just release candidate 2, not the final yet

http://labs.opera.com/downloads/

someone test it out

2/8/2006 2:07:24 AM

i wasn't impressed enough to switch permanently

it's very quick and a pretty smart browser. i didn't use the widgets or bittorrent, but i just tried it out to see if it was any better.

i thought it needed better RSS support, plug-ins, and ADBLOCK (the biggest reason i didn't switch probably)

looks like i didn't look hard enough
they should integrate that into the release.

the toolbars still aren't really customizable, but it is pretty fast (about as fast as firefox without extensions, which slow it down a lot)

2/8/2006 3:42:13 AM

not as stable as 8.51 but the tab preview hover over event is pretty slick

I found opera to have the most customizable toolbars of any browser, there's even a language to create your own.

[Edited on February 8, 2006 at 5:23 AM. Reason : .]

2/8/2006 5:21:56 AM

I'll wait for the final release. That said, Opera=greatness

2/8/2006 2:27:21 PM