Opera desktop web browser now free

gadgetguru · 09-20-2005, 11:49 AM

After getting quite a bit of publicity last month by offering registration codes for free during its 10th anniversary bash, Opera has decided that free is here to stay!

The new version (8.5) of it's browser for desktop PC is now completely free and devoid of integrated advertising that was a part of it's 'lite' or 'ad-sponsored' non-registered version of the past.

The company stated that the purpose is not to combat the opensourced Firefox browser but is all about marketshare... It added that being number one is a near impossibility, so it's stated goal is to be number two.

http://www.opera.com/

Laurens · 09-20-2005, 12:48 PM

That's great news! I think I'm going to use Opera as my main browser for a few days, see how it stacks up. One thing I can see already is that it uses significantly less memory than Firefox. It also feels snappier and the full-screen works better (at least by default).

Colin Dunstan · 09-20-2005, 01:06 PM

Laurens I have been running Opera (on Win XP) for the past few weeks and unfortunately it seems to have the same problem memory leaks like Firefox and IE. Especially if you are regularly loading image-intensive content, it's not unusual to see physical memory usage to go up 100MB+.

09-20-2005, 11:49 AM	#1
gadgetguru Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 6370 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Asia Device: Tungsten T5	Opera desktop web browser now free After getting quite a bit of publicity last month by offering registration codes for free during its 10th anniversary bash, Opera has decided that free is here to stay! The new version (8.5) of it's browser for desktop PC is now completely free and devoid of integrated advertising that was a part of it's 'lite' or 'ad-sponsored' non-registered version of the past. The company stated that the purpose is not to combat the opensourced Firefox browser but is all about marketshare... It added that being number one is a near impossibility, so it's stated goal is to be number two. http://www.opera.com/

09-20-2005, 12:48 PM	#2
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	Terrific! That's great news! I think I'm going to use Opera as my main browser for a few days, see how it stacks up. One thing I can see already is that it uses significantly less memory than Firefox. It also feels snappier and the full-screen works better (at least by default).

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09-20-2005, 01:06 PM	#3
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Laurens I have been running Opera (on Win XP) for the past few weeks and unfortunately it seems to have the same problem memory leaks like Firefox and IE. Especially if you are regularly loading image-intensive content, it's not unusual to see physical memory usage to go up 100MB+.

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