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  webjones Sep 22, 12:42 AM

  Even Tyger Tyger will sing for that.
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  Stuart (Author Comment) Sep 22, 10:24 AM

  Ha ha, excellent photo. Did you take the name from the poem?
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  webjones Sep 22, 11:42 PM

  Yes. My daughter named him when we first got him (she was 6 or 7). But I thought “tiger” too pedestrian.
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  Jess Sep 24, 03:43 PM

  Currently surfing with it. Thanks! It’s got some weirdness – I don’t know if I’ll use it instead of Firefox.
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  Stuart (Author Comment) Sep 24, 04:38 PM

  Well at least you have options now. :)
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  Sahara Sep 25, 03:36 PM

  Wow – I can’t believe how much faster than Firefox it is. Easier to use, too.
  
  I am supposed to do another security update with Firefox at the moment, but I can’t be bothered – sticking with Opera now I’ve tried it.
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  Myisha Sep 26, 06:24 AM

  I’m using it right now. Your site looks alot different in Opera.The textarea is alot bigger and the quicktags repeats itself. I don’t know if I would you this as my primary browser,but I know it will take some time to get use too it.
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  Stuart (Author Comment) Sep 26, 11:36 AM

  Well spotted Myisha. I’ve removed the buttons. I’m not sure if people use them anyway and it’s one less plug-in. I don’t know that the textarea is any bigger. It might just be the scrollbar that it puts in. IE6 does that as well. There is now a new Opera 8.50.
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  Stuart (Author Comment) Sep 26, 11:41 AM

  Thanks for visiting Sahara and welcome to thebombsite.com. It does seem a little faster than FF doesn’t it but I still find it a little jerky when scrolling. They seem to have smoothed it out better with FF though I am now using the 1.5 Beta version.
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  webjones Sep 26, 11:58 PM

  Perhaps I’m getting old and set in my ways, but I don’t care for Opera that much. I’m sticking with Firefox.
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  Stuart (Author Comment) Sep 27, 01:00 AM

  So am I for regular use but it’s handy for layout checking along with IE just to make sure I’m covering as many bases as possible. I must say I do like the skinning though. Aren’t you watching the match?
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  Lily Oct 13, 05:39 AM

  tooo many browsers for me!

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  Vexeffexx Oct 14, 09:09 PM

  If Opera had extensions, I’d use it in a second. Firefox has my beloved web developer toolbar, though.

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  Stuart (Author Comment) Oct 14, 09:15 PM

  For much the same reason I stick with FF too but it’s handy to have Opera around to check out layouts.