I’ve passed on Opera several times for different reasons: it cost money (used to), the UI felt bulky, no extensions. This time around I took more time to dig into the powerful configuration options and ended up with a browser that makes me cringe to use Firefox.

I’m seeing more and more articles/reviews like this and, while it is gratifying to see Opera get the recognition it deserves from more quarters, it dismays me a bit to see how quickly people—even “professional” reviewers—will dismiss a product without a decent trial period. I’m glad to see the author of this article realize what a gem Opera is but why didn’t he give it a decent shakedown the first “several times” around? LINK→