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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
I'll wait for mozilla to mature. Browsers are a point I will not move on. I'm not going to pay for a web browser. Its one thing back in the mid 90' when I purchased Internet in a box and got Spry Mosaic, mail, GOPHER, and a few other apps.
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I remember that package! I was talking with people at lunch the other day "hey, whatever happened to gopher?" LOL
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
But at this point web browsing is so ubiquitous that it would be like going to the library and needing to purchase the library card for the low, low price of $19.95 before you can rent anything. (Yah yah I know taxes at work. But I'm also paying for my Internet access to.) I just don't believe in paying for "that" software. Name anything else and I'll shell out the cash but web browsers. Nope. But that is me. Doubtless YMMV on that opinion. For those who love Opera more power to you.
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There is a free (non-limited) version of Opera - it shows Google ads.
I think you might be missing the point of paying for Opera. For me, it replaces quite a few paid-for applications I would have to buy that individually would cost the same or more than the browser itself. Quite a few of them are subtle and not so obvious, but they still save me a lot of time.
1. One time saver is the quick response in the email client. no opening other windows, hitting reply or anything, just type what you want to say and click send. Very much like a forum "quick reply" box without the wait.
2. Notes. I priced all sorts of note-to email products on the market to plug into Outlook that I could use to somewhat automate repetitive responses clients and employees. Things like Password resets, etc. Some were cumbersome, others were buggy. One worked fine at $160+ Opera has it built in. Right click and select the template and you're done!
Plus, you can even use the quick reply box to right click and insert template for even faster results.
3. The download manager is well thought out and cuts out steps taken to download and optimizes the speed of the downloads. I am very happy with the speeds I get.
4. Newsgroup notifications. If you have some newsgroups you like to read, Opera can be scheduled to download them and pop up a notification when new postings are there. Prevents hitting the refresh button over and over and over.
5. The tabbed browsing is second to none. You can open all your pages at once, keep them open in the background, tile them for side-by-side comparisons or cascade them(I don't use cascading, but others love it). If close out of the browser, it will remember everything you had open and take you back to all of the pages.
6. Spell checker for forums and email posts
There are quite a few more subtle options that save me a lot of time and money I would list, but got to run... :wink: