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Top 15 reasons to use Opera
Tomorrow’s browser today Speed Dial, Page Zoom, Synchronize, tabs above Address Bar and many more. Opera’s features are often emulated by other browsers. Read below to see why we are often called the Research & Development center of the browser industry. Instant navigation With Mouse Gestures ...
Opera celebrates 15th birthday!
Opera celebrates 15th birthday!
opera.com — Come join us and find out what’s next in Opera’s ongoing evolution Fifteen years ago, two computer... scientists sat at their desks in a research lab in what is today Telenor, Norway’s telecommunications incumbent, itching to begin a new project. They ... (more) Opera celebrates 15th birthday!
1994: the year that started it all
opera.com — Fifteen years ago, two computer scientists sat at their desks in a research lab in what is... today Telenor, Norway’s telecommunications incumbent, itching to begin a new project. They were going to build their own Web browser. Those first keystrokes ... (more) 1994: the year that started it all
Opera’s most popular innovations
opera.com — 1994 Opera Desktop coding begins 1994 Sessions / Continued browsing 1996 Full page Zoom 2000 Tabs. Pioneered... by Opera. Now default in all browsers. 2001 Integrated Web search 2001 SSR 2001 Mouse gestures 2002 Mail client 2007 Speed Dial 2007 Opera ... (more) Opera’s most popular innovations
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Opera Turns 15
AppScout — ... According to the company, some 40 million people across the world use the browser on their PCs. The company is celebrating the birthday on its site with the "top 15 reasons to use Opera." ...

Opera web browser turns 15
Download Squad — ... the Opera web browser was written 15 years ago today. Back in 1994, Mozilla was working on something called Netscape, not Firefox. And Microsoft didn't release Internet Explorer 1 until 1995. Over the last 15 years, Opera has continually added features that were later adopted by other browsers, including tabs, mouse gestures, speed dial bookmarks, and full page zoom. To celebrate the anniversary, Opera has put together a portal with a comic strip, 15 reasons to try Opera, and a list of innovations that showed up first in the Opera ...

Opera Turns 15, Claims Title of World’s Oldest Web Browser
Technologizer — ... The folks at Opera are celebrating the fifteeth anniversary of their Web browser today. They’ve got some fun celebratory items up, including memories from cofounder and CEO Jon von Tetzchner, a secret origin in comic-strip form, some predictions for the future, and a list of fifteen reasons to use Opera. The company’s saying that Opera is the oldest browser that’s still extant, and while that’s a defensible interpretation of history, it’s subject to debate. It’s marking its fifteenth birthday not ...

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