RSS| kingbujulover | Nov 7, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final |  5 out of 5 |
I don't understand why opera have not included a spell check that was the only reason why I move a way form opera to firefox This version runs or but uses a lot of memory when using all the newly included feature |
| Virtual_ManPL | Nov 6, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final |  4 out of 5 |
Still lacks speed... Wheres landed Crackan ? I dont need Unite or Turbo... Turbo can be useful on cells they are wasting time IMO on some s***... 4/5 P.S. Its just me or I smell many fanatic fanboys here... still talking about Fx... lul funny... |
| KayNine | Nov 6, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Using Opera since v3, never been disappointed by it. So a full 5 stars. Small, fast, great features -- also there's versions available for mobiles that work amazing. Other browsers are good, too, but Opera's perfect to me. |
| Betachecker | Oct 29, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Fast and working 100% as usual I´m a super fan of this browser |
| nugro | Oct 28, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 4 out of 5 |
Ugh, no upgrade option from previous beta, had to move it myself. elsewhere everything works fine like always. -1 though for the inconvenience |
| ruemere | Oct 28, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Beta versions use different folders than stable versions. You haven't lost anything, merely changed installation paths. Regards, Ruemere |
| shrek412 | Oct 28, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final |  1 out of 5 |
1844 something wrong with this update. i just update my opera 1833 and lost my emails(pop). I had to restore my system. |
| aruprc | Oct 28, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Using it since version 2x, use it for mail, news and browsing. Mail is just too good and now has HTML support. Handles multiple mailboxes and huge mail databases with ease. Browsing is fast in real world scenario even over tricky poor connections. |
| anomoly | Oct 27, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
@Floodland In 10.1 beta you right-click any page & "block content" kills anything. 'Links' can find popups like gizmag's newsletter annoyance. Tools, Advanced will edit said contents Ads? pff, use a host file |
| Diam0nd | Oct 27, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Like it, as always. The build is still 1840 though, not 44. |
| birkis | Oct 27, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
One thing's for sure - bittermann must be one unlucky bas****, totally incompetent or have some lousy equipment. I have never had any problems with Opera - not even with the betas. My favorite browser. |
| nms04 | Oct 27, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
@Floodland ever heard of this thing? http://fileforum.betanew...-For-Opera/1252663378/1 this program should make it easier for eeveryone to block ad's within opera :D i had to use it just one time (a few months ago), and i haven't seen even one ad on the internet since that moment (eeven if i haven't updated my filterlist) |
| Floodland | Oct 27, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
A great browser which deserve more attention! Efficient engine, complete product without bloat, secure and fast... I only miss Firefox adblock features (it has a blocker, but not predefined rules=not enough). Still, you can download a list if you surf enough... Edit: NMS04, you are damn right, that was what I was talking about, thanks! Anomoly, please read again my review, I know about the block feature, but a predefined list (http://fileforum.betanew...-For-Opera/1252663378/1 as M;S04 suggest) is a must. Fortunately I am not the only one who think that way :) |
| tafugate | Oct 27, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 5 out of 5 |
opera & firefox are my 1-2 browsers. opera always works straight out of the box. sometimes it's a wrestling match to get all my add-ons to work with the latest nightly. and when ff won't play imbedded media, it's opera to the rescue. great browser. |
| bittermann | Oct 27, 2009 | 10.01 Build 1844 Final | 1 out of 5 |
10.01 Build 1844 final? Is that the final one as in "we give up with this buggy piece of crap"? One can only hope! Go with the proven FireFox or Chrome and save yourself some headaches. |
| ahjefri | Sep 2, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 4 out of 5 |
I like opera 10 but it seems there is a bug that was not solved which is the voice compatibility with vista 64,, I think Opera team should give some attention to this issue , as this was mentioned quiet some time in opera forum, no response yet, |
| blabbery | Sep 2, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
@cltx99 "I don't like the way it takes over bit torrents, email and images." Um, what? It doesn't take over anything. In fact, it specifically asks you whether you want to use Opera or a different client when you click an email or torrent link. Images? It doesn't set itself as the default image viewer. |
| Diam0nd | Sep 2, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
cltx99: Ever heard of opera:config ? |
| cltx99 | Sep 2, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 4 out of 5 |
A very good browser, which I prefer over FF3. Lots of good features, but not over done like FF3. fast page rendering. However, I don't like the way it takes over bit torrents, email and images. I also don't care for the drop-down menu for favourites. As for now it's my secondary browser. My default browser on my three computers is Google Chrome 4, which for my needs, does everything well and is nice, fast and simple. The new Chrome 4 skins now make it visually more bearable. |
| BelgianWaffle | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Great stuff. Makes tethering speed feels like regular internet with the Turbo feature!!! |
| draelail | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Opera 10 its brilliant, I will forget Firefox now. Excellent work Opera software |
| Sephiroth... | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Yes, Opera 10 its out, all other browser, especially Firefox will come to copy more feature to Opera ;) |
| SmokingCat | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Incredible good browser, its way better that FF, Chrome, Safari, and IE, five stars. |
| Chocobito | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent, at last Opera 10 Final and its front-pages in a lot of page for all its features and performance. Good for Opera. |
| BadIronTree | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Best version ever geting better and better i bought Opera went was in version 6 now is free and still rule :) |
| Phat Esther | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 1 out of 5 |
MLS not working since 532 days, on all previous versions uptill 9.27.8841 can DO. After 9.50 beta end 10 final can not DO !! Upgrade from previous versions not working, tested on o3 o4 o5 o6 o7 o8 o9 just standard and separate able install. I reported to oper it 2 weeks 1 week ago and today too. Least 100 other unrepaired bughill. We hope the next version Opera "flutecamp" 11.01 beta 1900XXXX try repair 1 bug from thousands. YES the slowest and weakest performanced browser (except IE) just watch betanews all browser test (picture link under some writes back, full test on betanews review cc 2 weeks ago)(tnx for this homepage again, it means true peoples here). and severe 10000 other problem it results i star 0 zero. Why 1 star, why? Cause this browser very comfortable customizable, better than other browsers together, and i use it 10 years or more near since started. Yes we love this project, but after went to freeware falled down to others behind. cause 1 star, if i must could be write the full true cuold give 0 star but anywhere we use it default, ye? ok the past is past, forget it lets testing everybody opera "flutecamp" 11 beta sooooooon best regard Esther |
| DeKoquonut | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final |  2 out of 5 |
I just tried it - as I have now and then in the past - and it would not load my banking page correctly. I then tried to right click on a bookmark to delete it, but you can't do that, nor can you sort your bookmarks by name with a quick right click. These are pretty basic file handling features, damn shame that they are excluded in Opera. Program uninstalled. |
| us3r | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 1 out of 5 |
The worst web browser on the market apart from Internet Explorer. It's slow, buggy, has poor flash support and terrible HD video playback. |
| mjm01010101 | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 4 out of 5 |
The Good: - Fast indeed. - memory footprint is indeed low, but I have ~4 gigs free on this box, does it matter? - Extremely customizable - Great Security. Opera pretty much has responding to security nailed down compared to Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft. The Bad: - Toolbar placement and display preferences is wonky. I find that the preferences and options for Opera are the least thought out of the top 4 browsers. - greasemonkey support is pathetic. The first three I tried didn't work. Setting up blocking ads was a PITA and I can't sync my preferences easily between PC's. - All the other missing plug-ins really drag this otherwise great browser down. - Setting up homepages? oh that's right, you are setting up "sessions" great that Opera was zero help here with this basic feature. - portal.opera.com was abyssmally slow for me this morning. - I don't want an irc or e-mail client. Can you at least give me an option? My #2 choice. I'll switch when Opera can do everything FF can do and Mozilla pisses me off. |
| bigmama | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
The best browser. The fastest, you can customize it easily, it's secure, nice interface, usability and security (top levels). Also it has everything you want. (browser, download manager, email, chat, torrent client, community, speed dial, trash can, ad filter, widgets in one light application and installer. No lack of features like Chrome. No high memory usage and leaks like Firefox. No problems with security like IE. No problems with page rendering like Safari. |
| anonymouscowturd | Sep 1, 2009 | 10.00 Build 1750 Final | 5 out of 5 |
No change from RC2. I have found a couple of issues though. If you try to create a google maps search it fails miserably. Not sure if this is to do with how the map search is submitted or if it's an issue with Opera. Also noticed Opera will take an age to open or close IF synchronization is enabled and the Opera site is somehow unreachable (as it was today when every Opera user and his dog went to get a piece of the 10.0 action). |
| Daddy_Spank | Dec 4, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10469 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The first pre-alpha version of Opera 10 is out today! |
| alanpalmer | Dec 2, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10469 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
All seems OK, I've tested some of the video and 3D animation elements and they worked fine, although Firefox gave me messages like "Decoder not found". Not an issue really, but the installer seems uncertain which version is being installed; in some places it refers to Opera 10.0, in others to 9.62 (correct). |
| thartist | Dec 2, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10469 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
@horsecharles: been long since i last read such a pack of nonsense, emphatic nonsense... absolute nonsense. who sold you that approach to truth about Opera? what bubble do you live in? I haven't had a good experience with the latest interface (and skins are amateurish) and it features no *proper* ad-blocking solution so i always end up switching to FF... not ideal but, plugins help fill holes i care about the most. Waiting for Opera 10, first alphas to be unveiled soon! |
| eaves | Dec 2, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10469 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
== it's a browser's responsibility to ensure interfacing with the rest of the world...it's NOT the world's / individual websites' responsibility to ensure interfacing with every browser esp. those with minor share == Not quite correct. It is the responsibility of the individual websites to write standards-compliant websites. And it is the responsibility of the browsers to properly render those standards-compliant websites. Once you start, as you suggest, tying websites to browsers, then you start running into problems like websites rendering fine with IE6 but not rendering properly with IE7. At which point, the browser fanboy messages start appearing... |
| horsecharles | Dec 2, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10469 Beta |  3 out of 5 |
I really don't see how anyone can use Opera w/o having to switch to other browsers repeatedly. Now, to be fair to Opera, this occurs with ALL browsers, even with IE(post v6 that is)... although not NEARLY to the same degree as Opera. BUT>>>>at least with other browsers one can share most user / profile data-- so say-- one doesn't lose one's research placeholders-- links, history, logins, etc. BTW Opera installer reports in two different areas of same dialog box-- v 9.62 & v 10.00 And the old tired, excuse from Opera fanboys that their browser's standards / features are cutting edge / safer...and that individual websites are to blame for not getting with it-- doesn't wash: it's a browser's responsibility to ensure interfacing with the rest of the world...it's NOT the world's / individual websites' responsibility to ensure interfacing with every browser-- esp. those with minor share. IIIFFFF Opera wants to garner a bigger share of the pie, then: 1. Interface with Roboform(or at least develop a feature that regularly imports Robo data into Opera. AAAANNNNNDDDDDD: don't make it so difficult to view stored login info!!!!!!!!!! 2. EITHER utilize the same folders as IE for faves / history / autocomplete & fill / etc. ORRRRR develop a utility / feature that periodically scans IE & Moz browsers for that data to import and sync. It's that simple...a no-brainer. OF course, that doesn't address widespread website incompatibility...but at least it's a start. |
| Diam0nd | Dec 2, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10469 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
10469 works just fine for me. |
| rseiler | Dec 2, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10469 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Note that this is NOT your regular Opera beta build. See here: http://labs.opera.com/news/2008/11/25/ |
| analphatester | Nov 2, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 4 out of 5 |
Analphatester`s Halloween gift for all Opera users of the World !!! HOW to make Opera 30-50% faster? No more freeze, no more crash, no more failed render! Simple. Go to settings advanced and switch off cache in memory and disk. tada |
| adamlau | Oct 30, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 5 out of 5 |
An avid Opera user since 2.x. Fast, simple and infinitely customizeable. I am also a K-Meleon and K-Meleon CCF tweaker, and even so I notice the difference in page rendering speed with Opera in general. I rarely (though it happens) need to fall back to K-Meleon, or Firefox to display certain troublesome pages. Five out of five for being able to run at a footprint of under 10MB (opera.dll and OUniAnsi.dll UPX decompressed). |
| skapig | Oct 30, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 4 out of 5 |
Getting increasingly solid. Still chokes on large pages though during the rendering process. This is an ongoing problem with the 9.5+ engine. |
| Wintings | Oct 30, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 4 out of 5 |
Good though Opera is, I am not using it until they include support for Roboform. |
| Paul Skinner | Oct 29, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 5 out of 5 |
@Sturgess: Third? Can't you count? Second. I'm glad they're fixing things, personally. |
| LiLButterfly | Oct 29, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 4 out of 5 |
Sturgess I think we should be glad they are fixing the security problems. I give them a 4. It's a good browser but I do like my roboform. |
| sturgess | Oct 29, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 3 out of 5 |
Third security fix in seven days, will this now be a regular weekly thing does anyone know ? |
| bigmama | Oct 29, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 5 out of 5 |
magnificent |
| alanpalmer | Oct 29, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 5 out of 5 |
>>even though I b**** about plug-ins support, which is non-existent Huh? Opera has pretty well the same plug-in support as the Mozilla browsers. Do you perhaps mean extensions, or add-ons? Still working well for me. |
| Diam0nd | Oct 29, 2008 | 9.62 Build 10467 | 5 out of 5 |
What can I say, Opera is the best browser in my opinion. And even though I b**** about plug-ins support, which is non-existent, it has everything built-in. It works great too. |
| laptopy.net | Oct 22, 2008 | 9.61 Build 10463 Final | 5 out of 5 |
What can i say....SUPERB! |
| ruemere | Oct 21, 2008 | 9.61 Build 10463 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Opera spellcheck: http://www.opera.com/sup...orials/opera/spellcheck/ Excerpt: "On Windows, Linux, and UNIX, Opera supports GNU Aspell. To spell-check with Opera, you need to install both GNU Aspell and at least one Aspell dictionary. On Mac OS X, Opera uses the system spell checker. There is no need to install additional software." Regards, Ruemere |
| aruprc | Oct 21, 2008 | 9.61 Build 10463 Final | 5 out of 5 |
9.61 is officially not out but in Opera's FTP and it runs swell as usual. |
| kraps | Oct 20, 2008 | 9.61 Build 10463 Final | 5 out of 5 |
9.61 isn't out yet! |
| Daddy_Spank | Oct 20, 2008 | 9.61 Build 10463 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Love the fast security updates and other fixes. The best browser. |
| pforbes | Oct 20, 2008 | 9.61 Build 10463 Final | 5 out of 5 |
As all precedent versions, simply the fastest and the best browser. Thank you for allowing us doublebooters to use it both under XP and Windows 98 SE. |
| Vimes | Oct 20, 2008 | 9.61 Build 10463 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Great release but I would like to see... In-line spell check built in. Option to not install mail or torrent feature Small quirky rendering issues resolved - I report these as they occur. I would have liked the ability to use the type of addon's that I have got used to using in FF, I guess that will not happen. |
| Ain Soph Aur | Oct 20, 2008 | 9.61 Build 10463 Final | 5 out of 5 |
@argybee SRWARE IRON is a very good choice! small and VERY fast! ich use it too, but its not comparable to opera. opera is a real browser ;) with everything you can possibly need and it is highly customizable... |
| argybee | Oct 14, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 3 out of 5 |
A very slick and tight piece of software which doesn't have quite the flexibility (via add-ons) that FF has but runs with much smaller footprint... but ... oh no... I just typed an address and pressed return and the whole thing disappeared! Not quite right yet I guess. Think I will run with SRWARE IRON for a while... |
| Alexander-GG | Oct 13, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Opera 9.6 is the best build of this browser. Improved memory usage, correct page rendering, very high speed. Absolutely no problems. Perfect browser. |
| Qlib | Oct 13, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 3 out of 5 |
I dont have any problems with sites rendering, however the "cant save opera6.adr" issue has returned whenever I have a few tabs open at the same time, bloody annoying.. thought they had fixed this.. |
| Sven123456789 | Oct 9, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 1 out of 5 |
Same problems with users below. Allot of sites I access don't render properly. Pass on this one. |
| calex71 | Oct 9, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 1 out of 5 |
Usually I rate opera very highly hereas it does everything i need it to and haven't had major issues with it really. However this build is an epic fail! It is the same build as the RC so im wondering why they didnt spot the memory leaks then!!!!! if you like me and leave it open all day it gobbles up memory over a relitvely short period, on both xp and vista, and im not alone many others reported same on the opera forums. Give this build a miss. |
| analphatester | Oct 8, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 4 out of 5 |
I DONT BELIEVE IT !!! WORKING AGAIN multuple file save :) What happened? I seeing Opera program workers hard working on multiple file save. Thank You. But not working ezactly same like 9.27.8841 this 960 final version working only after first file saved. 9278841 worked immediatly before sevad first file, not must waiting anything. And slover cca 3-4x. Please repair this two little bug. Rating:5(high) an Very Special thnks for NEW function Multiple File Delete Iam very very happy |
| flibberyGiveIt | Oct 8, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Problem with "Hotmail" not allowing login on first visit to livemail page seems fixed. Here, first run of the day: Opera loads faster than GChrome, and much faster than FF (which I've loaded down with plugins so not a fair comparison) The speed dial page is a great feature, allowing one to start with a local list of often visited pages instead of one on-the-web homepage. (True, this is easy to do in the others, just write a web page of your fave sites, and make a shortcut that looks a tiny little bit like: "c:\program files\browser name\file.exe" myfaves.htm |
| Jegar48 | Oct 8, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 1 out of 5 |
Opera has always had issues with web sites. They still remain.............more junk |
| MarcFou | Oct 8, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 1 out of 5 |
When sites dont render... Opera's fault or not. It just has to work. CSS and INI tweaking should not become the norm. Issues I reported back in the 7.x days still remain. For a long time I used to recommend and rate Opera the highest. |
| ssb | Oct 8, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 4 out of 5 |
As already said, Opera has both a spell checker and an excellent in-core implementation of ad-blocking. What stopped me from rating it with five, are the many small annoying bugs, reported many times but yet unfixed. |
| maxstep | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 4 out of 5 |
It does have spell check and ad block. Now, opera has issues with some websites, which is sad. |
| some guy | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 4 out of 5 |
when it has spell check and Add block then it will be a 5 |
| pdail | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Just the "Best". I use this Browser, everyday, all day.Just a "Rock solid" Browser. I really like the clean look, and the speed. A 5, for sure!! |
| Daddy_Spank | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 5 out of 5 |
A great browser. The few pages that still does not render properly are 99% of the time not Opera's fault. Bittorrent, great mail client, speed dial... nothing beats this. |
| stranded | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 5 out of 5 |
My favorite browser since version 7.x I don't think I will ever change my browser, I'm really liking OperaLink and integration with OperaMini. |
| ppinheiro | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 4 out of 5 |
Its Great!! 9.6 will rulez tem all. for me just a small thing needes to be fixed to make this my #1, I need roboform to work with Opera!!! PLease PLEASE!! :) |
| Paul Skinner | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 5 out of 5 |
@sturgess: This browser fulfils everything I need it to do as a web developer. It's really very robust and one of the best when it comes to web standards. This alone sets it apart from all the other browsers I have tried (and I think I've tried pretty much all of them - as I have to test websites on most). The 9.6 release is welcome as it stabilises what was started (but in my opinion not completed properly) in 9.5. Since 9.5 it's worked with 99% of sites I have come across. It really was a massive leap in rendering quality, and 9.6 stabilises it. In my eyes, deserves a 5. |
| Diam0nd | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 5 out of 5 |
My favourite browser. I virtually never use anything else. And for those who say Opera doesn't work with every site, have a look at Opera's ACID scores. And then think again what might be the reason for some sites not working properly. |
| jspratjr | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 5 out of 5 |
"get out more and try a few of the other browsers available" - such as (and don't bother mentioning Firefox or IE)? Works fine - I have yet to find a browser I like better. |
| sturgess | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 3 out of 5 |
Puzzled, is this the final or still a beta ? It works OK and I'll give it a 3, but nothing special, those who give it a 5 should get out more and try a few of the other browsers available. |
| anonymouscowturd | Oct 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 Final | 4 out of 5 |
Classic set up here ftp://get.opera.com/pub/opera/win/960/en/Opera_960_classic_Setup.exe Same as RC2 i believe. |
| SoftwareTester | Oct 6, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
Opera is my favorite web browser and i understand that everyone have there own opinion. but dont give out some stupid rating for just you cant find the feature you looking for, that not how you review it. idiot... |
| belthurgp | Oct 6, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
My favorite and default browser. Yes, some sites are not coded per standard and they don't work. For those I use IE8. |
| Daddy_Spank | Oct 6, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
the download size is actually 4.9MB and not 9MB as it sais... |
| Jegar48 | Oct 6, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10447 RC2 | 1 out of 5 |
I keep hoping and trying.......no improvement in rendering web sites properly.....still junk |
| analphatester | Oct 3, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10443 RC1 | 1 out of 5 |
tutorial 1 for Opera programmrs a open 9.27.8841 source code b copy the working multiple file save code piece c open next Opera source code like 9.60 RC2 d paste into the working code piece its only simple or not? tada :( |
| laptopy.net | Oct 3, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10443 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Working smoothly . Opera is my default browser |
| some guy | Oct 2, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10443 RC1 | 4 out of 5 |
if it had spell check built in and Add Block it would be my default. |
| Daddy_Spank | Oct 2, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10443 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Finally RC1!! I dont think anyone has a clue about what analphatester is talking about.. Ive tried to ask him several times. Oh well. |
| anonymouscowturd | Oct 2, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10443 RC1 | 4 out of 5 |
Still have problems with flash. Right clicking on page with flash causes the flash to blank out. Getting better, but still plenty of bugs left, especially apparent when you read the Opera Desktop Team blog. BTW, can somebody please elaborate on what the heck analphatester is going on about with saving multiple files? I just don't get it. What's his bug and how am i supposed to recreate it, his reviews never give enough info for me to understand what the problem is. |
| laptopy.net | Sep 29, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Superb experience with www |
| Diam0nd | Sep 28, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Vimes: Might not be the correct stats, since other sources show quite a different picture. Opera, August 2008: 2.1%. SOURCE: W3Schools So it might not necessarily be THAT bad. Opera > * |
| Babayaga | Sep 28, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Javascript engine is not as fast as Firefox but I love this browser! |
| analphatester | Sep 27, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
multiple file save not working since 9.27.8841 |
| Daddy_Spank | Sep 27, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@analphatester: works fine here. I can select multiple links; just click one and hold down s*** button and then click on another link to select that range. WHY you would want to do that, I got no idea, you can only open one link at the time anyways... But its not a bug, and you have now written the same review over 10 times. Time to move on, especially since there is not bug. |
| Vimes | Sep 26, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
When you see the size of the market that Opera gets... IE 72.39% Firefox 19.54% Safari 6.27% Chrome 0.77% Opera 0.74% Netscape 0.77% Source: Net Applications ...it really is sad as when you have used it, and grown to realise that whilst it can have its quirks, it is a really good browser which deserves more exposure. |
| bigmama | Sep 26, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
good many fixes in these release |
| skapig | Sep 26, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Solid so far. He's right. There is way more visual customization than you think and the functionality has been there for quite a long time. Perhaps why Opera doesn't tout it as it should be. All kinds of nice widget drag-and-drop action and plenty of attractive skins. You can get it to look just how you like. |
