The browser is not easy to configure. Does not have the Go button, which is a hassle, because the back button does not work all the time and there is no automatic way to go back - you need to input the previouis URL. The wand is not practical for passwords. When you have one password for the site with several login options (like review materials), other browsers just input the login and password and wait for you to hit OK or other button. Wand automatically launches the site and it goes to the first (wrong in my case) option. I could not see a spinning ball showing activity. When loading, Opera does not seem to visibly function and then the page appears. Toolbar customization is a nightmare. The main bar bnuttons cannot be changed one by one (nice feature in Netscape and the likes) if you put an icon there by mistake - you can only reset it completely. Personal toolbar also does not allow for removing buttons - I just chose not to show it and put everything on the main bar. Besides, it has some buil-in search windows that are useless but cannot be removed - they just take up space on the bar. Page loading is usually significantly slower than in Mozilla browsers. All these features do not make Opera 9.0 a finished product. The upshots: it does not crash like Safari and seems to be stable; certain high security pages allow access on an Intel Mac where Mozilla browsers fail but Safari works (e.g., Microsoft Web Outlook access e-mailer).