# Wow! Opera is awesome! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368 "2004-02-26T22:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/1 "2004-02-26T22:49:33Z")
So, after hearing some good things about the Opera browser, I downloaded it today. Wow, this is way better than IE whatever version! Thanks to everyone here who’s recommended it. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/2 "2004-02-26T23:19:37Z")
I’m using ver. 7.23 and I have trouble with pages not fully loading the first time. Sometimes I have had to reload a page 4-5 times before it will complete. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/3 "2004-02-27T01:15:31Z")
If you’re in browser-trying mode, you might also like Mozilla ([www.mozilla.org](http://www.mozilla.org)). Opera is also pretty nice, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/4 "2004-02-27T03:18:00Z")
“One of us … One of us … One of us …” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/5 "2004-02-27T03:23:59Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > So, after hearing some good things about the Opera browser, I downloaded it today. Wow, this is way better than IE whatever version! Thanks to everyone here who’s recommended it. Welcome to the other side! 😃 ---
**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:** [February 27, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/6 "2004-02-27T12:31:21Z")
I love Opera also, but occasionally I run into a page that doesn’t display correctly in it. For those few occasions I switch to Netscape. But most of the time I am a happy Opera camper. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/7 "2004-02-27T21:39:21Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > Wow! Opera is awesome! Woooo! Yeaaaah!! **La Bohème** rocks!! **Le Roi d’Ys**!!! Wooooo!!! **Orfeo ed Euridice** kicks ass!!! Ok…ok…I heartily apologize. But really, it was just a matter of time before _someone_ did it. ---
**Author:** ![leenmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@leenmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leenmi)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/8 "2004-02-28T01:50:25Z")
Yea! Another Opera user! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/9 "2004-02-28T02:06:51Z")
I have twenty-two windows open right now, with tidy little tabs. (Ctrl+Alt+W) Hey, even tidier! I love Opera. It’s just better. If you think you’re loving it now, **wmulax93** , you just wait until the board gets flakey, and you get those polite little alert windows for timeouts, instead of a stupid HTML document that loses your post for ya. Civilized, that. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/10 "2004-02-28T03:44:57Z")
**Larry** , how do I get to where you are? Is there a link? A program I buy? What? I barely know how to turn this contraption on, but I loooves opera… Want to hear me do the mad scene from _Lucia_? ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/11 "2004-02-28T06:07:17Z")
Have they removed that damned MDI interface? If yes, then maybe I’ll give it a second chance. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/12 "2004-02-28T08:41:16Z")
I switched from IE to Mozilla Firebird a few months ago; I’ve used Opera, but (a) I don’t like the ad window and (b) on my computer at least, SDMB pages displayed funny; the line at left between usernames and content was all raggedy, depending on the length of the username. Granted, that was before the big redesign thing, so maybe it’s different now. But I’m pretty well hooked on Firebird. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/13 "2004-02-28T08:46:49Z")
I use both IE and Opera, the latter because the former got to be too slow when reading the SDMB. The History feature blows IE’s history out of the water, and the Notes is a very useful function too. And the best part - if for some odd reason the browser up and dies (e.g. throws an exception) on restart it offers to restore itself to the autosaved URLs! ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/14 "2004-02-28T11:21:18Z")
im a happy firefox user, even though its only version 0.8 i havent found any glitches and i agree with **Larry Mudd** little civilised boxes are much nicer than html “Error 404” pages. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/15 "2004-02-28T11:26:28Z")
**Zoe** , ya silly! > **[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. You know what else is cool? Having it start up with the Straight Dope front page _and_ all the forums. (Or any number of other saved sessions, if you’re bent that way.) I thumb my nose at those poor schmoes who have to content themselves with a plebian “Start Page.” What’s the use in _that?_ ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-opera-is-awesome/231368/16 "2004-02-28T23:27:18Z")
Am I the only one who opened this wondering what it was Oprah Winfrey had done to get **wmulax93** so excited? I need a nap.