Good but no better than the competition (Opera Web Browser)

Member Name: nilo0901

Product:	Opera Web Browser
Date:	21/10/09 (29 review reads)
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Advantages: Fast and easy to use

Disadvantages: Not 100% relaible

I'm not that big on technology and not that computer savvy so please don't expect a technical analysis here. You're not going to get one. If you want one, there are plenty on this site that offer good technical comparisons, even if you don't really know what their talking about. I'm going to come at this as a layman.

I have been through a number of web browsers in the past and have listened to advice. I was initially recommended Internet Explorer but found that it began to not load pages properly and have numerous 'page not found' messages despite the fact that the webpage existed and was fine. Then Firefox which worked better but now has issues with some e-mail sites such as hotmail and gmail. So, bored of listening, I wnet maverick and picked one myself. That one was Opera. Nice title I thought. Indeed, not a great criteria for selection but I had nothing else to go on.

So, is it good and does it work better than the others. Well, no. The same problems seem to persist. It does seem to use less memory which is good and helps things run faster but I have found it's flaws are somewhere between those I experienced with both Explorer and Firefox.

There are still inexplicable 'error' messages on webpages that exist which I can't fathom. Sometimes it doesn't load e-mail sites properly especially not gmail where it gets stuck redirecting or sometimes just freezes outright. I have also found that it crashes on some sites such as cashback sites which is incredibly frustrating. I have found the regularity of these instances is now increasing too.

So, is there a browser that actually works well? If there is, I haven't found it, but I'm still looking.

Summary: Works well enough but still looking for the perfect browser

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