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LifeHacker posts first batch of Opera screenshots

Published August 2nd, 2007 4:39 PM EDT By Daniel Goldman

LifeHacker today published the first set of Opera (and other non-Firefox browsers) screenshots that many of you have sent in.

It seems that Opera users have impressed the Adam over at LifeHacker. Here are some snippets:

“Today’s featured submissions contain a lot of variety, but the overwhelming-majority award goes to Opera.”

“I’m not ready to ditch Firefox for any of these browsers just yet (working as I do online all day, I really do need a lot of the extensions the Firefox community provides), but if I didn’t work in the browser, some of these setups would be worth a second (and even third) look. In particular, I’ve always really liked Opera for its speed, ease of use, and emphasis on shortcuts.”

The screenshot of my Opera that I submitted wasn’t posted yet. Hopefully it will get up there with the next batch of screenshots.

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  1. 1 wupperbayer Aug 2nd, 2007 at 5:07 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Windows Windows XP

    Has someone already found Asa’s Opera screenshot? :D

  2. 2 digg Aug 2nd, 2007 at 5:20 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Windows Windows XP

    http://digg.com/software/Show_Us_Your_Non_Firefox_Browser_2

  3. 3 wupperbayer Aug 2nd, 2007 at 5:39 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Windows Windows XP

    PS: Thanks to the screenshots I got a new standard skin, Mirage Clarity Fusion… it’s really beautiful! :)

  4. 4 Madis Aug 2nd, 2007 at 6:21 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Windows Windows XP

    But eats your RAM a bit :(

  5. 5 Tamil Aug 2nd, 2007 at 10:20 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Linux Linux

    Opera-only gallery http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/show-us-your-opera/

  6. 6 WIlliam Aug 2nd, 2007 at 11:03 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Linux Linux

    I submitted a picture of mine when I use Ubuntu Studio, though I forgot to give them my name so I hope that my name I use for my system is shown.

  7. 7 Ayush Aug 2nd, 2007 at 11:28 pm
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0 on Windows Windows XP

    Here is mine:
    http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/show-us-your-non_firefox-browser/2293557

  8. 8 Ayush Aug 3rd, 2007 at 12:41 am
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0 on Windows Windows XP

    wow. Just noticed that my opera screenshot is on the main “Show Us Your Non-Firefox Browser” article and on the lifehacker.com page 8)

  9. 9 mrd Aug 3rd, 2007 at 4:22 am
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Windows Windows Vista

    wupperbayer,

    Same! I’ve migrated to that skin too now. Fantastic.

    It’s also got me (uh oh) fiddling with my Vista setup again… ahhh relaxing dreamscene of water running over rocks.

    Hmm, now I need the toilet for some reason.

  10. 10 Øyvind Ø (at work) Aug 3rd, 2007 at 4:24 am
    using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows Windows XP

    Just stroke my mind: Why didn’t anyone post a picture of their phone? Was there some rule against it?

    - ØØ -

  11. 11 malsumis Aug 3rd, 2007 at 8:56 am
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Windows Windows XP

    damn, my Opera was not published. Oh snap.

  12. 12 vect Aug 3rd, 2007 at 10:03 am
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Windows Windows XP

    niceee. I didn’t realise you could put the panel buttons on the side like this. I’ve set mine to images only and definately see myself using the panel more often than previously :)

  13. 13 Vítor I. Aug 3rd, 2007 at 10:19 am
    using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows Windows Server 2003

    Ah, Ah, Ah! At work IE crashes again and again in the Lifehacker Gallery!

  14. 14 Guti Aug 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 am
    using Opera Opera 9.23 on Windows Windows Vista

    Glad to see Opera is getting the won recognition it deserves.

  15. 15 Nico Aug 3rd, 2007 at 12:16 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.23 on Windows Windows 98

    wow, Opera on Vista looks really cool!

  16. 16 suribe Aug 3rd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Linux Linux

    the Tamil setup is just awesome!

  17. 17 Alexander Aug 5th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
    using Flock Flock 0.9.0.2 on Windows Windows Vista

    Wherever you see Opera - it’s always slick cool! But sometimes we are forced to use other browsers.

  18. 18 fearphage Aug 6th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.23 on Windows Windows Server 2003

    Someone else who is interested in and depends on the extensability… interesting. Nice pics guys.

  19. 19 fearphage Aug 6th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.23 on Windows Windows Server 2003

    Your blog falsely identifies xp64 bit as server 2003. I would have edited my previous comment but I don’t see that option. Feel free to join them together.

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