14 DAY TRIAL // If you're anything like me, you don't just rely on one web browser. I love staying organized by using Opera for one type of web pages (and because of its brilliant classic interface), Safari and Firefox for another. But each one has that little extra something that the other doesn't. Opera 9.50 Build 4870 now has that little extra something: a "significantly altered" set of keyboard shortcuts, as well as two more useful features.
Opera's user interface has recently received a major overhaul with a new start-up dialog, and new default buttons. The skin and panels are "painted" blue while the overall blue-and-white color scheme just screams "tidy." Opera's appearance can be reverted to classic Opera look or another design any time you wish.
Opera is a standards-compliant Web browser for Mac OS X, Unix, Windows, QNX, Symbian, OpenBSD and several other operating systems. The web browser gives users a better Internet experience combining speed, a host of unique features and now, even more keyboard shortcuts.
It offers Mac-specific features such as keychain access in forms and a cookie manager. It is also the first Mac browser to be available as a shared library. Application developers can now include the Opera shared library within their applications.
The newest version, Opera 9.5, introduces Opera Link, improved Fraud Protection, and a "significantly altered" set of keyboard shortcuts, according to the developers.
Opera Link is a free service that enables data sharing between all your computers and devices. You can use it to synchronize your bookmarks, Speed Dial entries, notes, and personal bar, so they are available to you any time, any place. Using the web version of Opera Link, you can access your bookmarks on other browsers too, while the username and password for your Opera account is also valid on the My Opera community Web site.
Fraud Protection warns you about suspicious Web pages by checking the page you visit against a database of known "phishing" Web sites.
The Mac version of Opera 9.5 is available for free download at this address.
