Opera internet browser
Norwegian company Opera Software has developed a Web browser and Internet suite called Opera. Currently, the browser Opera has a market share of 1-2 percent. Opera is one of the first browsers to introduce "tabbed browsing. This is the ability to use multiple tabs. In addition, Opera is distinguished by their extensive keyboard navigation and hyperlink navigation with the mouse.
Hyperlinks on a web page can be pointed out without using the mouse. This can be done by a combination of the arrow keys and the Shift key. Opera also offers several innovative mouse gestures to perform certain commands faster. By pressing a mouse button and making a movement with the mouse, one can reload faster, go back and open a new page, among other things. Like its competitors, Opera has several extensions, themes, user scripts, Web notifications and synchronization techniques.
Opera browser features
The Opera web browser has several useful features such as a:
- Newsgroup reader: also called discussion groups, a communication channel on a wide variety of topics
- RSS reader: Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is mainly used with weblogs, forums, podcasts or news sites to be updated on the latest news
- IRC client: Internet Relay Chat (IRS) provides a text-based chat system
- BitTorrent client: A peer-to-peer data exchange system to exchange, upload and download files
In addition, Opera had an e-mail feature that today has been decoupled into a separate program called Opera Mail.
Is Opera the best browser?
A test by Consumers Union found Opera to score the highest on security. In a comparison with Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Safari, Opera stopped more malicious sites. There is also a built-in AdBlocker in the Web browser. This makes you less likely to be tracked by sites. The same study also indicated that Opera's speed and ease of use could be better. For example, there is a standard navigation bar on the side with extras you may not need.
The platforms for which Opera is available are Windows, macOS, iOS, Solaris, Android, Linux, QNX, BeOS and FreeBSD. This applies to computers as well as cell phones and various Nintendo game consoles. There is also a portable version of Opera that allows the Internet suite to also work via a USB stick.
