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Opera Browser, Still Perfecting Its Pitch
Published July 31st, 2006 in All Categories, Opera
…The Opera browser, which has been around for years, recently released its ninth version. Opera 
was the first browser to offer many enhancements that are now included in others, including tabbed browsing. And its latest version has some cutting-edge features, such as voice recognition and one that allows you to add notes of your own to a Web site.
Yet, Opera ( http://www.opera.com/ ) still stands in the shadows of IE and Firefox and has yet to gain any real traction against them. And it’s yet to be seen whether the newest version is enough to get satisfied users of IE and Firefox to consider a switch.
If you’re still using IE 6, then yes, Opera’s offering makes the switch worth considering, if only for the more robust security and convenience of tabbed browsing. For those either already using Firefox or are willing to download the final beta version of IE 7, the answer is less clear-cut.
Opera certainly makes it easy to switch — it flawlessly imports settings such as bookmarks, mail and RSS news feeds. It also allows users a high degree of customization, from selecting how individual sites load to saving multiple sets of tabs for easy opening. Opera Browser, Still Perfecting Its Pitch
