Top Tools: Opera

Operais an award winning web browser.  There’s also a version for your phone: Opera Mini

  • Website:    www.opera.com and www.operamini.com
  • Cost: Free
  • Availability: Download
  • Platform: Windows
  • Top 100 Tools 2010: -
  • Top 100 Tools 2009: -
  • Top 100 Tools 2008: 66=
  • Top 100 Tools 2007: -

Comments from those who selected it as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008

  • “this browser saves me on download time and size (which comes down to saving money).” Ignatia/Inge de Waard
  • “it’s faster than the others and I love the speed dial facility in the latest version” Mary Cooch
  • “The fastest, most secure and most standards compliant browser available. Opera has been the forerunner in creating innovative features for a long. Who doesn’t use tabbed browsing nowadays? My favorite features are the search aliasses that I can create: “g xxx” does a Google search for xxx whereas “z xxx” and “w xxx” search in Amazon and Wikipedia respectively. The built-in Bittorrent client is easy to use and does the job. This is the only piece of software in this list that isn’t free.” Hans de Zwart
  • “El navegador más rápido, más ligero y más usable. Muy superior a Firefox, un dinosaurio con un montón de aplicaciones inútiles, y que no es más que una copia de Opera (llevo años usando pestañas antes de que Firefox las incorporase). Unete a la tercera vía. [The fastest, lighter and most usable browser. Much superior to  Firefox, a dinosaur with a pile of useless applications, and that is not more than a copy of Opera (I used tabs for years before Firefox incorporated them). Join to the third way]“  Emilio Quintana
  • “Opera mini – lets me surf the net quickly and easily”  Michelle Gallen

Comments from those who selected it as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2007

  • “My favorite browser. It is very fast. It lets me increase my productivity while navigating internet.”  Eduardo Peirano
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