Opera Is Free

The excellent Opera web browser has been free (no fee, no ads) since 2005, but it definitely doesn’t get enough press.

Opera has surpassed Camino as my tertiary browser of choice on OS X. Once I get to test the Google web apps it may even knock Firefox from its number two spot. Safari (with the excellent and free SafariStand & SafariBlock) still performs better under duress than anything else I’ve tried.

Using Opera on Ubuntu and Linux Mint has convinced me of its flexibility, responsiveness, and robustness in the face of many tabs, even on older hardware. It’s my number-one browser on Linux, and works very well on Windows and OS X.