Opera 7 for Windows Beta 1 released—like you care. They say it’s smaller and faster; I say good, ’cause it’s the only browser that gives my PC hiccups when it starts.
Update—Having taken the new Opera 7 beta out for a spin last night, I’m hesitant in heaping praise. While I believe I was fighting the interface more than anything else, there’s still some things that don’t work properly; but since this only a beta, let me say—yet. I took it to all the best DHTML stops; pixelflow, dhtmlcentral, stilleye, and youngpup, where I even managed to crash it. There were plenty of things that worked, and plenty that didn’t. The Flash Satay method worked, in case anyone’s interested. Hopefully all the bugs will be worked out by the time it gets released from beta.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Bob // Nov 14, 2002 at 9:35 am
It’s good for the end-user, I suppose, in that there’s now another stable browser for them to choose from. It’s like anything else, though - only the "power users" will switch from whatever is already loaded on their computer (ie, IE) to anything else. I personally prefer Mozilla, but I’m looking hard at Phoenix 0.4/PC, a Mozilla offshoot, as it seems to be a little faster, and less bulky, than Moz1.1.
2 michael // Nov 14, 2002 at 9:37 am
I’m sure it will be, when the final release comes out, but right now, the beta ain’t so stable. And I think it still has a few bugs…
3 Dan // Nov 14, 2002 at 10:59 am
Flash is the future!
*runs off*
4 michael // Nov 14, 2002 at 11:01 am
*thwack!*
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