| anonymouscowturd | Sep 26, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Amen to Blaxima, @DudeBoyz we can't guarantee a skin looking exactly like the one you linked to but i can assure the interface is infinitely more customizable than anything firefox or IE has to offer. Just right click on any of the tool bars, drag and drop buttons onto any of the tool bars or sufaces, customize the menus (via ini files), shortcuts, you can even create buttons out of commands. Check out the http://operawiki.info/Opera. Pretty much anything you can imagine you can do. With regard to this release i'm still getting problems with flash. In some instances the mouse pointer "subs" and flickers. Also right clicking anywhere on a page with flash causes the screen to blank. Doesn't happen all the time though. Annoying. Other than that these releases are getting way better than the disaster that 9.5x is/was. |
| Blaxima | Sep 26, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10439 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Dude I really think you should look into the browser a little more. Sure things don't come in the form of plugins but you can do alot more than you think with the interface. Have a look at how my Opera looks, it's very clean and simple. http://customize.org/screenshots/60093 Custom buttons are the trick and you can get them here http://operawiki.info/CustomButtons. This is a far more robust browser than people think. You can use the status bar to put any buttons and bars you want to have the tabs bar be under it like in FF if you want. There really are alot of options people don't realise. An option I really love is that you can create custom searches with a simple right click in a search box on a site and it will be added just like that. As for this release, Opera is really starting to get back on track but I still have some minor issues that my bug reports don't seem to get fixed. Seems to keep getting faster with each release |
| DudeBoyz | Sep 22, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10433 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
This product handles fonts better on Linux than Firefox does, and that's a very good thing. The pages that Opera renders on Linux look closer to what is rendered on Windows than just about every other browser I've tried. Konquerer included. I genuinely wish that there was more flexibility in terms of the interface though. Tabs don't even really look / feel like tabs, for example. And I would like to be able to put any interface feature in any order / location I want. Like how in IE 7 the address bar is at the top but I just want it to go back to how it looked in IE 6 for familiarity if nothing else. I guess to try to give an example of what I would like to be able to see in Opera, I'd point folks to the Past Modern theme by Kuden: https://addons.mozilla.o...n-US/firefox/addon/7249 It just has that clean, orderly look that I liked so much in the old Netscape days. But all in all Opera is not a bad product and it is getting better. I just wish it was more robust and cutting edge, I guess. I'd give it a 3.5 if that was an option. I'm just not convinced it deserves a full 4 at this point. But I'll keep an eye on things and hopefully it will improve in the near future. |
| Zero-Point | Sep 22, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10433 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Analphatester: As asked before, please state how to reproduce this bug you speak of: "multiple file save not working" Going to File > Save As... and choosing the type "HTML file with images" works fine for me. If you are referring to saving bookmarks, I can go to my Bookmarks panel, choose multiple bookmarks (using s***), right click > File > save selected as. From your previous post to "please put back the full perfectly working muliple file save code" it sounds like whatever functionality you are referring to has been removed and not a bug. |
| belthurgp | Sep 20, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10433 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@someguy, I believe you have never tested content blocker in opera. Please use it once and then comment. Spell check, please...this is a browser...not a word processor...don't get confused with the primary purpose... |
| calex71 | Sep 20, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10433 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
@ Some Guy, ill give you the spell check point but opera's content blocker is just as good as ad block plus, especially if you use a custom url filter file like the one here http://www.fanboy.co.nz/ i have very few problmes with sites on this build but the issues with a site like youtube are just aweful, and im just tired of having to F5 the page if theres an embedded video to get it to play and the speed on yourtube itself is terrible. no simple way to refresh all open tabs (im aware there is a way but its not simple) built in sync working well here. over all it works well but has a few simple issues or what we would think are basic things missing. |
| Blaxima | Sep 19, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10433 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
I love Opera and I'm always finding new things about it that makes things easy to go along with its security. The speed of this release seems even snappier BUT I'm still encountering issues that I have made bug reports for that have yet to be fixed. 1) When saving images and renaming them Opera leaves out the extention and saves the file as nothing. I need to add the .jpg part on my own. 2)Some sites that worked in 9.27 for me have yet to work in 9.5x and 9.6 |
| analphatester | Sep 19, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10433 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
multiple file save not working after 9.27.8841 |
| bigmama | Sep 19, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10433 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
the best free, safe, fast, user-friendly and customizable browser ever |
| some guy | Sep 19, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10433 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
when you have a simple auto spell check and add block plus then you will be a 5 |
| Daddy_Spank | Sep 19, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10433 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I love this browser. |
| Vimes | Sep 16, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10427 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
I have really tried to like this browser and found it useful when I was informed of a work around for the lack of in-line spell checker. However I get quite a few minor problems of the formatting being not quite right for some websites. It might only be a little but it is enough to make my browsing experience not be a good one. Getting Java to work correctly with some sites, as opposed to FF where once installed it works, has been very difficult. Even trawling through Opera's forums failed to help. A good browser that, for me, doesn't meet my expectations at this stage. |
| belthurgp | Sep 13, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10427 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Getting better with every release. This one is so fast !!... Good job Opera ! |
| Diam0nd | Sep 12, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10427 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Loooove the recently introduced RSS preview feature!!! Ahhh, FF? Pleeeease... |
| stranded | Sep 12, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10427 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Getting better. Still has some issues. |
| outofspace | Sep 12, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10427 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
It is do what it should do |
| ssb | Sep 12, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10427 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Simply great! |
| SoftwareTester | Sep 12, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10427 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
great program , great feature, fast and reliable... have been use for many years. |
| Daddy_Spank | Sep 12, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10427 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
analphatester: your english is so bad I cannot understand what you are talking about. Can you tell me clearly how to reproduce the bug that you keep on talking about? |
| analphatester | Sep 12, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10427 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Multiple file save not working since 9.27.8841 How can I save 1374 links ? Each individually ? HA ??? primitiv idiots go up tree Zeropoint mfs working for 10 years but not workig after 9.27.8841 understand? this not alpha bug only must copy working source code from v8841 to v10xxx I just now using this version and working pefectly I save 100 links about 30 sec thinking man after writing |
| Vimes | Sep 11, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Thanks for the link to the spellcheck utility :) A pity that Opera still can't do this. I have now changed from Outlook to Windows mail Live and there is no problem from clicking hyperlinks and then Opera opening them. |
| Daddy_Spank | Sep 11, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Some really nice new features, especially the Low Bandwith mode which I love using while abroad and using my cellphone as internet connection, it saves my cellphone bill quite a lot I would think. |
| godofthunder | Sep 11, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@>>> ANALphatester (_x_) |
| pjb | Sep 11, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
A nice improvement over previous versions. Loads fast, and looks neat & clean. |
| improvelence | Sep 10, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
Why does this now look like it should be a java application loaded from a website? This interface is horrible. The black bar is big, bulky and misplaced. Does render pretty quickly though. |
| belthurgp | Sep 10, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Has all the features I need including a kickass skin without installing one extension...that's what I hate about FF. You need to install a ton of extension to make it comfortable to use, if you grew up pampered by Opera. On the IE side, Maxthon rules ! |
| Zero-Point | Sep 10, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
analphatester: oh my god are you going to post EVERY week rating a 1 with the comment "multiple file save not working". As others have said, do you understand the difference between release cycles? If you don't post Opera is the best browser ever, you post that it's crap and unusable. It seems you use Opera to copy web sites all day every day. You might want to consider a completely different application for those needs where you will be able copy sites/pictures without having to manually do it. You're right, Opera is useless in that regard. These are reasons where I don't believe pre-releases should publicly available and eploited to everyone. We are living in a Beta world right now, heading to Alpha. I agree it helps get rid of a lot of bugs having that many testers, although it's putting the burden on ingornant users and causes bad reps. |
| analphatester | Sep 10, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
multiple file save not working |
| outofspace | Sep 10, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
EVERYTHING I NEED IN ONE PLACE |
| pdail | Sep 10, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Those of you that need a spell checker, might try, Tinyspell V1.7. It works just fine. Opera, is just going to get better, and better. They are doing some great things. Its not about catch-up, with Opera, but staying ahead. |
| The Seeker 11 | Sep 10, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@some guy Fanboy's Adblock List for Opera. Also, for custom entries, simply right-click on a webpage and choose "Block content". |
| some guy | Sep 10, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10424 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I used Fire fox cause of the add block plus but now Fire Fox fails to start version 301. Now Im back to opera. 2 things oprea you need. 1 spell checker like FF 2 Add block you will be the best |
| skapig | Sep 9, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Finally feeling like the stable, finished product 9.5 should have been. Never been a fan of the default skin and layouts (though they have improved), but Opera has easy skinning and drag-and-drop layout customization. Probably something that they should do a better job of publicizing as many people judge it simply by the default. |
| belthurgp | Sep 8, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent browser. Highly customizable. Safe and Secure. Most dangerous things come with unbelievable feature and offers. Chrome for example. |
| godofthunder | Sep 8, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Keep it up!. CHROME = SPYWARE OPERA = SAFEWARE YOU DECIDE! |
| Ian C. | Sep 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 2 out of 5 |
Installer fails to do an upgrade in Vista. Same problem with the last few betas. Also no longer has the advantage of being the fastest most memory friendly browser. |
| Dreimanis | Sep 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
great browser. as are firefox and ie. |
| outofspace | Sep 7, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Chrome -seems to be a giant spyware, firefox - ok but somehow not for me, IE no comment, Safari - ehh. But for me and my friends Opera is natural choice. Speed and you can do anything what you like with your browser. |
| pforbes | Sep 6, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent as always. Thank you for keeping it available for Windows 98 SE (double boot user). |
| Blaxima | Sep 6, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 4 out of 5 |
hahaha, sturgess your funny seeing as this is what your last insightful review of this browser was; "We appreciate the time given by the Opera users to always be here posting such riveting,detailed and thoughtful reviews of their browser. The dedication of these fine fellows having to find something interesting to say every single bloomin' day is impressive. I am still trying get the latest incarnation to work as well as the browser did in days long gone, that would be version 9.24. Now that was a browser to crow about this feeble effort is just that, feeble." The Opera team need to get a grip of things. The 9.5x releases were a real regression from 9.27 and this release which is not a RC release but a RC for beta release (thats a new one) and they state that they are focusing on only bugs and not adding features and you know what, the bugs I have still remain. Many members on the forum have sent in bug reports but they don't seem to be addressed. Still a very good browser though and it's only dissappointing because I expect so much from it because of how high they have set the bar with this piece of software unlike over hypedware |
| sturgess | Sep 6, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 3 out of 5 |
Diam0nd and the gang appear here every time a new Opera arrives, the comments are pretty much the same, you've read one of their posts you have read them all. Perhaps these folk who rave about Opera could post a review which actually contains a little more substance. I use Opera, always have since it started, it is not my default anymore because it is not the best anymore, now a very distant third. This is a shame, this last offering I'll give a 3 for persistence if nothing else, and this offering has nothing else but that to recommend it. |
| analphatester | Sep 6, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 1 out of 5 |
multiple file save not working since 927.8841 960.10421 -927.08841 =033.01580 this is the real Opera version number Opera 0.33Build 1580 SHAME for all Opera programmers The biggest shame for Opera all time |
| Diam0nd | Sep 5, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Keeps getting better and better, imho. |
| coover | Sep 5, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
A minor, but very valid complaint ... ever time I "upgrade" Opera, I find the Opera Icon on my desktop. I don't use desktop Icons. I use Launch Bar Icons, so I am forced to delete the desktop Icon. Please, Opera developers, make the desktop Icon (and Launch Bar Icon) optional during installation. This is not difficult and would not add much code to the installer, but it would surely make the installation of Opera more pleasant. |
| CT2001 | Sep 5, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 4 out of 5 |
Opera needs to drop Widgets from the top menu bar, or allow a "Remove from Toolbar" choice. Some of us don't use Widgets and never will. |
| bigmama | Sep 5, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10421 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
great ideas quick browsing all features i want are by default there |
| analphatester | Aug 30, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10414 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Opera programmers please put back the full perfectly working muliple file save code (F4-links panel-multiple file select with s***) from 927.8841 to 960.xxxx. Please, thank you. |
| Qlib | Aug 29, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10414 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
bugs keeps the world moving forward, just look at how s***ty firefox is and they worship it like its perfect.. no wonder its gotten so stinky.. go opera go! |
| ssb | Aug 29, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10414 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
Nice but so many unfixed bugs! It would be much better if Opera developers stopped adding new features and fix some of the long standing bugs. |
| Vimes | Aug 25, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10408 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
No inline spell check..! Still got a problem with hyperlinks within Outlook mail using Vista 64, bug reported Back to FF |
| outofspace | Aug 24, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10408 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Something for people who want something more from browser! |
| mickey89as | Aug 24, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10408 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
It's good to see progress in this usefull application. |
| Jegar48 | Aug 23, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10408 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
I tired this version after a long hiatus. Still junk. |
| jcunews | Aug 23, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10408 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
The Opera 9.5+ should have never be released as Final. Many new annoying bugs are poping up everywhere. And the worst is that the bugs aren't relevant to the upgraded features. Even starting from the first 9.51 beta to 9.52 RC2, new (and irrelevant) bugs are still poping up. I'm starting to believe that the code is poorly structured and managed since version 9.5 beta. While the bugs are just minors, some of them are very annoying. But good thing is, it's much faster than 9.27 - especially the mail+news client and javascript. It's the main reason why I can't go back to 9.27. The only thing I can do now is to get the latest build as soon as it's available. I really want to give it full rating, but the annoyance is just ANNOYING. |
| Daddy_Spank | Aug 23, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10408 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
So you rate it a 2 star without actually trying it. 9.52 works much better than 9.27 in my opinion and if you are afraid of bugs stick with it and dont try the new beta 9.6 version although im using it right now and its working great so far. |
| eaves | Aug 23, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10408 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
Does Opera (greater than 9.27) work yet? I haven't seen a good working copy since version 9.27 was released. Should I bother trying the 9.6 series beyond this beta? I tried the 9.60 beta and it was still problematic. |
| analphatester | Aug 23, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10408 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Opera for Windows 9.60 Build 10408 Beta beta It seems I testing only multiple file save not working bug. Naturally not working in this version too. Last perfect version 927.8841 Programmers trying to repair but the reason follow the bug has new function, when I click multiple file save freeze the full Opera process not able to kill from task list. Huhh, the bug growing, I dont believe this, unbelievable. but first but first separate install not working again only reapir and remove must have testing n full clean installed operating system but no problem for me but unbelievable why this the biggest shame on Opera History Opera programmers must be back the old working code variable to new version please You are good guys |
| alanpalmer | Aug 23, 2008 | 9.60 Build 10408 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Wow! A jump to 9.6 and of 300 in the build numbers! See http://my.opera.com/desk.../22/first-9-60-snapshot for new features. |
| gkar | Aug 22, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 5 out of 5 |
Was using Opera back in the paid 6.x days then switched to Firefox. The Opera folks really have put together a very good browser in the 9.5x version. Opera seems faster and more responsive than Firefox. I'm back with Opera for now. |
| Vimes | Aug 21, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 2 out of 5 |
I really like Opera, it has some small problem with the viewing of my email folders when using Yahoo mail - the folder view under "my folder" gets truncated together a little. My biggest gripe is that Outlook 2007 can't open a hyperlink when Opera is selected as the default browser, giving the error message below... http://img366.imageshack...hp?image=outlookal3.jpg Using either FF or IE as the default browser gives no such problem. I'm using Vista 64, if that is applicable. Visiting the Opera support forums I see that I'm not alone in this and a bug report has been submitted. |
| alanpalmer | Aug 20, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 5 out of 5 |
When this was on BetaNews as build 10107 a couple of days ago, I, and several others, got 10108 instead. I assume I don't need to redownload; the filename of the installer is the same. |
| Zero-Point | Aug 20, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 5 out of 5 |
"back" command now working on first invoke, rather than 2, 3, or more. This was a quite an annoying bug. Fixed an issue with history navigation: an iframe with document.write is not added to history anymore |
| aszure | Aug 20, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 4 out of 5 |
I have been, and always will be a FF user. However, this is a very nice browser and a great alternative to IE. Not to mention the fact that there's a mini opera for pda's. If you're not hip on FF, and hate IE, this is the browser for you. |
| skapig | Aug 20, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 4 out of 5 |
Not as polished as it should be. Still holds many of the same regression bugs that have been plaguing the 9.5x releases. There are some nice improvements, but it has quite clearly been rushed out. They are gradually being fixed in the post-9.50 releases, but not fast enough. My major issues are that it chokes during the load of large pages and crashes more often than any other Opera release that I've dealt with over the years. |
| ssb | Aug 20, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 4 out of 5 |
I wish I could rate it with five. Unfortunately I cannot with so many known but unfixed bugs. |
| pforbes | Aug 20, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent work. Thank you for keeping compatibility with Windows 98. I keep using my dear "oldie" to backup/restore XP using a second main partition (cleaner, faster and more secure than the recovery console if your machine has an ATA drive and units under 32 GB). |
| Blaxima | Aug 19, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 4 out of 5 |
This hurts me to say but the 9.5x series while being everything Opera has been as far as light on memory, feature packed, safe and now really really fast has been a huge dissappointment for me. All kinds of regressions keep popping up and now with this build the save image bug I had with the first 9.50 release is back. I have to add the .jpg to image files when I save and rename them. It aslo just doesn't play nice with Google stuff like gmail and maps Still my favorite browser by a mile but these regressions are getting frustrating and this is the final release |
| coover | Aug 19, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 4 out of 5 |
I'm curious. Is there a difference between 9.52 Build 10108 RC2 that came out yesterday and 9.52 Build 10108 that came out today? Both are the same build, so I assume they found the release candidate without any major bugs that jeopardize the users much or show up frequently and decided to remove the release candidate designation? |
| zridling | Aug 19, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 5 out of 5 |
belthurgp, good points, except that Firefox is intentionally built for modularity. It stays lean and mean if you don't want/need those extensions. Still, I'd rather use Opera any day because of its power and customizability. (The Linux version works exactly like the Windows version, so there's no learning curve.) |
| Metshrine | Aug 19, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 2 out of 5 |
That's just it. Opera has so much included but 80% of what is there is only half-baked. They are features added just to say "We did it first" and then left to stagnate. The wand is an example (still doesn't support bank of america military bank properly, despite being reported on their forums and via email to the devs since v7.0). Opera doesn't include any sort of auto-complete function minus using the notes field which is just a pain in the rear. If I am that worried about someone stealing my auto-complete text, then I will clear it. Give me the option! Plus, in the wand, you cannot EDIT a password if you say, oh I don't know, CHANGE IT? Yes, this revolutionary browser can't even get basic functionality down right but oh yes, they can get widgets (The most useful feature ever imagined), built-in torrent support, and the speed-dial. Oh yeah, I am limited to what the developers feel is good enough. I can not extend the browser by adding third party addon's or code to the browser to allow it to perform a task that I might have. Every other browser, minus safari, allows this. Even lynx, the text browser, can do this. I yearn for the days of an API. 2/5 until these blaring holes in functionality are fixed. |
| Diam0nd | Aug 19, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 | 5 out of 5 |
belthurgp: now that was SO SO well-said! |
| belthurgp | Aug 18, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10108 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
Good build considering it's a RC2. Yeah, I have noticied that we are unable to log into some sites.. Seriously, Opera comes with so much features by default, FF should bow its head in shame. You can't do anything more than the basic in FF without thirdparty extensions. |
| guti | Aug 17, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10107 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
9.52 RC2 is ready at http://my.opera.com/desk...8/08/15/opera-9-52-rc-2 |
| TGB72 | Aug 17, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10107 RC1 | 3 out of 5 |
To many old bugs not fixed. - 100% of cpu usage when navigating some pages offline (this problem is there since v9.2) - 100% of cpu usage when shows finished tranfers notifications - Problems to log in in yahoo mail and many forums (no problem with FF) |
| analphatester | Aug 16, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10107 RC1 | 2 out of 5 |
952 1017 separate install working again +1 multiple file save working BUT must check target directory for each file +1 taht means save 100 file about half an hour -1 results 2 not an Olympic record shame for Opera |
| Daddy_Spank | Aug 15, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10107 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent build, eagerly awaiting 9.52 Final now.... |
| pdail | Aug 15, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10107 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Yes, this is Build 10108, and yes, it works just fine, so far. I think the last Build, crashed on me, only 2 times. Not sure why. It was before, MS big update. So who knows? Just love the speed, of this Browser. Still, just as easy as Mom's Apple Pie, and a Chevy!! |
| alanpalmer | Aug 15, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10107 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Works very well. I've no complaints about this build at all (so far!). |
| belthurgp | Aug 15, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10107 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Was using opera 5 years back ( 3.5 I think ) before moving onto Maxthon...been with Maxthon all along thru 2.1.3 ( latest ), but had enough of sluggishness... Moved back to Opera and I am happy. Works with most of the sites I regularly visit. Features wise, nothing can come close. |
