I have been using Opera for over 4 years now, maybe more. The latest version is FREE, removing the last excuse for IE victims to not seek help. I cannot imagine anyone who has used Opera for more than a week, to ever move back to IE or even Mozilla.
Mozilla Firefox is similar to Opera (as well as an ally in the war against IE Domination). However, in an attempt to pack in all features, it is a bulky program (much like IE). Opera on the other hand, at just 3.5MB, offers most functions at BLAZING FAST speeds!
The web page rendering itself is quite fast and recovering pages from Cache is faster. Much better than IE or Firefox. You can navigate most of the functions without needing the mouse, using KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS.
Negatives:
Websites that use IE proprietary stuff do not work well. Example: www.citibank.com
Barring a few (barely 2%) websites that are not written as per generic standards, Opera fits ALL requirements!
10 Star Rating :-)
Price: Free
review details
- Interface
- Features
- Ease of use
- Value
- Recommend to a friend? Yes
- Posted Dec 13, 2005 for v8.51