It’s Time to go to the Opera
Earlier this week I had a big rant about Firefox and mentioned that I thought I might return to Internet Explorer. Well I haven’t done that just yet but I noticed today that I was spending a whole lot more time using than I was using Firefox.
And now maybe I might try something else instead of returning totally to IE. I’ve just read over on Home Office Voice that Opera is now free.
I tried Opera a year or so ago and found that I quite liked it but I couldn’t handle the advertising. You see if you wanted the free version you had to put up with advertising and if you wanted to be free of that you had to shell out $39.00. That’s not a big amount I know but … well … like most people I’m always drawn to anything that’s free.
Anyway Opera is now free and you can find it right here
Thanks for the pointer Martin.
September 27th, 2005 at 11:19 am
Hi there, thanks for the write up and link. Here’s my reply to your comment at my comment page
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Computer Supply Guide - thanks for the write up on your blog. Yeah, I’ve had my share of firefox rants as well over recent months. So I’m going to give Opera another try.
Like yourself used it for a while back and it seemed okay but those ads??? And how could they charge for it when all the competitiors where for free??? Nothing against charging and paying for a product but if 99.999% of the market get it for free (and expect it) then you simply cannot win.
Didn’t seem a viable way to build a business. Looks like the way they’re going is the right away, although a few years too late IMHO.