| Paul Skinner | Aug 15, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10107 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Catch up BetaNews; RC2's out already. |
| exit | Aug 15, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10107 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
9.52 10108 is the one that I have and another outstanding build |
| schmen | Aug 9, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10103 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@analphatester: you freak, before stupidity kills the cat -> http://en.wikipedia.org/...release_life_cycle#Beta this idiotic ratings should be deleted rigght away. opera is fast, small, secure and dont forget that it has a complete email client build into it! good work opera team. here is the blog: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ with newest BETA releases. cheers |
| analphatester | Aug 9, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10103 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
multiple file save not working last working version 927 8841 setup not able install new separate directory only repair or remove opera programmers went to wrong way this famous and lovely project its shame |
| Daddy_Spank | Aug 8, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10103 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent, fast, secure browser. Use it everyday. |
| Diam0nd | Aug 8, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10103 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Love it. FF is a good #2, but still, doesnt offer anything more than support for plugins. |
| anonymouscowturd | Aug 1, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10100 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Absolutely brilliant build. Slashdot disappearing comment bug has been fixed. i'm tempted to use this over 9.51 stable. |
| pdail | Aug 1, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10100 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
This has been, my main Browser, now about 3 weeks. It's far more stable than IE7, and works a heck of a lot faster! It is just amazing how good this browser is. And the Tabs, and Bookmarks,in the way you can, set them up, is just as easy as Moms apple Pie! And Opera, has there own community, that you can join, and talk to others, that are enjoying Opera to. Try it, I think you wont be sorry you did. |
| Diam0nd | Aug 1, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10100 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Works flawlessly, as always. |
| netean | Aug 1, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10100 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
all through the 9.5 beta cycle (which was long) I stuck with Opera, and was impressed by the improvements. for me it was stable and compatability with site was never a problem. installed the final version of 9.5 and it all went wrong. Won't startup properly, just sits hidden using 35% processor and never displaying the program window. - Numerous complete re-installs have failed to fix this. when it works, it rocks (still wish it had stumbleupon) though! |
| improvelence | Jul 21, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10092 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
In defense of Opera..it IS improving... |
| Blaxima | Jul 20, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10092 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
The 9.5x versions are starting to imo get out of the beta stage. This is far from a 1* peice of software with its speed, security and funtionality with such a small footprint only a fanboy of something else could be so non-objective. Updating is a problem still as I have to lose my profile folder in order to get things that didn't work in a previous release work with the newer ones. This will no doubt be a 5* browser again for me once the little mistakes are ironed out Even with the few problems this blows away every other browser and it really makes me laugh at how slow and memory hunger others are yet people will delude themselves into saying that this is slow. What ever you guys are smoking, me too please |
| Young Boys Bern | Jul 19, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10092 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
It *looks* much nicer than it actually *is*. |
| analphatester | Jul 19, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10092 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
multiple file save not working |
| Artem Tashkinov | Jul 18, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10092 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
It's a pity betanews doesn't have a description field for a program changelog. Anyway here it is: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ |
| Daddy_Spank | Jul 18, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10092 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@eaves: Im sorry to tell you every software has bugs, especially with a new release. Now you can argue with people if u want to about how ready 9.5 was for launch, but you cannot argue how quickly bugs has been fixed. See how long time it took firefox to come up with 3.0.1? |
| bigmama | Jul 18, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10092 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera 10 should be great the brst browser for my need now however there are some bugs... |
| Diam0nd | Jul 18, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10092 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Works for me in 99.9 of cases. And it really IS the fastest browser on earth ;| |
| eaves | Jul 18, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10092 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
I have to reneg on my previous statement that the quality is getting better. I'm going back to 9.27. This 9.5 series has pretty poor quality, far too many regressions. |
| eaves | Jul 14, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10089 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
The 9.5 series is slowly getting to production quality. Replying to Daddy-spank - it is not impressive that so many bugs have been fixed since the 9.50 release. The 9.50 release should have been held back, or at least made into the beta-level release that it was. Here we are at 9.52, and there are still significant regression issues compared to 9.27. Where, oh where, is Opera's quality control department? |
| analphatester | Jul 13, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10089 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
multiple file save not working |
| bigmama | Jul 13, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10089 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
a more stable release (sorry beta) than the previous release |
| ailef | Jul 12, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10089 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
this browser is really great, people should test it cause not IE or FF are able to offer the same possibilities. i really don't understand why this great piece of software is not used that much, IE is needed to update windows but except that opera got so many features that it must be tested by all. forget FF. |
| Daddy_Spank | Jul 11, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10089 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@Anal: did you file a bug report? And did you try this on more than one computer? I could NOT reproduce this bug on my computer. (Vista 32bit) That aside, this new beta has many stability fixes and other improvements, pretty impressive considering Opera 9.50 final was released less than two weeks ago... |
| Diam0nd | Jul 11, 2008 | 9.52 Build 10089 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
analphatester: you really are an anal-phatester. I love how people rate a program 2 for saving a picture bug. lol Best browser ever! |
| analphatester | Jul 8, 2008 | 9.51 | 1 out of 5 |
I very big error found in opera 951 save webpage pictures on F4 minipanel links eg. 10 pictures right click save as ... 1st picture waitng reading file tree, waiting fresh about 1 or2 min. 2nd picture waitng reading file tree, waiting fresh about 1 or2 min. 10th picture waitng reading file tree, waiting fresh about 1 or2 min. all time about 20-30 minutes !!!!! 10 pictures !!!!!!! unbelievable totally unuseable on 927 right click on 10 links save as ... 1 ok 2 ok 10 ok about 8-10 seconds this is a biggest bug since 10 years thats 1 low sorry for opera and the hard work very beautiful and highest speed and I love this project but its true |
| CT2001 | Jul 6, 2008 | 9.51 | 3 out of 5 |
Not in a hurry to download 9.51, because 9.50, when uninstalled, left some "Auto Play" junk in the registry that had to be manually cleaned out. No thanks. Sticking with 9.27 for now. |
| ahjefri | Jul 6, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
5 for the big improvement over the previous version,, still it's very annoying to use it in work specially with NTLM authentication, for every link I have to enter user id and password,, ??? Firefox 3 is even better than IE6,7 in this area,, The best thing in opera that I can control disabling images for each tab alone which is only supported in Opera, |
| Alexander-GG | Jul 4, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
I like the new interface of Opera, so, today I installed Opera (9.51) again. The pages at deviantArt now are displayed correctly. When I was opening the DA pages (with Opera 9.50, cause I don’t like to test betas) the page-add at the header (top) was placed right in the centre of the page and I was unable to see the content. You may see the same “effect” if you open now the homepage of the Orbit downloader. There are some more websites where you can see the same problem. So, now 5 for good interface and speed. |
| aepasa | Jul 3, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
Only wish if a new tab plus sign is not [only] on the right side [scalable, so I have visualy to search for a button], but also on the left side [fixed, so I don't have to guess iT's position]! Thanks |
| exit | Jul 3, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
This build wont allow me to sign into the basic hotmail |
| aruprc | Jul 2, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
Fast, light, secure and runs without glitches with a nice slick interface. Handles mail, RSS, news and torrents, its the best all in one client out there. |
| Blaxima | Jul 2, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
Well I can't see what Alexander is saying because DevArt loads for me without any troubles and it did so with 9.50 too. I certainly can't see or believe that FF is the same or faster because that has never been my experience and the difference in speed now is even greater. There are some sites that cause hiccups though but I don't come across them like I used too. With that said 9.50 was a great step forward but wasn't ready to be released. It gave better speeds while having so many built in features and still lighter than the others while being the safest BUT it also introduced some new flaws that definately impacted the browsing experience. 9.51 has corrected all of my concerns thus far. Good job by the Opera team jumping to fix it as quick as they did. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT THE TRAY ICON To remove the tray icon, you need to edit the shortcut used to start Opera, at the end of the command add /notrayicon -credit goes to sgunhouse for the tip- |
| tafugate | Jul 2, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
i sorta kinda see what al's saying. most of us don't care what's under the hood, we just want web pages to render correctly. but i also see what opera is saying, conform to standards, and everyone's browsing experience will be lighter, faster, and most of all, the browser should be invisible, rather than a hassle. opera is light on the computer resources, works out of the box, and does everything i need it to do. great browser. |
| Satansgeek | Jul 2, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
While I'm happy to give the product a high rating this particular download appears to have a corrupted cab file and thus be unusable. |
| Diam0nd | Jul 2, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
Alexander-GG: Just so you know, Opera gets one of the highest scores on the ACID test. So it's devianrt's fault that they pages don't load correctly, not Opera's. |
| birkis | Jul 2, 2008 | 9.51 | 5 out of 5 |
@Alexander-GG >> Why should you care? If your wrench does not fit the bolt because the bolt manufacturer chose to deviate from the standard... Is that the wrench manufacturer's fault? Who would you complain to? Both Opera and Firefox are excellent browsers. I use Opera because I love the speed, the customizability, the keyboard shortcuts, the mouse gestures - all directly out-of-the-box. |
| Alexander-GG | Jul 2, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10081 RC3 | 3 out of 5 |
I just uninstalled Opera. The only thing I want from the browser is to be fast and correct. Opera can't open the web pages correctly. You should reload deviantArt pages several times to see its content properly. I do not care who's fault it is - Opera team or Web developers. Why should I care? Yes, Opera is fast, but I cant see a big difference between Opera and FF. Maybe FF is even faster. I'm not a fan of any kind of browser. I just see, that Opera doesn't work as the good browser should. |
| nms04 | Jul 2, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10081 RC3 | 4 out of 5 |
@brusco yeah but myspace is one of the most visited websites out there, so opera shoudl be able to display the site corretly! even ie6 is able to handle the new myspace dopdown menu! with this newer builds i can't even write articles on wordpress blogs! i realy love opera, it's the only browser i use ... but it starts to suck ... i don't wanna open ie or ff everytime i want to use my myspace or wordpress account0 |
| sturgess | Jul 1, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10081 RC3 | 3 out of 5 |
We appreciate the time given by the Opera users to always be here posting such riveting,detailed and thoughtful reviews of their browser. The dedication of these fine fellows having to find something interesting to say every single bloomin' day is impressive. I am still trying get the latest incarnation to work as well as the browser did in days long gone, that would be version 9.24. Now that was a browser to crow about this feeble effort is just that, feeble. |
| Diam0nd | Jul 1, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10081 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
Simply adore this browser. FF might have pluging, and that's great and all. But Opera is WAY faster, doesn't look like it's written on java, and has MOST of the things I need by default. Still though: what matters for me is the speed. |
| iamnotyou | Jul 1, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10080 RC2 | 3 out of 5 |
After doing a clean install Opera (to a fresh installation of windows that had never seen Opera nor any other non-Windows included software) there is still a major freeze for 20+ seconds when I go to very large web pages (about 20 taps of PAGE DOWN to get from top to bottom). This freeze does not happen with FireFox3, but does happen with IE7 (alas, IE7 is even worse). Maybe a future release can fix this issue. I am still peeved at other "changes" Opera made, especialy on the keyboard navigation. Here's hoping for a better 9.5x |
| skapig | Jun 30, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10080 RC2 | 4 out of 5 |
So far seems to fix a number of the glaring issues in the rushed 9.5 release. Seems a lot more stable. Still some rendering work to do, but that's to be expected from such a major engine rewrite (in a point release?). One complaint: I'm not liking the forced taskbar icon or am I not seeing where the setting for it is? They hide settings all over the place. |
| brusco | Jun 30, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10080 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
@nms04, As Opera is one of the most standards compliant browsers around I would hazard a guess that the fault lies with the MySpace site developers. To dock Opera a point because of this proves that you are clueless when it come to the web. (That fact that you use MySpace at all also gives this away.) |
| outofspace | Jun 29, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10080 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
World Wide Web in seconds! It's do what it should do. Trying Firefox ( be with girl without sex) ) Safari ( other skin with no much dev.) |
| nms04 | Jun 28, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10080 RC2 | 4 out of 5 |
new myspace menu on top of the website still not working |
| Blaxima | Jun 27, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10080 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
RC1 didn't do anything for me but this release has fixed the issues I had with Gmail and the Block Content option |
| Diam0nd | Jun 27, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10080 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
del.icio.us bookmarking fixed! yay!!!! Opera > * Fast. Flexible. Secure Change log: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ |
| shroom | Jun 27, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10080 RC2 | 4 out of 5 |
You can find the changelog here : http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ On my happy list too :p |
| ejanzzen | Jun 27, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10080 RC2 | 4 out of 5 |
Opera has been on my install happy list for years. Where do I find a changelog though? |
| capandjudy | Jun 26, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 2 out of 5 |
Back button navigation problems persist i.e. on some web pages you can't go back to the previous page with a mouse click. Opera 9.5 seems to still be in beta if not alpha which is too bad because there is a lot to recommend this browser otherwise. |
| Daddy_Spank | Jun 26, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
only a week after 9.50 release opera team is already working on 9.51. And its improving. |
| some guy | Jun 25, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
good stuff |
| coover | Jun 25, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
One small complaint ... certainly not enough to downgrade it. The application deserves a 5 ... Why, after installing each new version of this browser, do I find a new Opera shortcut on my desktop? I realize it only takes a couple of clicks to delete it, but since I have already placed an Opera shortcut on my Launch Bar, the shortcut on my desktop is unnecessary. It irritatingly blocks a small portion of the beautiful photograph I have placed on my desktop and it is unwanted. Please, Opera developers, please give us an option during installation to not have that shortcup placed on the desktop. Please, please, please. Opera is still a 5. |
| MarcFou | Jun 25, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 1 out of 5 |
I have to give this a 1. People who report problems/errors rate this app a 5? "BUT del.icio.us bookmarking issue introduced a few builds ago still not fixed..:( " Opera has far too many problems to get a good rating here. FF is another over-rated application and has its faults in different areas from Opera. I would like to see Opera have better page rendering, less regression, improvements to the existing features instead of adding new (semi functional things). |
| Blaxima | Jun 25, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
IPROVELENCE why don't you enlighten us for a change with why exactly this browser deserves a 1. Is it the 5x smaller footprint than your ff? Is it all the features that come standard that ff plugins try to mimic? Is it the passing of Acid test? Are the start up and rendering speeds too fast? Please, enlighten us with something worth while rather than your useless posts here that are far too numerous. To say that it doesn't perform as good as its fanbase is a comment that belongs in a review for your overhyped and truely poor performing browser. http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/ But you don't have to take my word for it. Just look at the reviews for your browser and see all the dissapointment in its broken promises. Now for a useful review 9.5 adds to the already safest browser with better speeds which blow away crap like ff and it has many featuers standard like a built in torrnet client, mail client and other nice little tricks. As I said before it is very lightweight aswell BUT I had some issues with 9.5. First was the fact that the Block Content feature would preven the browser from working at all which could be fixed but wasn't an issue with 9.27. I'm hoping that this release fixes that aswell as the save file thing that was done for safety but is a pain to have to add a .jpg or .pdf to the files you download. I say hope because I use Opera USB and that hasn't been updated yet so I will keep my fingers crossed that the issues raised by the Opera community are addressed with 9.51. The 5 is to offset the idiots who are not helpful to any of us but while 9.27 deserves that rating the bugs that have popped up make this a 4 |
| BarneyR | Jun 25, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent browser - no problems here. |
| improvelence | Jun 25, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 1 out of 5 |
this browser does not perform as well as it's fan base would have us to believe. |
| Diam0nd | Jun 25, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent! BUT del.icio.us bookmarking issue introduced a few builds ago still not fixed..:( |
| paulm84 | Jun 25, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10074 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
i've been using 9.5 since it's release and i've had no prpbelms ....i do have little hiccups now and again on sites ( moslty myspace) but other then that smooth sailing |
| maddy143ded | Jun 23, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
hey i dont know what they did wrong in the new Opera 9.50, but it crashes like hell, even Internet explorer doesnt crash so much, i have been using opera as my primary browser for 6 years now and i have seen it crashing so much only some times. hope they rectify it. |
| Darken | Jun 22, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@MarcFou: Can you show me examples? (URLs) |
| Wildhack | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
MarcFou - "Still many pages/sites that wont [sic] render properly." I very rarely encounter one. When I do I realize that because some webcrafters will use MSIE proprietary code, it isn't Opera's fault that they have trouble rendering it when they follow the agreed-upon standards. |
| MarcFou | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Opera remains a disappointment. Still many pages/sites that wont render properly. As always Opera releases a major version then a quick followup release to fix the simple things they neglected the first go around. The email client needs some help. Edit: Dosent matter who's fault it is pages dont render. The fact remains that if a page dosent display, the browser is of no use to me. In the end thats what matters. |
| arjesus | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Wow, this new version fix the only bug i notice in Opera: use the navigation button in DeviantArt website. |
| BarneyR | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
No problems here - excellent as usual. |
| bigmama | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
gets better and better |
| FailedCRC | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Still a great browser, always has been. It still gets beaten out by firefox due to noscript and adblock plugins. |
| Diam0nd | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
MikeTechno: totally agree with you. And to all the people saying that FF is better: try measuring the start up time of opera against ff, page load times. Opera is CLEARLY faster. WAY faster. And for those "it crashes on me" people, well, it doesnt. Used 9.50 since its early alphas/betas, crashed only a few times. |
| MikeTechno | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Just tested this new 10071 build on my system against both the new FF v3.0 final and the pre-release Minefield (Firefox) alpha v3.1a1 and it beats both of them on both start up times and page loads. I don't know how fast the new Safari 4.0 release will be when it comes out but this new Opera version is easily the fastest browser I have seen so far. The boys over at Opera are really getting their act together very tightly these days it looks like. An impressive browser indeed. When you consider that this is consistantly the most secure browser on the market, year after year after year, it is hard to beat for sure. |
| manogamez | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Since a few of the reviewers below me seem to think that they can give a "1" without a good reason, I think that warrants a "5" for no reason. Just read this: http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/ |
| jafo818 | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
It does feel a bit snappier than Firefox 3 on my home desktop (an older computer). But I'm too used to Firefox and extensions to switch. I used Opera for several years before the early Firefox betas came out, and haven't looked back. It's still an excellent browser, looks beautiful, and is very fast. I'll stick with tete009's optimized Firefox builds. :) |
| Daddy_Spank | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.51 Build 10071 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@etalmar: Im not sure what you mean by copy and paste buttons but ctrl+c and ctrl+v works prety well for me, in addition to the right click menu of course. Also, editing bookmarks from the bookmark menu is a nobrainer, im not really sure you know what you are talking about actually.... |
| etalmar | Jun 20, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 2 out of 5 |
The current version (9.50) is certainly better than its predecessor, but it is still severely lacking several basic features, such as cut, copy and paste buttons. Also, there is no way to revise bookmarks via basic right-click option. You have to click the open bookmarks tab and edit bookmarks the long way, which is tedious and shows poor development. It never ceases to amaze me how these alleged software "architects" fail to keep basic browser features intact! If they would spend less time bashing IE and more time trying to actually develop a browser that is truly comparable to IE 6, many of us would be very happy to gladly use their new products every day. |
| McAleck | Jun 19, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 4 out of 5 |
smoothest working of them all, but still lacking oh so many crucial features |
| improvelence | Jun 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 1 out of 5 |
@Blaxima: How is pointing out the shortcomings of a sub-par browser spamming? I'm not sitting here saying "Oh! go use IE or Oh! Go get Firefox. I am merely saying Opera sucks, I have said that for a long time and until it doesn't suck I will continue to do so. Opera sucks. |
| outofspace | Jun 17, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Using for some time, no problem at all. It's do what it should be! |
| CT2001 | Jun 16, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 3 out of 5 |
I also tried 9.5 it for a few days, had problems with large downloads repeatedly freezing my desktop, also trouble rendering several websites, so returned to 9.27. I'll play it safe and wait for 9.54 or so. ;-) |
| tewa | Jun 16, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 3 out of 5 |
after a couple of days usage of 9.5, i just went back to 9.27. it crashed a couple of times, and caused 100% cpu during startup, and eventually it went showing opera is running in the task manager but no where to be seen on the desktop during the startup. i would suggest to wait for 9.51 or later. |
| eek-1 | Jun 16, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 4 out of 5 |
I thought Thunderbird 2 was good but today I went back to Opera mail since TB2 started to corrupt my mails because of compacting and its awfully weak spam filter. Bye bye TB2. |
| TGB72 | Jun 15, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 3 out of 5 |
Still buggy. In certain occasions in offline mode navigating through the history takes 100% of CPU. Opera 9.5 should have remained in beta stage another couple of weeks. I'll return to 9.2x. |
| Sephiroth... | Jun 15, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox is for dummies that follow tons of advertisement and other publicities garbage, Opera rules! |
| Chocobito | Jun 15, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
FF 3 Final sucks! Opera in all version allways beat all other browser in Security and Velocity, this version (that still need some work) is all way better that Firefox |
| cowgaR | Jun 15, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 1 out of 5 |
hmm...still a browser from developers that do not get enough sun in their lives... to understand how the browser should look like... got like 20 gripes with old version, got 30 or so here ;) still a browser just for an average joe, professionals use Firefox, nothing beats its platform and javascript support (which opera lacks badly!) |
| stisev | Jun 15, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
