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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.'"
Why the hell would I pay for a browser? Or why should I settle for an ad-supported browser? This is not 1990!! And especially since I have so many free and open source choices. Why would I not use Phoenix, Mozilla or Konqueror?
1.) I've had horrible past experiences with Opera as a browser (not the good kind of opera, with the singing and the main-character-dead-by-the-final-curtain, which I enjoy very much, thank you.). /etc/hosts the ads, of course, but I'm still losing screen real estate to whatever would be there. What's wrong with the 7-day-full-feature evaluation?
2.) It occasionally deserves another try.
3.) I don't tolerate ads in any other browser (that pretty much means not using IE at all, but thems the breaks).
4.) It's taking me too long to grab the warez version off fasttrack - and I can safely say that I wouldn't leave this version installed, either.
5.) I continue to find Opera slightly less vanilla than IE, with somewhat better feedback options (e.g. IE's progress bar that doesn't indicate progress), but not able to do all the cool stuff Mozilla/Phoenix can.
6.) I also find that operasoft's continued insistence on charging for a browser that doesn't download pr0n for me somewhat silly.
7.) Why should I have to warez to get a non-broken trial copy? I can
8.) I installed it. Managed to crash it 20 minutes later. Evidently 70 or 80 different subwindows are a few too many.
-- I wanna decide who lives and who dies - Crow T. Robot, MST3K
I don't understand this company... they are a bunch of cry babies!
When Apple released Safari these fools cried a bloody river
Now after they complained about the cost of producing a Mac version of Opera... they release a linux version.
For some reason I don't expect this company to be around for much longer... just my opinion.