My journey through Opera

Type D post.

I'll be updating this post with my "discoveries" as I get used to Opera, which I downloaded yesterday.

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5/19 2:02 PM: Apparently, the Bookmarks Toolbar in Firefox is called the "Personal Bar" in Opera. I discovered this a few minutes ago, and I subsequently added in my Firefox bookmarks to the "personal bar" with glee. However, after a few hours of using the "Speed Dial" functionality when opening new tabs, I decided to re-remove the personal bar because it ... just wasn't right.

5/20 2:58 PM: This "wand" thing is starting to get annoying. Unlike Firefox where it'll fill in your passwords automatically, with Opera you have to press some "wand" button on the toolbar every time. As you can tell, I really don't like that extra click.

3:07 PM: Hahaha, oh wow. Apparently, right-clicking on an empty tab space in order to make a new tab does also work in Opera. Heh, and I've been using the "new tab" button all this time. Well, at least that's one more similarity to Firefox I can count on. :P

3:12 PM: Oh wow, you can duplicate tabs? Ooh, that's gonna be a pretty useful feature.

5/22 4:15 PM: Okay, I think these "widgets" are pretty useless compared to Firefox's plug-ins. In order for the widgets to be useful, they have to stay open. Close the widget, and they're of no use anymore. Unlike Firefox's plugins, where they're actually part of the browser and therefore are useful the whole time. Also, there's no custom search bar here - only some set choices and that's it. Sorry Wikipedia search bar, in Opera you're in widget form (which is much more cumbersome IMO). Add on the fact that Opera doesn't display the iGoogle Google Reader gadget correctly, and I'm now starting to miss good 'ole Firefox. "Um, what about IE?" IE can kiss my ass.

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Watch this post for more updates. ^_^

- siggy