I agree this release was a little rushed, but overall still the best (yes, even better than FF3 final!) Everyone, ****make sure you start with a FRESH install of Opera***. Most of the problems I had involved my previous settings! Make sure you keep your opera.adr, wand file, be weary of the keyboard settings. |
| iamnotyou | Jun 13, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 3 out of 5 |
I was hoping for more/better. In my limited use of 9.5 so far the lack of using the Z key to move back a page (now it’s Ctrl+ left arrow) and the slower speed (Opera locks up for several seconds to load large web pages that were not a problem with 9.27) are annoyances I choose to not live with … version 9.27 will be re-installed and I will wait for 9.51 to try it again. I have been using Opera as my preferred web browser since 3.x when it had to be purchased. My results from 12 hours of using 9.5 do show promise … it’s not a needed update, in my opinion. |
| Znoo | Jun 13, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 4 out of 5 |
Oops... this release seems a little rushed. There's a some nice new features in the v9.5 but you can't detach tabs (drag tab to desktop) anymore like in v9.27. I'm going back to v9.27 and will be looking forward to the improved v9.51 (?) |
| Darken | Jun 13, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 3 out of 5 |
"In reality this is Beta 3 masquerading as a final, and if FF3 wasn't shipping next week, Opera would never have rushed the end of the beta to ship this week." > +1 |
| maxstep | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 3 out of 5 |
too much site incompabilites. New skin is beyond ugly. tad slower than ff3. However, much more convinient to use. |
| victor4461 | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 4 out of 5 |
other then a new color scheme i don't see any new features...for many months now i have noticed that i try to play the media player in www.esnips.com it doesn't seem to work...also noticed that they havent yet integrated feature to save passwords like firefox.. not quite yet a 5 star webrowser |
| rseiler | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 3 out of 5 |
In reality this is Beta 3 masquerading as a final, and if FF3 wasn't shipping next week, Opera would never have rushed the end of the beta to ship this week. For example, who introduces a new interface the week before you ship the product? v9.51 (or maybe even v9.52) will be what it should have been, with major issues beta testers have been screaming about for weeks or months fixed, and hopefully some sanity brought to the default skin (hint: it shouldn't be fatter than the old one, and tab bar shouldn't be starkly black). |
| skapig | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Great so far. There are UI features/enhancements spread all over. For example, a new download dialog. Overall, it definitely feels zippier. Only minor issues. The new Developer Tools feature is handy to have around, but is pretty slugglish. I'm not a fan of the new skin/default layout. Fortunately this version makes it even easier to find other skins. A browser is embedded in the Appearance dialog that allows you to quickly find and apply skins displayed in the same format as on the Opera site. Of course they're too proud of their new skin to actually promote this. Also, I'm not keen on having a taskbar icon forced on me for no good reason (unless I've overlooked where it may be disabled). |
| miyuki09 | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
i love Opera, i have tried FF3 some days ago but it cant beat Opera, the most safe and secure browse, and this new theme roks :) |
| Diam0nd | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Brian49: Are you telling us FF eats up much less? I've see screenshots of FF3 eating up 1GB+ on a Vista system. That's one. Two, I don't get whyeverybody is crying over memory when a lot of people nowadays got 2-4GBs of memory. And as for the Opera itself, well, best browser has just gotten even better. |
| Brian49 | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 3 out of 5 |
Works well as a browser, but the memory usage is ridiculously high - about 130Mb after it had been running for half an hour (five times as much as my AV program, and 30 times as much as an IE-based browser). I expect any well-constructed software to be as economical as possible with memory; if it uses a huge amount, there's something wrong with it. To repeat, my IE-based browser (GreenBrowser) typically uses about 4Mb. |
| lucianct | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
you can change the theme if you don't like it... i don't like either the safari skin! and worst, it can't be changed! i like opera for its security and speed. it cannot be compared with safari or internet explorer... though, don't like the widgets. i prefer the firefox add-ons... but opera has all i need and i don't use the widgets |
| MikeTechno | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
I think many of the reviewers here have forgotten one very important fact about Opera: it is the most secure browser on the market. Time and time again Opera comes up as the leader when tested against all others in this area. As a matter of fact, I can't recall the last time it lost one of those tests. This is an exceptional browser, easily one of the best out there. Nearly every bit as good as Avant, Maxthon, Firefox or Safari. Each one could still learn a little bit from the others of course but that will always be the case. Great browser all the way around though and continuously getting better. Love the new GUI on it by the way. Well done. |
| Daddy_Spank | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
I have to say - the rendering is better than it has ever been before... and so is the speed. I noticed a very high increase in speed upgrading from 9.27, and I have also not come across a webpage that doesnt display correctly and that isnt webdevelopers fault for not following standards - which is what Opera does. I am no fanboy but I am very happy with this release. And if you think its becoming a thing in the past, just try to sync all your browser preferences, like bookmarks and speed dial with a mobile device. No other browser offers that kind of multiplatform support. |
| asmithz | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 1 out of 5 |
I agree with internetworld7 in every respect. Opera may be your cup of tea as a web browser, but it doesn't compete anymore. The speeds come no where near Firefox and Safari, it's rendering is pathetic now a days. You get a bulky browser that looks like a drag queen designed it. Opera was a thing of a past, and doesn't look like it will become anything more. |
| Blaxima | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 5 out of 5 |
internetworld and improvelence, do you guys get kick backs? All you 2 do is spam. get a life and a clue Then new theme looks good imo EDIT TO THE BS ABOVE ME http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/ when will people stop talking sh8 to put down a piece of software because for their creepy affections towards another |
| internetworld7 | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10063 Final | 1 out of 5 |
Now I understand why Opera only has less than a 1% market share. Opera use to be a good browser about a year ago. This new interface has been designed to fit into the Vista environment. The native theme for the Mac is still too Window-ish. I could live with that I suppose but Opera is no longer the fastest browser by far. That was something Opera use to be a able to boast. After installing it and using it, the speed differences between Firefox 3 and Safari was very obvious. Opera was slow and rendering some pages poorly. What a far cry from what Opera use to be like. I guess the developers took this browser as far as they could. And if you think this is just my exclusive opinion, just visit the Opera labs blog and take a look at the comments by Opera fans. Many are not pleased with this new release. Anyway I'm quite happy with the nightly builds of Webkit, Saft and Inquisitor plugins along with NightShift. Unlike Opera the nightly builds of Webkit are incredibly fast, stable and very polished. |
| Daddy_Spank | Jun 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 5 out of 5 |
Opera 9.5 FINAL is released!!!! |
| anomoly | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 3 out of 5 |
Another update-yeah Glad I only use it for OperaTor |
| DACWILSOL | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 5 out of 5 |
Impressive. Will elaborate more, once I use the browser more, but so far, very impressive. |
| condorloco | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 5 out of 5 |
This is becoming my default browser. Miles ahead over all other browsers. |
| bigmama | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 5 out of 5 |
The fastest and safer browser. All in one suite with (browser, mail etc.) Many tools (default) without the need of extentions like ff. Highly customizable, with skins etc. Trash Bin, Wand passwords, Fraud protection, torrent downloader, and voice-control, opera has everything. Continue the good work opera developers. |
| Blaxima | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 5 out of 5 |
oh look its improvelence with yet another insightful review on Opera. I guess a resource hungry and only useful after adding countless plugins which break after updates experience is what you want. So the question then is why are you here? The proof is in the pudding, not in useless fanboys scary obesession with a piece of software http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/ |
| .:zoo:. | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 5 out of 5 |
Best browser! say what you want, it is the best. |
| BarneyR | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 5 out of 5 |
No problems here...opinion: without a doubt the best browser available. |
| Icfu | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 1 out of 5 |
Windows native appearance with new icons is usable only for heroine junkies and crack heads. This is as much a release candidate as Hillary Clinton is a candidate for US president. |
| improvelence | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 2 out of 5 |
Opera is that funny little aftertaste you get when you accidentally get a diet soda from the soda machine. It just doesn't satisfy. |
| Diam0nd | Jun 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10057 RC | 5 out of 5 |
"still doesn't support gmail 2.0 :(" Still?! It's been fince since early alphas/betas. Wow! An RC!!! :D |
| Darken | Jun 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@cengizkhan: Gmail 2.0 work fine without problem > https://mail.google.com/...ui=2&nocheckbrowser @eaves: Euh, all "features" included with Opera 9.27 are supported with Kestrel. |
| cengizkhan | Jun 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
still doesn't support gmail 2.0 :( |
| eaves | Jun 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
Getting better, but still too many feature regressions from the 9.27 version. This will become a real beta version when the 9.27 features are all supported, until then it is just a buggy alpha version. |
| villiansv | Jun 8, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@godofthunder This may be due to the Fraud Protection (Opera's anti-phishing implementation). Check Prefs-Advanced-Security (enable/disable it) to see if that's the case. |
| godofthunder | Jun 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera is now one of the highest ranking browsers on the new ACID3 test. Keep it up guys. JUST ONE CONCERN: I have been getting complaints that the OPERA browser is streaming information from the users local IP to a remote location "Opera Software ASA -213.236.208.60." This could be just for beta monitoring purposes. If not we might have to place this remote IP on a black list data pool. If anyone can shed some light on this, please do. |
| The IceMan | Jun 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
why dont they change the screenshot |
| outofspace | Jun 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
wow this build is really good:) |
| guti | Jun 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Great! Two releases same day. This 10051 build improves skin colors and contrast, making it even more attractive and easier to read. |
| analphatester | Jun 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera for Windows 9.50 Build 10051 Beta beta download instmisa.exe why ? all other versin till today installed perfect |
| Diam0nd | Jun 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Love it. New skin is grean, improves usability a lot. Known issues: Dragonfly does not work when JavaScript is disabled. Improved contrast between active and inactive tabs in the tab bar Higher contrast for the text on inactive tabs to increase readability, especially on laptops Brighter background in the panels A tiny bit more color: We added the Home button as default by popular demand We tuned the color intensity of the color themes (Tools: Appearance: Color scheme) to be more usable with both this and other skins. Try it out again! Improved visibility of the scrollbars Buttons no longer grow wider when you press them Nicer background for security status on https pages Changelog Fixed the panel selector dropdown Fixed all search related bugs in the previous snapshot Changed default Speed dial search engine from Yahoo to Ask Made it possible to set a custom title for the Developer Tools (Dragonfly) Window using in the tool top level document Fixed a plugin crash |
| pjb | Jun 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fast, Stable and nice. I also like the new skin. |
| RWW | Jun 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10051 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Skins? Not way up on my priority list. Only one I would like to see is a Buuf skin for Opera. Irrelevant? It is going the other way, my friend. |
| Betachecker | Jun 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Cool new interface, btw i hate skins |
| Darken | Jun 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent build and very nice skin. @nms04: Right click > Customize... > Panels > Show panel toggle at the edge of window |
| anonymouscowturd | Jun 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I love Opera. I really do. I've been using it since about version 3-4. But for christ sakes why can't they give the thing a decent skin? The 7-9.27 series had a default skin that thoroughly sucked. Now this one is a distinct improvement but it still sucks. Just slightly less so. It's about time the graphics department pulled out their finger and gave first time users' first impression the first class treatment it deserves! And another thing is if they don't get this damn thing out of BETA/RC pretty soon Opera will become irrelevant if its not careful, especially with a resurgent FFX3. As a developer i can understand that we like things to be "perfect" but for the sake of Opera users and Opera the company they really should get this thing released now! |
| guti | Jun 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Engine has been always excellent. Now with the new skin, it also looks good! |
| nms04 | Jun 5, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
great new skin! but wheres the thing on the left side to open the panel?? :-/ |
| exit | Jun 5, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Great new skin and new way to open the left panel Just click the x shaped tools under file |
| Daddy_Spank | Jun 5, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I love the new skin... if you want a smaller space saving skin try this: http://my.opera.com/comm...mize/skins/info/?id=656 Beta testing is taking as long as it takes before its ready for release. |
| maxstep | Jun 5, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
New skin is beyond bad. It's ridiculously bad. Half of sites I vist are broken. Beta testing is taking too long. |
| arjesus | Jun 5, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The best browser ever +the new look is great -browser menus still dont work on www.deviantart.com =( |
| Diam0nd | Jun 5, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10048 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera > * Great skin!!! Known issues: Dragonfly does not work when JavaScript is disabled. All the search icons are Opera icons Translate menu doesn't work Panel dropdown selector doesn't work changelog Fixed links in the fraud protection dialog Fixed crash when saving mhtml files Fixed random crasher when going back in history Fixed moving videos on youtube when hovering tabs Made form submit work properly in widgets Fixed bug where plugins would continue streaming after closing a tab XHR - Fixed calling of calling abort() from readyState 2 or 3 More fixes to xpath Fixed viewing of feeds with slow loading images Fixed problem with duplication of bookmarks when using Opera Link Fixed issue where the integrated Dragonfly window would be too tall Added three default speed dial entries Windows: Fixed the default Save and Open dialog folders UNIX: Fixed import of mail on when using the QT filechooser UNIX: Improved finding of icons for download dialog UNIX: Fixed filename when saving URL's |
| Darken | Jun 2, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@ alanpalmer: **** Version information Version - 9.50 beta Build - 10034 Platform - Win32 **** |
| alanpalmer | Jun 2, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
Odd. The Help: About page shows this build as 10024, the number of the last build, although the install file has 10034 in the filename [o950s_10034m.exe]. My firewall (ZA) didn't ask about it as a changed program either. I wondered if I'd opened the wrong install file at first, so I tried again and this time it asked if I wanted to repair the program. There was no obvious difference after repairing. [Shrugs] Later: Opera has totally stopped loading pages. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, rebooting, and going back a couple of system restores. No luck. It won't even install the Help page now. At a guess, it was loading pages from cache earlier. I'll carry on to see what I can do to get it working. Rated on this build only |
| RVail | Jun 2, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
They seem to be focusing on passing AcidTest3: http://acid3.acidtests.org This latest build [o950s_10034m.exe] ups the score on that test to 82/100, where the previous several builds scored 79/100. Side note: another browser function that lacks complete support is: Flash Firefly. An example site is: http://twitlive.tv/ |
| robmanic44 | Jun 2, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
This browser has no place to go, but down and maybe out. It simply doesn't have the kind of support to make it a world class browser. I've taken it off my system with no plans to restore it. Rendering continues to be a serious problem. Fanatical users are not going to save it. |
| eaves | Jun 1, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
This version continues to improve. however, there are still many regession bugs, i.e., features that worked fine in the release version but do not work in these beta versions. It looks like they need to tighten up their quality control, and at least use some automated regression testing. |
| Betachecker | Jun 1, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I have a few little problems with Opera but I connot live withou it. At least for me this is the fastest browser. 5 Stars |
| Daddy_Spank | Jun 1, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Yeah, this beta fase has been lasting a while, but there are some major overhauling of the engine in this release, which is coming the right way now. Also, im glad that opera doesnt release software in a hurry, keeps up their already very good credibility. |
| Banquo | May 31, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
It's a nice browser, but is it going to be in beta forever? I think they're learning from Google. |
| sturgess | May 31, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Have been trying out the latest Opera beta 2, not these weekly versions. Opera beta 2 (the proper beta) is very good indeed. Forget these weeklies and go for the official beta, you'll not be disappointed. |
| bigmama | May 31, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The best browser Better than FF and IE Fast and has everything you want without plugins or extentions |
| Ain Soph Aur | May 30, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
at first, i must say that i love opera! the best browser out there... BUT, this beta is really ****ed up!! scrollbar doesn't work sometimes, i cant get my emails - the email client just freezes and the popup that shows you that you habe new emails doesn't work properly. i also cant send emails. another thing is, that the "back" button does not work until the mouse hovers over the "forward" button o_0 ?! and also the "find in page" search field does not exist... if you have one, it will be replaced - in my case - with the amazon search. but i must say, that it was not a new installation. it is the third update that i have done over my 9.27 version. i have killed my opera client that way ;D |
| Diam0nd | May 30, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10034 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Scrolling IS totally fixed. Build works great for me |
| dm1030 | May 29, 2008 | 9.50 Beta Build 10024 | 4 out of 5 |
I'm having lots of problems with this build. Mainly problems with GMail and scrolling. |
| .:zoo:. | May 29, 2008 | 9.50 Beta Build 10024 | 4 out of 5 |
I love Opera. But with 9.50 beta gotting problem with the ADBlock and the AD's Google. When i blocked this one and try to open a web with ADgoolge included the web doesn't open at all. Just when delete google ad's this webs can open without problems. |
| LetsSpin | May 29, 2008 | 9.50 Beta Build 10024 | 4 out of 5 |
The betas are getting better. But they keep breaking some fundamental things at various stages of development, which is frustrating. At times it makes me want to throw up my hands and say "it's not worth it, there are other good browsers". I'm a developer, I understand how things can happen, but someone ought to seriously consider how their Q/A department is handling things. The Firefox beta process has gone much more smoothly, and FF3 is a pretty nice product. Opera is already in danger of permanently slipping to 4th place with the Safari product (which I think is second-rate.) Opera, if you're listening to your fan base (I'm one), you need to do a better job of not only getting new users but retaining loyal old ones. |
| alanpalmer | May 29, 2008 | 9.50 Beta Build 10024 | 2 out of 5 |
I had problems too, but not with scrolling. Several sites took almost forever to load (including this one). It wasn't my connection as they worked fine in Firefox. Certain elements just wouldn't load. I've had to go back to 10014 and they now load without problems. The rating is solely on this build, not on Opera overall, which usually merits a five from me. |
| BarneyR | May 29, 2008 | 9.50 Beta Build 10024 | 5 out of 5 |
No problems related to this build. Diam0nd - did not have the problems you encountered...though I did run a fresh install. |
| Diam0nd | May 29, 2008 | 9.50 Beta Build 10024 | 3 out of 5 |
This particular build barely works for me. I can't scroll on most pages. Again, I'm not rating Opera, I'm giving a rating to THIS PARTICULAR BUILD. |
| Darken | May 27, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
"Reviewer: budzis May 26, 2008 Version: 9.50 Build 10014 Beta I like Opera, but there is not Autocomplete when i make data entry. It is big "-" for me. And FF have so many extensions for all situations." Autocomplete > OpS for Opera 9.50 -> http://my.opera.com/comm...p;page=1#comment2275671 "Extensions" (userjs) for Opera > http://www.neowin.net/fo...ex.php?showtopic=548527 |
| SamppaX | May 26, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
4/5... Why? Well I would give it 5 but I really wanna see good adblock ability in it... yes it has one but it really sucks. Or if any knows some plug-in similar to firefox " adblock plus ", please tell... =) |
| budzis | May 26, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
I like Opera, but there is not Autocomplete when i make data entry. It is big "-" for me. And FF have so many extensions for all situations. |
| outofspace | May 26, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The best customizable browser, non IE looking (firefox) |
| stisev | May 26, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I wish these stupid Firefox fanboys would quit coming here and rating Opera without having even used it. I tried Firefox for a month. I used it as my ONLY browser because I wanted to see what all the fuss is about. To get all the functionality of Opera, I installed several plugins. The biggest positive of FF was its "superior" compatibility with sites (opera is getting much better though). Other than that, nothing really to brag about. FF takes about 5 times the memory (yes, 5x) as Opera, if not more. Speed - it's hard to tell. Stability - hands down Opera. |
| anomoly | May 25, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Preference my ass. FF blows this away. FF is way more powerful and customizable to 'personal preferences' than opera ever could hope to be. Plus, opera wants you to pay for it's mobile version-lol. Opera mini is a pain as it runs via java whereas google.com/m just plain works. The one thing I do like is the portable version of this which utilizes tor. |
| democlees | May 24, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
lmao i put opra up against mozilla for gamming on with web script games, opra crashed with onlt 3 windows open while i was hitting people, mozilla hasnt crashed yet on 18 windows it just slowsdown because ov my isp it has got a few fancy gimics tho |
| jspratjr | May 24, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
On their own, in my opinion, Opera 9.5 is faster and has better built-in functionality than Firefox 3. That said, I use both for various reasons - market share has nothing to do with which browser is better (some think IE is/was better than both), it's a matter of personal preference, nothing more. No problems with this update. |
| GimieGimieGimie | May 24, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
A good browser, but there is better out there. |
| Daddy_Spank | May 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Remember this is beta software - its put out there to test new functionality and find bugs - not to rate it down when you find some. |
| internetworld7 | May 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
@daddy_spank EPIC FAIL O_o Your comparing apples and onions! If they were both free most would drive the Ferrari as few can actually afford a Ferrari. However, both Opera and Firefox ARE free. One has exploded in popularity while the other putters along like an old 1980's Pinto that is in desperate need of permanent retiring! ----------------------------------------------- A decent browser but significantly slower than both Safari and Firefox 3 RC1. Also Firefox 3 is more stable, renders web pages more accurately and faster. If Opera is such a better browser than Firefox, it's kind of hard to explain why Firefox's market share is growing and will further explode in growth when Firefox 3 is final while Opera HAS YET to achieve a meager 1% market share! (^__^) LOL. |
| coover | May 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Yes, Opera does not have plugins, at least plugins like Firefox. It is my opinion that the worst thing about Firefox is plugins. Those optional things should be built into the browser. It seems every time Firefox fixes something in their browser (because of security problems or simply an update to make Firefox better), many of the Firefox plugins break. The Opera optional addons are a part of the browser and do not break. |
| cengizkhan | May 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
doesn't support gmail v2. but it is very good and very fast. |
| Blaxima | May 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@improvelence Plugins are for browsers that have limited functionality out of the box(yet somehow use way more memory and yes FF3 is still a pig it just isnt as big a pig as v2). The fact that there is a long list of plugins for FF to mimic the functions of Opera says something Betas look promising though I could care less about the digg crap but still looking forward to the final release EDIT @internetworld7 FF like apple are marketed better. That has nothing to do with them being good or not but the sh8 that people like yourself throw around is further proof of that. Before http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html and now http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/ |
| eaves | May 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
The 9.5 version is getting better with each build. I'm looking forward to the release candidates. I left FireFox for Opera because FireFox requires too many plug-ins to do things that are basic to Opera. No need to constantly be searching for plug-ins that are compatible with the verion of FireFox I run. I like the very flexible configurability that Opera provides as well. |
| Diam0nd | May 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10014 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
It's funny how some opera fans are trying to try to make tweaks looking like plugins and thus saying that opera does indeed has plugins. Opera do NOT have plugins, and all those tweaks are: 1. lame 2. do not provide half the functionality. Opera will always be graggin its puny 1.4% of users, unless they introduce plugin API, not some lame-ass tools for devs. Opera > * |
