Opera Software Opera 8.0 Reviews

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Average Ratings for Opera Software Opera 8.0

  • Features4.5 stars
  • Ease of Set Up4.5 stars
  • Ease of Use4.5 stars
  • Overall rating1.7 stars

 

3 Reviews For Opera Software Opera 8.0

  • Guest 6th May 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Have been a fan of opera for years now. The best browser I have experienced and I have tried about 30. Feels faster than "fire"fox and microsoft especially with javascript turned off. Low memory footprint by comparison too.

    Glitches such as sometimes when I click on an email I have to click away and then back to bring up the contents. Also I cannot delete some emails. Sometimes have to tell opera to emulate microsoft internet explorer in order for some websites to work.

  • dsilvia Rank: Sergeant 16th May 2005

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    I've just spent an interesting few days with a Technical Service Consultant for Opera Software.

    He has a very effective way of handling support problems.

    1) Don't ask the customer for specifics of his system, setup or anything which might be involved with the functioning of Opera.

    2) Assume that the customer doesn't know anything.

    3) Keep referring the customer to FAQ entries he's found that qualify for the subject you've requested help on.

    While this makes his job quite easy, ...
  • dsilvia Rank: Sergeant 13th May 2005

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    OperaMail is still in the stone age as far as its interface goes! No HTML composition. Cannot import complete data from common existing email clients (E.G. Netscape/Mozilla). Cannot save emails without 3rd party software. And more...

    OperaMail composition is very rudimentary, with only a 70's-80's interface (yes, I mean 70's, it's just crude text manipulation, not even decent line/word wrap)

    Add to this an arcane and ill-defined method of 'classifying' mails ('filters'??) to obviate the n ...