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So how is Opera for BeOS?
Name: Cornstalk Date: July 22, 2002 at 05:45:29 Pacific
Comment:
I'm thinking about purchasing the Opera browser for my new BeOS setup. Anybody have any experience with it?
Name: Joey Mink Date: July 22, 2002 at 06:37:06 Pacific
Reply:
I've been using it somewhat frequently for about 4 days now. It's VERY solid, very quick, no annoying xtra's or anything. It views alot of pages that I find NetPositive unable to view. When I click on mpg files, it doesn't play them as there seems to be some sort of program/file-type assocation process that I haven't investigated yet in Opera.
I am also considering the purchase.
Hope that's useful!
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Response Number 2
Name: jefro Date: July 22, 2002 at 09:24:17 Pacific
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A lot of users can't open the .bin file. I think you may have to download the file to a beos machine only! Beos files have extended attributes that may or may not get lost in other file systems. Joey, how did you get your copy, online or from a CD?
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Response Number 3
Name: Joey Mink Date: July 22, 2002 at 10:12:44 Pacific
I downloaded it via BeOS PE, and I did have problems with it when I downloaded it via Win2k. It's a 30-day trial, so sadly enough, I'll hafta decide on purchasing it or not in a few weeks : )
Joey
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Response Number 4
Name: Andrew Ordo Date: July 22, 2002 at 16:43:47 Pacific
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The combination of BeOS and Opera makes for some pretty damn snappy Web surfing!
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Response Number 5
Name: Joey Mink Date: July 23, 2002 at 08:36:06 Pacific
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Just to be picky, I do find that NetPositive opens things more swiftly than Opera, however Opera seems to have alot more compatibility with different types of webpages...
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