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Opera 8.5 released.  Available for Windows, MAC, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2, and QNX

Download it for free at: http://www.opera.com

Changes from Version 8.02:

Quote:At a Glance
Advertisement banner removed
Registration options removed
Updated end-user license agreement
Browser JavaScript fixes broken Web sites on the fly

Changes since 8.02
User interface
Removed advertising banners and all dialogs and menus related to advertising, registration, and license codes.
Solved issue with Opera reverting explicit user setting to use program as handler rather than plug-in.
Removed support for branded banners.
Security
Fixed issue reported in Secunia Advisory 16645: Attachment URLs now used instead of cache URLs for viewing attachments.
Fixed drag-and-drop vulnerability allowing unintentional file uploads. Issue reported by mikx.de.
Improved handling of must-revalidate cache directive for HTTPS pages.
Fixed display issue with cookie comment encoding.
Miscellaneous
Included Browser JavaScript by default. On first run after install/upgrade, Opera will fetch a fresh browser.js file and start using it.
Multiple stability fixes.

Testing it now major delays here adding smilees and previewing.  v8.0 was OK. :'(. 

[quote author=jezebel link=topic=555.msg2249#msg2249 date=1128050917]
Testing it now major delays here adding smilees and previewing.  v8.0 was OK. :'(.   
[/quote]

Yeah, we just finally added support for 8.02 last weekend...about the same time 8.5 was released.  There's a problem with how 8.5 draws table and handles javascript in SMF.

Opera has a slight speed advantage over Firefox and IE.

[quote author=regic link=topic=555.msg2295#msg2295 date=1128121729]
Opera has a slight speed advantage over Firefox and IE.
[/quote] Firefox is faster

Haven't tried Opera yet.... still thinking on using it either...