Opera GX

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So I've been getting pissed off with Chrome recently, but I still preferred it to any of the alternatives. I find Firefox ugly and Edge is piece of shit, Chromium was ok but it always felt a bit slow for me.

I saw that Opera was offering a new browser, and I actually liked Opera back in the day so I thought I'd try it out.

www.opera.com

Opera GX | Gaming Browser | Opera

Opera GX is the browser built specifically for gamers. Get unparalleled gaming and browsing features, packed in a powerful revolutionary browser.
www.opera.com www.opera.com

the 'gaming browser' thing kinda made me cringe, but I actually really like it from a UI and usability standpoint. It frequently uses less memory than Chrome and has all the extensions I like from Chrome. (Ublock Origin, BetterTTV, LastPass). I also really like that it has a bandwidth limiter built in.

I'd recommend it if you want to try something new anyway.
 
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I've been using it about 6 months now. It's pretty good. Speed wise it's about the same as Chrome. Lighter on the memory for sure. The limiters are pretty nice also.

One thing I don't like is that my "home" tab is to the far right of the browser. Everything else about it is pretty cool. Would recommend over Chrome.
 
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Will have to check it out. That said I'm currently using Brave and have zero complaints.
 
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gshurik said:
So I've been getting pissed off with Chrome recently, but I still preferred it to any of the alternatives. I find Firefox ugly and Edge is piece of shit, Chromium was ok but it always felt a bit slow for me.

I saw that Opera was offering a new browser, and I actually liked Opera back in the day so I thought I'd try it out.

www.opera.com

Opera GX | Gaming Browser | Opera

Opera GX is the browser built specifically for gamers. Get unparalleled gaming and browsing features, packed in a powerful revolutionary browser.
www.opera.com www.opera.com

the 'gaming browser' thing kinda made me cringe, but I actually really like it from a UI and usability standpoint. It frequently uses less memory than Chrome and has all the extensions I like from Chrome. (Ublock Origin, BetterTTV, LastPass). I also really like that it has a bandwidth limiter built in.

I'd recommend it if you want to try something new anyway.
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Just out of curiosity, what do you find ugly about Firefox? I'm assuming you have tried different themes.
 
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gshurik said:
So I've been getting pissed off with Chrome recently, but I still preferred it to any of the alternatives. I find Firefox ugly and Edge is piece of shit, Chromium was ok but it always felt a bit slow for me.

I saw that Opera was offering a new browser, and I actually liked Opera back in the day so I thought I'd try it out.

www.opera.com

Opera GX | Gaming Browser | Opera

Opera GX is the browser built specifically for gamers. Get unparalleled gaming and browsing features, packed in a powerful revolutionary browser.
www.opera.com www.opera.com

the 'gaming browser' thing kinda made me cringe, but I actually really like it from a UI and usability standpoint. It frequently uses less memory than Chrome and has all the extensions I like from Chrome. (Ublock Origin, BetterTTV, LastPass). I also really like that it has a bandwidth limiter built in.

I'd recommend it if you want to try something new anyway.
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Opera is owned by the Chinese now, so if they're part of your threat model, find something else. If you're looking for a Chromium derivative, Brave is probably the best option as far as security/privacy (albeit with limited extension support.)
 
gshurik

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Dom said:
Just out of curiosity, what do you find ugly about Firefox? I'm assuming you have tried different themes.
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Yeah a huge part is how videos and pictures are loaded, it does it smoothly and I don't really like the aesthetic. I have other issues with Firefox due to not liking the people behind Mozilla much. I have tried Firefox recently and I just didn't really like the feel of it much.

sleevedraw said:
Opera is owned by the Chinese now, so if they're part of your threat model, find something else. If you're looking for a Chromium derivative, Brave is probably the best option as far as security/privacy (albeit with limited extension support.)
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I don't care tbh. If I didn't use anything developed in China, half of my PC would be missing.
 
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One little question about browsers and I dont know where else to ask it
How can I make Opera do the following thing:

With Firefox, you download a file, then click on the Downloads icon once, and it opens the short list of recent downloads, right ? Not the whole different window, but the small drop down window. Then i could Drag and drop a downloaded file from that small window into any other on the computer... desktop, a specific folder that is already open, etc.
With Opera, i can drag and drop but only on other Opera windows. And I want to be able to drag and drop it anywhere. Pls help.
 
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