Opera is FREE!

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:03 pm

Opera have decided to drop their registration fee for the browser, and remove the ad banners from the free version.
The move comes after the 10th anniversary celebrations in which the free download promotion went with more success than they thought possible.

In order to make the move economically feasible, the browser will now generate revenue by using an inbuilt Google search function; browsing Google ads through the browser will give Opera ASA a small contribution

Full story here

No excuse for any of you lot now!

Post by **fac51** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:10 pm

Sweeet, i like opera!

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:34 pm

I personally find it a lot more feature packed than Firefox, it feels more like a full release too, I find Firefox always feels like a beta.......

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:41 pm

Another browser for me to download then never use

Anyway cool, hopfully i'll get on with opera

Post by **fac51** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:43 pm

i'd be pretty pissed if i'd just paid for it though but i didnt so im using it now

Vlammetje · Post by **Vlammetje** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:03 pm

cool i like

although it is slower than FF

Post by **fac51** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:05 pm

hmm i find it faster

Vlammetje · Post by **Vlammetje** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:10 pm

I have a sped up FF version though

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:48 am

Probably why because i found opera faster to

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:27 am

Vlammetje wrote:I have a sped up FF version though

how'd you get that?

Post by **117** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:33 pm

from andy

look hard enough and you'll find the thread

is there an opera release for Linux? no good for me these days if not

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:50 pm

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:05 pm

Kev, just go here

Post by **fac51** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:09 am

Twice the Speed and No Speedos: Opera Reaches One Million Downloads in Two Days

More than one million people have downloaded the Opera browser in the two days since Opera announced it was dropping the ad banner and going completely free.

The download rate doubles the previous record reached in April when the company released Opera 8. According to server logs, a majority of downloads came from Internet Explorer users.

"The success of our free browser proves the world is ready for a fresh option," said a dry and landlocked Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software. "I'm most excited about the hundreds of thousands of new users who have discovered the speed, security and usability of our browser for the first time."

http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=3 ... y=software

Post by **117** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:03 am

ok got Opera installed on Ubuntu now

it works fine (apart from i gotta sort summat out to get plugins working), but i can't work out how to get Opera in my Applications menu