Why is Opera chosen and not Firefox?

Wednesday, 16. May 2007, 15:30:42

Opera is faster than Firefox.
Opera starts up from a "cold start" faster than Firefox.
Opera is more secure than Firefox.
Opera's cache (back/forward performance) is faster.
Opera does support "Extensions" - they are called "Widgets".
Many popular Firefox Extensions are already included in Opera BY DEFAULT.
Opera was the first browser to include an Integrated Search feature back in 2000.
Opera was the first browser to include Pop-up Blocking back in 2000.
Opera invented "Tabbed Browsing" 13 years ago back in 1994.
Opera passes the Acid2 Browser Test in Windows, Firefox does not.
Opera's setup installer is smaller than Firefox but Opera has more functionality.