We Love Opera

If you are tired of inflexible web browsers, take a look at Opera. I've used it for years and with each new release I love it more and more. It's fast, secure, has an extremely customizable UI, has tabbed browsing with thumbnail view, integrated RSS reader, email and Bit Torrent downloader, password database... plus a ton more features that make it the top browser in my opinion.

Some of my favorite features are:

1. Ctrl+Z will open tabs that you've accidently closed. I use this all the time.

2. Page zoom. I use this to zoom in on problem areas in a design.

3. Easy keyboard short cuts (just click the Z key to go backwards in your history!)

4. Password storage. I don't remember life without this feature.

5. Page load progress bar. You don't just get a turning icon when a page loads, you get a bar that contains all the details of what's going on. This is great for troubleshooting web development work.

6. Extremely customizable interface. I've removed all the buttons that I don't use and I've added several tools bars where I add quick links to sites that I constantly access.

You can see screenshots of Opera in action here -- >

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