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100 out of 124 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Opera 8.53
"Opera is the fastest, most secure browser in the world!"
Pros: Fast, secure, and feature rich, Opera still smokes all others. I made Opera my default browser, and have not even had ONE tracking cookie in 3 days. My arsenal of 8 spyware programs can't find any. You need to try Opera, it's free and ad free. I give Opera 5 HUGE stars and two thumbs WAY up!
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114 out of 140 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Opera 8.5
Pros: Pros: Opera 8.5 is the fastest browser I have ever used. This new version of Opera leaves FireFox and IE far behind in the dust. I can't say enough good things,except try it yourself-It's FREE. 5 BIG Stars and TWO thumbs WAY UP!
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84 out of 98 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Opera 9
Pros: No set-up needed, just click on the installer and in two clicks you're surfin'. No need to install extensions to make this browser faster(sorryFF)and besides, with all the extensions it(FF)becomes a mem-drain. FireFox might be the RollsRoyce of browsers, but Opera is the Ferrari with the options you want!
Cons: Widgets aren't included....oops, two clicks and there they are.....so I guess the only con is that the FireFox got it's second strike.....so it's outta here!!! Off to the archives for you!(move over IE)
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30 out of 39 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Opera 9.1
Pros: 1)The wand can be used for auto-fill and sign-ins on ALL websites, without the exceptions the other browsers have. 2)The widgets are self-installing with new ones almost daily. There is even a widget that will help you create your own. 3)Very configurable to take advantage of your needs or screen-space. 4)Mouse gestures are very easy to use and hard to part with. 5)A very intuitive browser that meets all needs. Because of a "bug", I started using IE and FF more, but 9.1 fixed that memory-bug. Now IE is parked except for one Tuesday a month and FF is gone, awaiting a trial of version 3 sometime next year, maybe. Out-of-the-box Opera is the easiest and fastest browser, PERIOD!
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40 out of 48 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Opera 9
Pros: It does everything i want it to. It's very versatile and stylish looking with many cool skins to pick and choose from. Being able to empty the disk cache on exit. The mouse gestures are almost perfect. Very customisable so i can get it to exactly the way i want it. It's a browser i will stick with forever unless Opera manages to shoot itself in the foot like nullsoft did with winamp 3. Opera was always an average browser until version 8 beta and i've been a fan ever since.
Cons: Everytime i open Opera it always tries to connect to check for updates which always sets off my Peerguardian 2. Maybe i'm missing something but i don't think there's anyway to stop it from calling home. It would be nice to be able to delete bookmarks with a simple right click instead of going into 'manage bookmarks'. Sometimes the mouse gestures are too sensitive meaning that sometimes when i want to go back one page it closes the page. Luckily this doesn't happen too often. The name 'Opera' isn't very good but now i'm being too picky. This is an excellent browser!
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