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Opera 7.0 Security Holes ... Fixed
An anonymous reader writes "GreyMagic has issued five new security advisories for the recently-released Opera 7.0. They affect the security model, the javascript console, images, the history and the error log (allowing access to the history). A new version will be released within 24 hours to fix the holes, according to an article at The Register." Update: 02/05 02:01 GMT by T : An anonymous reader writes "Opera Software have just released Opera 7.01 for Windows. This version fixes the recently discovered security holes less than 24 hours after they were discovered - a very impressive turnaround! The release is currently only available on Opera's FTP site. It can be downloaded with Java (12.9Mb) or without (3.3Mb)."
It's not Microsoft or AOL/TW
So?
Mouse gestures are nice
I'm not that lazy. It's not worth money.
Tabbed browser windows are great
I press alt+tab for IE, or I move the mouse down the screen instead of up. Oooh. Wow.
Easily installed skins and color schemes are fun
True. But worth money?
Email client is nice
I've got 10 others that do the same thing: they read email.
CSS that doesn't work in IE appears to work in Opera
Example that's not found on Opera.com?
Ability to EASILY turn on/off pop-up windows, including ability to allow requested-only.
I don't surf porn, I jsut make it. Thus, I don't see popups.
Many, many customizable features
It's a browser. How much do I have to customize it?
Speed. Always faster than IE
Nanoseconds? I'm not a computer. I don't notice.
Again, nothing worth paying for. There's no value there. It may be better, but not good enough to pay any amount of money for.
Yeah. Great idea. Let's fuck our Internet experience by turning off one of the most widely used web standards. And while you're at it, let's go and edit text files! Great idea! Wait a minute...this reminds me of something. Begins with an M, ends with an ozilla. Any guesses, kids? No, actually, it doesn't. Here...let me pipe the output of yes and include that as a module to one of the source files. Now it's that secret browser of ours.
Just because I said the UI is a steaming fucking pile doesn't mean I said you shouldn't use it.
Secondly, learn to take some criticism. I don't use the browser I use because I hate Opera (what a bizarre position to take...), I use it because I think it's better than anything else for my needs. I also happen to think that it's better than Opera for most other peoples' needs, but I'm certainly not shoving it down anyone's throat - these are just my opionions.
Finally, don't quote numbers to me. 6 million downloads (let's not confuse the number of downloads with the number of people who actually keep and use the app, thanks.) for a commercial product is not bad, but it's a tiny percentage of web users. According to Browser News, Gecko based browsers are way ahead of this.
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