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    Opera 9 vs. Firefox 3 scrolling

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Phil, Jul 18, 2008.

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    I've recently been using Opera and i am very impressed with it. Especially the scrolling is a lot faster (and smoother) than Firefox.

    Is there anyway I can have the same scrolling in Firefox?

    I've tried the setting 'smooth scroll' but that makes it worse.
     
    Phil, Jul 18, 2008
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    I actually find Firefox's scrolling to be smoother.
     
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    i dont think it is possible, i think it has something to do with the rendering engine the browser use or what not. im not a software engineer, thats just an educated guess, so dont quote me on that :)

    dave, maybe u havent try the new opera 9.5 it is awesome! very very significant improvement compared to the old one. they could have call it opera 10!
     
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    Without Touchpad i find both equally irritating... rite now i am sitting on sofa..and its so troublesome.
     
    Nocturnal310, Jul 18, 2008
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    I am also sat of the sofa with a touchpad, and i think that it works realy well :cool:
     
    Chucklz_smiley, Jul 18, 2008
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    I use Mouse actually ..i never use Laptop keyboard & its touchpad.. :D so not used to it
     
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    I'm guessing you have a better system.

    But let's forget smooth and focus on the speed, cause thats what I'm after.
     
    Phil, Jul 18, 2008
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    I find Opera's to be alot smoother than FF not that FF has bad scrolling. I kinda thought that Opera was too smooth. It took getting use to.
     
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    Ok I've found somewhat of a workaround: I've just adjusted the scrolling speed in configuration panel for my mouse wheel.

    not the perfect solution so suggestions are still welcome. Maybe some firefox hidden setting?
     
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    yea love firefox scrolling don;t have any problem with it :)
     
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    I never had a problem with it, untill I tried Opera 9.5 :)
     
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    Yeah, Opera 9.5's a huge improvement in speed and appearance. I think Safari has the best scrolling of all the browsers i've tried.

    lol, better system. This computer's from 2003.
     
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    What do you have? I have a 1.6Ghz Dothan with 1Gb.
     
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    2.66GHz Northwood with 512MB.
     
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    Thanks! It comes really close to the Opera experience. Great tip!
     
    Phil, Jul 23, 2008
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    You're welcome!! :D
     
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    I am happy to say that with the latest update the scrolling with "Yet Another Smooth Scrolling" has become very fast.
     
    Phil, Sep 2, 2008
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