You can tailor the Opera to open only one or any number you like. The strength of the Opera is that you can make it do what you like - if you know what you are doing. I did use Opera a lot but now I use common IE. Why? Many services do not accept Opera. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Gerald Cermak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 06. tammikuuta 2001 22:37 Aihe: Re: Opera (was Re: web page question) >I've examined Opera in the past. One reason it is faster is that it >completely ignores HTTP specifications that limit the number of connections >to each server to 2. I have seen Opera open a new connection for every >image, as many as 15 at a time. As such, if everyone used Opera, it would >surely overload servers that are expecting only 2 connections max per >client. Servers have a limited number of connections. Obviously, if you >have a very slow internet connection, the extra socket connections to the >server will each be running very slow, and cause a lot of backups at the >modem<->internet connection point, which could actually make things slower, >since when these network access servers get too many packets (due to limited >buffering), they start dropping untransmitted packets, and you might >actually get slower response at times. And, the speed you see may be >causing a very high, but unseen cost on the internet infrastructure. > >I don't Opera for these reasons. > >Cheers, >Gerald > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Juan J. Buhler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 12:33 PM >Subject: OT: Opera (was Re: web page question) > > >> On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Bucky wrote: >> >> > I've found Netscape and IE both to be a bit unpredictable (although in >my >> > hands Netscape is worse), as well as big and slow. I'm using Opera now, >> > with no problem so far. >> >> I'm using Opera too, thanks to someone who suggested it here I think. >> Much faster than IE or Netscape on the same connection. >> >> Funny, the only page that has a little problem is Boz's Pentax K page. >> the menues on the top and bottom appear cut, and I have to render the >> page at a smaller size to see them (not a big deal really) >> >> Opera is highly recommended. >> >> j >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Juan J. Buhler | FX Animator @ PDI | http://www.crosswinds.net/~jbuhler >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, visit >http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. >> Don't forget to visit the PUG at http://pug.komkon.org >> >> > > > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, visit >http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. >Don't forget to visit the PUG at http://pug.komkon.org > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, visit http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the PUG at http://pug.komkon.org
