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Opera Embraces Extensions For v.11

Posted by timothy on from the fat-lady-not-even-in-her-suit-yet dept.

dkd903 writes "Opera is one of the most solid browsers around. It is very fast, extremely customizable, and has a lot of functionality that others do not have. Opera is also a very strong supporter of Web standards; it was one of the first browsers to pass the ACID 3 test. However, Opera has always been confined to a relatively small user-base because of one critical thing — lack of extensions. Well, that is about to change — at least the extensions part. Today, it has been announced that Opera 11 will support extensions."

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  1. Quick! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Someone write a "FirefoxTab" extension. Who else would like their Opera to leak memory?

  2. Extensions are critical? by Carik · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've never understood that. "Why not use this browser that does everything you say you want?" "Because it doesn't have EXTENSIONS!"

    I don't get it. I suppose this is nice if it gets people to use Opera, but honestly... if that's your excuse, there's probably a better reason you're using something else.

    1. Re:Extensions are critical? by Ksevio · · Score: 3, Insightful

      For example it has NOTHING similar to Adblock Plus and Noscript.

      Except of course for the content blocker (right click on the page and select "Block Content" or just download a precreated list from the web). Or the ability to set javascript/plugins on/off for individual sites. I'm sure NoScript does some extra nifty stuff, but it's clear you didn't try Opera for very long. Also, you seem to miss the point on page loading speed. It's not only loading pages fresh for the first time, but also jumping around in history and cached pages load much faster.

  3. Re:That's What's Holding It Down! by AmberBlackCat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't think Opera's problem is the lack of extensions. I think it's problem is websites that don't support it and, in some cases, specifically check for Opera so they can say the site is not compatible even if Opera could render the pages properly.