| Darken | May 21, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10005 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
*** Reviewer: improvelence May 21, 2008 Version: 9.50 Build 10005 Beta This browser is as lame as the real opera. Where are the plugins? *** > Plugins = Flash, Shockwave,... > Extensions/addons = Userjs >> http://my.opera.com/comm...ums/topic.dml?id=144237 + http://userjs.org + http://my.opera.com/Rijk...ox-extensions-and-opera + http://www.neowin.net/fo...ex.php?showtopic=548527 |
| improvelence | May 21, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10005 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
This browser is as lame as the real opera. Where are the plugins? Has anyone been to the plugin page...I wonder why no one is writing plugins for this browser? Wait...I know, because its complete trash and 3rd party developers know its trash. I would give it more respect if it wasnt STILL slower than Firefox when the latter is loaded with running plugins. If the developers of Opera do not step it up and provide something innovative, this browser will never gain a decent market share. I give it a 2 because its getting better. ****** To the guy above, that wimpy list of plugins cannot hold a candle...and did you use FLASH as an example.....every browser should support flash. |
| Jammerdelray | May 21, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10005 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox is still faster :D |
| GSMAN | May 20, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10005 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
MHT files still don't tag, but if you write in .mht, it saves pages as such. Other than that, all seems good.....i haven't gotten into the digg craze/guess cause I save -everything- these days, so I don't understand that problem. Its destined to be the best,. Thanks to the Developers for the most customizable browser that comes with the ability to do most all your web-work in 1 package. |
| netean | May 20, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10005 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
i'm confused how to rate this... This IS better than the last beta, which was oddly the most unstable of all the 9.5 builds I've tried. But it's only a few more builds on from the last release and it still seems no nearer to being released (at least it seems that way to me) - just an endless stream of betas that squash a few bugs and introduce new ones. I just wish they'd get on with it and release it |
| The Seeker 11 | May 20, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10005 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Although Digg is now finally working, I cannot digg up/down individual comments. Can anyone else confirm? Version 9.50 Beta 2 Build 1971 Platform Linux System i686, 2.6.25-4.slh.2-sidux-686 Qt library 3.3.8b Java Java Runtime Environment installed |
| mharvey | May 20, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10005 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
anonymouscowturd: I like the fact that Opera logs in using the supplied password before I have to choose if I want Opera to store the password or not. This prevents me storing an incorrect password. I can see if the password was accepted before I choose to save it. |
| anonymouscowturd | May 20, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10005 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The new Digg commenting system doesn't seem to crash this build which is good as it does previous builds and 9.27. Also Yahoo! mail drag and drop seem to work, but causes text selection when performing the drag. One thing i've noticed that does seem to be different is that now Opera logs you into a site before you've selected whether or not to save the password. This speeds things up i suppose but i'm undecided as to whether this is necessarily a good thing. @mharvey. Good point dude. I'm sold! |
| Diam0nd | May 20, 2008 | 9.50 Build 10005 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
McAleck: Dude, I'd suggest you relax and keep it mind that this is a BETA/ALPHA-type release. If you want stability, use latest stable version, which is 9.27 if I remember it right. Opera > * FF is great, but O tops it in every respect, except for plugins. |
| McAleck | May 15, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
wand doesn't work!!! new passwords are not saved, old ones are not active! grrrrrrrrrrr |
| Darken | May 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@adam.yao: All works fine without any problem! |
| adam.yao | May 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
this version can NOT open betanews.com. |
| emperordarius | May 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fast, safe, reliable, but some pages can't display correctly. |
| improvelence | May 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
At least this ugly piece of junk loads quicker now. |
| tannenwheel | May 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
this seems to be a particular good build. i am using firefox 3 since some monnths. [with tree stye tabs (vertical tabs), stylish, stumbleupon, stop autoplay, scribe fire (blog editor), personal menu, organzie search engines, firegestures (allows opening of multiple links with a mouse stroke), autocontext, cs lite (perfect cookie controll), and some less important extentions] in firefox i miss operas popupblocker so much. and the wand. and the posibility to open windows in the background when they are trigered by a form's enter button (via pressing s***+mouseclick) i would still use opera, actually i do sometimes, and i would not even mind using two browsers for ever, if they could just use the same bookmarks (at the same time). speaking of bookmarks: opera's inability for right click context and drag and drop in the bookmark menus is the most important reason to make firefox my "first" browser. (the one which gets my up to date and complete bookmark collection) so i hope that one day the GUI toolkit gets more powerfull. as far as I know it is third party and Linux related or something (KDE?motiv?). opera can't change it, and linux stuff (open group effort stuff) is allways frigging conservative (sloooow) in evolution. love to opera |
| MickyFoley | May 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Rated 4, because the ability to block ads is in firefox much better solved (adblock + element hider are a wonderful combination). Also like the poster before said: No real extensions. This widgets are a farce. But: Opera 9.50 thrills me, to change my mainbrowser from Firefox to Kestrel. Why? Because of CSS3 support, faster rendering (and yes, i made the performancetests) IE6 sucked IE7 sucked Firefox2 sucked Firefox3 sucked Safari sucked Opera 9.27 sucked Opera 9.50 no problems So, dear Operateam: Bring us the possibility to include FF extensions & i swear, i'll forget FF forever. |
| newyorksabre | May 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera is the best, K-meleon feels and acts like it's in an alpha phase. Although fast, no difference between the two on my 4 meg connection, but lacks in almost everything compared to Opera and firefox for that matter. Stick with the pros and go Opera. 5 Stars |
| dpcdpc11 | May 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
really overrated... make it open source and see it's true potential... not having addon/plugins reduces the possibility to customize... and the mouse gestures are totally crap in Opera... you can't even drag diagonally... and when it comes to fast browsing opera is no match for k-meleon... another issue is the recovery of RAM memory which sucks ass... try opening 20 tabs from flickr or any other site and wait for them to load, then close them and check out opera's memory in use... it doesn't go down... then try loading the same pages again and the dumb opera loads them in memory again even though they already exist there. I'm doing this by browsing without disk cache, which IMO is the intelligent way to browse. i know the startup is pretty fast but the page rendering is not faster than FF3beta, and i'm not saying this as a FF fan boy cause i ain't... my main browser is KM and i also have installed safari and IE7 with the IE pro installed which is also fast[both startup and rendering pages] and give me mouse gestures, adblock and many more features. so stop saying it's the best browser cause u know it's bulls****!! without the possibility of adding plugins nowadays a software is as good as dead. |
| guti | May 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
IPO in this build, really makes a performance difference. Great, Opera is now even faster! |
| dm1030 | May 10, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Now that I have a Stumble button for Opera, I use it for just about all sites except Google Reader. Firefox works much better on it. Anyone have any tips for getting Opera to play nicer with Reader? |
| pforbes | May 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fast, stable and secure. An excellent browser, it is the one I use the most. |
| cltx99 | May 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Really impressed. Everything works. I didn't have to go searching for plugins. page rendering is decent, but not as fast or as complete as is claimed. All of my bookmarks from firefox were there automatically. I'll be using it for a long time. |
| RWW | May 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I have tried to turn many people on to Opera. The ones that understood the advanced features now use it as default. There will always be those that cannot understand how to use a browser if it does not look like IE or have some glitzy interface. They are generally the same people that never knew there was POP 3 mail. With various buttons and other things written by the community there is no end to customizing Opera for your own use. Opera was the first software I actually paid for and I have watched and enjoyed the developement. |
| Diam0nd | May 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
darthbeads: I hope you know you're a imbecile. Whatever browser YOU prefer, which is prolly FF, I'd never give a 1. I give FF, Avant and many other alternative browsers a 5, becase they are all great, but I just prefer Opera. But if you're too dumb to understand this concept, well, too bad, fam boi. |
| darthbeads | May 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9981 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
If nothing else, because any fanboy claiming to "retract" any divergent opinion is laughable and pathetic. |
| stisev | May 8, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9972 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
BACK to Opera. #1 browser in the universe. I retract all previous 1 stars. |
| Daddy_Spank | May 8, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9972 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@Qrio: I do not have any problems with fileforum or betanews for that matter. Maybe its got something to do with your computer. try cean/fresh install. |
| tiagozt | May 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9972 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Wand doesn't work... Many website incompatibilities (I'm sending the problems using OPera menu). Opera is the best browser now and will be ok... |
| Qrio | May 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9972 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Great program as always! One little bug I get with latest beta only is - FileForum doesn't load up for me completely, only the top "frame" up to the search bar? Any clue what might be causing it? |
| eaves | May 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9972 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
With this new beta release, Opera 9.50 is getting better. However, do not rush them, there are still some issues that needs to be addressed. Opera needs to get out of the "introduce one new bug for every two that are fixed" mode of operation. |
| netean | May 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9972 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
lovely... fast, usable, configurable, works with pretty much every page (except microsoft...oddly!) just great... NOW GET IT RELEASED... IT'S BEEN MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS.. STOP DILLY-DALLYING AND RELEASE THIS... PLEASE! |
| exit | May 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9972 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
9972 the wand is not working for me when needed the wand icon wont work and i need to use ctrl+enter This is the best out there when there are no bugs |
| maxstep | May 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9972 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera gets simply amazing. Dragonlfy means a lot. Most of people I know were using firefox for its developer tools plugins - firebug, etc. Now they will be more than happy to switch back to alma browser |
| Diam0nd | May 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9972 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera - simply the best. The only thing that holds down more people from using it is the fact that it does not support plugins. Dragonfly - crap that nobody really needs. |
| outofspace | May 2, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
I want Browser For People from People, So my choise is Opera. Also Great mail client M2 inside! |
| Daddy_Spank | Apr 24, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
SO much fun following the improvement of this browser - regardless of its slow progress. But i think its better than so many others software vendors that just pushes their software out before its ready. Go Opera!! |
| bigmama | Apr 24, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
best browser everything you need without extentions and other staff the best speed and high standards in security good version-release times and a good customize ability If I could give 10 rating... |
| jspratjr | Apr 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
improvelence you're an idiot. Getting better all the time... |
| netean | Apr 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
9.5 has generally been superb throughout the whole (very long) beta cycle. It's wonderfully fast, seems to work with pretty much everysite I visit now. Don't use the mail component so can't comment on latest improvements there. but as a browser, it's really superb. Please, Opera, get this out of beta... it feels like it's been in beta forever! |
| Paul Skinner | Apr 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
For me, as a technical minded person, this is the best browser for my needs. I can't really fault the new 9.5 version as it renders almost all the IE designed pages as it should do now. |
| analphatester | Apr 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
I just see statistic opera users 2% I think Iam will the last opera user on the planet but I never use other browsers only the best :) i think 2 from 100 not too much but how many people have an FERRARI ??? 2 from 100 ??? Rating: 6 (very high) |
| improvelence | Apr 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 1 out of 5 |
Warning: Using this browser could cause you to lose all logic and thinking. Some users have been reported to spend hours on Betanews vehemently defending the status of their browser (even though it is obviously complete trash) and slandering other browsers which will remain nameless. I recommend steering clear of this one. I warned you. |
| alanpalmer | Apr 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Well, at least we're up to Beta 2. ;) |
| Diam0nd | Apr 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9945 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Every time I use FF it just doesn't even come close. But unlike FF-boys, I'm NOT gonna say that FF sucks, it ROCKS, it's just #2 for me, not #1. Opera > * |
| jb64 | Apr 21, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9937 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Well, I stupidly converted my email to opera 9.5 beta when it looked like any other Opera beta after about 5 versions (previously there were generally a handlful of betas I saw befoer it got stable) and there was no way back. 27 versions later it is still in beta with no end to the bugs and the introduction of new bugs every release if only to keep it interesting. The last three weeks' betas saw the inability to download an exe file properly - even from betanews. Well, that's fixed. Email icon notification in system tray took oooh about 4 months to fix, but that got fixed about 3 releases back. Picture pausing part-way through without loading, oh that was a really nice bug for 3 versions as well. What's newly screwed in this release? Back pages. How many releases will it take to get fixed? Probably 3 more weeks of releases if past history is anything to go by. Stability? Actually it's very stable. Overall, it has fixed a number of issues in 9.2x, like the ability to shut down immediately as opposed to up to two minutes when you have a number of open pages like I do. Rendering of pages seems pretty darn good for the sites I visit. It's also been difficult for me to crash it, although I did manage it with the 9937 install first go, but not since. Functionality? Well, it's always been more functional than Firefox or IE. Yes, the Firefox fanboys will shoot me down for even suggesting that, but quite honestly I spent a number of hours trying to search for firefox plugins to support the in-built functionality of Opera that I use and I still didn't quite get the mix I required. So the question has to be raised - why waste time doing this when it's all in one install? Session save handling has improved by the use of additional check-boxes in this release, for example. And I never did find the equivalent Firefox plug-in for that. My feelings are mixed on this beta and overall. Too many things seems to break from one beta to the next whilst other things become more stable. It is definitely taking way too long to finalise, but it's good at the same time. There seems to be a determination to convert email to a slightly different format with every second official version and that's damn annoying because there isn't a need for this after four or five different email formats. So while IE8 is claiming acid2 compliance which opera managed two years back, Opera is slightly closer to acid3 compliance with this release. Concentrate on fixing the bugs, stop fiddling with the code and get a full release out! |
| anonymouscowturd | Apr 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9937 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Simply awesome, there are still some bugs here. But at last Yahoo! mail works completely, including the DHTML right click menus which just were not working before in 9.26 (if you're not aware, instead of right clicking, left click and hold and the menu will pop up.) I'm obsolutely chomping at the bit for 9.5 final. |
| Diam0nd | Apr 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9937 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Donzy: Did you notice that this site is called BETAnews? And thus most programs here and betas and alphas, which are SUPPOSED to have bugs and things that dont work. Normal people with half-functioning brains like yourself are not advised to install those, since they only cause anger and miunderstanding on your side. Good lord... Opera > * For all people who love to b i t c h. Note on opera development blog: WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all. |
| Donzy | Apr 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9937 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
Diam0nd: Did you notice "Write a Review" at the top of this thread? Do you know the difference between being objective and Opera fanboy? If Opera release software with statements like "In fact, they may not work at all" then they must take the heat in review forums. I am a great fan of Opera but 9.50 final is taking too long. |
| outofspace | Apr 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9937 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
This build fix some important issues. Well Opera has the best result in ACID3 test CONGRATS! |
| Apr 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9937 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
nms04? the purpose of having a "write a review " button is just that- to talk about the good and bad. If a company is smart they would look at the reviews here and use the bad ones to fix the problems. So this is the best place to make comments on any release.:) For me, just saying these are betas doesn't preclude talking about the problems with the betas..that's the whole point. |
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| nms04 | Apr 17, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9937 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
ey guys ... THIS IS AN ALPHA/BETA RELEASE!!!! alphas and betas are here to test, to find bugy ecc. use the official release instead of this one if you don' wanna have problems! |
| krgood | Apr 17, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9937 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Last two releases would not load home page (google) and hangs at every URL I select. I like Opera but there seems to be numerous bugs that keep it in the low end. I see the same bugs at every release. Maybe it will get a heads up on FF someday.. |
| stisev | Apr 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9903 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Bookmark swap bug STILL exists, even after re-introducing it several builds and a flurry of Opera beta users reqwuesting it be fixed. Download improper extension bug is still there. Back to 9.27 for me. How sad. |
| us3r | Apr 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9903 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Until they will fix websites incompatibilities, Opera 9.5 beta is useless. |
| Avion Airplane | Apr 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9903 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I like Opera,but ive started using Mozilla and like it also. I think the powers to be should combine forces and have a OPERZILLA web browzer. ;=) |
| rhy7s | Apr 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9903 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
MikeTechno said:Best Featue: when you copy text from a web page and past it into your e-mail client, this version of Opera knows to strip out all of the embedded web/HTML instructions and code ... EVERY other browser needs to copy that one incredible feature. Write in plain text. HTML mail's just a waste of bandwidth. Alternatively https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/134 or Google for system-wide equivalents. |
| pforbes | Apr 9, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9903 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fast, reliable and flexible. In this moment is the best. I use W2000, XP and Win98 and it runs perfect on them all. |
| MikeTechno | Apr 8, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9903 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I have to say, I really like this browser. Best Featue: when you copy text from a web page and past it into your e-mail client, this version of Opera knows to strip out all of the embedded web/HTML instructions and code so when you past, all you get is the text that you were looking to copy and none of the other garbage - by default! Nothing to switch on, no menues to search through. You just have to love that. EVERY other browser needs to copy that one incredible feature. That one, criticially important and highly valuable feature alone vaults this release of Opera to the top of my personal browser rankings above both Avant 11.6 and Maxthon 2.0.x |
| GrantTLC | Apr 8, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9903 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
"Mommy why do my friends make fun of Improvelence? "Well, SUSIE, that's because he's a worthless Troll who should go back under his bridge and stay there until he can learn to play nice with the normal folks." - - - Kestrel's best build to date. Everything seems to be working smooth-as-silk for me so far (I'll update if this changes). Can't be long until a final release now...! :) |
| Diam0nd | Apr 8, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9903 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Best browser around. Both alpha and beta builds barely crash on me. Firefox is good, but not even close. |
| MickyFoley | Apr 8, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9903 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Known Issues * Too many searches in the search engine list * "Open With" other browsers doesn't work * The progress bar does not show if it's set to "Pop-up at the bottom" New Features * Added EV certificate support * Added Notes synchronization * Added opera:historysearch to default list of search engines Core Fixes * Fixed problems loading Gmail * Improved XHR (AJAX) performance * Fixed mouse gesture crash in print preview * Windowless mode for Silverlight 1.1 now works Mail Fixes * Fixes to decoding of mailto: URLs * Fixed crash when listing channels/rooms on IRC server * Fixed problem when fetching feeds would freeze Opera for a long time * Fixed problem where Opera wouldn't start for some users with old mail directories * Optimized newsfeed download when users have lots of existing feed messages * Fixed problem seen when changing the status of several messages at the same time * Fixed several parse errors caused by IMAP bugs server * Fixed problem adding contacts to messages when the contact has multiple e-mail addresses UI Fixes * Fixed crash when opening Help * Some fixes to Opera Link synchronization * Fixed problem saving pages in formats other than HTML * MHTML files can now only be saved as MHTML * Fixed problem where Personal bar was greyed-out sometimes * Viewing source doesn't put the file in the system temp folder anymore * Viewing source and applying changes to local files commits the changes to the local file again * Fixed the internal "Execute program" command, which caused Open in buttons to stop working Platform-specific * [Windows] Fixed opacity inversion on web pages * [Windows] Fixed GDI leak related to favicons * [Windows] Fixed crash when closing Opera * [Windows] Fixed printing issues where some words would run into each other * [OS X] Fixed problem scrolling to the bottom of the pages using scrollbars |
| improvelence | Apr 8, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
"Mommy why do my friends make fun of our web browser?" "Well Susy, thats because daddy is an a****** and makes us use Opera" |
| Apr 6, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
I have to admit that I tried Opera and wasn't impressed in that their are other browsers that can do more. But I thin that Opera passed the acid test and any developer that uses LSD can't be all bad. Remember Kids..."Just say no." unless it's really good then just say"I'll smoke but not inhale". |
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| poisonu | Apr 4, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I am looking forward to using both Firefox 3.0 & Opera 9.50 when they become final releases..... Currently using Opera 9.2x & Firefox 2.0.0.x.... |
| OBERSERVER | Mar 31, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fast, good scalable, userfriendly and good customizable + The only browser which is capable of loading images with right menu and scale them with [ctr+mousewheel] like I want. + Saving complete surf sessions and start back there when you want. + You can choose a plenty of very cool and helpful widgets. + You can make use of the speed dial. I don't want to miss this because I used to have it. Very helpful feature. I put 9 homepages there where I am daily. + Build in feedreader, mail-client, chat-client, bittorrent-client and more I don't need IE or FF. I am using Opera for many years and there is no browser that fits better to my needs. |
| GrantTLC | Mar 31, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
@Horsecharles: If you can't find the will to review the build on offer, kindly refrain from posting your tiresome 'Opera sux' troll-isms. @eaves: So what you're saying is that because ONE feature is broken, you can't review an ENTIRE BROWSER? And that this merits a score of 1 point? Lame. - - - While the DHTML improvements in this build are spectacular, I'm struggling to think of any websites that currently make use of this functionality, reducing this improvement to the level of a technical curiosity rather than a significant real-world User Experience upgrade. While focusing on Web Standards does benefit us all in the long run, there are plenty of improvements that could be made to the browser functionality as well and I'm not sure enough focus is on these areas in this round of development. I also have an issue where downloading files only works if you right-click and 'save as'; clicking the download links in web-pages returns some error about a certain module in Opera not being available. I'll reinstall later and see if that's still present. [UPDATE: PROBLEM STILL EXISTS] I'm still looking forward to Kestrel, though, whenever it deigns to land. |
