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Opera Mobile browser continues to get good reviews

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 Published November 10th, 2006 8:42 AM EST By Daniel Goldman

A couple new reviews for the Opera Mobile browser were published yesterday by PC Magazine and PDA Street.

Snippets from the PC Magazine review:

“Fire up the browser and navigate to some Web pages and you’ll immediately see an improvement over Internet Explorer Mobile. Opera Mobile does a nice job with its Small Screen Rendering technology, which formats pages so that they look as good as possible on a mobile phone’s screen.”

“I like how the program intelligently removed navigation bars and ads and showed the main content. Clearly labeled “Action” and “Menu” soft buttons let you get at the most-used commands—such as adding bookmarks, reconfiguring the display, and changing the zoom level—with two key presses.”

“A big change in version 8.6 is the addition of tabbed browsing. This alone vaults Opera Mobile into the ranks of powerful desktop browsers such as Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7.”

Snippets from the PDA Street review:

“When you launch Nokia’s browser it helpfully takes you directly to the Bookmarks menu, but Opera’s startup behavior is arguably even more convenient. When you fire up Opera Mobile, it displays a home page from which you can enter an URL, conduct a Google search, or find links to the last 10 web pages you visited.”

“Opera Mobile makes even greater use of keyboard shortcuts than Nokia’s browser. Every numeric key (0-9) has a pre-programmed function, and you can customize each one.”

“One of the nice features of the browser is its fit to screen mode which renders the page in a pure vertical orientation, eliminating the need to scroll horizontally.”

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  1. 1 Kyle Baker Nov 10th, 2006 at 11:28 am
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Nice to see some more positive feedback about Opera in the news! I just wish my mobile could use Opera, haha.

  2. 2 sc Nov 11th, 2006 at 5:36 am
    using Opera Opera 9.02 on Windows Windows XP

    This alone vaults Opera Mobile into the ranks of powerful desktop browsers such as Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7

    … and Opera 9!

  3. 3 tbc Nov 14th, 2006 at 7:30 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.02 on Linux Linux

    @sc: Yeah, this caused an evil grim on my face. Actually, I would put the desktop Opera on the first place, especialy when one mentions tabbed browsing ;)

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Q: What is Opera?
A: Opera is one of the most powerful Web browsers around. A Web browser is the program that allows you to view Web pages. Opera is well known for innovation for PC browsers and bringing the full web to mobile phones and devices.

Q: Is Opera free?
A: Absolutely free.

Q: Why should I download a browser? Doesn't my computer already come with one for free?
A: It's about getting more out of the time you spend on the internet. Opera is designed to be much faster than these browsers and gives you powerful features that the default browser lacks. Default browsers like Internet Explorer are also more likely to be subjected to dangerous software such as viruses and spyware.

Q: Will Opera keep me safe from fraudulent websites and malicious hackers?
A: According to Secunia, a respected firm that tracks security in browsers, Opera has the best reputation and track record when it comes to browser security. Keeping our users safe from security vulnerabilities, fraudulent websites, and malicious hackers is a top priority for Opera. Opera is maintained by hundreds of engineers, developers and security experts who are constantly looking to make the browser even safer.

Q: Doesn't Opera copy all of their features from other browsers?
A: Absolutely not. In fact, many of the features that are popular in other browsers today were invented and pioneered by Opera a long time ago. Opera invented the precursor to tabs (in 1994), Page Zoom (1994), was the first browser to block pop-up ads (2000), first to add a Search field in the browser toolbar (2000), Sessions (1996), deleting private data (2000), Mouse Gestures (2000), User JavaScript (2005), BitTorrent support (2005), Widgets (2006), Speed Dial (2007), and much more.

Q: Does Opera support extensions, such as those found in Firefox?
A: Much of the functionality provided through Firefox extensions is already built directly into Opera, so you don't have to download additional extensions in Opera. In addition, Opera is highly customizable and supports all standard plug-ins.

Q: Can I also use Opera on my mobile phone?
A: Yes. And your Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS or almost any connected device and mobile phones. Opera Mobile oftens comes preinstalled from the manufacturers, but if it doesn't you can install Opera Mini which runs on nearly all phones.

Q: This all sounds great, so how do I download Opera?
A: -- Opera on your computer
-- Opera Mini on your phone
-- Opera Mobile on your phone
-- or learn more about Opera at www.opera.com