Opera 7.10 Released (First Opera 7.x For Linux)

joshieck writes "The much awaited (at least I know I've been waiting for it) Opera 7.10 has been released. This marks the first release of Opera 7.x for linux, and is a cause for rejoicing. Even if it is a 'beta,' it's opera, so you know it's gonna be good. Go get it at Opera.com, or go right to the download page. From the Press Release: 'Opera Software today released Opera 7.10 for Windows and Opera 7.10 for Linux Beta with features that are not only new to Opera, but also completely new to the world of browsing. Right from the beginning, users can see the two new buttons FastForward and Rewind in the toolbar, accelerating Opera users' Web navigation. Users can also speed up researching with the completely new Notes features or view photo files with SlideShow.'"

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[BladeMelbourne]

As a web developer, I will never develop pages for Opera. Just MSIE, Mozilla/Phoenix and Netscape 4.x.

How many home, school and business users pay for a web browser that doesn't come with their operating system? Or like valuable screen real estate occupied by a banner image (and using bandwidth to download the banners)?

I thought that the internet is about freedom and free access to information. The idea of paying for a web browser seems ludicrous to me, especially when there are fantastic free browsers out there.

I have heard on many occasions how Opera does not render some pages correctly... and they want to charge people who use this program? Why pay for something that is clearly sub-standard? Or bombard those who wont pay with flashing advertisments (that probably track usage and habbits anyway).

I know why it is only a 3.2 MB download, portions of the code are missing! If I want a small, light weight browser, I will use Phoenix. Although it is double the download size, I am assured of it's rendering ability.

I can't seem to find the page on the Opera website that sells ice to the eskimos. Can someone help me? Thanks.