| mytake4this | Mar 30, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Only two things holding this back from a perfect score in my eyes. 1) Some forums will simply not have the input box displayed using Opera. I tried changing settings to no avail. 2) The bookmark system is not as easy where it comes to moving the bookmarks or quickly deleting them. Opera does some things better than any other browser, and it seems rather stable. The email system is not pick for the best way to handle the mail, but that is a personal preference, no doubt. I use Firefox for surfing, and forums and Opera for more business type of sites. I use them both. The IE7 is just not cutting it for me. |
| analphatester | Mar 30, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Web archive single file full working perfectly without any problem I use it continously all time without any problem. Some websites not show perfectly because webmasters optimized for IE or fIrEfox thats mean same. Opera has an very big bug. Opera faster and better then other browsers thogether. Rating: 6 (very high) |
| outofspace | Mar 30, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The most customizable browser i ever saw |
| 8189720 | Mar 30, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@horsecharles, welcome to BetaNews and thank you for your comments regarding Opera. It is the best browser ever, but please remember, that even though it's number one, you have to give it a five. It's just how the rating system here works. But, again, thanks for your comments and I'm pretty sure we all agree with you when you say it is the "Best browser EVER!!!!!!" |
| Sephiroth... | Mar 30, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Some Firefox fanboys can't stand the fact that they browser eat dust compare to Opera, Opera is the best and the other crap named browser never will defeated this one ;) @horsecharles: you keep in the past baby, change to Opera :D |
| horsecharles | Mar 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Best browser EVER!!!!!! Won't display some websites / protocols / common plugins... but hey, that's just a minor problem / not the browser's fault. Yah, right................. |
| cannie | Mar 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fast and reliable. Better than previous versions. It allows downloads to go on even when you close Opera. Tried on different OS, it works even on Win98. I love it. |
| eaves | Mar 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
From the developer blog: "Save As for a web page only lets you save as "HTML file" on Windows." I sure wish Opera would fix this for the beta. I use this capability a lot, and the inability to save as a web archive is preventing me from beta-testing. |
| Diam0nd | Mar 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fred-Erik: you missed my point completely. By opening up, I meant releasing an API for developers to write plugins. Nothing else. Best browser ever. |
| Fred-Erik | Mar 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9864 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@Diam0nd: indeed, I misunderstood. And I do agree an API would be helpful. Please delete this discussion, by the way. |
| GrantTLC | Mar 19, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I usually update over the top of my Opera installation with each new build but based on a comment I saw on the Desktop Team blog I installed this one separately: this resulted in a noticeable increase in speed and overall responsiveness, not just in browsing but in tab and menu behaviour, too. Not sure if this was due to revised coding or simply the fresh install but I'm very happy with this new build. FF Beta 4 is fast but this build feels on a par with it now. Would love to see the tests done again. Oh, and I have it as 77/100 on ACID 3. Inline find is fixed, but several other known isues are still present. Still a ways to go, then, but I still count this as making good progress. |
| Floodland | Mar 19, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
With this latest beta 78/100 in acid 3 test! Highest score so far |
| Diam0nd | Mar 19, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
This is the best browser and the fastest one around, BUT if they won't open up and allow people to write plugins for it I'm afraid I'm gonna leave opera for good. Because there are plugins for many applications and devices that can be integrated with FireFox, but not Opera. Opera, cmon, open your mind and start opening up! |
| RWW | Mar 19, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The very best. I wish they did pay us, poor ex- engineer here! |
| maxstep | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera fanboy for past 3 years. However, latest firefox 3b4 AFTER firetune opening 1 website at a time noticeably faster than opera. So? Opera is so much more comfortable, convinient and lighter. |
| Wildhack | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
DaComboMan wrote: "Wonder how much they pay these Opera fans? With latest stats showing Firefox3 beta4 way on top of all browsers for speed, i wonder if they read anything else but the Opera forum." I don't read the forum, but I have both FF3b4 and Opera. There's no question that Opera is waaaay faster. On *both* the laptops in this house... |
| DaComboMan | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
Wonder how much they pay these Opera fans? With latest stats showing Firefox3 beta4 way on top of all browsers for speed, i wonder if they read anything else but the Opera forum. BTW, the History Search still isn't fixed from past 4 versions if not more. |
| jspratjr | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Slowly ripping off Firefox? if so, just returning the favor. |
| Ain Soph Aur | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Oh my god! I cant look at this page... Its just to EROTIC!!! I LOVE IT!!!! :D Really the best and fastest browser! |
| Skyfrog | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Great. |
| maxkit | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Very good browser, but I am a Firefox man :-) BTW, how do they get that font smoothing on the screen shot? I see that Opera menu does not have smoothed font, and window itself does, which means that it's not just Windows ClearType turned on. I downloaded and installed this beta to check it out, but I've got just usual non-smoothed text. |
| Kriff | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
This build fixed a lot of stability issues I was having. My browser of choice. |
| crowbar82 | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9841 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
*improvelence* There is just no way you tested this browser. Verry good build! |
| improvelence | Mar 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9815 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Aside from it having no decent plugins, it's horrendously ugly and incompatible. It's also slowly ripping off of firefox every chance it gets. IE7 is better than this junk. |
| Sephiroth... | Mar 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9815 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I don't find other browser better that Opera, this its the Best, the more fast, the more secure. I don't need slugest like Firefox. |
| Darken | Mar 1, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9815 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@yangster: Not a beta build > Snapshot build: ----- A snapshot is a glimpse into the next major release of Opera for Desktop. They contain experimental and incomplete implementations of new features, as well as work-in-progress on bug fixes. Snapshots are: cutting edge, pre-alpha quality, incomplete, and often contain critical bugs distributed to a very limited audience via the Desktop Team blog typically available every Friday, though sometimes more or less often not substitutes for final releases and should never be installed over them unstable and prone to data loss/corruption, thus data backup is highly recommended before use ----- Source: http://snapshot.opera.com/faq.html#what-snapshot |
| yangster | Mar 1, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9815 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Opera 9.5b (Kestrel beta) build 9815 A snapshot is not a substitute for a final release, so those that use snapshots should expect to find numerous problems, some of which may cause Opera to crash or to lose/corrupt your data. Before each snapshot release, builds go through minimal smoke testing. Users are advised to make backups before installation of each new snapshot, in addition to normal periodic backups. Alpha and beta releases have higher quality standards than snapshot releases. They also go through much more extensive testing and approval processes. In order to meet the higher quality standards, riskier changes may be postponed until after an alpha/beta release. Thus, quality after an alpha/beta release may drop dramatically when previously postponed changes are introduced. |
| jspratjr | Feb 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9815 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Been using as primary browser for years - agree with the artist. |
| Diam0nd | Feb 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9815 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Great. Fastest browser around. Works great for me in 99.9% of all cases (=sites). Simple amazing. I love how people discuss that it's taking long to develop this or that or whatever. People, here we are rating CURRENT VERSION, not future versions, not old ones, but CURRENT. Can we stick to that please? Cut the crap. ty. |
| the artist | Feb 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9815 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
It's been long since i last reviewed these "Nightly Builds" (they are NOT Betas) but the feeling grows on me that the developers are taking WAAAY TOO LONG to release 9.5, and LET ALONE Opera 10 which we haven't heard anything concrete about since first mentioned. They add and take, do and undo and the builds don't seem to advance at all because they are always critically flawed with about the same problems, they are fixing some eternal list of ghostly bugs or the like it seems... Hmmm, they are dissapointing me. I'd like to understand better what's going on inside the dev schedule. PD: Yes, i know http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ thanks. |
| stisev | Feb 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9807 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
OPERA ROCKETS BACK TO #1, but ## WARNING ## Please ignore my previous 1 star rating. The bookmark bug has been fixed! Opera is the best browser ever. I just hope it gets better at rendering. :( Rendering has been improved tremendously in these latest builds! HOWEVER, I would advise people stay with 9.26 until BUG 280678 is fixed in the next build. Files are NOT being saved with correct extensions, which kills most downloads unless you rename them! :( |
| nightops | Feb 25, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9807 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Great app. Very clean, and handles very well. Though, I would like to see a more universal rendering of CSS. Unfortunately, that's something that IE/FF/Opera/Safari/etc. will need to work out between themselves. I would love to see something like 'Firebug' and 'User Agent Switcher' as add-ons. Great job. |
| ssb | Feb 25, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9807 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@improvelence: "Ugly, slower than FF and less featured..." Are you kidding? I do understand "fanboyism" but that's pathetic. Firefox needs a whole bunch of thirdparty extensions to match the features already included in Opera. Not to mention code quality; FF mem leaks like a sieve. As for performance, please do yourself a favorite visiting http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests Run some of the benchtests found there, using either browser, then come and tell us what you think :) |
| netean | Feb 24, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9807 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Been using 9.5 since the beta, personally not noticed any real problems, a few niggles here and there that change as bugs get fixed and then created elsewhere (as with all beta software) On the whole, fast, very stable (for me), does almost what I want it to (real stumbleupon support PLEASE!) Does need any additional extensions like Firefox does for me (usually have 10 or so with FF) Interface works, never felt the desire to skin it - it's good enough for me. STILL trying to find a skin on FF that I like and find useable. I use FF sometimes (for Stumbling mostly) but Opera for everything else: about 95% of the time. Great browser, great performance, and for me... just and essential bit of software. But please Opera: release this soon.. it'e been beta for what seems like forever! |
| GrantTLC | Feb 24, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9807 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Ah, Improvelence, this thread wouldn't be the same without your constant Trolling. Bless you, sir. However, you are starting to contradict yourself: Sept 5th - "I cannot understand how this ** ** *** has so many fans?" Feb 24th - "...but its tiny fanbase shows that it is not even a mild threat..." If anything, Opera's fanbase has GROWN during those six months. Kindly uninstall Opera from your machine at your earliest convenience and save us all the bother of having to listen to your pathetic, unbalanced hate-rants - I suspect the 'five' people using Opera wouldn't want to visit your website anyway. - - - This build of Opera does seem to improve the plugin situation, particularly on Linux where I've noticed a huge stability increase. Windows performance is still quick, smooth and stable, although the Inline Find breakage is an annoyance I could do without. Surely it can't be long now before Kestrel finally lands? |
| Chocobito | Feb 24, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9807 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I don't know what mean ugly, this browser its far more nice and flexible that FF or IE and Opera don't need install 100000 extensions for make it more robust. PD. I see that some Firefox users are a little stressed, maybe they need more "speed" ;) in they lives. I think that I go to rate FF now ;) |
| improvelence | Feb 24, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9807 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Still ugly, way slower that FF3, far less features, tiny and annoying fanbase...I could go on and on about the flaws of this browser but its tiny fanbase shows that it is not even a mild threat to Firefox or IE. This futile attempt at a browser hurts my feelings. The 5 people that use this are the reason I have to always test my website in it and keep a copy on my machine. |
| fuhayer | Feb 23, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9807 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
i downloaded and compared this to FF3b3 and regret to say FF3B3 is faster than this in anyway ! whoever says this is the fastest browser must check FFb3 and then must leave comment here. i like opera but cuz usability and speed, i use FF now. |
| Diam0nd | Feb 22, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9807 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera - my religion ;| FASTEST browser around. That's what I appreciate the most. P.S. I just loooove when them mofos using FF come here and rate opera one, which means that it is the worst possible. Is it really worst or u just dont like it that much? Bunch of dumb-ass wannabies. |
| Daddy_Spank | Feb 20, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
New version, 9.26 is out today for those of you complaining about stability and other issues in a BETA release. |
| GrantTLC | Feb 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@DaComboMan No, this is NOT an Alpha. Nor is it a Beta. It's a 'Snapshot' build for development purposes (Similar to FFs 'trunk' builds), as outlined here: http://my.opera.com/desk...advanced-tab-activation But you wouldn't know that if you download from Betanews because none of this makes it to their page which is a failing on their part. This is not intended as a stable public testing release, so complaining about bugs not being fixed is totally irrelevant. But the fact that even in this raw, unpolished state it still outclasses and outperforms every other browser out there is a significant achievement. |
| Blaxima | Feb 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
This build is a little buggy but I'm giving it a 5 to offset the 2 idiots (ff fanboys no doubt) who give this a 1. There is no way in hell this piece of software is a 1!! Opera has been for me: The safest browser The fastest browser Very lightweight The most feature rich Very customizable All of these things are straight out of the box. No need for countless extentions that break build after build to get the same functions that Opera comes with already Hey, if you prefer something more of a memory hog and sloooow, then you should look elsewhere but if you want a browser that is fast, secure and lightweight then you will love Opera |
| Floodland | Feb 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
This is one of the best browsers you can use. I do not know where the previous user read imap will be limited, but anyway I do reccommend Opera for browsing, not for email. Talking about browsing it is faster than anything I saw and safer than any other browser, if that is not enough, it has tons of features: Gestures, blocking system and speed dial worth. Did I mention it is faster than any other browser even when all the functionality buit in? 6/5 |
| DaComboMan | Feb 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
This is an Alpha! Still full of bugs. The history search feature broken a few builds before still hasn't been fixed. And it seems that if reports are correct, IMAP features are going to be limited in future releases. Now tell me this a good browser. |
| aruprc | Feb 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Been using Opera since version 2x, just keeps getting better like fine wine. THe latest Kestrel is fast. I use Opera for my mail client as well and its exceptionally good in that. Those who rate Opera poor don't know what to expect from a browser. They are hooked on bloat and hype. |
| Ciolouse | Feb 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Really nice 65/100 on the last Acid3 Test ! http://acid3.acidtests.org/ |
| maxstep | Feb 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
2 guys below this post, with score of 1 are retards. no doubt about it. I have been using opera since ver.6, firefox since early alpha, ie for long, painfully long time, safari, netscape, etc. I actually tried almost all browsers on 3 different platforms (windows, linux, max), since I'm a computer engineer and had to do market benchmarking. Opera is by FAR the best browser out there. Yes, it doesn't support some websites, which were written for ie bugs(yes, bugs). That's it. Everything else is superb. |
| bolaris | Feb 12, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@Point Zero + Jacoblm Either you 2 havent tried opera or you are both mentally retarded. People have installed this browser AND tested it AND given it a decent review, are you calling them all idiots??? |
| Darken | Feb 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@Chocobito: +1 |
| Chocobito | Feb 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
You want a memory hog ->Firefox You want a malware catcher ->I.Explorer You want surf the web ->Opera |
| JACOBLM | Feb 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
A loser still trying to hang on....... |
| Point Zero | Feb 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Of course is getting "better and better"... Ain't no big deal to get some cheap crap "better and better".... |
| Diam0nd | Feb 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9789 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Gets better and better! Faster than lightning!!! All latest news, what's new and the builds themselves can be found on Opera's official dev blog: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ |
| ctk | Feb 4, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9770 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
i find opera very easy to use and easily customizable when you can figure it out. it has nearly all the features that you need extensions for in firefox standard and is web standards compliant. if something is broken it's not opera's fault, its the web designer's fault for catering to one specific broken browser. i have been using opera since opera 6 and haven't looked back since. i have tried firefox and really, i'm not impressed with it. its a good alternative browser but has none of the functionality out of the box like opera has. what upsets me more is that opera is trying to cater to the firefox user by changing names and shortcuts so they are universal. |
| cltx99 | Feb 3, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9770 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
I've been using opera 9.25 on my LG E500(new). It started out just fine, but as time went on opera, as in the past versions became buggy and unstable. It often crashes, for example,when bringing up Gmail on screen. My secondary browser is Netscape navigator and it's far more stable. One would think that Opera would be as solid as a rock after all these years. But, once again it has proven to fade after a fast start. Therefore, I'm truly weary of even trying 9.50. |
| pjb | Feb 2, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9770 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Works really well, nice and fast. Not really had any issues with any sites not rendering with this browser recently. Perhaps web developers are using correct web standards at last! |
| outofspace | Feb 2, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9770 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
flexy amazing |
| horsecharles | Feb 2, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9770 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Nice complex, well thought-out, balanced Opera fanboy reviews sandwich mine's ... & two below: Yahoo site blamed for Opera not interfacing well with it(same often said for parts of AOL Music site, as well as sites with Active X) instead of 'the other way around'... why do just about all other browsers NOT suffer from that? Are they ALL wrong & Opera the only one right? Lame coding, disparate standards & security holes abound-- but these are not excuses for Opera: all its competitors have overcome those obstacles for years now-- it's been way more than enough time already for Opera to have stepped up to the plate. This is not saying that Opera doesn't have some useful innovations, but they go to waste because it can't be utilized as a default browser...one has to switch browsers for some sites-- that wouldn't be so bad IF all browsers utilized the same cookie, history, links, faves, pw, autofill, autocomplete locations & standards. This is why Opera's future is limited, cloudy, destined to remain a niche product for a niche audience segment... until & unless it changes course. No sane business would ever even consider Opera in a work environment. |
| Diam0nd | Feb 1, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9770 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
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| anonymouscowturd | Feb 1, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9770 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
Yahoo! mail doesn't seem to work, but then again it never really has in Opera, mostly because Yahoo! produces lame code. Slashdot works fine Dragging links from Digg.com onto the desktop worked first time around but not again after that. Infact dragging links in general seems problematic with some websites causing the cursor to end up selecting text instead. Still cannot drag a link directly into a folder. Also seems to hang waiting for for more things to come down the pipe with some web sites. I really want this to kick ffx3's a** but right now i don't see it doing that. @horsecharles. Despite you ranting and raving about others i don't see a review from yourself. Only critisism for others' reviews. So how about reviewing the software? Did you try it? As for Yahoo! if you knew what you were talking about you would have realised that on several occasions Opera have had to inform Yahoo! of non compliant javascript and HTML. And yes, Yahoo! does try its best to discourage Opera users. It is well known that they are a pro MS company. |
| fuhayer | Feb 1, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9770 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
4 point for Opera, 5 point for FF. Opera can be an alternative for FF at the moment. let's see what will be happen in the next versions ! |
| white lightning | Feb 1, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9770 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Excellent browser & well supported . Only flaw IMO is the popup blocker , it could be improved a lot |
| stisev | Jan 29, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9755 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
ALL downloads are broken with this beta. Argh! |
| MaxGix | Jan 27, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9755 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
simply the best |
| Jammerdelray | Jan 26, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9755 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Opera Beat firefox 2 but is not going to beat Firefox 3, Firefox 3 has blazing speed which will be even faster in the final version, no memory leaks like Firefox 2 and the list goes on. |
| ballyhairs | Jan 26, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9755 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
Since when is FF Java based? lol Firefox is the best, think of the add ons only, think of the bookmark tab... and much more. |
| bolaris | Jan 25, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9755 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
After a hard days work, there ain't nothin better than kicking back,rippin the head off a crisp cold beer,and then firing up opera. oohhhyeeeh. |
| ipanaya | Jan 25, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9755 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
this build is close to final! Enjoy! |
| Diam0nd | Jan 25, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9755 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I wish I could live wihout it, but I just can't :( Best browser ever. Way faster than java-wannabe called FF. Way more configurable. Love it. |
| guti | Jan 25, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9755 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Ian C. shortcut keys are totally configurable at your own. |
| munga42 | Jan 21, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Thats because Opera sticks to 1 window instead of spamming a window for every download. I consider that a good thing.. |
| pforbes | Jan 20, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Very good. But I wonder why must I keep open the Opera main window to avoid loosing my download. If you use IE or FF you may close the browser and the download keeps going on in the background. |
| Ian C. | Jan 19, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
It's ugly and doesn't use any of the standard key shortcuts that just about every other browser uses. Also unfortunately it isn't support by a large number of Web 2.0 sites. On the upside, it offers the fastest browsing experience. Only reason I even have it installed is for compatibility testing. |
| guti | Jan 19, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Build 9745 is IMHO, the stabler build of 9.50 released after the official beta. |
| DaComboMan | Jan 19, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
This is an Alpha build if i'm not mistaken. So, i wouldn't push on it too much. They're probably trying to iron out things and in computer related issues, i'm sure there's alot of trial and error testing going on. Take the History Search feature when typing in the url field. Until the previous two versions it was still on. The bookmark sync feature is still glitchy as far as i'm concerned. |
| guru_v | Jan 19, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
I'm an Opera user through and through, so this is not slamming for slamming's sake. This revision will not allow me to download about half the time with a 'cannot find xpcom.dll' error message. I went back to the last beta and looked at the files. There is no xpcom.dll in its build, but no problems with downloads. I used to program, so I know the frustration, but it does seem like there has not been much progress in the last couple of revisions. It's almost as if the author is not keeping a close watch on the revision builds. |
| tannenwheel | Jan 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
