In the first week after its release and after many favorable reviews – including our own – Opera Software has announced that its revamped desktop browser has been downloaded 10 million times and is now in use by millions of users around the world. For Opera, this is a record achievement.
If my own experience is anything to go by, these users are happy users. As I wrote before, Opera 10 is blazing fast – comparable to the speed I was experiencing with Google Chrome – and that’s a huge plus. It doesn’t hurt that everything ‘just works’ either, and I’m already so used to the (all new) Opera interface that it’d be hard for me to switch again.
If you haven’t tried out Opera 10 yet, do it now. You won’t be disappointed.
I don’t know what you are running, but my tests showed Opera to be pretty slow: http://blog.gad...mance-showdown/
But some addons like faviconise for privacy, we cant live without. So even if firefox crashes all tabs in one go, we cant help using it.
Or other browsers should write their own addons if not third party addons.
Actually, in my review, FireFox is also the fastest by far in loading pages.
So aside from the fact that it has a memory problem, and it starts slow, it seems to be the best option available, performance wise
So what’s the speed difference? I don’t trust clicking on links in TC comments.
Then stop running Windows so you don’t have to worry.
It’s nice to see people showing their support for open web standards like Opera 10. It is used by millions of users around the world. For Opera, this is a record achievement!It would be great to see them add addons in a similar way to Firefox. Great work on the new UI is quite interesting..
Does Opera comes to number 3 in market share?
They need extensions like iMacros, otherwise a browser is unusable to me – too much repetition.
Maybe, but FF3.5 still can’t handle much tabs and be smooth as Opera can. I mean more than 20 tabs.
+1
Opera still need to improve a lot to be a fulltime web browser. Yeah mini opera no doubt is amazing.
You’re kidding right? What does it need to improve upon besides add-ons? It’s got the most out-of-the-box features out of any other browser out there, it’s fast, has a built-in e-mail client (which is amazing btw.), and they’re constantly innovating.
Everything is quite Ok but I think they should do some little modification to their Tab System..
I think Opera’s system is the best.
except it isn’t smooth while moving
You’re kidding right? Probably half of the features of other browsers are opera’s ideas, most notably tabs.
For firefox there is lots of plugins which aims to duplicate opera’s feaures. You must install ~10 addons to make Firefox useable as Opera and then Firefox becomes slow as hell.
It’s great to see people showing their support for open web standards, by using browsers like Opera, Firefox, Chrome & Safari.
Try the following Acid3 test, on IE 8 (or earlier) and compare the results to Firefox 3.5, Chrome 2, Safari 4 and/or Opera 10. IE fails miserably, while the other browsers pass with flying colors (see Wikipedia, for a description of Acid3).
http://acid3.acidtests.org/
Now…try viewing the following HTML5 video, with IE 8 (or earlier). You CANNOT!
http://demo.spr...core.com/video/
Try viewing this same video with Chrome or Safari. You CAN! And, it looks AWESOME!
People need to stop using non-standards-compliant browsers, so the true potential of the internet can be realized!
Perhaps, the W3C should offer stickers, that can be placed on a vendor’s box, that say “X.X-compliant browser installed”, when devices are configured with standards-compliant browsers (e.g. Sony/Apple PCs, iPhone/Pre/Android/Symbian smartphones, etc.).
This would help consumers & businesses choose products that support the latest web standards.
It would also have the added benefit of giving vendors, who support & promote open web standards, a marketing advantage over their competitors.
How about backing up all of the good things of Opera instead of blasting IE.
This is great to hear that Opera is getting a little traction. It would be great to see them add addons in a similar way to Firefox
So far so good with Opera 10. In my personal use I find it to be just about as fast as Chrome and Firefox. Definitely a contender for default browser status.
Also, great work on the new UI. It has come a long way.
The Turbo-feature does make a difference when having a broadband connection – so I cant make use of it. Still Opera is my favorite browser.
I gave it another shot these couple of days but I can’t see that its *that* great. For one thing Gmail won’t load, the UI seems cluttered to me compared to Chrome, at it doesn’t seem particularly faster or slower.
type the gmail address and then do a right mouse click and see the blocked content. you might have blocked something useful
It’s good but still not supported by Google Desktop, Gears, etc.
Google desktop seems to work fine with it. It is not *officially* supported, but I’ve never had an issue and view desktop searches inside in all the time.
It’s FAST! Agreed! But unless 1Password is compatible with Opera, I do not intend to shift from Safari/Firefox combo to Opera.
I am loving the Opera Mini. that product rocks.
it’s just about marketing strategy!
nampang page one aja dah!
The download page gives a 404 error. Says the site is recently revamped and some pages might have changed.
Opera is only slow for its javascript engine. It is going to be changed in Opera 11. (:
Opera has been my only browser since 2001.
I use another browser only in the rare cases when I have to get something from Microsoft.
So I guess I cannot really compare.
I suspect Opera 10 would be a bit less fun on a low end Pc.
But for me it is perfect.
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I don’t see much improvement. I compared it with Chrome and realised chrome is still better any day. Though I found UI to be better from its earlier versions, But I still wont switch over. Is there anything I am missing?
Sonal Maheshwari
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It’s hard to say, since you didn’t indicated what’s important to you in a browser or what Chrome is ‘better’ at.
Opera is a robust, full featured browser that includes a development environment, a web server, a ‘widget’ platform, all kinds of tools to manipulate the DOM, and much more.
Chrome is a stripped down, light-weight browser.
It’s an apples to oranges comparison in the first place.
