Opera - 10.0 Build 1139 Alpha

I updated from Oper 8 to 9 and now do not have any default text on the menu bar, any of the pull down menus, or in dialog boxes. Wow. I'm flying blind.

I've used every browser out there on Mac and Linux and Windows, and this is the best one out there. It manages to not only be faster than Firefox, but also lighter while still retaining the mail and chat features that Mozilla had ot take out to make their program less of a monster.

Firefox also needs many, many extensions to make things work to my liking. Opera on the other hand comes with everything ready, such as mouse gestures, URL Filtering, IRC, etc. It is also much nicer on my memory than Firefox (Try leaving Firefox running overnight, you'll find its using all your memory.)


For those who complain that it is "thrashing their hard drives" (whatever that means), they're simply mistaken. Unless you have less than 192mb of RAM, you won't notice any harddrive activity. You could complain that it uses up more RAM when running, but this is only so it can instantaneously go back and forward. Try clicking the back arrow, or using a mouse gesture. On Firefox and IE, it goes to the harddrive, and is delayed. On Opera it keeps the cache in the RAM, and you get instantaneous movement. When you minimize Opera, the RAM is released. I mean, what else would you be using the RAM for when web browsing?


M2, the mail component is also awesome. It alerts me to new emails by showing an icon in the taskbar, and is only two clicks away when I'm browsing. I'll be using Opera for many years to come.


The price is expensive since web browsers are usually free, but you get what you pay for. Simply the best browser out there, and you can always get a student discount if you go to school.

A lot of these comments here are filled with misinformation, so I just felt it was needed to set some of the FACTS straight about this browser.

There are NO memory leaks or mismanagement of memory of any kind in Opera, it uses free ram when it's available and gives it back when the OS or other programs needs it. You can have 50 pages open and it will use how much of free ram that is needed, but if you minimize Opera to use another program it will give the ram back to the OS and drop down to 2-10 mb of ram used by Opera.

Opera follows the guidelines and standards of the W3C, but also have a lot of quirks like IE has to render badly coded pages. So if it doesn't render it, then you know why. Also, about CSS, Håkon Wium Lie, which invented CSS works for Opera Software ASA. So, yes, Opera handles CSS as it should.

Opera is a great browser, It is so easy to customize so I can change it to suit my needs. It has lots of great features which just make browsing even easier.

Once use to Opera it is easy to use and makes browsing more enjoyable.

Many people are scared because of the Ad banner but I have found it useful on several occassions and its presence rarely affects browsing at all. The banner is more helpful then hiddering if you display google ads.

Opera leaves the other browsers behind. If you currently use IE please change, it is a horrible browser. If you use firebird, you are useing a good product but you are still missing out.

You would think with backing from Adobe that this browser would support CSS better....I have found that if you reload pages SOMETIMES they load correctly...Come on Opera Give us something to work with and you might see more users from Win-doze and OS X.