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Prepared for Tyler A. | Delivered March 26, 2020
Opera and Firefox Differentiation
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Goals
To provide an high level comparison of key feature differentiation between Opera and Firefox on desktop and mobile.
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Early Findings
Opera
Opera described as an
innovative browser
is built on
Google's Chromium engine
with a hybrid URL/search bar.
Opera has
high-level features
built into the browser itself. These features include Whatsapp, Facebook, and newsreaders.
It has a
predictive website preload
ability and an "Instant Search feature that isolates search results in their window while the current page fades into the background."
Another important feature of Opera is that it allows users to save pages to read later in "
Stash
" without having to "sign up for a Pocket or Evernote account."
Opera's
speed dial menu
puts all the most "frequently visited pages in one place" and can be easily accessed without opening a blank new tab.
Opera also has an
unlimited VPN
service built into the browser to ensure users' privacy and security.
Web Support
is one of Opera's unique features. It is a Cryptocurrency Wallet that allows "users to prepare for blockchain-based sites."
Opera also features a "
built-in ad blocker
, which also blocks crypto-mining scripts and trackers." This means that it consumes less data than other browsers.
The
video pop-out
feature allows users to pop-out any video. The video stays on top while the user surfs on other tabs.
Opera allows its users to
install a chrome extension
on the browser.
Opera Turbo
is a functionality that "increases browsers speed and reduces data consumption considerably by compressing the data that's found on a web page.."
It
allows extensions
on the sidebar. This means that users can "install add-ons such as tabs, bookmarks, history, sessions, notes, and extension manager in the sidebar."
Opera features a
battery saving mode
that reduces power consumption. It also has a built-in currency converter.
Opera
comes with fraud and malware protection, built-in messenger, My Flow, built-in newsreaders, mouse gestures and workspaces.
Firefox
Firefox
' privacy settings blocks cryptomining scripts and social trackers. Through "
Enhanced Tracking Protection
, Firefox actively blocks thousands of third-party trackers." This feature is "is turned on by default in normal browsing mode."
Firefox utility provides a
reader mode
function.
This browser
allows customization
, giving its users control over "how the browser should look and feel, including repositioning much of the interface."
Firefox recently enabled a "
password free
user experience"
It also
provides
"anti-tracker support, improved password syncing across devices, and integrated breach alerts."
Firefox
privacy settings
enables "a private mode that not only discards a session’s history and cookies but also hides your activities from third-party tracking sites during the private session."
Firefox' "
Multi-Account Containers
extension allows users sequester multiple logins to the same site on different tabs."
The browser is also supporting "
new HTML5 and CSS
capabilities, and the company is working on open-source AR and speech synthesis standards." It offers Lockwise, a full password management service "which can generate complex passwords, sync them between devices, and secure everything under a strong master password."
Firefox allows users
send a webpage
from one device to another if it is "logged into the syncing account."
It also features "built-in developer tools have been merged with the popular FireBug extension since FF57."
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