Personal computing discussed
biffzinker wrote:You can stick with v28.but since Mozilla insist on turning the GUI into a Chrome clone with each update, removing features I did use
12.18 was released a few weeks ago.past features of Opera 12.17
SuperSpy wrote:I just wish they'd bring back Presto
meerkt wrote:biffzinker wrote:You can stick with v28.but since Mozilla insist on turning the GUI into a Chrome clone with each update, removing features I did use
UberGerbil wrote:The 64bit Windows version is noted as "Experimental." Just how experimental is it?
Snapshot 1.0.111.2 now with experimental 64-bit Windows build and more language support
Written by Olafur Arnason
February 23, 2015
Hey,
This week, we've included a test-build for 64-bit Windows for you guys to play with. Please remember that not all plugins will work with this version as you need 64-bit version of the plugin as well.
meerkt wrote:Does the layout engine matter much? Blink is more compatible. A browser is more about the GUI and features around, methinks. What I don't understand is why Opera didn't just switch the layout engine and kept the rest. Maybe they felt they needed to be like Chrome.
biffzinker wrote:The benchmark image I posted above was rendered by the Blink layout engine in Vivaldi. I used the print screen key to grab it so it should of caught the font smoothing employed. I pulled up Microsoft Edge for this forum thread to compare the text rendered by Edge to Vivaldi I have to say I prefer the font rendering of Vivaldi, the text in Edge looked rough, and bold for being plain text.
meerkt wrote:SuperSpy wrote:I just wish they'd bring back Presto
Does the layout engine matter much? Blink is more compatible. A browser is more about the GUI and features around, methinks. What I don't understand is why Opera didn't just switch the layout engine and kept the rest. Maybe they felt they needed to be like Chrome.
SuperSpy wrote:I'm not the biggest fan of the all the web browsers jumping onto Webkit. Ironically if it wasn't for Microsoft, I feel we will start going back to the 'bad old days' where designers only target one browser instead of the spec.
Redocbew wrote:Yes it does, because nobody uses Firefox on Andriod.
His future is as bright as his shoes.