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Opera Releases Version 7 For Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the de-gustibus-non-disputandum-est dept.

Wee writes "I happened to notice this morning that Opera 7 for Linux has been released. New features include fastforward and rewind, the ability to take notes in conjuction with web pages, a cookie manager, a password manager, and a very serviceable integrated email client called M2 (which was previously only available for the Windows version). Version 7 of Opera also represents a complete code rewrite, from the rendering engine up, and the improvements are fairly significant. Mirrors for debs, rpms and tarballs are on Opera's download page."

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  1. My two cents. by 13Echo · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was a big fan of Opera for Windows for years, and was a registered user. I switched to Linux, and used Opera 5.x and 6.x, and I was very unhappy with the product.

    The port was broken and incomplete. Each time time that Espen and the guys working on the Linux port would release a new version, something new would be broken. I had tons of problems with things in 6.x.

    -Crashing.
    -QT skinning.
    -The download manager would halt.
    -Opera would cause very high CPU load.
    -Java and other plugins didn't work worth a squat.
    -Pages would render strangely.
    -Features were missing that seemed fine in the Windows version.
    -And many more problems.

    No matter how frequently I, and other users of the Linux Opera 6 would notify the coders, our suggestions were ignored. Excuses were always given. It was always "a bug in QT" or some other excuse.

    I got tired of excuses and software that wasn't up to par... Software that *I paid for*. I switched to Phoenix/Firebird, and haven't looked back. It's now getting up to Opera's speed, and is becoming a fine browser.

    What's my point in commenting on this? I feel that Opera neglected to deliver a good product to Linux users. Many people who paid for Opera 6 were never given a finished product, and Opera still expected them to pay the price to upgrade to version 7. Perhaps things will change with Opera 7. I've checked it out, and it's certainly gaining more features, and the codebase is allegedly going to be shared with the Windows version now. That's good. But I still can't help but feel that they've cheated their customers. I know that I'm not the only former Opera user that has since switched to Mozilla Firebird. I'm not saying that everyone should do the same. Use which product suits your needs. But I wanted everyone to be aware of my situation with these guys.