51 RSS Feeds (all fetching feeds every 15 mins)
5 email accounts (like 8 GB of hard disk space.. involves 4 gmail/google apps accounts and aol mail) all Imap configured
Unite server running
Link Synchronization
Have web panels for:
AIM flash web messenger running (AIM Express)
iphone.facebook.com
twitter.com
Google Talk sidebar
My Opera subscriptions webpanel
17 Tabs opened:
Twitter.com
Facebook.com
My.opera.com/desktopteam/blog
indiaglitz.com (10 tabs with heavy images and advertisements)
Plus every damn feature that Opera is capable of like Notes, widgets etc is running
any my RAM usage is: 254-259 mb of RAM on Kubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 alpha 5 and roughly the same on windows.
Add to it the speed of browsing and the productivity of not switching between windows for separate tasks and whole lot more for which you need third-party add-ons in FF.
Great browser definitely and I’ve made the switch. “Just” browsers don’t make the cut for me.
last time i used Opera on Ubuntu is Opera 9.64
I must say Opera 9.64 is very poor on Linux (I haven’t test Opera 10 on Linux yet)
So, On Windows, Opera is very fast (but slower than Chrome).
I don’t think Opera Turbo is necessary for Desktop Version but very use full in Opera Mobile and Opera Mini (in some country that no 3G available)
I’m using opera for over 5 years now as my main browser and can’t understand why it isn’t a mainstream browser yet. the only thing I’m missing is firefox like plugins especially firebug. although the “developer tools” thingy looks promising. besides that I recon it’s the fastest browser around with loads of features
Opera very slow when Turbo turn on
Turbo speeds up slow connections, but can slow down fast connections. Turn it off if you don’t need it – it’s only designed for slow connections.
Just set Opera Turbo to AUTO, and it will trigger when your connection gets flaky.
No doubt Opera is the best browser. In few years will take the place of IE
@Sonal Maheshwari
You are missing all those wonderful features that make opera what it is….. no inbuilt awesome features and tools for chrome . With all these features, opera still can be compared to chrome(which has very little features) in terms of speed.
That is the answer to you rhetorical question (:P) unless you were here just to spam that link
Currently Opera is at number 3in market share. Am I correct?
Number 5 in market share.
Number 1 in awesomeness.
Opera is number 3 in market share worldwide.
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Number 1 in coolest innovations…for the last 15 years!
http://www.oper...m/docs/history/
opera has always been my second choice when chrome wasn’t around now it is second with chrome, i don’t rank these three firefox, opera, chrome love all three and yeah i am a big fan of opera mini basic 3 and the latest one 4.2
I have been using Opera/Firefox combination for the last 5/6 years. I surf 70% using Opera, the rest goes to Firefox. Out of my experience I can say Opera is a great browser, but still cannot be the default one for only one specific reason. That is, there are some quite complex sites that do not work very well in Opera. Even Facebook has some problems in Opera. So, when I use such complex sites I generally turn to Firefox that actually supports all websites well. Still if that website doesn’t work, I turn to IE8.
These are some of the features of Opera for which I love it so much:
1. Image disable by one-click, and that works per tab; or you can load images from cache, not from site; this is one feature I sometimes use when I need blazingly fast speed.
2. Chatting options built-in into the browser.
3. E-mail client.
4. Speed dial system.
5. Various style systems, try it out.
6. Fit to width option, very useful for some stupid sites with large width.
Did you know that some beautiful features of browsers that you find now-a-days in every browser were first innovated by Opera? Tabbed browsing and Speed Dial were invented by Opera.
So if only every site were compatible with Opera, it could have become the default browser, but sadly that’s not the case.
Downloaded, installed, tried, didn’t like, uninstalled. Fast? Not on my machine…
Still can’t beat Chrome…
Magic 8-ball says: “Very doubtful”
One of my favorite things is the Opera Link feature. I user many different computers desktop/laptop at home and work. Opera Link synchronizes all of my bookmarks, notes, and custom searches between all my computers. No matter which one of my computers I’m at I can always just type “y keyword” to do a youtube search or “news” to open all my favorite news sites in separate tabs.
I forgot to mention that all your bookmarks, notes, and speedial sync to Opera Mini!
Don’t forget Opera Link also sync’s your entire “typed history” along with bookmarks, nicknames, custom search shortcuts, and Speed Dial settings. (And syncs with Opera Mini/Mobile on your Blackberry or other phone!)
http://www.opera.com/link/
Opera is my favorite browser. It’s really fast. Want to see its good market share. Firefox is boring…too slow. Btw, Chrome is doing good.
Best. Browser. Ever.
Testing it now , i never been a fan of O but competition on browser is always good for the developer..
Nat
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I’m planning to download a opera 10.
I’m a more recent convert and now a proper Opera fan.
Considering I’m an analytical type – the evolution from IE (via ff and chrome) to Opera seems perfect.
I suppose like religion, it’s tough to convince others and I’ve given up trying to convince my old ff (or Chrome buddies)
You either get it or you don’t …
IMHO those that get it… are the richer for it
I’m so happy I get it …
I recently updated my Firefox browser to its latest release, 3 to the power n.
I have found that recently video playback has been really glitched out.
I am therefore switching to Opera and i encourage you to do the same.
Thanks for the great posts!
Firefox 3.53 is painfully slow and dragging. Opera 10.10 is very fast. There is NO WAY Firefox loads pages faster than opera. I’m specifically referring to opera 10.10. I find it to be very stable; no crashes. What I find very addictive about opera 10.10 is the smooth as silk speedy affect you get from the built in mouse gestures. The only irritating thing i found is you can’t download any videos.
T_T firebug > dragonfly
sory so far speed doesnt matter now… … nice try opera how about buying firebug
and put it on opera 11 … or a least copy everything about firebug… then you can compete with FF