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Opera Watch, an Opera browser blog, is run by Daniel Goldman, who used to work for Opera Software as a Technical Evangelist.
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- Fixing Performance and Stability Issues
- How to remove a (mis)typed-in address in Opera?
- How to get StumbleUpon to work in Opera and Safari
- Tip: Opera Mini power-user settings
- How to translate foreign languages in Opera?
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About Opera
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
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I doubt it would make any differene. Anyone foolish enough to spend £170 on a rebadged Gamecube is smart enough to get the Opera browser before the free period expires…
I’m stunned the Wii is selling so well, with a dire selection of games, no online gaming to speak of, and less power than a original Xbox..
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“Rebadged Gamecube” has been one of the worst misconceptions about the Wii, and usually comes from people who have never even seen one used, let alone played it themselves, otherwise they wouldn’t be so ready to dismiss it. But considering the Wii helped pushed Nintendo’s market value above all of Sony Corporation, obviously such an opinion is both incorrect and immaterial.
Anyhoo, the Opera browser on the Wii, and even DS, work so surprisingly well that they make the DS much more of a contender in the mobile browsing arena than even the iPhone, considering its outrageous price and utter sluggishness over the EDGE (not to mention all its other detracting points). I’m hoping the combination of Nintendo’s hardware along with Opera’s software mutually benefit these excellent and innovative companies for quite some time.
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Yay console wars!
Static, I own both a PS3 and Wii, and many games for each and I’m consistently underwhelmed by the Wii’s graphics. The specs reflect something that’s only a little better than a “rebadged Gamecube”, and the results are much the same.
It’s also pretty obvious that Nintendo are making obscene profit margins on Wii consoles, and so I don’t think it’s that wrong for someone like Mark to find issue with paying $250 for a box that only has slightly better components than a $40 Gamecube.
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Downloaded it onto a friends machine, she does not have WiFi yet, but when she does….
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Just got my new DS Browser!