I am using Firefox for web development, Opera Dragonfly is still far from being serious contender to Firebug. Otherwise it offers absolutely nothing that might seduce long-time Opera user.

IE8 is slow indeed. I don’t browse but some software unfortunately still sticks to using IE engine (like Feeddemon, my only gripe with it).

Opera is all about INTERFACE ! In other words: Working the
way ~you~ want to work.

Opera used to be “The World’s Fastest Browser”. Ain’t anymore.
But it’s still the most customizable.

Chrome is fastest. But it’s interface abysmal !

What I do: Have Chrome as my default Web browser. So, if I click
on a link (outside of Opera), the page comes up ~really~ fast.
This allowing me to just quickly check the page for contents.

But I WORK in Opera. It’s my working browser. That’s where I
spend 99% of my time on the Internet. It’s set-up the way I want
it. It ~can~ be set-up the way I want it ! ( Something not
possible with Chrome. )

I got Safari on my main PC, and IE 8 on all three machines.
Hardly ever use Safari. I use IE 8 for the rare Web site
which refuses to work on Opera. ( Which is becoming increasingly
rare. ) I’m on IE 8 a few minutes maybe once or twice a week.

When switching to IE everything seems ~so~ SLOW ! While Opera
isn’t as fast as Firefox and (especially) Chrome, it’s still
about four times faster than IE 7-8 by my subjective impression
and also benchmarks I’ve seen.

Haven’t tried Firefox or really given it a chance. Someday I’ll
do so. Right now I’ve got an innate bias against hardcore open
source projects.

The DataRat

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