Opera

Opera sings with a new tune, and the tune sounds fantastic! It sports all the practical and entertaining features that make web surfing functional and fun.

Opera

Some of Opera’s features include:

  • Customizable web experience
  • Interactive voice commands and text reader that works great
  • Tabbed browsing, saving tabs, and un-deleting tabs
  • Search function that is quick to locate and integrated
  • Customizable toolbars
  • Large choice of skins for browser appearance
  • Hundreds in widgets to enhance web experience through addition of news, tools, and other small games to your browser.
  • Thumbnails that appear as mouse is moved over tabs to visually refresh your memory without entering into site.

This browser is easy to use, scoring a 3/4. Due to its great customizability, it adapts to how you work and not the other way round. It is a fairly intuitive browser with clear labels that are easy to find your way around. Opera also scores a 4/4 with security settings that are customizable and protect against spyware, pop-ups, viruses, and phishing schemes.

In terms of speed, although Opera claims itself to be the ‘fastest browser on earth,’ it may fail to deliver on some occasions. It is fast most of the time especially on start up, loading, and application running. It also has to deal with compatibility issues with certain websites due to not being as popular as Firefox or IE. On the front of providing the right kind of support and help, the premium support package needs to be purchased and provides email support. But sufficient information is available online for you to not need the extra help.

Pros

Speed at startup and browsing really commendable.

Cons

  • Frequent compatibility conflicts
  • No parental controls

Conclusion

In spite of impressive speeds, Opera is held back by issues such as web compatibility that hold down its rankings. Although not quite as popular as the rest, Opera ranks well with us because of the extensive features and customization ability. Opera is easy to use and is free. It also sports a mini version and a mobile version. Download Opera and try it out today!