Primele impresii - Firefox (vs Opera)
- dupa instalare normala, all default, arata crapy rau, toate mari cit crucea nebunului - neimportant
- optiuni mult mai putine
- no mouse gesture decit cu extensii
- prea multe chestii doar cu extensii -> greu customizabil
- (inca in teste, confirmati) mai incet decit opera
- nu pot sa inchid tabul de quick reply (check down page)
- uneori deschide alta fereastra in loc de alt tab, motive neelucidate. Banuiesc ca si pentru asta trebuie vreo extensie de tab browsing.
Edit:
The firefox and opera markets seem to be diverging, even though Operasoft are taking some steps to counter that at the moment...
Firefox 1.0 seems to be very much an IE replacement out of the box. It has moved more in that direction since the earlier Firebird. The default interface and layout are very similar to IE, and show you little or nothing beyond unless you go looking. Even the preferences show uncanny similarities. Without extensions there are few additional features except tabs, popup blocking and a few search bars. Interestingly they have also pinched some Opera niceties, like the find in page '/' key followed by return to action a text link. Probably the best thing in FF for me is the renderer - things often look a little nicer when finished loading in Gecko browsers, are also nicer to see while they're drawing, and the UI (particularly keyboard forms input) are fully responsive during page load. The latter is particularly annoying in Opera and I hope shall be addressed soon.
Opera on the other hand is very much the power users' browser, even though Operasoft are at the moment trying to simplify the default UI and menus.
Opera also is not trying to look like an MS-Windows product per se, firstly because it is designed multi platform and second because it has a UI that transcends individual OS UIs somewhat. I feel the latter contributes to the power of Opera, but also serves to complicate migration for new users. This is difficult to address because a) Opera's current approach - the so-called simplicity created by changing UI elements and thinning menus - is somewhat of an illusion, while annoying existing users; b) the windows market is by far the largest and differences in Opera's custom UI controls behaviour will be seen by most as idiosyncratic because things don't behave like they do in "most windows apps". Not much can be done here except making it rock solid and addressing any UI anomalies or behavioural limitations (of which plenty still exist); c) one could argue that users' willingness to switch browser implies a willingness to learn something new, for the payoff of a better experience. Most Opera users feel this way - I know I do. But it's difficult to get across to some who just can't be bothered with the first (and steepest) part of the learning curve. http://my.opera.com/forums/showthrea...&postid=740386