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20 Apr 2005
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Platform: Linux, Windows XP
Manufacturer: Opera Software
Size: 2.2MB without Java, 10MB with
Number of Downloads: 12277
Price: null
A cleaner interface is the most obvious improvement in this release of Opera, but there are also a number of not so obvious enhancements.
The inclusion of voice commands means that you can surf the web simply by talking to your PC (microphone and extra software required), whilst Small Screen Rendering technology and full support for SVG graphics ensures you can correctly view any website in almost any screen or window size.
Extra security helps to protect against phishing attacks by displaying the certificate owner for every secure site and a rating (1 to 3).
Page rendering is extremely fast, and is better than all the other available browsers.
It comes with its own mail client, M2, and includes integrated spam filters, automatic email organisation, and mailing list/newsgroup support. It also has full support for Google's Gmail.
The interface is entirely customisable, so you can display only the functions you want and even change the look and feel to suit.
Opera still has problems displaying some sites, but this is more to do with the coding on the sites rather than with the browser itself.
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Nice Software but ...
Been an Opera user since version 7 - the bought version - and like it but I do find it infuriating sometimes with with odd site that does not like the browser - like some banks and online shopping sites. Nevertheless I use it as my default browser and use Firefox for the ones it does not like. I would rate it 9/10
Posted by: Jim Scott 12 Mar 2006
compare with Maxthon
The 'ad free' will make more users to give a try with the new version of opera. Try to use and compare Opera features with Maxthon and FireFox. Then YOU decide which one is more better and which will be your default browser.
Posted by: sun4sunday 23 Sep 2005