Comments on: Are We Ready For Opera 10?

By: Keep Warm with Geeks | Chris Pirillo

Keep Warm with Geeks | Chris Pirillo — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:01:29 +0000

[...] Are we ready for Opera 10? [...]

By: Wallace C. Olson Jr.

Wallace C. Olson Jr. — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:43:46 +0000

Been using Opera and various Linux distros since Opera 4.?? and paid many years for the privilege. Firefox is my fallback for absolutely necessary sites that are problems. Yes, I email webmasters about their sites that don’t work properly. Some get fixed, some don’t.

By: 1fastbullet

1fastbullet — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:06:19 +0000

I’m told that there things that also do not work with Linux. Guess what, I run a Linux machine.
I also run the Fox, primarily. but have never had a problem when I occassionally use Opera.
My point is that if it don’t work, I probably don’t need it anyway. And I can’t say as I’ve noticed anything missing.

I’m looking forward to a new version of Opera.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:16:51 +0000

Utter tosh. Opera is fine for everyday browsing. I rarely find a site that does not work. If on the very rare occasion I do, normally it’s because the site has hacks to deal with very old versions of Opera, and usually a F12, Edit Site Preferences, Network, “Identify as Firefox”, or “Identify as IE” fixes things. Interestingly, these settings do not change the way Opera works, it changes what the website serves up, as more compliant code, without the broken Opera server side hacks.

If all else fails, Right Click, Open With, Open With Internet Explorer.

There is absolutely no reason why anyone needs to be running Firefox, with all it’s inherent security flaws.

By: Otto Mathisen

Otto Mathisen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:46:37 +0000

The old problem with problem sites is not so much down to Opera the browser but typically a browser sniffing issue where Opera is given a basic instead of full version of the site. This seems to be less of a problem today though. I’d love to see a list of the problematic sites, if you could kindly forward them to myself at ottouk@gmail.com.

I’ve just installed Opera 10 and I’m very impressed with the stability and speed. I’m not going into all the great features out of the box but it’s a jewel and well worth taking for a spin.

By: the oracle

the oracle — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:53:31 +0000

Just wondering what websites you tink are important enough to not use Opera? I have been using it since revision 8.53 and anyplace that doesn’t work with it I first send a message to, admonishing them about standards compliance – if I go back a month later and it still doesn’t work, I simply don’t go back.

Normally this would be a stupid stance for anything, but, as you stated, Opera IS standards compliant, and the errant websites are simply wrong.