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    IE tab in Opera?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Thomas, Dec 1, 2007.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Is there a widget or something that allows me to have an IE tab or Firefox tab in Opera?
     
  2. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    Nope, IE tab is a FF only extension. You have to use the awesome Firefox to use it.
     
  3. Thomas

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    I am an FF user but, the memory leak it to much for this old desktop.....
    Is there something similair?
     
  4. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Well, I found out how & will do it later.
    Kudos to the guys over at http://www.neowin.net!!!!
    If anyone else would like to do this Here's the thread.
     
  5. Miths

    Miths Notebook Consultant

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    Another alternative is custom buttons. I've got an "open in IE" button sitting on one of my toolbars.

    You can probably find it on this page along with a ton of others: http://operawiki.info/CustomButtons

    Edit: Actually that page now mentions the solution provided above where you open an IE tab inside Opera (and provides a custom button for it as well) - it's near the buttom of the page under Web Development.
     
  6. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Thanks Miths!
    I love Opera so far(using 9.50 beta) Only a few gripes. FF rules though still.
     
  7. Miths

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    I think browser preference is often entirely a matter of what you're used to.
    I've been using Opera for 6-8+ hours a day for the last several years (jumped on board around version 7.5 - in 2004 I think, though I had tried older versions as well), and while I've tried using Firefox just to see what it was like (I've got it installed to check my websites look okay), I'll swear any day of the week that Opera is better than FF plus 50ish plugins.

    Obviously I'm quite certain that any Firefox fan would say the exact opposite :p.

    I've seen a list comparing FF plugins to Opera features (the vast majority of them native, some available with userJS), and you need something like 80+ FF plugins to get the equivalent of the built-in functionality of Opera (though on a day to day basis most users obviously only need a fraction of all those features no matter which browser they use - and with Opera specifically, considering you don't may not actively go searching for them like you would a plugin, chances are you may never find many of them. I still occasionally come across really useful Opera features I have never noticed before, only to find out they've actually been there for years :)).

    On the flip side, both browsers had something that either wasn't available with the other one, or which was handled better or worse - or just different.