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jcw122
04-23-06, 01:12 PM
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/04/20/

New features in Opera 9 include

* Widgets - Small Web applications (multimedia, newsfeeds, games and more) that make your desktop experience more fun. Any Web developer can create their own Widgets and share them, regardless of operating system. Try the Widgets in Opera 9 by pressing F6. Look for further development of Opera Widgets in future releases.
* BitTorrent - Instead of having to use a separate BitTorrent application for downloading large files, users can now simply click a torrent file and start the download
* Content blocker - Choose the content you want to view. Remove ads or images - it is up to you. Right-click on the Web page and choose "Block content"
* Improved rich text editing - Take advantage of rich text editing capabilities when using the latest Web mail or blogging services
* Customize your search engines – Use your favorite search engine in the search box. Right-click on the site's search field and select "Create search" from the menu
* Thumbnail preview – It's easy to have many tabs open at once in Opera. But exactly which tab had that video you wanted? Hover any tab to see a thumbnail preview
* Site-specific preferences - Do you need to view a site in a different way or deny certain cookies? Want to block pop-ups on certain sites only? Site specific preferences hold the key

This seems very interesting, especially the "Widgets" and built in Bittorrent, very innovative.

Velocity
04-26-06, 04:49 AM
I've been testing it out for a few days now. I still go back to firefox. Bittorrent needs more options, so i'll stay with utorrent. And I'm not really into widgets. Overall it is a better browser. They should make a lite verison with out the bitorrent and widgets and anything else that does not make it an all-in one browser.

itshondo
04-26-06, 09:18 AM
I'm a total Opera fan- I use it 95% of the time in Windows and Linux.

Haven't tried the Beta, will check it out-

TollhouseFrank
04-26-06, 12:07 PM
i've tryed the yahoo widgets (formerly konfabulator).... and didn't like it.... and i'm sure that the opera widgits will be no different.

Meathead
04-26-06, 09:52 PM
I just got opera up and working and I'll never go back to firefox. It just seems to load faster and browsing is a more smooth and enjoyable experience.

khiloa
04-26-06, 10:05 PM
I tried Opera a few weeks ago and didn't like it too much. I think I'm just so used to FireFox, I don't really want to change. If I stuck with it, I'd probably learn to like it, but I don't have any major issues with FireFox.

Antillian
04-27-06, 09:29 AM
I've tried opera time and time again, each time I've always gone back to FF. FF for the win.

DaBigJ
04-27-06, 01:30 PM
I've tried opera time and time again, each time I've always gone back to FF. FF for the win.

I've tried Firefox several times, and each time I've gone back to Opera. Opera ftw!

Each to his own, :P

khiloa
04-27-06, 03:22 PM
To me, the fonts in Opera don't look as good, and in FireFox I have them all set to a certain size, but I couldn't figure out anything like this in Opera.

Fightingpiper
04-27-06, 08:17 PM
still using Opera version 7.54 and won't upgrade as I have become soooo accustom to it over the years.......besides I had to pay good money for it:)

khiloa
04-27-06, 09:16 PM
.besides I had to pay good money for it:)
That is why I used to avoid it.

JigPu
04-28-06, 12:04 PM
Opera 8 is working just fine for me, and I don't want to risk possibly borking it by installing 9 preview, so I've been holding off. *waits in anticipation for the final release*

JigPu

Janus67
04-28-06, 01:25 PM
I'm loving my Opera 8.54 release. I will wait until they hammer the bugs and and release an official 9.0

immersion
05-06-06, 06:45 PM
I like FF because of the great extensions and features. Even if FF dosen't come with a feature, someone will make a extension for it. That's what I link about FF. Right now I don't see any reason to go anywhere else, I have everything I need with FF.

RJARRRPCGP
05-06-06, 07:43 PM
I just got opera up and working and I'll never go back to firefox. It just seems to load faster and browsing is a more smooth and enjoyable experience.

Not for me. Opera has a tendency to stall on image loading and I have to click the reload button many times! :temper: