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Posted by: Stuart

I enjoy working with HTML, XHTML, CSS and designers as a web developer. At home I enjoy listening to music, playing music, reading and food.

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Posted on: 20 September 2005

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Comments: 14

Go to the Opera, Free!

Going to the Opera is now completely free so why haven’t you been yet?

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webjones
Even Tyger Tyger will sing for that.
22 September 2005, 00:42
Stuart
Ha ha, excellent photo. Did you take the name from the poem?
22 September 2005, 10:24
webjones
Yes. My daughter named him when we first got him (she was 6 or 7). But I thought “tiger” too pedestrian.
22 September 2005, 23:42
Jess
Currently surfing with it. Thanks! It’s got some weirdness – I don’t know if I’ll use it instead of Firefox.
24 September 2005, 15:43
Stuart
Well at least you have options now. :)
24 September 2005, 16:38
Sahara
Wow – I can’t believe how much faster than Firefox it is. Easier to use, too.

I am supposed to do another security update with Firefox at the moment, but I can’t be bothered – sticking with Opera now I’ve tried it.
25 September 2005, 15:36
Myisha
I’m using it right now. Your site looks alot different in Opera.The textarea is alot bigger and the quicktags repeats itself. I don’t know if I would you this as my primary browser,but I know it will take some time to get use too it.
26 September 2005, 06:24
Stuart
Well spotted Myisha. I’ve removed the buttons. I’m not sure if people use them anyway and it’s one less plug-in. I don’t know that the textarea is any bigger. It might just be the scrollbar that it puts in. IE6 does that as well. There is now a new Opera 8.50.
26 September 2005, 11:36
Stuart
Thanks for visiting Sahara and welcome to thebombsite.com. It does seem a little faster than FF doesn’t it but I still find it a little jerky when scrolling. They seem to have smoothed it out better with FF though I am now using the 1.5 Beta version.
26 September 2005, 11:41
webjones
Perhaps I’m getting old and set in my ways, but I don’t care for Opera that much. I’m sticking with Firefox.
26 September 2005, 23:58
Stuart
So am I for regular use but it’s handy for layout checking along with IE just to make sure I’m covering as many bases as possible. I must say I do like the skinning though. Aren’t you watching the match?
27 September 2005, 01:00
Lily

tooo many browsers for me!

13 October 2005, 05:39
Vexeffexx

If Opera had extensions, I’d use it in a second. Firefox has my beloved web developer toolbar, though.

14 October 2005, 21:09
Stuart

For much the same reason I stick with FF too but it’s handy to have Opera around to check out layouts.

14 October 2005, 21:15

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