Disclaimer : I do not have any preference for a perticular browser, these are just observations. Opera has better GUI. Not interms of look and feel, but in terms of usability. Mouse gestures are example.Opera caches lots of things. It is both good and Bad. It increasees "perceptible" speed of browsing since pages appers to load faster. But it puts load on memory. Opera remembers last set of pages that were opened. So if you launch Opera next time, you can start from where you left. Opera does not have DOM inspector. Opera is not Open Source. Opera does NOT have scripting capability. If you want to write a program that:1. Logins to gmail/hotmail or your bank account2. Navigates to a perticular page3. Gets some value out of DOM tree4. Does something with itIts a 10 line program with IE or Firefox, not with Opera. Opera users, point out if I am wrong. I have been using it just for a few months.
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1. IE is not as bad ppl make it out to be. a) Loads up really quick. Firefx 1.5 is no slouch either. B) Loads web pages really fast. I for one don't buy all the hype being created abt opera being the fastest browser. As netfreak said it just caches a lot of stuff and increasing the cache size in the other two will yield the same results. c) Web-pages look the best when rendered in IE. Mozilla comes in second and opera is a distant third for me. d) Feature wise firefox is unbeatable coz it's open source and when used with the right extensions it's a great browser. IE loses out in this respect. Although sp2 did add an integrated pop-up blocker, it still has a lot of ground to make up. Opera ummm, mouse gestures are somethin which very few will end up using. Too hard to memorize....sometimes takes 2-3 attempts to make the damn commands work. It's simply easier and faster using the freakin toolbar and kb shortcuts. e) Security. Hmmm the jury is out on this one. IE ofcourse being the most common browser is also the one targetted the most. But if one just improves his surfing habits and stays away from shady websites, along with a gd anti-virus....there's no reason to worry. So right now it's firefox 1.5 for me. It's a complete browser.
I'm not exactly a HATER of firefox!Thats exactly why I've posted this suite!Did any of you check out firemonger, at all?I see only arguments instead.... 
