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Old 02-15-2003, 04:52 AM
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OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian software group Opera took a swipe at U.S. giant Microsoft on Friday by issuing a an Internet browser that converts text on Microsoft's Web Site into the nonsense language of a popular television puppet. ... An Opera executive said the aim was to protest what Opera alleges is Microsoft's practice of making software that prevents users of the Opera browser -- a rival of Microsoft's own Internet Explorer -- from viewing pages correctly.
Opera is an excellent Internet browser. It can be considered one of the most HTML compliant browser on the market. However Microsoft didn't take kindly to the competition. So Opera decided to take it all in good fun.

Opera has released its Swedish Chef's Bork edition.

It's a riot! The Help/About info is also in Bork.

Give Opera a try in either Bork or Regular Windows Edition. Or any of many other editions or languages.

Try it if for no other reason than it comes loaded with The Straight Dope in the bookmarks!
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Old 02-15-2003, 05:31 AM
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Old 02-15-2003, 05:58 AM
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Old 02-15-2003, 06:55 AM
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Hey! It does! Neat. Yet another reason to love Opera-ley goodness.
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Old 02-15-2003, 09:46 AM
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I really really wish they'd port v7 to Linux, already.
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