Opera 11 vs. Chrome 10 on the Mac

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I had written a few days ago that I was impressed with Opera 11. It does have some good points. However after installing one extension Shareaholic, it has become less stable and slow than Chrome with 4 extensions including Shareaholic. Very disappointing. It has some nice features like greater security, and better ability to block pop-ups, but the lack of speed and stability are enough to kill it for me.

Firefox seems so far behind the times it is not funny. For example in the newest Firefox you can’t set the option for two webpages to open automatically when you start. You only get the option for one page. Chrome allows you to set at least two start-up webpages. That is what I have set and it seems you can add more. In addition Firefox crashed when showing flash. Come on!

So it seems that Chrome for the Mac has the most stable, fastest and best set of features.

Safari vs. Firefox 4 vs. Opera vs. Chrome

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I have written about a security problem with Safari before and my problems with Firefox. Since I normally use Chrome I have been experiencing more weird behavior lately. Times where it will freeze on non flash pages and crashing. So I thought it was time that I tested Opera again. I haven’t used it for several years. It just seemed that its rendering problems in the past were too big to deal with.

So I downloaded it and using it now. I am very impressed. I immediately noticed how good the text looked. The speed is on the same level with Chrome, and it enforces policy even more strictly than Chrome does. For example I tried to log into StumbleUpon with Opera and Opera told me that its TLS was inconsistent and that it couldn’t establish a good secure connection. I had installed an extension called Redirect to HTTPS and it gave me this error, when a similar HTTPS force extension on Chrome did not warn me. Very good!

I am going to continue to use Opera for at least a week. If it is better I will probably make another post and let everyone know the equivalent extensions for safe, and ad-free targeting for the average joe. Have a great Friday everyone!

Phishers use new tricks to snare victims (via The Informative Report)

This is really nice website. It has some interesting content. I am going to take a look at the other articles. It is best not to click on any attachments you do not recognize.

To get around phishing blacklists in browsers, scammers are luring people by using HTML attachments instead of URLs, a security firm has warned. EditAn example of a phishing attack encouraging the recipient to download an HTML attachment and provide information. Note the poor grammar, “required informations”, which should be a red flag   Chrome and Firefox are good at detecting phishing sites and warning web surfers via a browser notice when … Read More

via The Informative Report

How To Stop Advertisers From Tracking Your Browsing Habits MacLife

How To Stop Advertisers From Tracking Your Browsing Habits MacLife. Easy to follow instructions.  I am going to follow their recommendations next.

RSS Feed not working proberly in Google Chrome « WordPress.com Forums

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RSS Feed not working proberly in Google Chrome « WordPress.com Forums. Nice there is an extension for it.  Firefox and other browsers do not have this RSS problem on WordPress.com.

 

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 started crashing on startup

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sorcer found the solution.  Thanks.

Found the solution on http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Thunderbirddelete the

via Apple – Support – Discussions – Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 started ….

 

Problems with Firefox and 10.6.5 update

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Apple – Support – Discussions – Problems with Firefox and 10.6.5 update ….  Problem is resolved once the person updated his version of Firefox to the latest.  Good work!

 

12-Year-Olds Firefox Security Flaw Discovery Nets 3,000 Payday

12-Year-Olds Firefox Security Flaw Discovery Nets 3,000 Payday.  Pretty cool way to earn money as a kid.  I wish I had that opportunity!