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  • FastForward and Rewind
    The FastForward and Rewind functions let the browser anticipate where you may want to go next

  • Slideshow
    The FastForward button displays photo files on the Web in a slideshow. To see photos full-screen on a black background, simply press F11 to invoke Opera's presentation tool OperaShow

  • Mouse Gestures
    Opera's amazing mouse gestures lets you do frequently performed browse operations with small, quick mouse movements. Mouse gestures can be found here at Opera.com
    *This added 10-12-05, courtesy of Rob A See Profile

  • Built-in search
    Use the built-in search utility to search by just entering your search in the convenient search field at the top of the window

  • Refuse pop-ups
    Opera can easily be configured to push all pop-up windows to the background, or to not show them at all. Just press F12 and choose..

  • Skins
    Changing the look of a browser is easier with the new one-click skin install

  • Mail Client
    Opera's mail client automatically categorizes and sorts e-mail messages, has an integrated spam filter, and supports POP3, IMAP, and ESMTP

  • Small-Screen Rendering
    Check out Opera's Web browser breakthrough for mobile phones and PDAs in your desktop browser

  • Wand password manager
    Opera now offers one-click log-in to password protected sites

  • Security
    Opera has been designed from the beginning with security and privacy in mind. Opera supports Secure Socket Layer (SSL) versions 2 and 3, and Transport Layer Security (TLS)

  • Hotlist
    Bookmarks and history, windows sessions and e-mail can be now be managed via the Hotlist and shown respectively as a bookmarks, history, e-mail, or windows panel

    *Below added 08-22-05, courtesy of Rob A See Profile

  • Quick Preferences
    Pressing F12 displays Opera's 'Quick preferences' menu to easily switch settings such as browser authentication, pop-up and cookie preferences.

  • Notes
    Notes can be kept in conjunction with a Web site you want to refer to later, to remind you of any particular information you may like to review again.

  • Zoom
    With Opera you can zoom the contents of any Web page from 20%-1000% using the zoom dropdown or the + and - keys.

  • Fit To Window Width
    The ability to get rid of the horizontal scrollbar in a single click, without losing any of the page.

  • Sessions
    Save a collection of open pages as a session, for later retrieval, or start with the pages you had open when Opera was last closed.

  • IRC Chat
    Communicate with people all over the world using Opera's IRC chat client.



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by KeysCapt See Profile edited by lilhurricane See Profile
last modified: 2005-10-12 17:40:26