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Popularity:
#5 in Web Browsers (out of 378 products)
- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
7,530,903
- Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
July 08, 2008
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Publisher's description of Opera 9.51
Opera aims to product the fastest and most powerful Web browser available and make the most of your time online. The latest release is even faster with superior support for Web standards. Opera 9.5 is quicker to start, faster at loading Web pages and better at running your favorite Web applications. New features include Quick Find, which remembers not only the titles and addresses, but the actual content of the Web pages you visit, and Opera Link, which lets you access your favorite Web sites everywhere you go on all your computers and cell phones.
Version 9.5 introduces new features Quick Find and Opera Link, adds a redesigned Address bar drop-down menu, and includes new storage and indexing formats for Opera Mail, among a bevy of other features, changes, and fixes.
Opera 9.51 is a recommended security and stability upgrade.
Editor's review of Opera 9.51
5.0 stars
- "Opera browser sings"
Opera 9.50 maintains the program's tradition of striving for the fastest, smallest, and most full-featured browser available. Opera covers the basics with tabbed browsing, mouse-over previews, a customizable search bar, advanced bookmarking tools, and simple integration with e-mail and chat clients. Mouse-gesture support, keyboard shortcuts, and drag-and-drop functionality round out the essentials.
Opera's extras push it to the top of the class. Integrated theme support previews themes from within the interface, and the new version sports a default redo that's an attractive balance between "dark" and "light" themes. Opera's desktop widgets can appear anywhere while Opera is running. The Wand utility combines autofill with saved passwords, and it's hard to ignore the addition of torrent support and real-time fraud protection. The latest version includes reasonable anti-malware protection courtesy Haute Secure.
The expanded features in 9.50 should make any non-believer do a double-take. Opera Link enables Bookmarks, the Personal bar, Speed Dial, and Notes synchronization across all other Opera instances. Quick Find improves the search tool, allowing for full text searching from the address field, the history panel, and opera:historysearch. The Status bar has been restored as a default, the Wand now lets users confirm a successful login before saving credentials, and spatial navigation--similar to Opera Mini and the Wii browser--has been introduced.
The new version is faster, has multiple back-end changes to handle code better, and overall we think Opera has what it takes to unseat even the biggest-name browsers. You just need to hear it sing.
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User reviews of Opera 9.51
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 2499 votes
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1 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Opera 9.51
Pros: Every one required
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Opera 9.51
Pros: - Very fast
- Elegant design
- Light and easy to use
- A great alternative for Mozilla Firefox
- Installation and Uninstallation of this software is easy
My overall opinion: Latest version of Opera has many improvements in page rendering, design, and SPEED. Opera, in some cases, seems to be slightly faster than Firefox. And of course, much, much faster than IE. Been using Opera for 2 years, and I can see BIG improvements in this latest version of Opera.
Cons: I can't state one.
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2 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Opera 9.51
Pros: looks nice
Cons: it a little slow
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Opera 9.51
Pros: VERY FAST. Interface looks good. No real problems. Fast downloader with retention in case of disconnect.
Cons: Safari is faster and looks just as good.
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Opera 9.51
"GETTING BETTER.... SLOWLY !!"
Pros: I must admit Opera is getting better and this latest version is probably the best to date.The freezing up problems have almost all but gone. I also like the smoothness of how the pages move using your mouse..that's a nice touch. Also it has now become much faster than IE7.
Cons: Opera is still having problems on certain web sites and that's where it lets itself down, there's no consistency. At least with Firefox 3 the speed is constant with all web sites and that's it's major advantage for me over Opera.
Maybe with the next update they will tackle this issue and possible then Opera will become my default browser. ( But I am a little sceptical at the moment)
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