Opera Software released today Opera’s version 7.53 (download here) with added security fix for all supported platforms (Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and MS-Windows). Changelog for each platform can be viewed here.
In addition Opera is offering a tool which allows users to make Opera look like IE or other browsers before you delve into Opera’s more advanced features: Opera one-click setups.
Opera 7.53 released for all supported platforms
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I still have problems using Opera with Synergy. I was hoping that this release would have fixed it, but no. Other than that, I love it!
(Synergy is a KM, keyboard/mouse program, that works kind of like a KVM.)
Here the link to Secunia’s report that was fixed on 7.53 ((Secunia Advisory SA12028): http://secunia.com/advisories/12028
I’ve been using Opera for >2 years and believe it’s lightyears ahead of anything else but downloading and installing the whole package for a simple fix every now and then is too much. I wish there was a patch released updating 7.5x or an automatic update was possible within Opera.
Installing the whole package = Under 4Mb’s
Hardly an effort surely?
where the qnx version?
Go to guidescope.com and use thier ad filter/proxy, but select no ad categories. Works like a charm in both Win and *nix.
I’ve used this combo for years, and although I alsways check out major releases of Mozilla, I always end up back with this combo. Best of all, except for skins, you don’t don’t have to download anything else after install.
reply firefox ,YEs, i would love to adblock that big ad in the right corner.
as for firefox ,I still have problem with it,not that it’s buggy . It’s just that to me Firefox doesn’t have the features I like. Sure adblocking is good but thats not even included in the FF download. Firefox needs –
1.Fast Rewind and Forward buttons like opera.
2. Changes to it’s Document Object Model – How it caches pages. It’s not fast enough. It reloads every page going back. Nothing like Opera.
3. Most annoying problem with the Fox is that developers have no real Roadmap. They say they do but to me it’s vague.
It’s opensource roadmap which means fix some bugs and wait till other more popular webbrowsers add new features and then we will copy them.But they can’t even do that. Opera is way ahead still.
4 And trying to fix the problem yourself is not easy because the MOZ source is a maze and undocumented.
Hey, that’s the deal.
Instead of paying $25 for a top-notch browser, you “sacrifice a small amount of screen for their ads, AND you can be confident that the folks at Opera are NOT gathering personally identifiable info or building a profile on you.
I personally started using Opera because when I broke away from the security disaster that was (and still is) MSIE, I found the Mozilla browser of the day just a little too clunky, and too heavy on resources. I considered the trade off, decided I was getting a fair deal, and I wouldn’t be locked in if I changed my mind.
Considering the quality of the Opera browser, (speed, stability, rapid security fixes, cookie control, ad-blocking, builtin RSS, mouse-guestures and keyboard controls, and more other features than I’ve fully mastered yet myself) it’s certainly not unreasonable. And they make it easy to protect yourself from less scrupulous advertizers on the web-pages you visit.
In fact, I actually find it (the Opera ad-space) kind of useful as a place to park the odd toolbar, and it keeps my favorite buttons grouped together on the left. If it really bugs you, use the Google-text-ad option instead.
The thing is, the folks at Opera are playing fair, open, and above-board. They aren’t ripping anybody off, lying to or trying to exploit anyone. They make an excellent browser, conforming to open standards, and if you won’t or can’t pay cash, they’ll settle for a very reasonable advertising mode instead.
Hacking your way around this is on a completely different moral level than, say, passing on your old, OEM Win’98 OS along with your old, OEM computer, or file-sharing mp3s, or circumventing the big music labels’ DRM/copy-prevention schemes on music you’ve bought, or copying abandon-ware, etc. The usual justifications just won’t fly in this case.
So if you find the ads that onerous, pay up or switch to an alternative like Mozilla or FireFox. Or else just admit that you really are one of those whining, larcenous, self-justifying pirates who thinks they’re entitled to anything and everything they want for free — exactly like RIAA, MPAA, Microsoft and the BSA have been saying all along.
Am I making sense here?
I just downloaded Opera, I used to use it, but switched to Firefox for a month or so because everyone said it was so good. After this month long test, I have come to the conclusion that Firefox is a good browser, and stable, but Opera has some nice extra features (like forward button working to allow you to go through pages like 1.jpg 2.jpg, etc, without having to go back to the main page and click on the link – great feature). I’ll be sticking with Opera for now again, the adds don’t bother me, it really is worth it.
My main browser for the past year has been opera 6.12. I’ve tried the latest versions of every major browser during that time, and none of them made me switch from 6.12. They are too slow and come with too crappy features ‘out of the box’. Opera just gets it right, and this 7.53 release is the first browser that feels just as good as 6.12 (imho).
emerge -u opera
Iriver browser is alot like opera but not free.
seems complete. well made. but 15 day trial. stupid.
I have a real problem with Firefox people hi-jacking every Opera article. I’ve tried Firefox and found it really unpolished. It also has some really lame *errors* in it’s HTML rendering engine.
As far advertisement blocking, I would find this feature useful. Some banners in particular stall page loading. I imagine it would cause quite an uproar amongst content providers. If it’s really that important, there are some software firewalls that will block outgoing connections to advertisements.
The QNX version is very old. QNX development was abandoned in favour of Mozilla.
Opera is one of the few pieces of software that I’ve found worth purchasing.
I love Mozilla and Firefox Browsers and have been using them for years, but I find myself going back to Opera all the time since I started using it a couple of months ago. It’s very well integrated, with everything opening in tabs. There’s no other browser out there it’s equal. The ads are not bothersom; I don’t know why so many people complaint about it.
I *love* Opera. Just one thing though – entering text in input boxes while the page is still loading material, becomes a very slow affair. I’m a bit impatient, and my network speed is very slow, so I’m usually doing this. Once the stuff is all downloaded, the typing speed returns to normal. A minor annoyance, but one nonetheless.
Has anyone used Opera with Yahoo Mail’s new design? Utter pain in the arse to use now 🙁 Anyone asked Yahoo! to revert to the old design yet?
I have no problems with the new yahoo mail design and opera. Only problem I have is I have to enable third party cookies for yahoo in order to login (and stay logged in).