Re:Opera: Still competing, still growing (Interview with CEO)
by Dove on Saturday August 08, 2009 @12:42AM
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Mouse gestures.
The "graphics off" key. Admittedly less of an issue on broadband, but still.
Fast page loads.
Just generally spare and coherent design. IE is a behemoth and Firefox is a grab bag. It's rare for Opera to do something I don't like.
And maybe force of habit. I picked it up around Opera 4, when I did a comparison with other browsers available at the time and my priorities, and it emerged the clear and easy victor.
The "graphics off" key. Admittedly less of an issue on broadband, but still.
Fast page loads.
Just generally spare and coherent design. IE is a behemoth and Firefox is a grab bag. It's rare for Opera to do something I don't like.
And maybe force of habit. I picked it up around Opera 4, when I did a comparison with other browsers available at the time and my priorities, and it emerged the clear and easy victor.