Opera Web Browser Review

Opera has always been an underdog in the browser wars. Their market share is the small, but a strong community has always kept it going. Innovation is at the top of Opera's goals giving us new features no one else has plus a browser that will always be safe, secure and stable to use.

Opera Benefits
• Simple BitTorrent client is included with Opera
• A simple content blocker: block ads and images you choose
• Widgets: Small, useful web applications to use on your desktop
• Tabbed browsing to making surfing the net easier and more effecient. Each tab also has a thumbnail preview.
• A trash can that allows you to open accidently closed browser tabs
• Mouse gestures make surfing faster than any other browser
• Opera mail: built-in POP/IMAP E-mail client, news reader, mailing list organizer, RSS reader
• Extremely strong community driven website for help, discussion, customization, and much more

Opera Security
• Opera's security and privacy are the best of the competition. 256 bit encryption capable.
• Control your browser cookies and private data for the most privacy
• Opera has Built in anti-phishing technology to keep your personal information safe from fraudulant websites
• Surf the internet safely

What I like about Opera....
Mouse gestures were the first thing that got me hooked on Opera. Mouse gestues allow you to use your mouse for all the basic browsing commands. It's very fast and easy to use. Another favorite feature in Opera is the built in email client and RSS reader.

What I don't like about Opera....
some websites don't quite look right sometimes and I have to use Firefox instead. This is probably the result of poor website coding, but it still ranks against Opera.

Bottom Line...
Opera is one of the least known of the web browsers. I highly reccomend Opera over Internet Explorer because of the sheer amount of features this browser offers including BitTorrent and widgets, and Opera's browser speed is unmatched by Microsoft's option. Surfing the web with Opera is easy and certainly fast, but Firefox is probably a slightly better option, but Opera has an extremely strong following, so you might easily find Opera to be your favorite browser.