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Here's a review I found of the new version of Opera. I'm still convinced that Firefox is the way to go. Some of the main highlights are noted below.
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Opera's new Web browser responds to commands you speak into a microphone. It rearranges pages to fit narrower windows. It adds a security bar to help reduce the risk of fraud. All impressive features.
But when it comes to the basics, too many Web sites simply don't work as well with Opera when compared with rival browsers from Microsoft Corp. and the Mozilla Foundation.
Many of Opera's returning features are similar to those of Mozilla's Firefox, which itself offers more than Microsoft's aging Internet Explorer.
A few features aren't available in Firefox at all.
You can doubleclick on any word on a Web page to get a menu of options, including copying to a clipboard, translating it to another language — and now, with voice support, hearing it. You can also instruct Opera to start where you left off — sites you had opened when you last used Opera would reappear.
But these features are only useful if you can get sites to display.
I haven't run into any sites that didn't work at all with Opera, but many didn't work as well.
The $39 browser (free if you accept ads) is available for Windows and Linux computers, though the voice features need Windows 2000 or XP.
A Mac OS version is being tested.
If IE were the only option, then Opera would be a strong candidate.
But Firefox handles all the basics well. For free. And on the Mac.
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