# Opera (web browser) giving away free registration codes, possibly today only **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316 "2005-08-30T19:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/1 "2005-08-30T19:55:32Z")
> **[The Opera Blog - News | Opera](https://blogs.opera.com/news/)** > > The latest news about Opera web browsers, tech trends, internet tips. It’s their ten-year anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/2 "2005-08-30T20:40:19Z")
Awesome! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/3 "2005-08-30T20:41:42Z")
Cool, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/4 "2005-08-30T20:59:33Z")
Great! I was still using the 7.x version. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/5 "2005-08-30T21:08:14Z")
Terrific! I’ve been wanting to try Opera but hadn’t wanted to shell out the bux. Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/6 "2005-08-30T22:31:59Z")
I thought Opera was free in the first place. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/7 "2005-08-30T23:04:03Z")
Free with an ad banner. ---
**Author:** ![Theologue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Theologue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theologue)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/8 "2005-08-31T01:32:41Z")
Yeah! I love Opera. The 'Dope membership pays for itself once again. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/9 "2005-08-31T01:38:51Z")
Cool, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/10 "2005-08-31T01:47:08Z")
Thank you very much, **Revtim**! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/11 "2005-08-31T02:10:04Z")
Thanks lots, **Revtim**! I’m a Firefox user, but have always wanted to be able to compare with Opera. Didn’t want to deal with ads, though. GT ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/12 "2005-08-31T02:40:03Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > [The Opera Blog - News | Opera](http://my.opera.com/community/party/reg.dml) > > It’s their ten-year anniversary. Thank you much, used it for the first time today. Smooth running browser. Firefox,IE6, IE7 and now Opera not a website I cannot use. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/13 "2005-08-31T03:56:59Z")
I’m going to try Opera again because of this. That rocks. Thanks **Revtim!** ---
**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/14 "2005-08-31T04:04:09Z")
I downloaded Opera and installed it today. It isn’t a bad browser, but for the life of me, I can’t see why it is any better than Firefox. That is, unless I missed something somewhere along the line, which definitely IS a possibility. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/15 "2005-08-31T04:12:56Z")
> [@squeekster](#): > > I downloaded Opera and installed it today. It isn’t a bad browser, but for the life of me, I can’t see why it is any better than Firefox. That is, unless I missed something somewhere along the line, which definitely IS a possibility. 😛 The one thing I’ve noticed that Opera does better than Firefox is that if you have a bunch of tabs open, and you close the “top” one (i.e., the one that’s displaying), it takes you to the one that was open most recently. Firefox, on the other hand, takes you to the tab that’s to the right of the one that was open, regardless of which was open most recently. I haven’t really checked out Opera’s skins and such; are they any good? (And thanks, **Revtim**!) ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/16 "2005-08-31T04:22:20Z")
jackelope- [Focus Last Tab Extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=32) Which is perfect to illustrate the difference between Opera and Firefox. Opera comes packaged with better features overall but in the long run Firefox’s extension capability makes it the better browser. I can install whichever extensions I like and end up with a superior browser to Opera without features I don’t want wasting my computing resources. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/17 "2005-08-31T11:49:21Z")
> [@treis](#): > > jackelope- [Focus Last Tab Extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=32) > > Which is perfect to illustrate the difference between Opera and Firefox. Opera comes packaged with better features overall but in the long run Firefox’s extension capability makes it the better browser. I can install whichever extensions I like and end up with a superior browser to Opera without features I don’t want wasting my computing resources. If Firefox ever comes up with an extension that mimics Opera’s keyboard shortcuts, I’ll switch. Until then I’m sticking with A and Q. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/18 "2005-09-01T03:04:36Z")
Will [keyconfig](http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/keyconfig) do what you want, chique? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/19 "2005-09-01T03:28:24Z")
> [@treis](#): > > jackelope- [Focus Last Tab Extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=32) Sweeeet. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-web-browser-giving-away-free-registration-codes-possibly-today-only/319316/20 "2005-09-20T14:58:36Z")
Well, this became kind of a useless endevour. Opera is now totally free, and ad-less. > **[Opera Web Browser | Faster, Safer, Smarter | Opera](https://www.opera.com)** > > Get a faster, better browser. Opera's free VPN, Ad Blocker, integrated messengers and private mode help you browse securely and smoothly. Share files instantly between your desktop and mobile browsers and experience web 3.0 with a free cryptowallet.