Dial.
    2. Opera Link - No other browser has Sync functionality that sync so much data.
    3. Opera Turbo and Unite - The unique features of Opera.

    And thousands of other built-in things.

  • D1sasterp1eceWednesday, September 28, 2011 7:29:23 AM

    Customizability.

  • D1sasterp1eceWednesday, September 28, 2011 7:32:02 AM

    By the way, I'm not affected by graphs, tests and so on - I will use Opera anyway.

  • Sami SerolaWednesday, September 28, 2011 7:53:18 AM

    http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Clap.gif -

  • Wasif JavedWednesday, September 28, 2011 7:54:25 AM

    hey whats up friends??

  • DavideWednesday, September 28, 2011 8:13:43 AM

    M2, mouse gesture, IRC
    without those I can't use a browser

  • Arthur LutkevichusWednesday, September 28, 2011 8:23:36 AM

    Best of all features - Password Manager!

  • Kai OckendorfWednesday, September 28, 2011 8:44:40 AM

    mouse gestures & Speeddial :yes: if you close the last tab, you always get your Speeddial...try this with other browsers: with FF you can't, IE & Chrome close the browser (FAIL)!

  • AsiresWednesday, September 28, 2011 9:15:20 AM

    My favorite features is.. good working Mouse gestures, MDI, customisable buttons/menu.

  • ks328Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:39:12 AM

    Mouse gusture, speed dial, customisable menu, password manager :up:

  • Michael ReyesWednesday, September 28, 2011 9:55:59 AM

    Speed Dial, Widgets, Extensions, Opera Unite and Opera Link. Although the whole browser itself is my favorite feature!

  • sirnh1Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:58:29 AM

    Customizable interface, Mouse gusture, link, speed dial and M2.

    I do wonder: How much faster will opera be when it will have hardware acceleration? (hopes for a new snapshot with hardware acceleration :p: )

  • TanelWednesday, September 28, 2011 11:53:49 AM

    Favs: tab stacking for sure, plus the speed dial salvaged itself with the extensions.

  • spancherBobWednesday, September 28, 2011 12:00:04 PM

    Yeah! :devil:
    We did it! :cool:
    We kicked their asses! :headbang:
    :yes:

  • Eric J. GoersWednesday, September 28, 2011 12:51:38 PM

    Fantastic! I especially like how the title lists all the other browsers by name and leaves Opera referred to as "and more"
    Way to wipe the floor with them "and more"!!!
    But, hey, as they say, speed isn't everything. What about customizability? "And more" would crush the others there too.

  • koshkalamaWednesday, September 28, 2011 2:15:04 PM

    Mouse gestures - best of all!!!
    + mail client
    + tab stacking

  • Bayron BarqueroWednesday, September 28, 2011 6:39:56 PM

    The maouse gesture, is simply the best.
    With the mail client, opera link, opera unite, download manager, Bittorrent client, speed dial with extension... Opera is just wonderful!!!:pirate:

  • Cutting SpoonThursday, September 29, 2011 12:35:38 AM

    The crazy thing after all this time, is that Opera has somehow ADDED features, made the download SMALLER, made slow connections FASTER (then made compressed pictures BETTER), made the whole program FASTER too. I consider this to be especially important.

  • Miihkaili penaltiesThursday, September 29, 2011 6:25:44 AM

    Linux netbook + Opera + flash = Poor performance. Another browsers work without any problems flash.

  • OutlawThursday, September 29, 2011 8:15:23 AM

    http://my.opera.com/SerbianFighter/homes/smile/dear.gif -

  • Uncle MickThursday, September 29, 2011 10:21:56 AM

    what's your favorite Opera feature?


    Opera Link definitely.

    I have Opera installed on 4 PCs and my android phone. I'd be lost without having them all synced.

  • Laura Lee RandallThursday, September 29, 2011 10:37:24 AM

    When ya got the right formula, ya got us! Congradulations Opera....keep going!

  • OnebitzeroThursday, September 29, 2011 11:27:47 AM

    Opera is so fast now. Good job guys

  • AltWoussThursday, September 29, 2011 11:56:39 AM

    Mouse gestures + customizability of the gui. I have the whole gui arranged the way I like it.

  • Ide StoutjesdijkThursday, September 29, 2011 12:00:52 PM

    Opera Mail! Please make it even better :bigsmile:

  • PhriendThursday, September 29, 2011 2:19:49 PM

    Originally posted by AleksOD:

    Originally posted by Phriend:

    My least favorite feature is how I can no longer lock tabs, though. Pinning them (and thus moving them all the way to the left) is not an option.

    You can still drag the pinned tab back to its original location.

    True, but that is an unneeded inconvenience, especially when I wish to lock multiple tabs.

  • Ruisu TenshiThursday, September 29, 2011 3:36:28 PM

    :devil: :yes:

  • Alexodius PrimeThursday, September 29, 2011 4:30:41 PM

    Originally posted by Phriend:

    True, but that is an unneeded inconvenience, especially when I wish to lock multiple tabs.


    If you lock a tab that is in a tab stack, it stays in its place and does not even shrink in size.

  • الفقير محمد عمران رشدىThursday, September 29, 2011 5:51:36 PM

    :party: :party: :party: selamet ya bang rh-OM-a....... semoga SE-lalu terdepan......... :yes:

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Published inChoose Opera
DateSeptember 27, 2011
AuthorAleksander Aas
Tagslifehacker, speed test, opera
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