i use firefox and opera simultaneously my #1 tipp of the day for opera customization: delete search.ini and add a directory named "seach.ini" to the installation folder. so you get rid of the default seach engines (ebay amazon.com) and installation wont be able to add them again. just keep your custom seach.ini file in profile directory. here is a list of pros and cons that are on top in my mind: opera advantages: + faster & more convenient/intuitive in most routine tasks like window management; adding/changing searchengines. type F2 for adressbar and search bar (keywords) + history + bookmarks seach in one box. this dropdown thing will stay unmached by any FF extention, performance wise. + links panel is better than FF linky extention in FEW situations (should have support for regular expressions and save a history). + customizing toolbars & co is verry easy. everyone can learn to edit ini files or the skins. + better sidebar+bookmarks management (much more responsive and accessible) + vertical tabs on the right side. more toolbar flexibility in generall. + no matter how much useless features they add (like mail/chat/torrent) opera becomes more performant, not more bloated. supperior programming style, like utorrent. +better zooming +better toggling of javascript/plugins/cookies etc with custom buttons. one button can do many things at once. you dont have to code pages of java script to get some realy smart buttons. opera disadvantages -there will allways be one or two bugs that are actually really bugging, if you stay with latest builds. -no rectangular selection, no html copy. --- firefox advantages + more reliable on some fancy heavy sites + cool menu features (dragndrop of bookmakrs into a prescise menu position, right click, deleting ...) + linky extention better than opera's links panel in most situations. + toogle toolbar visibility based on mouse hoover + some very unique and usefull addons, no doubt. + better management of userstyles (stylish extention) firefox disadvantages: - XUL is nuts. no average user can or wants to code his own XUL extentions, not even for the simple tasks like those you could achieve in opera. - most skins can't hide XUL's clumsiness. - XUL is f**king slow. it's the azureus of browsers. - allot of extention features should be in it by default. |
| poundsmack | Jan 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@ fuhayer so you don't like opera and think firefox is a step ahead becasue when you open a new tab it takes you to that tab and you do not like that, is that correct? perhaps you have not seen the options directly below "open in new tab" that says "open in background tab." so 5 starts for opera, as it is fast and very easy to use and has all the features i need. anyone who can read a drop down menue will love this browser! :) |
| fuhayer | Jan 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
to : poundsmack of course not only for that "open tab in background". but also for speed. i tested both of opera beta and FF beta many times on same sites and found that FF is faster. i like opera GUI but have to use FF cuz speed and lightening. anyone if able to test technically then would be glad to see the result in rates. but in my eyes FF is 1 steap ahead. BTW; can we change the speed dial column and rows ? |
| Steve Austin | Jan 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera rocks. The Adblocker is just as configurable as any firefox add-on, and does not add to bloat.. Right click on a page, click Block Content, change the filter to suit, if you want to include wildcards, you can.. |
| Diam0nd | Jan 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
FireFox looks java to me and I don't like java apps on platforms where more advanced languages are available. Opera is WAY faster, WAY more configurable (i really suggest you actually COMPARE the two, u WILL see the difference). Opera > * Can't live without it. Opera - my religion! |
| KRome | Jan 18, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9745 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
I really really like this browser but its unusable without plugins. I need adblock plus, im sorry. maybe opera can work with them for a custom version? 5 with plugins, 3 without. |
| Ain Soph Aur | Jan 17, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9735 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
simply the best browser! mutch better tahn firefox |
| muka3d | Jan 15, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9735 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Anyone who thinks Firefox is faster or more lightweight than Opera simply has not used Opera. Opera uses less than half the RAM, has an insane amount of features, and yet no bloat. Every good Firefox feature already exists in Opera, long before Firefox copied it. |
| Kriff | Jan 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9735 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Faster and more lightweight than Firefox. |
| fuhayer | Jan 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9735 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
not bad, but prefer FF which is faster and friendly. |
| Diam0nd | Jan 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9735 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Can't live without it. Can't browse without it. WAY faster than FF! |
| alanpalmer | Jan 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9735 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Downloads in build 9721 worked without any issues for me. Anyway, a new build is out now, which hopefully fixes the problems some were having. The bookmarks bug that stisev refers to was fixed several builds ago. |
| Darken | Jan 11, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9735 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@stisev: All works fine for me with all latest builds under Windows XP and Vista + Fedora. |
| stisev | Jan 8, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9721 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
DO NOT GET THIS BETA VERSION!!! Bookmark bug is fixed, but downloads are completely mutilated. The whole system is screwed over. The Opera forums are flooded with complaints with users, but the opera devs haven't fixed it yet. 1 star until it gets fixed. 5 stars when it's fixed. |
| bolaris | Jan 7, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9721 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I think i've developed a compulsive behaviour disorder by obsessively checking for these updates. |
| Floodland | Jan 5, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9721 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Great browser, the best for install ang go. With Firefox you need to install several addons to make it work close to Opera. Latest FF beta is almost as fast as Opera, but Opera already has almost all I need included, tested and working. Only lacks a better ad blocker (it has one, but you have to manually block content) and a spell checker. |
| outofspace | Jan 5, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9721 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
This is what i call speeeeed! Incoming 9.50 will rock the web |
| fuhayer | Jan 5, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9721 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
please do not exaggerate by saying FF even cannot come close. i used the latest versions of opera and FF and for me FF 1 step ahead. i liked opera but FF more convenient to surf on net. |
| Darken | Jan 4, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9721 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent new snapshot build! |
| Diam0nd | Jan 4, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9721 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fastest browser around! FF doesnt even come close! |
| bigmama | Jan 4, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9721 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The fastest browser. Great and highly recommended |
| Kriff | Jan 4, 2008 | 9.50 Build 9721 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Working flawlessly. It's fast and stable. |
| bolaris | Dec 28, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Remember to configure your FIREWALLS after every release update. I have found opera doesn't like being blocked, it crashes and freezes. I know a few people have complained of this problem, so do a check before posting :p Firewalls do see (well the good ones) each opera release as a foreign app and will stop it dead. |
| Lands | Dec 24, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fixed images loading bug and Gmail works again. The best snapshot until now. :) |
| improvelence | Dec 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
With each release, Opera continues to show me how much it sucks. It also continues to bring all of its annoying fanbase out of the wood work to trash the other alternative browser....which is FAR superior to this junk in every way. |
| guti | Dec 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
sturgess, as stated on Opera Desktop blog, this is not a beta, nor a disaster, but a developer snapshot. improvelence, hoe we can see your own web browser soon. If it is far better than Opera, Honestly, I can't wait for it. |
| Daddy_Spank | Dec 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Still a few kinks to work out but there are a lot of exciting improvements done in this version. A nice christmas surprise! |
| sturgess | Dec 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Computer froze, CPU running at 100%. I was unable to get Opera to close and had to use Windows Task Manager. This ain't a beta it's a disaster. |
| finalcut | Dec 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
simple the best browser ever made period! |
| Diam0nd | Dec 21, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fastest browser ever. Can't live without it! :D |
| Darken | Dec 21, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent new build! All javascript issues with IP.Board/vB are gone with this latest build. |
| christ999 | Dec 21, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9716 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Very good and fast browser. |
| Daddy_Spank | Dec 19, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9694 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
9.25 is out. |
| stisev | Dec 15, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9694 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
NOW I can go back to giving Opera 5 stars! The bookmark link exchange bug has been fixed (finally! after 6 months) |
| TGB72 | Dec 15, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9694 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
I returned to v9.24, 9.5 still unstable. |
| Diam0nd | Dec 14, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9694 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
#1 browser. theres simply nothing faster!!! same question: how to remove tray icon? I NEVER used opera mail nor irc or other crap. |
| decmk | Dec 14, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9694 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Great Work. btw how to remove tray icon, i don't use mail. |
| bobad | Dec 14, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9694 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Such a beautiful GUI, and so much potential! But I wish the developer would add tab groups, search aliases, and other modern convenience features found in Maxthon. |
| stisev | Dec 10, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Opera is hands down the best browser, but STAY AWAY from the beta versions until they fix the unbelievably annoying "bookmark swap icon bug" |
| oRoFLash | Dec 5, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera is the Browsers'King. It's simple, fast and secure. No problem with memory uses. It's very customizable too. Simply it's the best! No hay dudas, Opera es el mejor de los Navegadores de Internet. Sencillo y simple. Es muy configurable y no hace mucho uso de la memoria de tu ordenador. |
| aepasa | Dec 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
As always Opera rocks. Rating: 6 out of 5! |
| Diam0nd | Dec 1, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
#1! morriscox and others: people, get a life. This is BETAnews, how in the world can u lament about things like bugs?! DONT UPGRADE, if you dont want any trouble. Good lord... |
| morriscox | Nov 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
When I upgraded, it wiped out the History and Sessions. Annoying. Now I'm less likely to upgrade. Edit: Diam0nd seems to be clueless about the point of a review. |
| analphatester | Nov 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Separate install working again perfect. If crash scroll back and read my install method that working without crash anymore. It seems workers repairs this little bug. Opera beat all other browsers I think for at started this project until today and I hope in the future. I dont know why finished open saved sessions from other folder then profile temp, why when working perfect at 6.x very fine. Be good work again and dont must copy wth my own hand in file explorer. But its my problem. Thanks for Opera team good work. Rating:5(high) |
| sturgess | Nov 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
At least it didn't crash my machine like the Firefox beta. Still not as good as the 8.50 versions. As to all this talk about speed, if you have a modern computer the difference in speeds between the main browsers is irrelevant. Still prefer IE7, then Firefox, and finally Opera, and I speak as one who has been using Opera for the last three years so no daft comments about being a troll please. I'll give this beta 3 and a 4 for the proper version the same as I gave the proper version of Firefox. With regard to the security bit, Opera is probably safer as only a dozen or so folk use it the bad guys give it a miss, only joking must be at least a couple of dozen users by now. |
| decmk | Nov 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Great Beta! so far so good No Problem at All. BTW how to remove tray icon, I don't use mail client? |
| MikeTechno | Nov 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
This is an excellent browser that just keeps getting better and better with every update/relase. Every bit as good as (and in some ways even better than) Maxthon, Avant and FireFox). I install this on every system I run. It never dissapoints. |
| Blaxima | Nov 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@improvelence Supported by a knowledgeable fan base who can read Secunia reports that say its the safest. Ugly?? Um looks just like others in their default state and there are plenty of skins. As for being slow.............well I really have no response to that because I can't see how anyone would say that (ever try to start firefox up?). Funny thing is that this has more downloads than the latest firefox, safari and maxthon so maybe not so small fan base after all The most important things to know about this browser is that it functions out of the box the way other browsers do only after adding plugins and it does this while using far less memory. There are some plugins for firefox that add functionality I would love to see in Oprea. The only knock are the few sites it still can't render properly but they are few and far between. This beta is quite stable for me and I've never had reliabilty issues with the final releases |
| hurzx | Nov 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@improvalence I like so much this kind of high added-value contribution, so typical of a troll. Poor moron. Opera has very significantly improved with the last 2 builds, but it's still a beta. I rate it as a beta. |
| BogdanSHA | Nov 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9681 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@improvelence - let me tell you that you are stupid ;) The fastest browser. The safest browser (secunia.com) |
| improvelence | Nov 29, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9665 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
Still a piece of crap supported by a very small fanbase. Slow, ugly, etc. |
| Vetta | Nov 28, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9665 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The 5 rating is for it being that good as a Beta -- the rating would be lower if it were a final version. I (mostly) like what Opera is doing and use the Beta a lot. Opera has been my default browser for a few years, but it isn't perfect or even suitable for everything I do. I don't have any browser that is. |
| analphatester | Nov 27, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9665 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Working fine again only on 9613 update for me, install method scroll down please. I testing 2500-3000 alpha beta and final software continous I not talking anybody off topic sorry |
| GrantTLC | Nov 26, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9665 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Metshrine:- "Where did I claim that I used firefox? I use IE7/Maxthon. But thanks for assuming everyone out there bad mouthing opera is a firefox user. Great assumption. Also, why not rate a product down based on something other products can do? Its called competition. If you want ME to use YOUR product, show me why I should. If it doesnt work with what I already use, or doesnt present an easy conversion path, why should I waste my time and money (yes, time is money to a few people) switching?" Me: Uuh, mate, I didn't suggest anywhere in my post that you in particular used a particular browser. It wasn't directed at you specifically, sorry to burst your bubble of self-importance there. Read it again, slowly, and without jerking that knee and you'll see that Firefox is only mentioned within the context of an example I used regarding the unfair and one-sided criticisms people generally make about this browser. If anyone is making assumptions around here, it certainly isn't me... Unlike the obvious trolls who pop up, kick Opera and pop off again to await the next version to do the same, you've at least have taken time to point out which bits of Opera you don't like, even if your '-1 for every bad bit' scoring system is worse than pointless when there are only 5 on offer. I still feel there should be a bit more balance of what you DO like about the browser, but generally I have no beef with you specifically. I will, however, accept your point about not wanting to switch from Roboform if a) you depend on it for hundreds of logins and b) you've put money down for it. I also agree that the Wand is far from being the perfect tool and could use some serious upgrading for those that want to use it a serious login manager and form filler. But aren't you opening yourself up to a spot of hypocrisy by telling people not to mark Opera up for the dream of what it could be, when you are marking it down for your disappointment/frustration at Opera not doing what you clearly think it should do? That was my point about Firefox: no-one marks that down for not having an integrated email client. It's never even an issue. So why the constant *obsession* with Roboform among these reviews? |
| MikeTechno | Nov 26, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9665 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I think this is an excellent browser. I tested it using some of the pop-up testing web sites that are out there and it came up #1 in my tests against Maxthon, Avant and FireFox for pop-up stopping and blocking. Now, Avant is my favorite, Maxthon would be second and Opera would be third, FireFox fourth, just based on overall ease of use and usability. I wish Opera would have that same easy page zoom feature at the bottom that Avant and Maxthon do so well. It has that feature, just not as mindlessly simple to get to as the others. |
| Diam0nd | Nov 26, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9665 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Works PERFECTLY for me |
| alanpalmer | Nov 26, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9665 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
This is a beta, rather than an alpha, then? |
| improvelence | Nov 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9656 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
Still disappointing, still ugly, still a POS, still overrated. Bravo. |
| Diam0nd | Nov 19, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9656 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Best browser out there, but what really DOES suck about it and its developer team is plug-in support... As in no AI RoboForm :( |
| Tygas | Nov 19, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9656 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
Shell32.dll error? WTF? |
| nms04 | Nov 19, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9656 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
@GrantTLC this is still an alpha release! so wait for 9.5 final! compare this one with firefox 3.0 alpha ... this opera release has less bugs and works better ... |
| GrantTLC | Nov 18, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9656 Alpha | 4 out of 5 |
"I've been an Opera user for a long, long time. Very few bugs have bothered me to the point of refusing to upgrade; the new 9.5 "bookmark alternating" bug has driven me to that point. As far as I know, I will probably never upgrade again until they fix it. If they don't, I'll reluctantly give Firefox another try, but I really don't want to." The Bookmark thing was incredibly irritating, I grant you that. I very nearly gave up on the weekly builds myself at that point. But it has been fixed for a while now. Give the latest a whirl and see how you get on. |
| Daddy_Spank | Nov 16, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9656 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
who uses safari unless they HAVE to anyway. 9.50 getting better and better... |
| godofthunder | Nov 16, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9656 Alpha | 4 out of 5 |
This build has addressed 9649's issues, keep up the good work! MAGUSG - Please rate the beta, not the dream you moron. |
| internetworld7 | Nov 16, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9656 Alpha | 3 out of 5 |
In light of Safari 3 beta for Windows, is Opera even relevant? |
| magusg | Nov 16, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9656 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Ok, the last two reviewers are idiots, if alpha/beta quality releases arent cutting it for you, logic dictates that you should go back to the last stable and wait for the next one. I'll agree the stability and quality of these releases has been iffy at best, some better than others, but still, it is alpha quality, so you really can't complain. However, I see a lot of progress in these releases and a final product will come to be soon enough, the Kestrel Rendering engine is fast... |
| stisev | Nov 13, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
"There's nothing irks me more than people marking down a perfectly good product based upon what other products have/can do that Opera doesn't, when it clearly doesn't happen the other way around. Firefox doesn't have its own mail client, but does it get marked down for that? NO." >>> I've been an Opera user for a long, long time. Very few bugs have bothered me to the point of refusing to upgrade; the new 9.5 "bookmark alternating" bug has driven me to that point. As far as I know, I will probably never upgrade again until they fix it. If they don't, I'll reluctantly give Firefox another try, but I really don't want to. |
| godofthunder | Nov 11, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
This beta (9649) is unusable, to the point I had to download firefox. I am real pissed cause I hate the fact i need to go through the tedious task of downloading crumby firefox extensions to get it the way opera works, that includes installing an email client also. |
| outofspace | Nov 10, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
fast, save, user-friendly |
| GrantTLC | Nov 10, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 4 out of 5 |
There's nothing irks me more than people marking down a perfectly good product based upon what other products have/can do that Opera doesn't, when it clearly doesn't happen the other way around. Firefox doesn't have its own mail client, but does it get marked down for that? NO. Roboform and Firefox's beloved Extensions are the main two I keep seeing being b****ed about over and over again next to '1 out of 5' scores along with comments of 'I see no reason to leave X until this happens'. But here's an idea: rather than crying and wailing ad infintum for Roboform to be allowed to integrate with Opera, how about we flip this over and start requesting upgrades to the already existing Wand function? I mean, it's practically there already, isn't it? Wouldn't you prefer to have a system in place that you don't have to load up separately? That comes built inside the browser? That way opera gets to keep their browser closed, which seems to be how they like it, and you get what you want in terms of passwords and form-filling. Something to think about? |
| jspratjr | Nov 10, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
metshrine - couldn't agree more on your rating thoughts - however, the "overall rating" process on this site is flawed. You can't compare apples to oranges. The "rating" should be reset for each release. I haven't encountered any problems with this release other than those documented. |
| Metshrine | Nov 10, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
Do you all not understand what a review site is? A review is supposed to be on the version posted, regardless of whether or not it is an alpha/beta. You dont rate what the product tries to be, you rate what it is in its CURRENT state, its CURRENT release. If everyone rated products based on either the latest stable version or what the new version ASPIRES to be, then you would never have any ratings other than 5 on any product because "Oh, it aspires to be x y and z." That said, opera is a failure in my eyes for several reasons. This version does crash, it does it frequently, and yes its a known issue. This is actually not limited to just this version. The last final version still crashes on heavy ajax/java sites. It fails to render some very popular sites properly (ala slashdot, try posting a comment or registering an account). Thats -1 for me. It does not support auto-complete in an attempt to shield the end user from himself and the case that someone else logs in as them and uses their browser. Again, -1 for the lack of a choice for the end user. It does not support third party addons. I have been dying to use roboform with opera for years, as have many users as can be seen here: Link You will see that posts requesting support for this SINGLE addon (you can search and find several other thousand addon support requests) date back to 2001. This again is done to protect the user from themselves and reduces the amount of choice they have when customizing their browser. Yes, you can customize the UI to no end, but that is a very small portion of what addons would allow. I am not talking adding a firefox type extension system, but allowing third party code to interact with the browser. Again, a simple option to turn the whole system off for paranoid users can be implimented by about 5 lines of code (a simple if-then statement with a boolean comparison). So, -1 for another forced security measure that is more suited for the overly-paranoid and protecting the user from a choice they can make themselves. Opera does not allow the user to edit or view stored passwords in the browser's wand feature. Instead, if you want to change a password, you have to go through the process of removing a saved password and resaving it. If you dont do this, you are then presented with two separate login entries with no way to distinguish between the two if you didnt change usernames. Again, -1 for a feature designed to protect the user without an option to make it otherwise. So, -4 out 5. That total 1. I can go on and show you why it deserves a -12, for bugs and problems I can count right off the top of my head. 1/5 EDIT: In response to grant Where did I claim that I used firefox? I use IE7/Maxthon. But thanks for assuming everyone out there bad mouthing opera is a firefox user. Great assumption. Also, why not rate a product down based on something other products can do? Its called competition. If you want ME to use YOUR product, show me why I should. If it doesnt work with what I already use, or doesnt present an easy conversion path, why should I waste my time and money (yes, time is money to a few people) switching? Why should I waste my time switching to the wand? I spent time AND MONEY on roboform. I have over 400 passwords saved. Am I going to sit there and retype those into opera's wand? Does opera import roboform passwords? No to both questions. That is the primary reason I will not tell a roboform user to "Just switch". Its not even an option. Also, I have made several pleas for upgrades to opera's wand function and form filling functions (which consists of simply adding every conceivable field into a notes files with opera, not exactly a real solution, I am sure you can agree). The pleas I have made, as well as others on the opera forums, have gone ignored. If you search opera's forums for wand password editing, you will find it has been ignored since the beginning. Also, why is forcing a user to use only built-in features a good idea? I am sorry, but the idea of a web browser is something that, to most people, is a personal experience. If I cannot truly personalize my browser, then I do not want to use it. Opera forces me to only use built-in features. It does not allow me to expand it if my needs change. I am locked in. Now, as you would say, something to think about? |
| anonswgeek | Nov 10, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 4 out of 5 |
will stick with 9.23 build 8807 until the latest beta is more stable. i like opera for its speed. |
| guti | Nov 10, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
analphatester, Do you know what an alpha or beta is? Do you know the difference between beta, and final? |
