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Opera 9.60 Released, With Upgraded Mail Client

Posted by timothy on from the alternative-alternative- dept.

Kelson writes "Opera Software has released Opera 9.60, the latest version of their web browser & internet suite. It's an evolutionary release, focused on performance optimization, improving the email client and adding more items to the Opera Link synchronization service."

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  1. Re:woohoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Apparently you also couldn't wait to waste everybody's time with a totally pointless post on Slashdot. Good job!

    Dick.

  2. Re:Of the dozens of people that use Opera by Arionhawk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I haven't used the mail client in Opera to this point, but depending on the extent of the upgrades I may start to. It'd be nice to have everything all in one application.

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  3. It's the only non-free sofware I run. by netux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a lot lighter weight than FF and has everything built in including IRC and BT, spell check uses gnu-aspell, and the email client rocks. Tabs and mouse getures came from it, so whats not to love. If you haven't used it check it out. If you have, but not for a while, do yourself a favor and see how it is now.

    1. Re:It's the only non-free sofware I run. by nareshov · · Score: 2, Insightful

      whats not to love.

      Lack of adblock plus. (the inbuilt isn't as good as AB+)

  4. Opera has a mail client? by kimvette · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Opera has a mail client? Who knew?

    Seriously - until a few weeks ago I never noticed it had a mail client. I just use Opera to verify sites. I never checked to see what other features the browser had. I'd run it long enough to see that menus, etc. rendered correctly and then shut it down and go right back to Firefox.

    I mean, really. With all the great open source mail clients out there, why would I need a mail client from Opera?

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  5. Re:Stop it already "FireFox Fiends"... by kamikazearun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nope, FireFox freaks have more of a tendency to put down Opera, then IE fans (MS fans) do... by far.

    I believe that has something to do with the fact that IE's bestest fans don't know of any other browsers.

  6. Re:woohoo! by digidave · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That might be because switching from IE to Opera is relatively easy. IE is a very basic browser so when you switch to Opera you get all sorts of new features to play with.

    When you're a Firefox user the first thing you miss is all the Firefox extensions. Firebug? AdBlock Plus subscriptions? Some Firefox extensions are replaced by Opera features, but many aren't. It's difficult trying to live without features you're used to. It's like having dual monitors for a few years and then going back to a single monitor.

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  7. Re:woohoo! by A+Friendly+Troll · · Score: 2, Insightful

    On the other hand, an Opera user trying to use Firefox feels lost, the same way :)

    I'm still using 9.27. Tried 9.5 and it had so many quirks that I reverted back. Not quite sure if I should even try 9.6...

  8. Re:I like Opera by Kadagan+AU · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seriously? In case you weren't baiting for a flame war.. GP never said that Firefox doesn't have these things, he said that they are implemented better in Opera. Also, Opera is where mouse gestures started, and even though I use a FF plugin to have them at work, I still think that Opera implemented them better as well. If you haven't ever tried Opera, you really should! At least give it an unbiased look.

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