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I feel compelled to jump in and give a warning about Opera. I also know that the herd mind will probably pound my comment into oblivion, which is why I made a n

I feel compelled to jump in and give a warning about Opera. I also know that the herd mind will probably pound my comment into oblivion, which is why I made a new account. Opera is scammy, unreliable software. DO NOT DO MISSION CRITICAL WORK WITH THIS BROWSER. It will flake out on you in so many uncanny ways its not funny. Also, Opera had the weird habit of becoming my default browser on my Win 7 machine repeatedly, despite me never doing so and only referencing it for testing purposes. That, along with Opera having the top 3 spots on HN's front page further indicates to me that Opera is not for real. Like I mean, come on. How many of these submissions and upvotes are fake. Opera, you're not on the up and up and you know it. TL;DR: Don't trust Opera.

lucb1e 14y ago
The reason why you made a new account seems to be because you're not giving any arguments for your warning. Opinions with reasons are usually upvoted by HN. I personally never had Opera become the default browser, nor did I have any other problems than compatibility with it (which is normal, given their market share). I also don't think the upvotes are fake. So, why exactly "SHOULD WE NOT DO MISSION CRITICAL WORK WITH THIS BROWSER"?
- klibertp 14y ago
  Perhaps because it's all caps? I can see no other justification :)
dgesang 14y ago
1. No arguments, just option. 2. Herd-mind might apply for Chrome-Hipsters, but Opera is far from being mainstream. Sadly. 3. I'd love to have Opera as my default browser everywhere, but it just doesn't work that easily for me. Maybe you can share me your weird/unusual insights on how to apply a default browser for the entires win7 system, including all applications? 4. You must be doing something horribly wrong. I DO MISSION CRITICAL WORK WITH OPERA - all day long - for many many years. 5. Shame on you for creating a fake account. You deserve to be downvoted. 6. tl;dr is supposed to be _above_ the content.

lucb1e 14y ago

The reason why you made a new account seems to be because you're not giving any arguments for your warning. Opinions with reasons are usually upvoted by HN. I personally never had Opera become the default browser, nor did I have any other problems than compatibility with it (which is normal, given their market share). I also don't think the upvotes are fake. So, why exactly "SHOULD WE NOT DO MISSION CRITICAL WORK WITH THIS BROWSER"?

klibertp 14y ago
Perhaps because it's all caps? I can see no other justification :)

dgesang 14y ago

1. No arguments, just option. 2. Herd-mind might apply for Chrome-Hipsters, but Opera is far from being mainstream. Sadly. 3. I'd love to have Opera as my default browser everywhere, but it just doesn't work that easily for me. Maybe you can share me your weird/unusual insights on how to apply a default browser for the entires win7 system, including all applications? 4. You must be doing something horribly wrong. I DO MISSION CRITICAL WORK WITH OPERA - all day long - for many many years. 5. Shame on you for creating a fake account. You deserve to be downvoted. 6. tl;dr is supposed to be _above_ the content.