Menneisyys
05-13-2008, 03:28 PM
The final version of Opera Mini 4.1, one of the best Web browsers available, has just been released; see THIS (http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=232316) for more info. I’ll post a detailed multiplatform review in some days, after having used it for some time on all my three mobile operating systems.
Finnish computer mag Tietokone has just published a summary of their desktop browser speed test (http://www.tietokone.fi:80/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=33862) published in their (offline) papermag. Currently, I only have access to the online summary (while I'm a paying subscriber to their mag, it hasn't arrived yet). I'll let you know when there's anything else of interest in the article as soon as I receive the offline version - it's promised to be pblished tomorrow (which means subscribers living in abroad receive it shoon thereafter).
They state the current desktop Opera 9.5 b2 is considerably faster than both Internet Explorer 8 b2 and Mozilla Firefox 2. It's only Apple's Safari and Mozilla Firefox 3 beta 5 that turned out to be faster. It has also turned out to be faster with both normal- and Flash-based contents.
I've always preferred using Opera to IE on my 15" UXGA (1600*1200) Thinkpad because, even as of IE8b2, Opera 9.5 has far better zoom-in capabilities (which is essential on an UXGA or WUXGA 15" notebook), particularly when zooming into forum pages; not to mention its standards compliance (see my latest reports HERE (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=2589&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1)).
Finnish computer mag Tietokone has just published a summary of their desktop browser speed test (http://www.tietokone.fi:80/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=33862) published in their (offline) papermag. Currently, I only have access to the online summary (while I'm a paying subscriber to their mag, it hasn't arrived yet). I'll let you know when there's anything else of interest in the article as soon as I receive the offline version - it's promised to be pblished tomorrow (which means subscribers living in abroad receive it shoon thereafter).
They state the current desktop Opera 9.5 b2 is considerably faster than both Internet Explorer 8 b2 and Mozilla Firefox 2. It's only Apple's Safari and Mozilla Firefox 3 beta 5 that turned out to be faster. It has also turned out to be faster with both normal- and Flash-based contents.
I've always preferred using Opera to IE on my 15" UXGA (1600*1200) Thinkpad because, even as of IE8b2, Opera 9.5 has far better zoom-in capabilities (which is essential on an UXGA or WUXGA 15" notebook), particularly when zooming into forum pages; not to mention its standards compliance (see my latest reports HERE (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=2589&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1)).