Probably the best browser out there (Opera Web Browser)

Member Name: EJOC

Product:	Opera Web Browser
Date:	25/02/09 (92 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of features, fast browsing

Disadvantages: Some memory usage

Opera is a very popular web browser available which is available for several platforms including Windows PC, Linux or even mobile phones.
In this review, I will discuss mainly the windows PC version of opera (although I've used the Linux version and it is not substantially different).
Opera is an all in one web browser which boasts incredible web surfing speeds, low amounts of security flaws (lower than IE or Firefox for instance), and high flexibility and integration.
Currently, Opera is in version 9.62 and releases updates frequently and approximately one major release per year.
In the most recent version of Opera, Opera software have included in their product, multiple tab surfing (available since opera 6.0 I think), an integrated E-mail client, an integrated Chat client, widgets (which can be downloaded from opera's website), a torrent client, and several other bonuses which can make this software almost a universal Swiss army knife of web browsing. Most of these sub applications are quite complete and can substitute well known applications such as outlook, bittorent or Mirc.
The aforementioned E-mail client, for instance, is compatible with most third party e-mail clients such as Thunderbird and Outlook express, allowing users to automatically import contacts and settings from other clients and is compatible with both POP3 and IMAP E-mail accounts. The E-mail client's user interface is very intuitive and is not much different from what most users are used to with other clients.
The IRC client is simple and configuring the several options is very easy. The other chatters in the IRC channel are presented on the right hand side of the screen and the conversation is center screen (similar to Mirc for instance). Nonetheless, Opera's IRC client is not as powerful as some alternatives since it is not possible to change text colors or other parameters.
The widgets are very nice and useful. Many can be found even from inside Opera's own widget search option. Nonetheless, an easier way to hide the widgets when they are not in use would provide an added value to the application.
Adding to the above, Opera also includes a handy pop up blocker which works very well (at least I do not tend to get many pop ups), mouse gestures (by simply clicking the right mouse button while in opera and dragging the mouse to the left, the back page option is activated for instance) and a speed dial option which presents your favorite 9 web sites when the application starts or when a new tab is opened.
Opera also allows the user to change the skin (for those of you who like to customize your applications), the location of the several panels and even to simulate Internet Explorer or Firefox when visiting certain web pages. This allows Opera to display correctly some pages that otherwise couldn't be displayed correctly.
Overall, it is definitely my favorite browser. The only negative aspect I can point out is the memory usage of opera. Nonetheless, if we consider that I am running at once a web browser, torrent client, E-mail client and Mirc application, the memory usage is not that high (currently 128MBs of ram are being used by Opera).

Summary: A very complete browser which is easy to use

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