Opera is FREE!!!

[Lord Sankra]

The Opera web-browser today removed their licensing fee and banner ads.

Quote from Opera.com:

"Opera has removed the banners, found within our browser, and the licensing fee. Opera’s growth, due to tremendous worldwide customer support, has made today’s milestone an achievable goal. Premium support is available. "

Download from their website...

I guess that explains why they gave away free licenses on their 10 year aniversary a couple of weeks ago... Now there is no reason not to at least give Opera a try. Browser speed comparison

 

[Turner]

Good for them! I'm not a huge fan of Opera. Because of the banner ads. I did manage to get a free license earlier in the month, but never played with Opera much. Gonna have to take a longer look at it now.

 

[Grohan]

Good news for those who didn't get free Opera license some time ago
Opera is my favourite browser and is IMO much better than IE or even FF. Everyone should at least give it a try because it has some unique features and IMO better interface than other browsers.

 

[Wolfe Tone]

Excellent news, I got a code a few weeks ago but now there can be no complaints about people not liking Opera because of the ads. They weren't even that noticable anyway

 

[hbdragon88]

It was about time. They were loosening things up already:

- $1000 school license (all computers, students could take 'em)
- Household licenses (one license for the whole household)
- Free licenses (10-year anniverseary)

 

[Ginger_Ale]

I will give this a try, I downloaded it.

Can anybody tell me how to get the tab bar BELOW the address bar like Firefox?

 

[Turner]

They aren't undockable? I don't remember.

Need to switch comps....

edit: nevermind...I thought I had moved it, but didn't.

 

[Ginger_Ale]

After some searching of Google, I found an answer. You can't move the bars, unfortunately, but what you do is switch the address button's content which is below the tab bar to a bar that is suposed to be above the tab bar (the "main bar" with save file, print, etc.), and then take away the address bar. And voila, it is switched.

I will try giving Opera a try - I like the RSS feeds with it. The only tedious part is reentering all my passwords for various sites.

 

[Gogf]

Hm... That's a good idea. You get used to it below pretty quickly though.

 

[Civrules]

That's pretty good news for everyone.

 

[Civrules]

BTW, is there an extension to Opera somewhere that blocks ads (like in FireFox)?

That's my biggest problem right now.

 

[Lord Sankra]

BTW, is there an extension to Opera somewhere that blocks ads (like in FireFox)?

Here and some more tips.

 

[Civrules]

Thanks!