what do you think of opera

[OBLAMA2009]

i just installed opera on my linux machine and i sort of like it even though when i used it a few years ago i didnt like it. it seems pretty quick and i like mouse gestures

 

[ForumMaster]

personally i think it's one of the better browsers. it's market share is measly
but most major inovations, they came up with. (tabs).

a lot of the features added to FF with extensions, already exist in opera.
the current release (10.53 i believe) is also quite fast.

 

[tdawg]

I like it. The interface is nice and it seems fast, but I happen to use Chrome as my primary browser.

 

[darkewaffle]

I've been happily using Opera for something to the tune of 7 or 8 years now. I've never found myself wanting to switch.

The only recurring problem I have is ocassionally when I close Opera, the executable will remain open 'invisibly' and my PC gets pretty sluggish until I force close it through the task manager. But small price to pay for excellent speed, security, and customization.

 

[imported_brandon]

I've been using it for 10 years now, and I find it far better out of the box than Firefox, or any other browser, and 10.5, even with its problems, I find better than anything else.

Of course, it might be because I'm a fanboy.

 

[lxskllr]

I like it pretty well. Here's my list of browser choices in order...

Firefox
Opera
Chrome
IE
Safari :^D :^D :^D

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I think it's quite good but i still prefer firefox.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

It's my primary browser... I configured mine to look like Chrome

 

[gsaldivar]

Great for my phone (HTC Incredible), but FF is my primary browser on the PC.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

I think i agree with most of you . It is certainly nice and fast but i still like firefox more than any other browser. earlier versions of opera were a little unstable, and the current version crashed on me twice, but opera still has lots of nice features. mouse gestures to back and forward and refresh are very convenient

 

[MrColin]

I like the magic wand button on it a lot. I have firefox and chrome too, I use them for specific things.
chrome - trusted websites that don't matter (ie A.T.)
firefox - random browsing
opera - my banks, sites that I administer, important stuff, short term use disposable emails from my ISP, I love the email client.
IE8 - microsoft.com and bullshit that only works with IE8.

 

[sivart]

I like it, when xmarks is compatible, I will probably switch.

 

[Anubis]

ive used nothing but opera for close to 10 years, never had an issue and Ive never felt that a different browser has done anything better or faster

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

ive used nothing but opera for close to 10 years, never had an issue and Ive never felt that a different browser has done anything better or faster

Do you have any problems with Flash?

 

[Anubis]

no do you?

 

[middlehead]

I like it well enough to keep installing it when I build new machines, but it's never managed to become my primary.

 

[dealcrawler]

I like it more than jazz,blue,hip-hop

 

[KeypoX]

Its pretty good i try the new versions everytime they come out. Actually my favorite parts of browsing are from opera, Fast dial and they started tabs right?

But i still find addons for FF to be better.

 

[sivart]

Probably need to switch my grandparents to this because of the "boost" function that it has. They are in a area where only dial-up is available.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Yeah I have/had problems where Flash or any other plugin would crash Opera. And sometimes digg doesn't work.

 

[Miramonti]

It's hard to revert to opera's limited menu of choices after enjoying firefox's buffet for so long.

 

[gsaldivar]

Yeah I have/had problems where Flash or any other plugin would crash Opera. And sometimes digg doesn't work.

Reddit > Digg

 

[McWatt]

personally i think it's one of the better browsers. it's market share is measly
but most major inovations, they came up with. (tabs).

At least 5 browsers had tabs before Opera, and many nonbrowsers had tabs as well. I first encountered tabs in an IE shell 3 years before Opera had them.

 

[Edgy]

Browsing - it seems plenty fast and fine...

My disappointment with Opera was the Fileserver function in OperaUnite... tried using it to have my parents download some videos from my computer 400 miles away...

It seemed flaky (disconnects during downloads) and slow (only about 50-60 Kbps)...

Anyone else has experience with Unite?

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Reddit > Digg

Yet Digg gets more uniques than Reddit. Imagine that.