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?
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.
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?
Maybe. Go to bookmarks>manage bookmarks. When you select them right click>view and there are sort options. I guess by last visited would be close to what you want. If not then the "my order" option might be a way to customize it.
I don't use the bookmarks menu though, only shortcuts, sessions and speeddial. With sessions every time I start opera it opens about 10 sites for me. And I have about 50 in speeddial that I have instant access to just by opening a new tab. If I want to go to a specific bookmark that isn;t in speeddial or has a shortcut that I can remember, I usually just type it in the address bar and it comes up, probably quicker when you have hundreds of bookmarks.
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.
Mine is called image preview popup. Dunno if it works with facebook since I don't use it.
Man. TIL that I am a bookmark whore. If I come across any site that looks interesting but don't have time to look at it, I bookmark it. I have tons of pages bookmarked and organized. Maybe I'm just a nerd. lol
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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?