Linked by addoula on Tue 5th Oct 2010 22:02 UTC
Since the launch of Opera 10.5 in March 2010, I've been using it as my primary browser, whether at work or at home.
Using Ubuntu at work, and a Windows netbook at home, I wanted a fast browser for my netbook and a coherent browsing experience on both operating systems. And this is where Opera 10.5 (and newer) fits perfectly.
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"changing the shortcuts"
Ahh, you struck my biggest PITA I have with Opera. So many times they introduced a great shortcut just to change it a few months later... But I have to admit mostly they're doing the change so that they use the same shortcuts as other browsers (from the top of my head alt-d, ctrl-b), which is a good thing. So I gave up and instead of customizing my keaybord shortcuts more and more I just learn the new ones.
The weird thing is that I have written (and yes, ranted) about Opera adopting Firefox's shortcuts: ctrl+u for viewing the source of a page, ctrl+j for downloads (not sure about this) and others that I immediately reverted to what I had been using for eight years.
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Example of a short-lived shortcut: CTRL + B = paste and go
It took me a while to realize that one existed (and to remember it), and then the third time I tried to use it (after a minor decimal point update), it didn't work any more!
Man, I still remember shortcuts like G (to toggle images off, cached, on) that haven't worked in years. Hell, I'm still tempted to press CTRL + N when I want a new page (yes, I said "page", dammit! Tabs are the little things at the top of... the actual fricking pages! What the hell would I need a new "tab" for?) 
Delving into configs to deal with the ever-changing shortcuts in Opera is a PITA (I deal with at least 4 different installs of my own, plus a couple on my GF's comps). If they could Sync that across all instances, that'd be sweet.
In the meantime, I've pretty much given up on learning keyboard shortcuts in Opera. If it works on one install, it won't on another. Or it'll just stop working with the next bloody update.
Even so, Opera's still my go-to browser. FF & Chrome just feel too limited out of the box (and FF too slow, especially when bloated up with add-ons).
Edited 2010-10-08 17:01 UTC
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About your trackpad concerns - did you know that you can use Opera completely just from the keyboard? (The opposite is also largely true if you have a real mouse, except for entering text, apparently). I would know since on a computer many years ago, my non-optical mouse used to break sometimes (bad cable) and I learned to use only keyboard without any issues. I still sometimes find it faster, especially when I have to use a laptop, since I hate trackpads.
"changing the shortcuts"
Ahh, you struck my biggest PITA I have with Opera. So many times they introduced a great shortcut just to change it a few months later... But I have to admit mostly they're doing the change so that they use the same shortcuts as other browsers (from the top of my head alt-d, ctrl-b), which is a good thing. So I gave up and instead of customizing my keaybord shortcuts more and more I just learn the new ones.
Edited 2010-10-05 23:04 UTC