So I decided to "upgrade" (always a subjective term) to the free version of Opera 7.51 from 7.23.
It took me a little while to arrange the toolbar icons at the top to simulate the feel of 7.23, but after I did, and got used to the small icons instead of the big blue candy ones, it was all good. I still don't get why the rewind button is so riced out. Does it function differently than the old one? I don't know. I haven't used it yet.
Overall, 7.5 is... basically the same as the old version. Some stuff has moved around and some stuff has been worded differently, but that's it. Maybe I'm overlooking a lot of stuff, like what's under the hood.
Things render a bit differently in the new version, as is to be expected, I guess. One anomaly that's staring me in the face right now is the "Search!" button that has migrated to a spot directly under the "Search Category" header (right here on the Anandtech forums, I mean). It used to be off to the side of the box where you type, and I liked it there.
One issue, though: On some pages, I get a file download dialogue (or three), asking whether I want to download what I can only guess are cookies, or ads, or something. I really don't know, and I haven't taken the time to look at the files to see for sure. For example, I went to billboard.com, and I got three of these boxes on every page. I didn't download any of the files.
It doesn't happen often, but maybe someone else using this version could offer some insight.
Opera 7.51 is, all said, a nice change of pace. As long as it's better than IE, I'm totally down. Anyone else using it?
It took me a little while to arrange the toolbar icons at the top to simulate the feel of 7.23, but after I did, and got used to the small icons instead of the big blue candy ones, it was all good. I still don't get why the rewind button is so riced out. Does it function differently than the old one? I don't know. I haven't used it yet.
Overall, 7.5 is... basically the same as the old version. Some stuff has moved around and some stuff has been worded differently, but that's it. Maybe I'm overlooking a lot of stuff, like what's under the hood.
Things render a bit differently in the new version, as is to be expected, I guess. One anomaly that's staring me in the face right now is the "Search!" button that has migrated to a spot directly under the "Search Category" header (right here on the Anandtech forums, I mean). It used to be off to the side of the box where you type, and I liked it there.
One issue, though: On some pages, I get a file download dialogue (or three), asking whether I want to download what I can only guess are cookies, or ads, or something. I really don't know, and I haven't taken the time to look at the files to see for sure. For example, I went to billboard.com, and I got three of these boxes on every page. I didn't download any of the files.
It doesn't happen often, but maybe someone else using this version could offer some insight.
Opera 7.51 is, all said, a nice change of pace. As long as it's better than IE, I'm totally down. Anyone else using it?
