# Opera browser version 9 - thoughts?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-version-9-thoughts/361679
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 22, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-version-9-thoughts/361679 "2006-06-22T05:00:37Z")
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### Author:  [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-version-9-thoughts/361679/1 "2006-06-22T05:00:37Z")
I downloaded this yesterday from [www.opera.com](http://www.opera.com)
So far so good. It seems to render things a bit better than 8.5. It is nice they manage to keep it small without a bunch of useless bloat. Memory use seems in-line with 8.5. It seems as stable as the other Operas.
Of course the talk is all about “widgets” - Opera answer to firefox extentions. I could do without the widgets myself. I don’t need a little box on my desktop telling me the weather or the time. I expect some useful widgets to be along shortly.
Anyone else running Version 9? Thoughts so far ?
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### Author:  [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-version-9-thoughts/361679/2 "2006-06-22T05:59:04Z")
I only downloaded it yesterday and I’ve yet to surf with it, but it doesn’t look too bad so far. Could give Firefox some competition.
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### Author:  [@grey\_ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grey_ideas)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-version-9-thoughts/361679/3 "2006-06-22T10:59:46Z")
> [@Othersider](#):
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> I only downloaded it yesterday and I’ve yet to surf with it, but it doesn’t look too bad so far. Could give Firefox some competition.
IIRC, I think it was Firefox that lifted the tabbed look from Opera, but I could be wrong. Firefox seems to have become more popular than Opera in the long run though.
The only annoyance I have with Opera 9 at the moment is the change in keyboard shortcuts. In the old version, “ctrl + n” was open a new blank tab. In the new version “ctrl + n” is open a new window containing a new blank tab and “ctrl + t” is open a new blank tab. I get forgetting and ending up with new windows everywhere. My usual habit when I’m doing some research is to hit “ctrl + n” a few times then type in url’s to those tabs whilst I go back to the first tab. At the moment I keep forgetting and ending up with a bunch of new windows all over the place!
grey\_ideas