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Opera 8 for Windows review

Tuesday 19 April 2005, 1:00 PM

Opera 8 makes my time on the Internet more efficient!


-Integrated notes functionality (I use this constantly both at work and at home)
-M2 mail client, whose instant-search, no filing, database-driven core is the future of email; Thunderbird/OE/Outlook/etc cannot match up.
-M2 contact management, including instant access to all emails from any contact
-Links/Info panels, which give easy access to full information on any given page
-Instant searching throughout the program, including mail, bookmarks, history, links, downloads, notes, etc
-IRC chat
-OperaVoice to read pages to me while I'm doing other things
-Fit-to-width, to fix forum borkiness from large images
-Last session recall, session bookmarking, and session/bookmark nicknames for instant opening of sets of pages
-Fully functional RSS aggregator, with full use of M2's database core for instant searching
-Everything integrated into a small, fast, package, with no extensions to download, no compatibility issues between extensions, no security holes through extensions, and simple updates when the suite is updated. Extensions can be cool, but when the program itself can do everything I need and more, I'd rather not deal with them if it's all the same.

10

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Perfect

Opera 8 for Windows



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Opera 8 for Windows

Editors rating
Rating: 8.0
Verdict

Version 8 of Opera is an equally good alternative to Internet Explorer as Firefox.

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Free

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