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Opera is going to make a major overhaul to their desktop browser most likely within the next week. A whole new UI and upgrades to the rendering engine are expected. The new version number will likely be either Opera 8.5 or Opera 9, code named "Merlin".

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Rob A
Adjusting
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ

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Rob A

Premium Member

Opera 8.5!

Who else is psyched for it?:D

dadkins
Can you do Blu?
MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA

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dadkins

MVM

Yeah!

I'm SO there!

Stooges Fan
I'm Trying To Think, But Nothing Happens
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join:2002-10-18

Stooges Fan

Premium Member

Re: Yeah!

Now I know why they were giving away the unlock code to 8.xx
Scilicet (banned)
Spaced Out
join:2005-04-11
Aurora, CO

Scilicet (banned)

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Re: Yeah!

A real nice browser, but it does have some downloading problems.

illJazz
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join:2002-09-04
Zurich

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illJazz

Premium Member

DAMN!

Wow.. sure wasn't expecting this.. but this ROCKS!

Rob A
Adjusting
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ

Rob A

Premium Member

Think Tuesday!

We all know how much opera loves releasing new versions on tuesdays, and if I had to bet on it, I would go with that. I also expect that on Monday it will be on the ftp site, man the suspense is killing me!:D

Ron C
@dyn.grandenetworks.n

Ron C

Anon

Who Cares??

Who cares??

If the new Opera is as bad as the version 7 and 8, I won't be using it.

Opera 6.03, 6.04 and 6.06 were great, better than any other browser in the world. But now the graphics and User Interface are so bad that Opera is becoming easily as bad as Navigator or Mozilla or FireFox or any number of other sorry browsers on the market.

Internet Explorer may eventually end up being the best browser around.

What a shame!!

Ron
Webmaster from Texas

Rob A
Adjusting
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Pompton Plains, NJ

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Rob A

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Re: Who Cares??

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Opera's interface is what you make it! You can download the opera 6 skin, then change the interface to be exactly the same. The attachment is indeed opera 8.5!
B777300
join:2002-01-02

B777300

Member

Opera 4 ever.

I like opera 8's UI, it's perfect for me in every aspect. I don't want a whole new UI because im afraid i might not like it. =/