Lorraine wrote:I haven't touched Opera since then and don't dare try it although it was in it's very early stages when I downloaded it in end of 1996.
I was also afraid to try Opera many years ago, mainly because I had heard at the time, that when installed, it would render all other browsers on the PC unusable (which is the same reason why I detest IE 4.0 with a passion.) Now I don't know for sure if this was ever true with Opera (it certainly was with IE), so perhaps someone more familiar with the Opera timeline can enlighten me on this. I do know, however, that it hasn't been the case in a very long time, if at all.
I was bold one day and tried out Opera when version 6 was new. I was quite pleased to see how fast and efficient it was, even on an old Pentium Pro. Almost any task in Opera is just a key press or two away. For people like me who love to tweak options, it's excellent. I can toggle inline images by pressing g. With the F12 key, I can quickly toggle Javascript, cookies, plug-ins, you name it. Throw in mouse gestures, and it was quite revolutionary. Firefox didn't even exist yet (nor did its previous names.) I can confidently say without a doubt that among all the "6.x" browsers, Opera is the best. I haven't tried enough 7.x browsers to make a comparison, though.
Anyway, do try it out if you get a chance. Things have changed a lot since 1996 (and I'm sure that many more things have changed since version 6.01.)
UserAgent: Opera/6.01 (Windows 95; U) [en]
Windows Media Player 9 (Classic skin)
