Opera for Superior Browsing

I use the Opera browser. I just love it. I had always been a Firefox user, but after the 3.0 upgrade, it just never worked well for me, not on any of my computers. The other computers in the house had the same issue. And then, Firefox would no longer work when I went on the wireless with my laptop. The connection would last maybe 1-3 minutes, and Firefox would always say “loading” but never load. I tried EVERYTHING to resolve it. Finally, in frustration, I dumped FF and downloaded Opera.

Opera takes some getting used to (remember how hard it was to adjust from Internet Explorer to Firefox??), but it’s worth it. It’s much, MUCH faster than Firefox, and it has some nice additional features, like a notepad area in the sidebar. But I like it best of all because it is so fast.

Here are some pros and cons I have found. I hope the Opera dudes continue to develop the browser, as it has a lot going for it.

Pros:
Intense speed
Reliable, rarely crashes
Different skins and colors
Has excellent Options features
Very user friendly
Can customize keyboard shortcuts– tons and tons of options!

Cons:
Some javascript didn’t work (and therefore some blog themes look messy)
Does not have an Auto Complete (I really miss that feature)
Doesn’t have many addons (the widgets you can download are very lame)
Doesn’t resize some photos in my WordPress Admin blog pages
Doesn’t have as good a search toolbar as Firefox (no Groowe toolbar)
No toolbars will work with it

I found this little table at the Opera site– it’s a list of preferences for your Opera config preferences data (Firefox has this option, too– type “about:config” in the address bar.

I’d like to see Opera developed more. Perhaps as more people realize what great browser it is, it will be developed more. If you are looking for speed and reliability, check out Opera.