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Miscellaneous => Applications => Topic started by: Refalm on 19 April 2005, 15:29

Title: Opera 8
Post by: Refalm on 19 April 2005, 15:29

Quote from: Opera.com

Opera Software today launched the highly anticipated new version of its browser, Opera 8 for Windows and Linux. Internet users can now surf the Web faster, safer and easier than before. Opera 8 is a substantial upgrade from previous versions, and includes new features such as a unique security information field that indicates the trustworthiness of banking and shopping Web sites and voice interaction capabilities. The new version of Opera also introduces an advanced page-resizing function that adapts Web pages to fit the width of any screen or window. Today's release for Windows is available in English, German, Dutch and Polish, with more languages to follow. The Linux version is available in English, also with more languages to come. A beta version of Opera 8 for Mac (English) is also available today.

Read more (http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/04/19/).

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 19 April 2005, 23:41

I've tried Opera and I quite like it, but for some reason I prefer FireFox. I currently have 7.54u2, I suppose it's time for an upgrade. :)

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: adiment on 20 April 2005, 05:19

Enter code OJD000MN to get Opera Browser v7.54 for free. An email with the license key will be sent. Final v8.0 is out but the license only works on v7.54 or v8.0 beta. -taken from slick deals.

edit, forgot link: http://www.opera.com/ct-magazin/
even though the form is another language I'm sure it's easy enough to fill out. :thumbup:

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Calum on 21 April 2005, 13:50

i actually installed opera the other day, for the first time since opera 6 and it's not really improved any that i can see. a bit more reliable than some versions of firefox, but if using the latest version, firefox with prefbar is still better than opera in my opinion.

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: JanusChrist on 22 April 2005, 13:53

Quote from: e7ement

Enter code OJD000MN to get Opera Browser v7.54 for free. An email with the license key will be sent. Final v8.0 is out but the license only works on v7.54 or v8.0 beta. -taken from slick deals.

edit, forgot link: http://www.opera.com/ct-magazin/
even though the form is another language I'm sure it's easy enough to fill out. :thumbup:

Is this post legal? Not that I ultimately care, I just don't wanna see a fellow forumite get in trouble.

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Refalm on 22 April 2005, 14:13

Quote from: JanusChrist

Is this post legal? Not that I ultimately care, I just don't wanna see a fellow forumite get in trouble.

Tough one. Someone obviously stole the code from C'T magazine, but the link isn't to a crack site, but the original one.

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Calum on 22 April 2005, 17:48

i'd say it's not legal, and ultimately the site owner could get into legal trouble at any time from opera.com - and so i would say that all ocurrences of the serial number should be obfuscated by an administrator, while the rest of the post is left intact, good intentions notwithstanding.

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: adiment on 22 April 2005, 19:51

Quote from: Calum

i'd say it's not legal, and ultimately the site owner could get into legal trouble at any time from opera.com - and so i would say that all ocurrences of the serial number should be obfuscated by an administrator, while the rest of the post is left intact, good intentions notwithstanding.

I'm pretty sure it's legal. I've been on slick deals for a long time and they have great admins who delete anything that's warez/illegal.

Anway, heres the link to the slickdeals forum discussion about http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?threadid=93731&postid=0#post0

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Duo Maxwell on 22 April 2005, 23:42

if you haven't DLd it yet do it now! http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/04/21/ I wanna see him take that swim!

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Lord C on 23 April 2005, 02:40

As soon as I saw the thread title I knew it would be by Refalm :P

I used to love Opera before I found Mozilla, and then FireFox.
A nicer, faster browser, and not being a MS fan, an alternative to IE.

My favourite feature has always been the Mouse Gestures.
There is a plugin for FireFox, but it's not the best of plugins.

I tried Opera the other day, just before v8, it was looking good - and feeling fast, but im very much a FireFox fan these days :D
I prefer to use Free software, too.

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: WMD on 23 April 2005, 03:41

I've started using Opera 8 as my main browser.  It's spiffy. :D

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Duo Maxwell on 26 April 2005, 22:12

Quote from: Duo Maxwell

if you haven't DLd it yet do it now! http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/04/21/ I wanna see him take that swim!

HE'S ACTUALLY DOING IT!!! http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050425.gtopera0425/BNStory/Technology/

Quote

Fulfilling a promise he admits he made rashly, Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO of Norwegian browser maker Opera Software, donned a wet suit Monday and waded into the waters of the icy Oslo fjord to start the first leg of a swim to the United States.



Mr. Tetzchner was so pumped about the latest version of his browser, Opera 8, that he said he would swim from Norway to the United States if the browser were downloaded one million times in the first four days after its release.



Opera 8 was released Tuesday, and after only 48 hours, it had been downloaded 600,000 times. It may have been pure curiosity, market demand or even sadism to see Mr. Tetzchner go jump in the lake that motivated people to get the browser, but downloads reached 1.05 million Saturday.

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: BobTheHob on 26 April 2005, 23:13

Quote from: Duo Maxwell

HE'S ACTUALLY DOING IT!!!

VIER MET EDAMMER!!! NU NU NU!!!1!

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Calum on 26 April 2005, 23:38

what a nutcase!

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Refalm on 27 April 2005, 10:31

Quote from: BobTheHob

VIER MET EDAMMER!!! NU NU NU!!!1!

[OFFTOPIC]Gozer, je moet dat met Limburgse kaas vieren, je weet toch...[/OFFTOPIC]

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: BobTheHob on 27 April 2005, 10:41

nr nr nr nr nr, edam kicks arse, especially the mature edam in yellow wax, post me some :D. i dont want any of that damn red export wax cheese

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Calum on 27 April 2005, 15:45

how can you be a cheese elitist? lots of cheeses are good!

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: MrX on 27 April 2005, 16:22

i digress, Opera 8 rulez because i have been using it every since the first beta came out (vers. 8) and now they have the final vers. its super!

Mr X

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Refalm on 27 April 2005, 16:29

Quote from: BobTheHob

i dont want any of that damn red export wax cheese

[OFFTOPIC]Oh, we call the red wax Edammer the discount Edammer :D[/OFFTOPIC]

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: BobTheHob on 27 April 2005, 16:30

Quote from: Refalm

Oh, we call the red wax Edammer the discount Edammer :D

lmfao. I have a passion for edammer ever since I imported some a couple years ago.

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: Refalm on 27 April 2005, 16:45

Quote from: BobTheHob

lmfao. I have a passion for edammer ever since I imported some a couple years ago.

[OFFTOPIC]I once imported some Raclette cheese from Switserland. That cheese rules.[/OFFTOPIC]

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: BobTheHob on 27 April 2005, 16:51

Quote from: Refalm

[OFFTOPIC]I once imported some Raclette cheese from Switserland. That cheese rules.[/OFFTOPIC]

[OFFTOPIC]I'm gonna have to start using these offtopic things[/OFFTOPIC]

Title: Re: Opera 8
Post by: themacuser on 11 May 2005, 06:50

This topic is so far off topic that a similar offtopic might actually put it back on topic.

Personally I don't use Opera (I hate the ads and why shouldn't I use Safari, after all, it's Apple's browser, and I like firefox more...)

But it's massively funny that a software developer (besides Apple :P) is actually living up to their promises...