Opera 9 has been released and it is awaiting your download. This release is very very big for them because they have a lot of great new features. One of the most hyped features is the ability for users to add widgets. I love their widgets because they don’t take up a bunch of unnecessary memory when you run them, for example if you add 5 or so widgets you might see your memory increase just 1-2MB. I am sure, just like other widget/gadget services that this one will grow and contain 1000’s of widgets for the user to select from.
Other features that you may find useful are the built-in BitTorrent downloader, tabs have thumbnail previews, and site-specific preferences. That is just a small list of what you will find new in this release.
I have been using Opera 9 Beta off and on for the last few months and it has worked great for me. The only thing that I don’t like is the lack of support from Google to make their services Opera compliant. I use the Google Notebook, Calendar, and Bookmarks quite often and I am not able to give those up. I will be, however, using Opera 9 for some things because it is a very powerful browser.
Thanks for the tip Samir!
Opera has a lot of inserting potential. I like how the session management is already built in. Also like being able to add (and use) Skins and Widgets on the fly (no restarting needed). Even the searching from the address bar using the search engine of your choice by entering the letter code and then the search term is a neat feature.
Opera does have a ton of amazing features but there are just some things that it is nice to have extensions for. The thing that boggles my mind is how many features Opera has by default and yet it runs so fast and efficiently. They have some top-notch developers over there.
I know what you mean, the more I play with it the more I am amazed at what it can do!