Which browser are you looking most forward to in 2009?

December 29, 2008 · by EspenAO

A Dutch site called "Avencius" is running a poll asking its readers what browser they're looking most forward to in 2009. It's cool to see that more than 80% say that Opera 10 is the browser they're looking most forward to.

Thanks to Chas4 for bringing this browser poll to our attention.

Readers' comments 28

Left under the original article, as archived.

radostsguy29. December 2008, 13:39:01
Gee, that's nice. But for myself, I can hardly "look forward" to Opera, except perhaps at La Scala if somebody gives me a Fistfull of Dollars. I already use Opera. Exclusively.
harish.l29. December 2008, 14:18:30
most of us here are snapshot lovers, when Opera 10 final is released there will be another snapshot to put our hands on. Opera 11 any-one! (yeah v10.25, v10.6 & then to v11!)
fammcdon29. December 2008, 14:42:48
+1 for v10......Hopefully I'll have my computer hooked to the net by then and not stuck using only this phone.
Chas429. December 2008, 14:55:22
After I did my 1 vote for Opera 10 and then saw the results I was a bit surprised
radostsguy29. December 2008, 15:30:48
I D/L'd 10, but haven't set it up yet. Too busy trying to get PHP Uploads to work with my new Hosting service. Oh for the good old days when I hosted my own Site! EVERYTHING worked. Sadly, I had to get a new ISP because the old one was busted for operating illegally. The new one, bless their pointed heads, have Port 80 blocked!

Still on Opera 9.(something). Ten soon.
lamarca29. December 2008, 19:34:32

Firefox 3.1
6% (11 votes)
Internet Explorer 8
2% (4 votes)
Opera 10
85% (149 votes)
Safari 4
4% (7 votes)
Other (please specify)
2% (4 votes)
Total votes: 175
jaminthorns29. December 2008, 21:17:05
Opera 10!! Using Peregrine alpha right now!
Chas430. December 2008, 00:06:47
lamarca your stats are behind Opera 10 has gain about another 30, and Total votes: 208
danigoldman30. December 2008, 02:50:15
A Dutch site called "Avencius" is...

It's funny how you phrased it. Avencius is actually run by Rowan Mulder (aka Alastor), who is very active in the Opera community.
Chas430. December 2008, 03:34:02
fancy that
radostsguy30. December 2008, 07:29:18
Wonders will never cease.
Shimbax30. December 2008, 19:41:52
Yep! im kind'a behind wif ths opera version (4.2) bt to me it is the best of being the best and i asume tht al thd ather vesions ar surly the best thts y by next year and al years to cm im sure tht i wl stil be hukd on OPERA , keep ya gud wrk up( the stuff, and al)
Chas430. December 2008, 20:20:17
Shimbax you getting a proxy error?
maybkot31. December 2008, 12:58:27
Join to these 80%!
I'm also looking forward to Opera 10
galaxysees1. January 2009, 18:24:24
Yes i m glad to use internet explore in my mobile phone.but i request to opera.Upload opera mini software for mobile phone.For excess internet.
radostsguy1. January 2009, 19:25:33
I setup 10 today. I must admit that I didn't see any difference. Or didn't until I just misspelled "difference." Now that's really worth while.

radostsguy. (Just added "radostsguy" to the list.)

Now I won't be the King of Typos anymore.
Jurgi2. January 2009, 11:10:05
I hope for more compatibility with ajax sites (especially „G”) in „10”. I know, that Opera isn't the one, that should be blamed, but many people gave up using Opera for this reason.
radostsguy2. January 2009, 11:21:51
Big Problem with 10 for Website developers. With JS driven popups, the Source Code doesn't come up with Ctrl-U. That's a real pain. You get an error page instead. 'Twas not like that in Opera 5-9.

Being a Salt of the Earth type though, I have written a Bug Report for the folks to consider.
_deXter_3. January 2009, 14:46:17
Looking forward to Opera Mini 5.0 actually. I surf more on my phone these days rather than my PC (In fact, haven't even got a line to my PC!). Just the thoughts of potential copy-paste support, plus background downloading and maybe better DOM/JS support... drool..

Also curious to see whether the Skyfire guys will add more global servers..
OAddict3. January 2009, 14:49:20
not hard to realize that i'm looking forward to Opera 10. however, i prefer to see some important features i've already seen in IE8beta2; like Tab grouping, Private Browsing, Search suggestions and better and more practical Personal Bar like the favorites-bar in MSIE.
radostsguy3. January 2009, 15:15:31
What the hell is going on? Opera just lost my Login info. First time that's happened. And on another Blog, I had made a lengthy post, but for some reason, it had at the bottom, a Security Code that one has to type in. I did, correctly, only to be told that it was wrong, and thus lost my post. So I sent a rocket to Opera, and made my displeasure rather obvious.

But then I'm in a shitty mood anyway, trying to get PHP pages working with a foreign host. You spend more time FTP'ing them than fixing them. Oh for the good old days when I hosted my own Site. But we have a new ISP, and they have Port 80 blocked!

Oh well. At least things are working better since I dumped 10 and went back to 9.6.
OAddict3. January 2009, 15:35:59
I had made a lengthy post, but for some reason, it had at the bottom, a Security Code that one has to type in. I did, correctly, only to be told that it was wrong, and thus lost my post.

not sure about it, but sometimes these captcha codes are valid for a certain amount of time, so it's always better to copy the text before submitting.
radostsguy3. January 2009, 15:51:05
Oh. Do you mean copy the text bfore writing the post? You have to copy it before submitting.
ezhik73. January 2009, 19:39:50
opera and ie8. i hate firefox. safari... mby but i'm opera-addicted
and.. opera will f**k g00gle's chr0me a$$ with opera 10!!!
Chas45. January 2009, 21:01:35
Opera 10 still has quiet the lead

Total votes: 497, Opera 10 has 421 of them thats 85%.
tirthamitra8. January 2009, 07:23:22
Opera Mini 4.3 or 4.4 may be, which should make video streaming possible in S-40 phones.
bugscout9. January 2009, 00:16:16
i´m looking forward to a lot of things in 2009. none of them are browser.
yerepenta0199. January 2009, 16:04:40
opera 10...