Opera
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Opera is a web browser devolped by Opera Software, based in Oslo, Norway, which also has a built in e-mail and IRC client. It runs on a variety of operating systems, which include: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris SPARC, FreeBSD i386 and GNU/Linux systems that use the SPARC, i386 and PowerPC architectures. It also can be run on mobile phones, smartphones and Personal Digital Assistances (PDA's).
Opera is now free of charge for desktop versions, but the mobile versions require a fee. There are trials versions available.
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Features
The Opera suite consist of:
- Web browser
- Email client
- News client
- News aggregator
- Address book
- IRC client
- Download manager
Tabbed Browsing
Surf the web easier and faster by opening multiple webpages in the same window.
Pop-up Blocking
Opera allows you to control weather you want all pop-ups blocked, or only the ones you've requested.
Sessions
Save all the your open pages as a session, to be opened at a later time, or start those pages you had last open before Opera closed.
Password Manager
Rememebers your usernames and password so you will not have to.
Download Manager
Allows the user to list, pause, resume, restart, stop the downloading files. It keeps a history of recently downloaded files, and allows opening of the files from inside Opera.
Standards
Opera has supported CSS since version 3.5. Version 7.0 brings out the faster and more powerfull Presto layout engine. It had all the support of the older Elektra layout engine, but with almost full support for the HTML Document Object Model (DOM).
E-Mail and Online Chat
The built in E-mail client has support for POP, SMTP, and IMAP. In addition toto it's newsreader and newsfeed reader for RSS and ATOM, as well as an IRC client.
External Links
- Opera Software Homepage
- Opera Documention
- #Opera - Opera IRC Channel
