OPERA FINALE

Well, it's been more than a month since I decided to try out Opera 10 Beta. And to be honest, I've forgotten all about the switch. Everything seems to match the performance of Firefox, and there are even a few features in Opera that I think give it a slight edge, in my opinion, over Mozilla's browser.

As I mentioned before, the Wand is a big thing. It's convenient, and works for any log-in page of a site that you set it to remember. An interesting feature I also discovered was that you could enable tab thumbnails to see the pages in the different tabs you have open.

The only time I've had to go back to Firefox was when something with Opera didn't work with Facebook for some reason. It's when you can't post anything in the Facebook text boxes. However it seems to be gone.

I think I will stick with Opera for now. I'm excited for the official release of Opera 10. Maybe you should be too.

14 Day Mark: Opera 10

So all my bookmarks have been transfered from Firefox, and I'm using Opera 10 at a daily basis. The speed is the same as Firefox, not enough difference for me to tell.

- Opera's Opera Turbo function doesn't seem to add much speed and it also pixelates images on the web. I would advise users to stay away from it unless necessary.

- Opera has a lag/slow load up time, whereas Firefox was almost instant to your homepage.

- Opera's Wand function is really useful. It will save your passwords and login info for various sites (that you choose) and you will be able to log in at the click of the Wand button.

Overall, I'm satisfied with the browser. The biggest problem I see is the load time when I launch it.

EXPANDING HORIZONS: Opera 10

I have been a Mozilla Firefox user for a long time. It's fast, easy to use, and has a wide selection of add-ons.
When Chrome came out, I tried it out. Yes, it was fast, but I found myself going back to Firefox. And now, I'm prepared to make a change again.

Opera is the only browser I haven't used before (I've used IE, Safari, Firefox, and Chrome). The recent release of Opera 10 beta 1 got me interested, so I will start using the browser for one month, and post my thoughts about it later.