Opera 8 Released

bonch writes "After a series of beta releases, Opera 8 final has now been released. Read the announcement complete with download links. The new Opera sports a streamlined interface and several rendering improvements."

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who cares about the ads in the free version?

[beefguts]

I'm a little tired of listening to people bitch about "why should I pay for opera when I can get --- for free....". Download the free version of opera, and ignore the small ad which is less than 1" tall and tucked away in a tool bar that wouldn't be part of the web page anyways. If you can't manage to ignore this little ad, then you should try looking at the web page you're browsing instead of looking for problems with the browser itself. You're the type of wanker who complain about the quality of a stereo because they listen to the noise instead of the music. Self righteous bunch of wankers...
These whiners are going to say something along the lines that these ads are spyware or some other load of crap. Opera has the best security standards as well as the best control over popups and cookies. They are the most respectful of user's privacy out there. So quit you're bellyaching.

You FOSS guys FOSS yourselves blind.

[trezor]

As a lot of people probably will comment there is a lot to be said for Opera compared to for instance Firefox. I'm not going to repeat that once again in this thread as I have in thousand of other similar threads, as I'm sure someone else will do that for me.

What I can't get about the FOSS zealots (I'm takling about the zealots here, not the sane people) is that they seem to think that free and open-source software will save the planet and that is all it takes. What they seem to forget is that for that to work in the first place, you need open standards.

Anyone care to show me a fully legal open-source DVD-player? With all the required libraries and decryption codes included? Didn't think so.

Focusing on open-source software alone is shortsighted beyond belief. You would think that the open-source community would have the wits to aknowledge the importance of other products embracing open standards, but given the response I see to every single Opera-story on slashdot: obviously not.

And wasn't open-source about to be about choice? Rideculing a alternative simply because it doesn't suit you in each and every way seems kind of hypcritical in this sense.

I use Firefox myself, but I'm there is in fact lot's of things I like about Opera where Firefox doesn't cut it. Even if there wasn't I'd still appreciate the fact there are other "major" browsers out there wich recognises the fact that the web needs open standards.

Please un-narrow your mind.

Re:The question every firefox user is asking

[rainman_bc]

The real question every firefox user has is does it have an adblock replacement yet.

Doesn't Opera nail you with a godaweful banner ad at the top of the browser unless you pay for it? IMO that automatically makes it inferior to all the competition out ther.