Opera 9.10 has been released with the big new thing being protection against phishing. "Opera Software today introduced real-time Fraud Protection in its Web browser. Fraud Protection includes technology from GeoTrust and PhishTank, a collaborative clearing house for data and information about phishing on the Internet. Fraud Protection is available in Opera 9.1, the newest version of Opera's Web browser."
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Member since:2006-11-15
Member since:2006-12-19
Bzzt, wrong. Sites have ads. Opera 9 has built-in content filtering.
http://operawiki.info/OperaAdblock
Member since:2006-12-19
Adblock List (007B): urlfilter.ini (For Opera)
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http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/
this will block all common ads just like Adblock for Firefox.
Opera also has Quick Preferences (Tools > Quick Preferences, or simply F12), which allow you to disable plug-ins (which would disable ALL plug-insn like auto-loading videos, flash, etc) on-the-fly. Then enabling them again when you want them. Integrated on-the-fly image toggling, too.
Simple, effective.
No unnecessary distractions when you want them gone. Turn them back on when you want them.
Opera actually has non-buggy printing that doesn't cut off half of what you intend to print - unlike Firefox. I found out the hard way after printing directions from http://www.whereis.com where most of the time the complete directions wouldn't be printed. Plenty of other sites have Firefox printing problems, too. Printing in Firefox is simply a very big weakness of the browser.
Opera also passes Acid2
http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/
...and is the only modern browser that can run acceptably alongside IE on Windows 98 and older machines - in other words, it's coded exceedingly well.
My hat goes off to Opera for creating a fantastic responsive browser that makes the web enjoyable (Windows version, at least...not sure about others).
Member since:2005-10-13
Now Opera its free/with-out ads so whats the excuse now?
First, let me say I think Opera is a fine browser and a good choice. However, let me tell you why I don't use it.
1: Most importantly, I'm happy with Firefox and I don't see any reason to change. Don't fix it if it isn't broken.
2: I've tried Opera before, and it simply feels strange. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but there is definitely something different about using it compared to Firefox. I'm sure that if I used it for a month or two it would seem fine and Firefox would probably be the one that seemed different, but (see #1) I'd really rather not go through this period of adjustment if I don't need to.
3: Least importantly, I usually try to support open source projects if they are at an even level with more proprietary ones. I consider Opera to be a "good" closed source product since it is based on standards and isn't muscling any competition out of the picture, but I still prefer something open source.
To each his own.
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2005-10-17
Opera its the best browser out there, "but i dont want to pay for it or use the free one with ads cuz there is the free firefox there"...
Now Opera its free/with-out ads so whats the excuse now?