www.opera.com

I invite you to read this article on the subject of Opera.

http://www.linux.com/feature/139212

I believe mostly that the comments sum up exactly how I feel about the browser and make for the best, I feel, arguments in favor of the Opera browser. Especially those comments addressing the blind fanaticism of open source.

I hope you will read it with an open mind and not see this as an attack on your favorite browser's religion.

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Wow.  If you think FF is just a web browser, I suggest you check out Songbird. That application was created using Mozilla's XUL, which, if running GNU/Linux, is probably already installed (XULrunner). In a nutshell, XUL allows one to create applications that are OS/platform agnostic & separates  the program's engine fr the menu design.

Let's explore a thought here: you have a great idea that's an evolution of or incorporates existing structure/technology. Logically, I'd assume you'd rather spend time working on your development than mimicking existing functionality. Would you waste time in re-inventing the wheel or use open code to expedite a functioning prototype?

Under a closed source model, it would be very difficult if cost was a concern. Of course, this is what commercial entities capitalize on. Ever use Compuserve or Prodigy? Are your aware of the history of HTTPs rival, Gopher?

Open source grants the freedom to adapt anything I wish; even if I never exercise it. Some people want appliances, I want a computer.

Then again, if “IT'S JUST A FUCKING INTERNET WEB BROWSER,” you don't appreciate the gift Tim Berners-Lee gave to the world so that you could spout ill-informed, drone-mentality rhetoric.