Should I upgrade to Opera 7?

zulu9812 · December 29, 2002, 11:08

Right now, I'm running Opera 6.05. There's a beta of version 7 out, but I've heard some negative stuff about it. Should I upgrade, or stick with 6.05?

Kassiopeia · December 29, 2002, 11:18

I've used Beta 2 for some time now and I like it. Only problem I've encountered thus far is the lack of skins but that'll improve over time. The password manager does seem a bit buggy and has crashed the browser once, but nothing else. Beta 1 had some trouble with the download manager too but Beta 2 seems to work fine.

Eli · December 29, 2002, 11:23

I'm sticking with 6.05 until they get Hebrew in 7.

uh Clem · December 29, 2002, 12:29

I found getting Bookmarks sorted into the order I want was a pain in the butt; maybe I'm missing something. Overall it seems very good, but I didn't see anything (yet) that made it compelling.

Dr Strangelove · December 29, 2002, 12:42

Personally "Turandot" is my favorite.

Zopperoni · December 29, 2002, 13:23

I'm waiting for the final release of Opera 7.0 before getting it.
I am content with 6.05 right now, so I'm not going to bother to upgrade for the time being.

FrustratedPoet · December 30, 2002, 11:44

I downloaded 6.05 today and I absolutely love it.

I've only been using mouse gestures for a couple of hours and already feel there is no way I could go back.

Mark down another convert.

zulu9812 · December 30, 2002, 11:47

but would you recommend 7.0?

FrustratedPoet · December 30, 2002, 11:48

erm .... no.

when it comes out of Beta I'll probably get it, though.

Pekka · December 30, 2002, 11:57

wait for the final release. I'm using 7 and it has bugs like crazy.. but it's only beta release, I like it very much, I just wish it was more stable. Wait for the final release.

Graag · December 30, 2002, 14:48

why is opera better than ie?

Method · December 30, 2002, 15:00

no popups, mouse gestures, and tabs are a few reasons

FrustratedPoet · December 30, 2002, 15:04

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Originally posted by TKG
no popups, mouse gestures, and tabs are a few reasons

fewer pop-ups is a good advantage. Plus they'll open in the background and won't disrupt your surfing.

Mouse gestures are so simple and intuitive - I wouldn't go back now.

Try downloading Opera 6.05. It's a small file and it's free - it can't hurt to try it.

Graag · December 30, 2002, 15:09

Any security problems with java viruses or whatever

Method · December 30, 2002, 15:11

meh. i get NO popups

Graag · December 30, 2002, 15:53

Well I'm running it now... seems pretty sweet.

Do you people use keybaord shortcuts much?

This mouse gestures thing seems intereting too.

VetLegion · December 30, 2002, 16:26

one more thing, Opera has URL filtering. That means you can get your pages to load without the on-page ads (not popups). I used that in opera 6.03, worked like a charm.

I have 6.05 now, but didnt get to configuring that yet.

what are mouse gestures for? do they speed anything up?

St Leo · December 30, 2002, 16:31

Nah, I just use CTRL+N and ENTER. Some people swear by F12, but I always identify as Opera myself for political reasons. Opera brings the joy back into mousing.

There are also the everyday shortcuts of CTRL+F, F3, CTRL+C, CTRL+V, CTRL+X, CTRL+A.

St Leo · December 30, 2002, 16:35

what are mouse gestures for? do they speed anything up?

Right-click-drag-left = back
Right-click-drag-right = forward
Right-click-drag-down = new page

Opera's navigation behaviour is also far superior to that of MSIE and Mozilla; you'll never get a page about content having expired, POST operation being too old, or you needing to reload while backing and forwarding.

FrustratedPoet · December 30, 2002, 16:38

Other mouse gestures:

Right-click(on a link) drag-down - open link in new window (foreground)

Right-click drag-down-up - open link in new window (background)

Right-click drag-down-left - minimize window

Right-click drag-down-right - close window

VetLegion · December 30, 2002, 16:42

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or you needing to reload while backing and forwarding.

this was a big reason for me to switch to opera. why IE needed to reload half of pages on simple 'back' command was beyond me

I m playing with mouse gestures now... cool!

Zopperoni · December 30, 2002, 16:42

[Hold down right-mouse button] + [up and then down] = Refresh

Graag · December 30, 2002, 17:47

*accidentaly closes opera with mouse gesture*

But hey these are fun

Click and hold right mouse, up then down - refresh

Skanky Burns · December 30, 2002, 19:25

I still feel that mouse gestures are the spawn of the devil himself!

Or that just may be because I associate gestures with Black and White.

/me plans on trying to download opera again...
(The download died last time)

FrustratedPoet · December 30, 2002, 19:27

Quote:

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I still feel that mouse gestures are the spawn of the devil himself!

Heathen! Blasphemer!

Skanky Burns · December 30, 2002, 19:29

You never know, I may yet be converted to the dark side.

statusperfect · May 8, 2003, 03:53

I've always wondered what the last thread in the forum would look like...

kring · May 8, 2003, 04:13

I have been using Opera 7 since almost as soon as it came out with no problems.

Thanks all for the mouse functions, I hadn't used them much until now.

St Leo · May 8, 2003, 15:19

*accidentaly closes opera with mouse gesture*

You can edit that mouse gesture out in the Opera 7.10 Preferences panel.