Opera 9 embraces AJAX technology by offering tiny desktop applets called Widgets. Widgets offer specific functionality, such as a currency converter, that stays on top of your desktop screen. But Widgets are not new; they're available all over the Internet and will be a part of Microsoft Windows Vista when it launches next year. It's unclear why the browser needs this feature -- other than because it's cool.
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Opera Software on Tuesday released the newest version of its popular browser, which is designed to offer several improvements over its predecessors.
We really like Opera 9, but we like it more as the cool, arty browser that it is and not as our everyday workhorse for the Internet.
Second preview of Opera 9 Web browser adds mini-app support, keeps BitTorrent search engine.
Designers and editors who lean on Dreamweaver for complex dynamic websites will find plenty of tweaks and improvements in version 4.
Google has rethought the Internet browser — some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel — but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
Microsoft's release should retain its browser base but doesn't yet have enough to lure loyal Firefox users back to Internet Explorer.
MobileMe is the successor to .Mac, Apple's subscription service for publishing photos and other personal content to the Web.
If only for the speed, lightness of being and security alone, Firefox remains our Editors' Choice for best internet browser.
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sarfaraz
07/06/2008 01:15 PM
excellent
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ron
10/09/2008 12:05 PM
opera 9.5 is a good browser, not sure how it will stand up in near future with chrome from google, currently opera is highly customizable, i could have speed dial setup, have menu on toolbar, block ads, remove menu bar to increase browsing space and so on ...
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Vadim Schetinkin
19/10/2008 11:52 AM
I was impressed by Opera 9.6.... it became much better in terms of sage in comparison with earlier Opera's versions... Somehow in the past I tried Opera but stoped to use it in the favour of Seamonkey.... Then FF3 comes.... now I'm going to test FF3 / Opera 9.6 browsers.... to choose what is best... Opera is more productive after 2 hours of use... it seems...
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