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This used to be a big issue with opera yes. It seems that they actually meet standards for a lot of things now though... most things I've tried in version 8.5 look the same as in firefox, even if IE still wears it's knickers on it's head.malcolmboston wrote:from what i remember, whether it was other browsers fault or its own, i always remember opera showing things completely different to other browsers making me very angry and frustrated at some of the more 'exciting' designs i tried to employ, is it more consistent at rendering now?
I still use a lot of DHTML.... just not in websites, only in applications and not without alternativesmalcolmboston wrote:i remember it used to have major problems with DHTML (dont worry, i dont use DHTML anymore, but when it came out.....exciting), even though it was slighly wrong in other browsers, opera would truly cock up and make it cimpletely unusable
has this got any better? what rendering engine is it using? its own? gecko?
i would just install it, but the amount of crap on my system now........
Opera 9 TP2 is a Test Preview and not even a beta but even for a test preview it acts more like a beta or release candidate.Weirdan wrote:It uses its own engine... I would be very surprised if they had switched to some other rendering engine.has this got any better? what rendering engine is it using? its own? gecko?


That gap is closing quickly. Firefox 1.50.1 made substantial improvements in memory use. My FF with *24* plugins installed (many of which have no equivalent in Opera) weighs in at 25mb, while Opera is at 17mb.AKA Panama Jack wrote:Opera 9 TP2 is damned amazing for being so SMALL with so many features. And the nice thing about it is how little memory it uses.Right now only 53 meg is being used with 10 web pages open and the M2 email client running (if you do not enable the email client in Opera the dll isn't even loaded). They have some smart programming where only what is needed or enabled is ever loaded unlike the shotgun effect other browsers tend to use.