Why Opera is kept aside??

[remrow]

You know that opera is the third(fourth) most popular browser, with fast page loading.
But many website just keep opera aside. They give that their website is best viewed on IE and Firefox but not on Opera. Moreover the classic version of live mail loads for the windows live mail.

Why is this so??
Opera is a good browser but why are peoples neglecting it!!

 

[slugger]

his shud tell u sumthin - % of people usin opera (me being 1 of them)

What is the trend in browser usage?

O = Opera

 

[legolas]

Why is this so. Opera is a good browser but why are people neglecting it!!

honestly, this is a fight club question I have no idea either, though, I personally prefer FF becoz of the excessive addons.

 

[ray|raven]

I love opera too, Its light and fast.
The only part i hate abt it is the non-native look on *nix

 

[rajesh_nk22]

I tried all of them, but found Opera THE BEST

 

[Gigacore]

Opera ftw!

 

[slugger]

its not a question of which browser is good or bad - if you had taken a look at the table i had given above, it would be evident why designers dont optmise their sites for viewing in opera

opera commads a share of less than 2% as opposed to 25+% commanded by FF and IE

so it is simply uneconomical for the designers to spend their resources on 1.2% of opera users

 

[MetalheadGautham]

opera is not yet perfect.
konqueror and firefox FTW till then.

 

[ray|raven]

^You mean to say FF is?

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^You mean to say FF is?

actually, no single browser, IE, FF, SF, KQ, OP included, is perfect.
but FF renders every single page I need it to without any hastles, so FF FTW
with opera, I find some pages really screwed.

 

[ray|raven]

^True, but blame the designers of the webpage, not opera.
Infact, some sites ,which are made for IE only, render better on Opera than on FF.

 

[slugger]

with opera, I find some pages really screwed.

thats bcos the site designers haven't optimised the page to adhere to opera's page rendering technique

the reason.....only 2% users use opera

 

[MetalheadGautham]

How is that possible ? From what I have heard, both Op and FF along qith KQ follow the offitial standards, so they should have no problems with rendering any page

 

[ray|raven]

^Browsers do , Webpage designer's dont.
They make it optimal for IE.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^Browsers do , Webpage designer's dont.
They make it optimal for IE.

in that case, all FireFox compliant pages with "Best Viewed on Firefox" logo must be able to run on opera as well. That happens. But pages not optimised for any browser work on FF but not Opera

 

[ray|raven]

^Personally , i havent had any rendering problems with opera,
let alone early gmail, it used to show the basic version and i had to tweak opera to get it show the full version,
But its gone now, opera shows full gmail normally.
Could you point me to a few sites that dont render well?

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^Personally , i havent had any rendering problems with opera,
let alone early gmail, it used to show the basic version and i had to tweak opera to get it show the full version,
But its gone now, opera shows full gmail normally.
Could you point me to a few sites that dont render well?

can't remember any now.
I mainly used to use opera in my pre-linux days.

 

[Cool G5]

Me too tried all the browsers...IE 8,FF 4 beta,Safari.......But from the moment i have used Opera, all other browsers are dead for me.
Opera rocks.

 

[s18000rpm]

for me, rediff mail is a bit screwed up (quick links-addrs book doesnt show up), but make Opera to "mask as IE", it works like a charm.

i love the "create search" feature of Opera, now no need to open youtube/wiki or any tool bars... to search for something.

the speed, inbuilt d/l mangr., password wand & bookmark nick names are the things i just love opera.

 

[remrow]

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