Opera 10.00

I know most people around here use internet explorer or firefox, but I remain an avid fan of Opera's products. As such I recently downloaded Opera 10.00. As well as still being keeping the customization and options I've come to love it for, it has a few new features.

Ever think your internet is too slow? Well now we have opera turbo. Other than bringing down picture quality quite a bit, it speeds up load times by 2 or even 4 times the original.

Speed Dial enhanced. With this update, the speed dial option which opera has had forever, giving 4:3 screens 9 buttons to program as their favorite sites on a new tab, and 16:9 screens 12, we finally see the option to set the grid. Now as many as 25 can be set to a favorite spot.

Visual Tabs: There's now a nifty little bar under your tabs so that when you drag it down, you can see a minimized view of the page you were on. I don't expect to use it much myself, but it's like I say, a nifty little tool.

There are a few other features, but I think you people probably understand by now the message I'm sending out here: Opera 10.00 is worth the download. Very much worth the download.

Downloaded it as soon as it was available.

I've always preferred Opera over any other browser and I intend to keep it that way. I won't be using the Visual Tabs that much either, since it's only a cosmetic change.

Nonetheless, it is the best browser in my opinion.

For some reason I like using Opera. Firefox and internet explorer are kinda annoying...

Opera for mac is fugly. Until they kill the fugly I won't touch it.

Originally Posted by Dom

Opera for mac is fugly. Until they kill the fugly I won't touch it.

Skin it.

Originally Posted by Dom

Opera for mac is fugly. Until they kill the fugly I won't touch it.

As opposed to what? Besides, opera has the easiest skin selection technique I've ever seen. Google chrome in second. Firefox in last.

It's not something a skin can fix, it's design elements that OSX uses that Opera doesn't adhere to, such as the combined title/tool bar.

I never really did like opera. I remember I couldn't log into my Email account with version 9 so I haven't really wanted to touch it since.

Q. Is it free?
A. No.

Q. Does it have extensions?
A. No.

It's not worth my time.

Opera became freeware about four years ago...

Originally Posted by 8bit

Q. Is it free?
A. Yes

Q. Does it have extensions?
A. No

It's quite possibly worth my time.

Fixed!

Originally Posted by Dom

Opera became freeware about four years ago...

Originally Posted by Talhoffer

Fixed!

He is going to give you guys an earful of what "free" really means.
EDIT: That is, if he ever comes back here.

Originally Posted by Dom

Opera became freeware about four years ago...

Freeware != Free you silly, silly person.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Tonchiki

He is going to give you guys an earful of what "free" really means.
EDIT: That is, if he ever comes back here.

Ah, you bastard.

OH NO I CAN'T ACCESS THE CODE DOESN'T LIFE SUCK.

Originally Posted by Dom

OH NO I CAN'T ACCESS THE CODE DOESN'T LIFE SUCK.

OH NO THIS OPERATES AS A WEAK COUNTER ARGUMENT FOR ANY ARGUMENT EVER CONSTRUCTED.

But really, it's an issue of ethics. The lack of extensions, on the other hand, is an issue of practicality.

Originally Posted by Tonchiki

He is going to give you guys an earful of what "free" really means.
EDIT: That is, if he ever comes back here.

Oh...

It works -quite well might I add- why fix it?

Originally Posted by Talhoffer

Oh...

It works -quite well might I add- why fix it?

I think rms addresses this pretty well in this speech.

This is not to say that I only run free software. I run quite a bit of proprietary software, however, when I'm given the choice between two equal pieces of software, free and proprietary, I will always choice the free option.

Firefox vs. Opera is a very similar situation. The difference between the two browsers is very, very minimal on a practical level. Opera has a few features lacking in vanilla Firefox, but Firefox makes up for this in terms of extensions- every Opera feature can be pretty well emulated through extensions. Thus, there isn't much of a practical argument for Opera.

Beyond this, though, extensions give Firefox a significant advantage. There are so many tasks which can be easily accomplished through Firefox extensions which are simply not doable in Opera. Take TreeStyle Tabs, StumbleUpon, URLFlipper, or GreaseFire.

A valid point in that vid, but so long as my computer does what I want it to, I don't have a problem. If something stops working or something along those lines, I'll gladly switch, but as is, I am satisfied free or not. I agree it should be free, but I am not so impassioned as to switch.