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Move Over IE

NAME and DOWNLOAD LINK: Opera

DESCRIPTION: Web Browser

SIZE:4.6 MB

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Windows/Mac

COMMENT: "Opera is a powerful tool that gives you more options when surfing the Web. It is faster, safer and easier to use than your current browser. We designed Opera to fit your life - whether you want to have more fun, get more done or express your style."

Tired of waiting for Internet Explorer to offer better security and functionality? Well the wait isn't over. You can keep waiting or try browsing with Opera. Opera uses less memory and speeds up Web surfing with its fast forward/reverse features and the convenience of tabbed browsing. Highly customizable, Opera gives you greater control of your online experience.

Opera's tight security code helps you avoid the vulnerabilities that plague IE. Opera has automatic security updates, Website security level monitoring, and full encryption support. Opera gives you the ability to block unwanted Websites, images, and pop-up ads. With some added bells and whistles like a password manager, browsing with mouse gestures or voice controls, a zoom feature, on the fly language translations and more, Opera is one of the best ways to navigate the Web.

Opera's tabbed browsing lets you open multiple Webpages in one window. Hover on a tab and you'll see a thumbnail of the open page. You can also save the session of tabs for the next time your online. Opera lets you fit Webpages to the width of your browser, so you see the whole page without having to scroll horizontally. Opera's fast forward speeds browsing by finding the next page in search results, image galleries,and multi-page documents. With Opera you can add multiple search engines to your browser without having to download toolbars. Opera also comes with its own integrated email program, news reader, mailing list organizer, RSS/Atom news feed reader and IRC chat client.

Opera's zoom function can shrink or magnify the contents of any Webpage from 20%-1000%. Magnified contents can then be fit to the width of your browser. Opera's adaptability features let you browse the Web with mouse gestures or voice commands. By using fast mouse movements you can execute different mouse functions, making browsing faster. With the voice feature (an additional 10.5 MB download) you can also use voice commands to navigate or have documents, email, text on a Webpage read aloud. You can listen even when your using another program. Opera also makes password management easy with its Wand, automatically filling in user names and passwords with one click.

Opera offers some great added features such as its own set of widgets(small Web apps), Opera Show its free challenger to Power Point for Web presentations, the ability to run in kiosk mode which allows browsing of limited info, Web developer tools and an integrated BitTorrent for fast downloads of large files. Opera's greater functionality, customization, security and premium features should make it your first choose in browsers, but old habits are hard to break. Opera also offers versions for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and browsers for your mobile phone or Windows Mobile Pocket PC. Tutorials and troubleshooting help can be found at the Opera Support page. Give Opera a try, all you've got to lose is Internet Explorer.

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