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Re: A nice browser indeed... (Reply to this comment)
by mhudack
I've noticed this as well, but it's not Opera's fault - it's the other browsers.
You'll notice that when you use Mozilla / Netscape 6, that the same odd behaviors are present. This is because both Netscape 6 and Opera interpert HTML according to the W3c standards, unlike the other browsers.
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Oct 10 '00
8:06 am PDT
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A nice browser indeed... (Reply to this comment)
by flyingdutchman
...'cause as you say, it's fast and lean and displays well. I've been having a few problems with its interpretation of Javascript, however. Especially, due to the multiple document interface, a script that opens a new window may behave in a rather weird manner...
FD
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Oct 08 '00
5:45 pm PDT
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Re: Fast Indeed! (Reply to this comment)
by mhudack
Java in general is rather slow, due to the inherent limitations of the language.
Most languages are "compiled" - meaning that they're changed from the form they're written in to a form which is much easier and faster for a computer to execute... kind of a human-readable to computer-readable transformation.
Java, however, in order to be usable on so many systems, does a pseudo-compilation. It changes it from human-readable to all-computer-readable. When you finally run the program, your computer changes it from all-computer-readable to your-computer-readable. That's why it's slow.
I hope I did justice to the byte code versus compilation versus interperted differences, while sticking to layman's terms.
Regardless, you're just not going to get speed from Java on a 486. Good luck on a regular Pentium. :-)
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Aug 17 '00
6:50 pm PDT
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Fast Indeed! (Reply to this comment)
by rpllingrock
I've used the Opera browser in the past and was more than pleased with its speed and options, including the magnification of pages.
I ran this browser on my work computer, a 486 SX @ 20MHz without a hitch. One problem did arise when I downloaded the Java module, and that was extremely slow performance.
For casual browsing, it's great.
rpllingrock
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Aug 17 '00
6:11 pm PDT
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