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Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Nilsen on September 20, 2005, 04:34:39 AM

They released 8.5 today and as of now Opera for desktop is free and they have skipped the ad banner. :)

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Saintaw on September 20, 2005, 06:55:35 AM

Opera... :lol
Nilsen ... :lol
... :lol

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Nilsen on September 20, 2005, 07:01:22 AM

:confused:

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: mosgood on September 20, 2005, 07:04:20 AM

hmmm looks interesting.  Anyone trying it?  I'm on Firefox and love it.  It'll have to beat that for me to move.

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Nilsen on September 20, 2005, 07:07:52 AM

Opera has been around for years and its a very good and fast browser. I have used it abit before but i never liked the ad-banner, and paying for a browser is just retarded.

I use it on my wintel now.

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Sandman on September 20, 2005, 10:11:10 AM

It's now free.

http://opera.com/free/


Is it worth looking into?

Title: Re: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Nilsen on September 20, 2005, 10:32:09 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Sandman
It's now free.

http://opera.com/free/


Is it worth looking into?

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=160413


:p

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Westy on September 20, 2005, 11:07:02 AM

I used to be an Opera user till Firefox came out. Opera started to become bloated and slow while Firfox was quick and slick.  But Firefox will bog down incredibly when I go to use it after it's been minimized for a while.
So I'm trying Opera again and so far so  good.  Firefox let's you manage cookies easier while Opera let's you see em ALL (much more than Firefox IMO) if you select the option to ask what to do with it each time you get one. and no more pop-ups at all. Lately it seems some websites had found a way around Firefox's pop up blocker as I now get them sometimes.

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Makarov9 on September 20, 2005, 11:41:32 AM

Nilsen, how is Opera on a Mac? Have you tried it?

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Nilsen on September 20, 2005, 11:53:31 AM

Yup, I use it every day. Works great, but it is abit "bigger" than safari so i use it mostly for banking and other office use.

On my wintel it is my standard browser.

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Karnak on September 20, 2005, 11:54:38 AM

I use Opera.  I prefer it to Fire Fox or IE.

Title: Re: Re: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Sandman on September 20, 2005, 07:31:37 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Nilsen
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=160413


:p

Where's the link?

:p

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Sandman on September 20, 2005, 07:37:31 PM

3.6MB ??

Jeezus that's awesome.

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: SOB on September 20, 2005, 08:01:24 PM

Firefox + Adblock extension.  I'll NEVAR go back!

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Westy on September 20, 2005, 08:18:47 PM

"Adblock extension"

Sweet!  I got that running now and it fixed one (of only two) major issue I've had with Firefox. Thanks

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Sandman on September 25, 2005, 12:20:52 AM

Quote

Originally posted by SOB
Firefox + Adblock extension.  I'll NEVAR go back!

I finally got around to adding Adblock. Until now, I've been blocking adware right at the router.

This is pretty sweet.

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: SOB on September 25, 2005, 12:29:57 AM

If you want a head start, here's my blocked list.  You can import it through Tools>Adblock>Preferences, and then right-click.

http://www.matthoffman.us/dl/htcbb/adblock%20filters

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Sandman on September 25, 2005, 12:31:16 AM

Sweet. Thanx!

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: ROC on September 25, 2005, 12:41:36 AM

Ran opera for ages, till I really bit down and put firefox in full blown mode.

Deleted Opera after it sat idle for a year.

But, YMMV and whatever works for you.

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: Sandman on September 25, 2005, 12:47:24 AM

I looked at your list SOB... I had quite a few of those already.

I didn't do the import though. It's rather fun to go from site to site and then killing ad after ad.

It's a big hearty **** you to the marketing ****heads.

Title: Any Opera users here?
Post by: SOB on September 25, 2005, 05:54:47 AM

Hehehe, it is nice to have the power, eh? :)