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#59203 29-Mar-2010 23:16

Check out Opera 10.5

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#312687 29-Mar-2010 23:47

Fastest at some things and not fastest at others...

Web Browser Grand Prix: The Top Five, Tested And Ranked (March 4th 2010)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/firefox-chrome-opera,2558.html

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#313088 30-Mar-2010 20:46

Ragnor: Fastest at some things and not fastest at others...

Web Browser Grand Prix: The Top Five, Tested And Ranked (March 4th 2010)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/firefox-chrome-opera,2558.html

I read this article last week, I think I will be sticking to Firefox with Adblock Plus for now :)

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#313089 30-Mar-2010 20:48

hmm actually, I might download it and have a play. I always like exploring alternatives :)

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#313176 30-Mar-2010 21:55

jaymz: hmm actually, I might download it and have a play. I always like exploring alternatives :)

you should :D

i love the fact that it comes with excellent email client and opera unite is AWESOME!

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#313177 30-Mar-2010 21:57

jaymz:
Ragnor: Fastest at some things and not fastest at others...

Web Browser Grand Prix: The Top Five, Tested And Ranked (March 4th 2010)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/firefox-chrome-opera,2558.html

I read this article last week, I think I will be sticking to Firefox with Adblock Plus for now :)

Please think twice before using adblock...

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#313189 30-Mar-2010 22:07

nakedmolerat:
jaymz:
Ragnor: Fastest at some things and not fastest at others...

Web Browser Grand Prix: The Top Five, Tested And Ranked (March 4th 2010)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/firefox-chrome-opera,2558.html

I read this article last week, I think I will be sticking to Firefox with Adblock Plus for now :)

Please think twice before using adblock...

Excellent article. To be honest I never thought about that side of the coin. Rightly or wrongly I assumed that ads on websites only generated income when people clicked on them.

The main reason I installed the addon was to help speed up website browsing by reducing the number of ads being displayed to me - and I achived this.

I have now white-listed my most visited sites (geekzone is one of these) in light of your link.

Thanks for showing me that! :)

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#313200 30-Mar-2010 22:18

That's interesting... I read this same comment before. People don't realise there are LOTS of different ad types, with different payment models.

Blocking ads is a sure way to cut revenues to website owners - in my case I work full time on Geekzone and use revenue to pay for infrastructure (colocation, firewall, server, software license, development, bandwidth, backup), other costs (travel, stationery, accountant), salary (myself), tax (incoming, GST) and more.

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#313656 31-Mar-2010 23:21

I found 10.5 beta to be slower loading google than any of the other browsers. And for that reason, I'm out.

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#313658 31-Mar-2010 23:30

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

And on the other end of the spectrum...

I can't believe they advertise that Acid3 score

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#314032 1-Apr-2010 21:37

Upgraded from 10.0 and love the new graphics etc. only thing out is my google search bar!

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#314040 1-Apr-2010 22:02

Hmmm...
Google loads fast..
Very Fast.... Just like on Firefox!
???????

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#314086 2-Apr-2010 01:38

Mooseboy: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

And on the other end of the spectrum...

I can't believe they advertise that Acid3 score

at least they being honest...