| eProfitsMaster.com | Nov 9, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 4 out of 5 |
The alpha/beta version is only for Opera maniac. If you want play save use the released version. With Opera 9.5. Now i can open Yahoo mail in new format.... |
| the.illidan | Nov 9, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
this is Beta not Alpha version |
| analphatester | Nov 9, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
We are hard analpha-beta testers. We never give up. Safe install 9649 beta procedure here. 1 Download from opera.com 9.5b v9613 this first working v. Install as new clean install. 2 Download 9.5b 9649 update the working v9613 with it 3 double click on opera icon TADA opera working again perfectly no crash anymore thats it |
| pjb | Nov 9, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Site problems I have experienced with the previous betas of 9.5 have gone. Well done and thank you to the Opera Team. |
| guru_v | Nov 9, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Seems to be working fine for me, however I haven't used the mail part of the program yet. Browsing and torrent downloads are fine. BTW, the installed version lists itself as a Beta, not an Alpha - I know I approached with some trepidation because of that. |
| tannenwheel | Nov 9, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 4 out of 5 |
i love opera. but the recent speed improvements realy bug me. they have the side effect of rather long moments of total gui-unresponsivness (eg 5 to 8 seconds) during typical events, like opening a tab (site). at least, that's what happening on my system, for any reason. i hope they will improve it someday, or add some cool options, like mozillas content.max.tokenizing.time ór even network.http.pipelining and network.http.pipelining.maxrequests which seem to have great effect for me. yeah, find myself using firefox quite often, lately :/ the silly bugs with naming downloaded files (+ right extention) suck as well, since i feel that opera has had a broken download manager more often than not, in the past years (when allways using the latest builds) |
| Diam0nd | Nov 9, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9649 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Works as charm! |
| godofthunder | Nov 8, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Arrghh build (9624) is giving me grief, its crashing all over da place :p. I'm on ffox for now, just too unstable. |
| 8189720 | Nov 5, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Great browser, but this version doesn't render all pages correctly and many times doesn't load them completely, but hitting Refresh or the Go button can display the entire page. Still, the best browser out there. |
| GrantTLC | Nov 4, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The clear front runner, furlongs ahead of the competition. |
| anonymouscowturd | Nov 4, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Holy cow, even Yahoo! mail mostly works now. Can't wait for the full release. A couple of things that could make it even more awesome would be something like a split screen functionality. e.g like in word where you can split horizontally or vertically when the page size becomes unmanageable. Those blogs are sure getting long nowadays! Second, they should make this portable by default. Its east enough to do anyway by yourself but it would be cool if it came out of the packet. Kudos to Opera for what looks like an absolutely a** kicking release! |
| bigmama | Nov 4, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
The best browser |
| aruprc | Nov 3, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Bravo Opera, this one works fine, best keeps getting better. |
| willywonkah | Nov 3, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
What sites aren't working, pjb? |
| omertocarlos | Nov 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Best net browser of the world! |
| muka3d | Nov 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Opera is unstoppable. |
| ZombieREA | Nov 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Does it supported for Ajax web site ? |
| yokozuna | Nov 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I have to say that Opera rocks! And it is going better and better! |
| Diam0nd | Nov 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Well, amazingly it really DOES keep getting better and better. Love it. |
| outofspace | Nov 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Awesome ! |
| RWW | Nov 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I agree that it would be nice to have Roboform work with Opera but the wand also works well. I use Robo with Maxthon part of the time and I would pay for the full version if it worked with Opera as well. I don't know if there are still some site rendering problems anymore with Opera as I have not run into any for a long time. That was the only thing that stopped me from using it as my default.....works fine now and I look forward to every update. |
| jspratjr | Nov 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
No problems with this release - still the best (in my book)! |
| pjb | Nov 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9624 Beta | 2 out of 5 |
Since this went into beta, I have found some sites that render incorrectly. Whilst this was in Alpha there was not this problem. Not sure what they have removed between the Alpha and the Beta. The sites concerned still work with the Alpha version and 9.2 I have reported my findings in the official manor and await their response. |
| willywonkah | Oct 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I've been waiting for a long time to synchronize my bookmarks on my phone and PC! By the way, Opera does not just suddenly lose your bookmarks so if they are missing you probably did something wrong. Oh, and Opera can't support Roboform, it's up to Roboform to support Opera. It's not like Opera can rewrite Roboform to support it! |
| Perezoso | Oct 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Changelog: http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/w950b1.html |
| jethro5 | Oct 26, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Don't know how they do it, being such a small company, but they make the fastest and most feature-filled browser, and that is using less memory than IE or Firefox. Opera FTW! |
| alanpalmer | Oct 26, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Yay! The first beta! The best browser around. |
| securedemail | Oct 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
My default browser. Has more features than any other browser in the world. Wintings: Roboform is a rip-off of Opera's Wand. So there u go. |
| midnighter_9999 | Oct 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 4 out of 5 |
Still having problems going to some sites.. But otherwise.. Very Good Browser.. |
| Lands | Oct 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Stable (for a beta), incredible fast, low on system resources. My default browser. |
| Wintings | Oct 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 3 out of 5 |
Until they incorporate support for Roboform I shall not be switching to Opera. |
| vinczej | Oct 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
After build 9603 I was unbelieving. It got a lot of new bugs. But the developers repaired these bugs. The new (planned beta) build is correct again. I love it! :) |
| godofthunder | Oct 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Keep up the tinkering! Throw us the beta builds and we'll keep testing! This browser is awesome. |
| darkripper | Oct 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I can't wait. Cmon Opera team release the final version :-) |
| bigmama | Oct 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
Fastest Browser [these versions are just for testing] [read known issues @ developers page] [to ses what is not working] |
| Diam0nd | Oct 25, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
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| Darken | Oct 24, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@RWW: Yeap, widget broken with this two latest builds. Edit: Read this comment > http://my.opera.com/desk...tidx=350#comment3871859 |
| RWW | Oct 24, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
I thought the problems with widgets not opening from the top menu might be fixed. Anyone else have this problem? |
| hurzx | Oct 24, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
@jspratr, @KRome, @guti, Oh boys, OMG I can't believe it. How did you do to get it so fast, there's still nothing on Desktop Team ! Well done, guys. |
| guti | Oct 24, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
If anyone interested, classic installer is here: http://ftp.opera.com/pub...9.50b_Classic_Setup.exe |
| KRome | Oct 24, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 1 out of 5 |
no adblock = no good |
| jspratjr | Oct 24, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9613 Beta | 5 out of 5 |
No problems with this release - great browser! |
| analphatester | Oct 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
I use Opera from started project (about 7-8 years?) But unbelievable, this version error opera.exe freeze into opera.exe I dont believe it, what happened. All right I back to 9.2 |
| arjesus | Oct 20, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
i use Opera since the 6.x version and it has never failed me. secure, fast, good looking and full of extra tools. all i want in a browser. |
| Darken | Oct 19, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
@norz: [BUG 290416] Widgets don't work after restarting Opera :) Known issues in this build: [BUG 291580] Mails are blank on first click if messages bodies aren't downloaded when fetching [BUG 291608] Clicking any mailto link will cause a confirmation dialog [BUG 290416] Widgets don't work after restarting Opera [BUG 267632] Images don't display when printing If you used the Brushed Metal skin in the previous release, Opera for OS X will crash on startup Won't run correctly on Windows 95 OS X version may cause persistent freezes on start-up POP server cleaning has been disabled: When disabling the "Leave messages on server" option, existing messages on the server are not removed [BUG 287170] On OS X, UI thumbnails have black backgrounds when using native skins [BUG 184894] Native OS X UI elements cannot be used in skins [BUG 286384] Yahoo mail is broken [BUG 280261] Removing messages from filters does not work [BUG 213115] Queued mail is sent at the next check, instead of waiting for manual action |
| norz | Oct 19, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 4 out of 5 |
Can we hide the widgets from the windows taskbar with this version? :) |
| Avion Airplane | Oct 19, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
I love it |
| Pantagruel | Oct 18, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 4 out of 5 |
Actually, just to play the devil's advocate, PRoBiSoNe has a point. Opera is known for suddenly losing the bookmarks. It happened to me before at least twice, and they were not alpha releases. On the other hand, PRoBiSoNe, back up your bookmarks, stuff happens. |
| hurzx | Oct 18, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
@ PRoBiSoNe stop trolling around, guy. It is an alpha, if you understand what it means. Secondly, the bookmarks issue, first seen in yesterday's snapshot, has already been corrected in today's one, as well as many other bugs. So don't try cheating. Already good for an alpha. |
| maxstep | Oct 18, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
PRoBiSoNe - How STUPID ARE YOU? Fileforum - Why the HELL would you post PRE-ALPHA releases and not post perfect, stable 9.24 release?? Since when are you pre-alpha.fileforum ????? |
| muka3d | Oct 18, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
To PRoBiSoNe: This is an PRE-ALPHA build, not meant for the general joes! Opera's own snapshot site even says: WARNING: These are pre-alpha builds: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all. In any case, Opera is as good as can be imagined... 7/5 |
| PRoBiSoNe | Oct 18, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
LOST ALL BOOKMARKS, PASSWORDS, SETTINGS, ETC. from previous install of Opera! This is BS! I cant believe this. What a hack! This just earned Opera a place on my s**t list! |
| Kriff | Oct 18, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9603 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Opera passes the Acid 2 test again. |
| maxstep | Oct 17, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9600 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Don't evaluate these alphas! as even a beta-quality product. For 9.24 I give 6/5. |
| RWW | Oct 17, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9600 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Opera developers really listen to you. Is just another part of the Opera experience! |
| alanpalmer | Oct 17, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9600 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Yay! Only a couple of days after the last build they've released another fixing (inter alia) the problems with bookmarks I mentioned yesterday. |
| hurzx | Oct 17, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9600 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Is BetaNews becoming AlphaNews ? As said below, a new stable version, 9.24, has just been released today, which is the one to use for production. 9.5 alphas are still at very early stages and buggy, lacking major basic features. This has to be fully understand before any try. Kestrel is really fast anyway. |
| darkripper | Oct 17, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9600 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Opera is the best browser New kerstel engine rocks However all these are weeklys Are just for testing Lets see the next week which will be a beta |
| Daddy_Spank | Oct 17, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Opera 9.24 was released today. It's better for everyday use, as 9.50 is still in very early alpha stages. |
| alanpalmer | Oct 16, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Odd. If I click on a bookmark I've placed on my toolbar this build crashes every time. If I choose a bookmark from the menu nothing at all happens. If I go to "Manage Bookmarks" then double-click on a bookmark, Opera opens the site. This only happens today; I used the new build yesterday and didn't notice any such behaviour. Still, it's an alpha ... |
| BadIronTree | Oct 15, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Synchronize Bookmarks settings and mail RULE!!! |
| phhvn | Oct 14, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
this build can't run link in bookmarks |
| Sammo | Oct 14, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
Totally useless. Keeps crashing unlike to last few releases. |
| soulutionswe | Oct 14, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 2 out of 5 |
I agree with bgronas, this build just keeps crashing on me - unlike the last two or three previous one´s. However, from what I've seen Opera 9.5 will replace FF as my main browser once it's done. |
| bgronas | Oct 13, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
this build is super unstable compared to the last one. wait for the next. Apart from that, Opera is the best and fastest browser on earth, and I will never change to IE or FF |
| cap.ahab | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
i find its a bit more of a hassle than firefox. but it's a wonderful browser regardless. |
| Floodland | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Great improvements. No more crashings with this build in vi$ta. Ad blocking feature is included, but you will have to "mark" contents you do not want to display. You only have to right click a page background and select "Block content..." from the contextual menu. No plugin needed. It works, I think a good idea to implement is to allow the downloading of a precomiled list to avoid most of the manual blocking for every site. There are some good sites offering compiled blocking lists (adblock plus anyone?)... The fastest engine even faster, 6/5 |
| adam.yao | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 3 out of 5 |
this revision cannot open the links in bookmarks. This is unbelievable. |
| jafo818 | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Anything for Opera similar to Adblock? |
| Donzy | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Opera always on the forefront of browser development - these are Alpha releases, so treat them as such - final will be awesome !!! A note to "sturgess" - don't go on line when you indulge in mind altering substances - you just make your name "ASS" |
| Diam0nd | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
#1 Even on those aplhas/betas I have next to none crashes. LOVE IT! |
| darkripper | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
They are making a new engine. These versions are not for using them but for testing. These are weeklys. Lets see how opera will be when first betas will come out. |
| sturgess | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 2 out of 5 |
The first alpha was the best, slowly going downhill since which is a pity. Will wait for a stable beta before I try again. The latest "proper" Opera is a poor thing as well, we need a return to an 8.50 and soon. Firefox becoming more of a disaster by the build, they really should have left these two browsers well alone. The only browser to have got better is I.E.7, I'm lovin' it, no crashes, a really nice browser. |
| bigmama | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
read known issues: http://my.opera.com/desk...tant-searching-and-more |
| crowbar82 | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 3 out of 5 |
No problems with Betanews here. But this new build is verry bad. Opera crashes when clicking bookmarks in Personal bar! Im not alone: http://tinyurl.com/ys5u2f |
| yokozuna | Oct 12, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9594 Alpha | 3 out of 5 |
Sorry to say but this build is only so-so. Many webpages (including Betanews.com) are displayed incorrectly. To be honest, most of them. Try a little bit harder, Opera! |
| Darken | Oct 9, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
@eclipsingdivinity: For skins, tips, tweaks, addons, userjs, and many more! > http://www.neowin.net/fo...ex.php?showtopic=548527 (Neowin.net) |
| eclipsingdivinity | Oct 5, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 4 out of 5 |
Back when the 8x series released and they finally took the ads off from Opera, I was both amazed and displeased with this browser. At one of the spectrum you have a light, easy to use browser and at the other end you have this frustrating rendering engine that had many problems displaying my favorite websites. It was one of those 'close but no cigar' scenarios. Now finally having an excuse to use Opera again (Firefox update kept hanging so I uninstalled for the time being)I decided to give it another shot. Major thumbs up to the improvements in rendering quality since version 8 - it apppears to display pages on equal to IE7 and Firefox (which some exceptions) and to top it off it finally feels like the fastest browser on earth. Speed Dial is fantastic and the entire experience is much improved. 4 Stars for steadily improving this software without any hitch. Every year I become more and more impressed with Opera and it is only a matter of time before I leave Firefox and find something lighter (like Opera). - 1 star for lack of add-on support for popular enhancements like Site Advisor. + rendering isn't fully perfect yet with heavy AJAX and flash websites. |
| godofthunder | Oct 3, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
TOP 5 reasons why "bobad" gave this a 1 rating. He: 1) has to spoil it for everyone. 2) can't count to 2 yet. 3) has ..1! compulsive bahaviour ..1, 1. disorder 1, 1, 1.! 4) came up with the result after an in-depth, exhaustive 3 month cross browser compatability analysis. 5) got confused and thought 1 is best rating |
| Nyx | Oct 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Bobads review IS a joke. The stable tabbed browsing has been and is one of Operas strong points. It is the main reason why I've been starting to use Opera more and more. You can always rely on getting back to where you where with Opera. |
| andyman37 | Oct 2, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Bobad you must be joking right? Opera no more secure than IE7 you say! According to Secunia,the highly respected security monitoring site,this is the up to date state of play with the two browsers: IE7: Has 10 advisories,the most serious being highly critical,with all patches installed. Opera: Has NO advisories(as usual). There is no comparison between IE7 and Opera. |
| bobad | Sep 30, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
In spite of what horsecharles says, I think Opera is a lovely program. The GUI and icons are just yummy. However, I can find no compelling reasons to use the program. It is not faster than IE7, nor is it more secure. It certainly doessn't render more pages accurately than IE. The tabbed browsing is primative compared to Maxthon and FF, so it doesn't win any points for convenience. I am not a FF or IE fanboy, and will use whichever browser or IE shell that does the most for me. That simply is not Opera at this point, but some day it could be. |
| RWW | Sep 28, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Long time user of Opera. Up until this build, Opera for Windows 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha beta, every one was superior to the one before. This build will not let you browse. Reloaded it, same thing. Using Maxthon also and they were equally fast until this download. |
| bigmama | Sep 28, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
kerstel is really fast thumbs up! 5 out of 5 |
| sturgess | Sep 28, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 3 out of 5 |
I use Opera, always have. Also use Firefox and I.E.7. Opera was the best up until about version 8.50 and then it started going downhill. Today I find on my machine no difference in speed between these three browsers. I.E.7 is the best for my needs, unfortunately although I have never had a problem when using it, always at the back of mind I know it is probably the least secure, and as a result of this belief I still go with Opera 9.23. I have tried all the beta versions of Opera and swiftly deleted them, a bit of fun but that's all, give them a try and then go back to a proper browser. Firefox was good but is like Opera going downhill fast, if only I.E.7 could convince me it was now as secure as the others,and it would be my default in flash. |
| horsecharles | Sep 28, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
To combat fanboy attacks-- 1. the issues i bring up have always been present, whether in versions 6,7,8,9... irrespective of mode: final release, alpha, beta, caca, pre-release, preview, pre-preview, rc, pre-caca, pre-pre-caca.... 2. i'm not a hater-- fix the issues i & many others have brought up for years-- and we'll be the first to praise it to high heaven(in fact, if anything, i tend to give out too many 5's). And guess what? Its share will consequently then rise up from current niche numbers. I personally would love nothing more than to be able to utilize it in present work environment, but many shortcomings prevent me from doing so--i wouldn't be able to ligically justify giving Opera even a middle of the road 3 rating. Lo siento mucho. PS LOL seems like i'm following/countering Diam0nd reviews. |
| Diam0nd | Sep 28, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
This alpha works like a charm for me! |
| eek-1 | Sep 23, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 3 out of 5 |
Quite faster, bugful, messed my email inbox and drafts, doesn't save file with the correct extension, right-click doesn't work at times, seldom misplaced webpage ads.. Best keep your version 9.2 and stay away from this one until it's past alpha. |
| tinderkill | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 3 out of 5 |
So...because its an alpha we shouldnt rate the build posted? Wrong. This build still crashes on ajax sites, still has issues with several sites loading properly and still has no way to support common functions in most major browsers (iexplore, firefox, k-meleon, safari, etc). 3/5 for what it currently is, not what it strives to be or what it could possibly be. |
| sparskter | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Superb Browser! Opera is a very advanced/technological browser. Lets stay away from "worshiping" here. Get the facts! Opera is: (very) fast, configurable, stable, secure, small footprint, etc! This is alpha, I know. Indee it is pretty good :) superb job :D |
| artisanicview | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
For improvelence: WE are not payed by nobody to make review and we are not fanboys, just peoles excited beacouse they findit THE BEST BROWSER ON EARTH. I tryed ALL the browsers that are running under Windows and all I can say, no one can stay in front of Opera. Ah, and butaway, this is only an Apha preview. |
| crowbar82 | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
"slower than other browsers". No way you tried this browser! |
| improvelence | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 1 out of 5 |
Improperly does things, ugly interface, slower than other browsers, not enough plugins, on and on and on and on. Give it a rest, this thing sucks. The only reason I have it on my machine is to make sure my website works properly with it to satisfy its extremely small but loyal fanbase. And the guy below me is way to excited for my tastes, I smell an Opera employee.... |
| Floodland | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Best browser on earth. It is hard to improve even more what was already GREAT. Well, Opera team made it (again). This last build has some quirks, but hey, it is an alpha! You know you may encounter problems and we should report them to authors, that is the way development works (Except for Microsoft, which release garbage and take hundred of dollars for you to test their buggy bloated crap). |
| aruprc | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/ Works as good as Adblock extension for FF, lets not forget, this is Alpha, not stable and therefore prone to bugs, for stability use 9.23, as for site compatibility, been using Opera since version 2x and till now, I have rarely come across sites not working with Opera, its the fastest and most secure browser and I won't want them to change in anyways, for those who don't like it, there are many other alternate browsers out there, suggest they stick with those. |
| dpcdpc11 | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 3 out of 5 |
i dare any of you to browse illegal sites using Opera... you gather quite a fine collection of little viruses on your machine if you don't have a good AV solution... and as for the FF extension.. are you kiddin me dude?!?!? it doesnt even come close to AdBlock Plus which has already a huge data base of adds gathered over the time... i know that FF works in a similar way.. but i have to block manually every dirty add from every site i visit... why should i do that when i got adBlock plus?? and you should check out people to see which browser is indeed the most secure... but i tell you this.. it ain't Opera! |
| GrantTLC | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 5 out of 5 |
Using this build is smooth as silk. All the issues I noticed last build - Wand not working, downloads not saving file extensions, bookmarks not sorted in name order, etc - have been fixed, and I personally haven't yet come across a site that doesn't render properly. It's an Alpha build that - for me - runs better than any final build of any other browser. As for the crashing reported by m0user: I've never ever seen Opera crash on XP: perhaps using Vista is your problem...(also, please try not to review an ALPHA build product - this is actually a Weekly snapshot release - and then complain about bugs. Kindly come back when they release the final build.) And horsecharles, where do I even start? By your logic, NO browser has ever had a final release, since all browsers are continually being updated for security, bugfixes and additional features. See that huge download button for v9.23 on Opera's main page? That's right, A FINAL BUILD. Cretin. |
| m0user | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | 2 out of 5 |
This is a review site, if you dont know what that means, dont use it. This software is buggy, lacks features found in EVERY OTHER BROWSER, and still fails to render a lot of pages properly. I love the browser but it doesnt support the following: A. Autocomplete of address field or text fields on web forms (They claim security) B. Roboform (or any 3rd party addon for that matter). This means I am limited to what the dev's feel I should use and I can't truly make this MY browser. 2/5. -1 for being buggy and crashing about 2-3 times a day (never had firefox or IE crash since I've had vista installed, almost 4 months), -1 for lack of API for 3rd parties, -1 for no autocomplete. If you dont understand what review site means, please wait and use a site like download.com GrantTLC, kindly come back when you realize that this is a review site and that I am entitled to review the product in its CURRENT STATE, not its last STABLE build or its last major release or for what it ASPIRES to be. Plus, Opera is claimed to be vista compatible, so please don't play that card since if it crashes on vista solely for it being vista, then it truly isnt compatible. |
| pjb | Sep 22, 2007 | 9.50 Build 9542 Alpha | ||