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CNET editors' rating:
3.5 stars
Very good
THE GOOD
Opera 9 integrates BitTorrent media downloads, offers Widgets for your desktop, and is more secure than Internet Explorer.
THE BAD
Not all of the new features in Opera 9 will be useful to everyone; the RSS feeds page is clunky at best.
THE BOTTOM LINE
We really like Opera 9, but we like it more as the cool, arty browser that it is and not as our everyday workhorse for the Internet.
CNET Reader Reviews
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June 20, 2006 11:11
4.5/5
've used Opera since 5.0, and it is my preferred browser by far. MSIE is used ONLY when I need to update the OS, and for my work sites. Anything else that requires whistles and bells, Firefox is the first choice, Netscape the second. Both are fin... read more » -
June 20, 2006 07:27
4.5/5
This wasn't a review of Opera, it was one man's opinion of how Opera compared to FireFox. When reviewing a webbrowser, it's always a good idea to compare it against the market competitors (in this case, IE and FF), but the first paragraph of this r... read more » -
June 20, 2006 10:46
5.0/5
To sum it all up, opera is awesome. The editor who reviewed it didn't try to hold down the left click button on the back button, which DOES show all the previous sites you visited like the other browsers.
I love the way I can find some page ... read more »
