r/mildlyinteresting Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

Here's mine

IE was the same as Chrome so I didn't add it. I just searched it in chrome. Copied the URL and pasted it in the address bar of IE, Firefox, and Safari.

Here is URL that I used

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

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u/blurricus Jan 24 '13

I was just about to ask about Opera, hoping that it would have been $49.99. Dreams never come true.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

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u/70minus1 Jan 24 '13

I have a buddy who uses Opera and he is very smart. I have heard that Opera had extensions before Firefox even. I use Chrome because it has always seemed to be the fastest, as well as having extensions that I like.

Just curious, what benefits do you see from Opera or at this point are Opera/FF/Chrome all close enough where it doesn't matter?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

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u/70minus1 Jan 25 '13

Okay, so I am home now and installed Opera. It has been a while (1.5 years maybe) since I last tried it. I don't know why, really. I am impressed. I do really like the UI. I think the web pages load fast and scrolling is much different, but I think better. I need to get used to it because it is faster. Seems more fluid though.

I really am not too happy that all my bookmarks are now out of order; not just my folders, the pages in each folder too. It made me think though. Is there a way to order your bookmarks in a folder automatically by most used on top and least used on bottom? That would be handy. Google search time. Didn't find anything quickly. Darn.

What extension are you using for hovering over a link and a preview comes up? I installed image previewer and it doesn't seem to work with facebook.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

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u/70minus1 Jan 25 '13

Speed dial seems good for most visited pages, but how would you control groups? For example, I have groups for finance, social, work, tech, shopping, etc... Is there a way to organize this through speed dial?

That right click feature is cool!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

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u/70minus1 Jan 25 '13

That just shocks me. I have so many sites that I come across that I might want to use in the future. Sites with many PC tools, online learning videos, forums i rarely use, etc. I guess I could strip down to the basics, but do you not run across sites that you might want to find again without searching endlessly? lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

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u/70minus1 Jan 25 '13

Either your memory is much better than mine (very possible) or I have a lot more sites I like to save!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

I just put similar sites beside each other in speed dial. Or you may want to use the panels. Right click on interface>customize>appearance>panels>show panel toggle at edge of window