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@corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX

www.spacebar.news

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Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX

www.spacebar.news

@corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Opera used to be a fantastic web browser, with a custom high-performance Presto rendering engine and features like tabbed windows that didn't show up in competing browsers until years later. However, the modern Opera browser is a shadow of its former self, reliant on chasing trends and meme advertising to
  • Laurel Raven
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    28•1 year ago

    Opera died when they killed Presto and pretended they couldn’t make anything like that with blink.

    Then the old ones made Vivaldi and proved that was a damned lie.

    • hannes3120
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      20•1 year ago

      I’m kind of sad they didn’t choose gecko for Vivaldi.

      Currently trying out Floorp after maining Vivaldi for years in preparation for the worst

      • Kayn
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        14•1 year ago

        Unfortunately Gecko was in the process of being significantly rewritten when Vivaldi had to choose an engine.

      • Someone64
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        4•1 year ago

        I can vouch for Floorp being quite good. It also seems to be faster than Waterfox despite having more features built in.

      • Alex
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        2•1 year ago

        +1 for floorp, it’s really fast

      • Laurel Raven
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        2•1 year ago

        This is the first I’m hearing of floorp, I’ll have to check that out

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