When I look up to the sky, I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow…

For the past month or so, I've been locked in an epic duel between two browsers, unable to decide on which to choose. For the past 12 months or so, I've been using Firefox on both Windows and Linux, but I've been looking at Opera and Epiphany. I like Epiphany (it is a lot faster than Firefox), but I find that it is severely limiting when it comes to configuring. I know GNOME applications follow all the standards compliance things, but it's ridiculous. There's also the extensions. I installed the epiphany-extensions but I was hoping that there would be others available on the Internet, but I haven't come across any yet.

Anyway, the browser that I'm considering most is Opera. It starts up very quickly, is a speedy browser in general and has a very customisable layout. It has the widgets, but I don't particularly care much for them. In fact, it has everything that Firefox has, save for the extensibility. There's a couple of things that really do bug me about it, though. Firstly, I tried the latest version of phpBB3 and it seems to have difficulty with the admin panel and the various buttons that can be found within. It also acts strangely on a certain phpBB2 quick reply mod. Secondly, I don't like the RSS handling. I prefer the simple way that Firefox does it.

I'm hoping I can try and solve these little problems eventually, and I may actually end up using Opera permanently. Anyway, I'm going to force myself to use Opera for a couple of weeks or so, mess around with it and see if I still like it after that time. If I still can't get used to it, I'll just keep with my beloved Firefox.

Oh, and in other news, school finally ended today. It was supposed to end tomorrow (surely that's some horrible destruction of tense usage there?) but they moved it forward so we "get more revision time". In simpler words, they were afraid that we would destroy the school, since our year is apparently the rebellious sort.