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The takeover sounds weird at first, but https://www.opera.com/gx https://www.opera.com/gx is actually probably a good idea. Mainstream browsers like Chrome are
by jakub_g 6y ago
The takeover sounds weird at first, but https://www.opera.com/gx https://www.opera.com/gx is actually probably a good idea.
Mainstream browsers like Chrome are generic those days and believe they deserve 100% CPU, RAM and network. Innovation in UI/UX have been stagnant with little changes. Most development is about APIs and other internals. Anything that will have impact on less than 2B users is not prioritized / not worth the effort. And doing significant changes for 2B users is risky.
Meanwhile Opera takes a market niche, bundles multiple things to target this market niche and improve their UX considerably.
The browser is user agent but the market leaders sometimes forget it. Then smaller players show up and often come with some really nice things.
- keeganpoppen 6y agothe ability to run the browser throttled at < 25% CPU and 500MB of RAM is actually amazing if you like having the audacity to keep your browser open while playing any modern video game
- kevincox 6y agoI always have my browser open while playing games. I'm usually on voice chat over WebRTC. Occasionally I'll respond to messages or look something up. Sometimes I even have music or videos playing in the "background". I doubt many people want to close down their browser where so much is happening these days.
- keeganpoppen 6y agoright, but when you leave chrome open and it always manages to use like 6GB of RAM and mess with ping in a way that opera gx doesnt