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Xiphan wrote:Ok I'm seriously at a loss as to why I keep having problems with certain pages not displaying properly any more in my beloved browser of choice. Does the following happen to anyone else:

Wowhead in Opera (not displaying properly):


Wowhead in IE (how it's meant to appear):


Is it a problem with my install, the site or something else?

Nope it is just you dude. Try to un-install it and redo the installation.

I use

Version: 10.01
Build: 1844
Platform: Win32
System: Windows XP
Java: Sun Java Runtime Environment version 1.5
XHTML+Voice: Plug-in not loaded

and no fuky screen layout.

So i experienced an interesting bug last night. First opera 10 erased its jpg extension so i could not download any pictures. Then when i attempted to re-add it, it would not load any pictures on pages. In sheer desperation, i updated it, where it proceeded to obliterate all my tabs, including locked ones.

Wth? This is the most crap i have ever had with opera and makes no sense.

Xiphan: Is that using a straight connection to the net or do you go through a proxy? I was experiencing similar problems with Opera through my work proxy so I eventually switched to Google Chrome and Firefox at work...

RuadRauFlessa wrote:

Xiphan wrote:Ok I'm seriously at a loss as to why I keep having problems with certain pages not displaying properly any more in my beloved browser of choice. Does the following happen to anyone else:

Wowhead in Opera (not displaying properly):


Wowhead in IE (how it's meant to appear):


Is it a problem with my install, the site or something else?

Nope it is just you dude. Try to un-install it and redo the installation.

I use

Version: 10.01
Build: 1844
Platform: Win32
System: Windows XP
Java: Sun Java Runtime Environment version 1.5
XHTML+Voice: Plug-in not loaded

and no fuky screen layout.

My installs are normally always clean, however the problem seems to have gone away now since I did the cleanest install possible and that was upgrading to Windows 7 x64 and Opera 10.01 build 1844.

ryanrich wrote:Xiphan: Is that using a straight connection to the net or do you go through a proxy? I was experiencing similar problems with Opera through my work proxy so I eventually switched to Google Chrome and Firefox at work...

Straight 384k connection to the net at home. I've solved the problem now, I was running Opera 10 on my system but I'm guessing version 9 or the Opera 10 RC never got removed properly when I did the upgrade and the two engines trying to render the same page obviously must've conflicted with one another. Which leads me to wonder who is the bad show here, the Opera installer for not doing a proper job or me for not going through my system and purging every single folder Opera had created.

/. on Opera 10.5 Alpha...
hmm... was supposed to be official yesterday, but only the pre-alpha available... and no *nix builds yet...

Meh who cares about *nix at least they have a Mac version going .

Must say it is quite good from what I have used .

Stuart wrote:I have been using FF for YEARS now and have NEVER dragged an image to the desktop. Why would you need such functionality?

i did not know this was possible, but i like it, i too often copy images from the net and this is a quick way to do it.

Opera only adds a shortcut to the image, but not the image itself as with FF.

I cannot see any setting for this in opera. And with opera being my choice of browser its a bit disapointing.

I know I will probably get flamed for this but here goes.

I arrived back at the office after two weeks of work and my FF refused to open pages, even local intraweb pages. I reinstalled but still no luck. Used IE for about 5 minutes before pulling my hair out. I got Opera 10.10 and sadly the problems just got worse. Opening up tabs is faster than IE but damn is it slow compared to FF. Got Chrome installed now and its much better. Still need to figure out what happened to my FF but until I have time Chrome will do.

Tl;dr IE < Opera < Chrome < Firefox

So the browser which failed is the one you rate the best? Excellent! You should work for a PC magazine and provide insight to readers who value your opinion!

well FF is working again. I actually think that the problem might be with our server and Neotel. Chrome has been fast but i'm glad my FF is up and running again.

The problem most likely lies with your proxy setup or local machine...

... or, knowing KB, it may also exist between keyboard and chair.

killerlolpost

i believe the proxy server had a serious case of PMS.

Opera 10 is great. If you want an image from a website, right click and save image, copy for paste or whatever. That is not too much of an issue is it?

KALSTER wrote:Opera 10 is great. If you want an image from a website, right click and save image, copy for paste or whatever. That is not too much of an issue is it?

I prefer the click and drag method of FF.

KALSTER wrote:Opera 10 is great. If you want an image from a website, right click and save image, copy for paste or whatever. That is not too much of an issue is it?

Sometimes a page disables right clicking, thus you can't select save as. That's when I drag the image from FF to a folder, btw. Chrome does this too.

Just drag the picture to the tabs area, it will open in a new tab you can r-click and save.

10.50 looking good... - no beta builds for linux yet :/....

• :- HTML5/CSS3 updates..
  :- Private browsing, (for jamin)
  :- New graphics lib, (clearly)

.....

I want to try that, but the problem I've had in the past with beta builds is that it always messes with my stable install and afterwards I have to purge my PC of all things Opera and do a fresh install to get it to render sites properly again.

Opera 10.5 officially released!

"Opera 10.50 is the fastest browser in almost all speed tests," claims Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera Software. Opera 10.5 uses a new JavaScript engine called Carakan and a new graphics library called Vega, which Opera says make this the fastest browser ever produced for Windows. Google Chrome also makes a similar claim -- so further tests will have to decide that.

Source

Better, faster than Mozilla??

ADT wrote:Better, faster than Mozilla??

always was.... :/

although, i'd hold back for a bit... ACID3 now pegs at 99, whilst the beta was a clean 100...

rustypup wrote:

ADT wrote:Better, faster than Mozilla??

always was.... :/

although, i'd hold back for a bit... ACID3 now pegs at 99, whilst the beta was a clean 100...

Mm i beg to differ, maybe faster which is true, i used Opera myself already, but the Platform i work on isn't compatible with Opera the last time i checked...for some reason, that's why I'm on mozilla, which PAWNS IE8

ADT wrote:the Platform i work on isn't compatible with Opera the last time i checked

which platform would that be?

ADT wrote:that's why I'm on mozilla, which PAWNS IE8

if we were to start a list of things which "PAWN" IE8, we will have to invest a few lifetimes... not something i'm too keen on...