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Opera Software gives away browser for 24 hours
Macworld ^ | August 30, 2005 | Peter Cohen

Posted on 08/30/2005 12:01:32 PM PDT by Panerai

Oslo, Norway-based Opera Software ASA on Tuesday announced that it’s giving away complimentary registration codes for its Opera Web browser for 24 hours on Tuesday, August 30, 2005. The giveaway is to celebrate Opera’s 10th anniversary.

Opera costs nothing to download and use, but unless a registration code is entered, the software displays advertisements. By filling out your e-mail address on the 10-Year Online Anniversary Web site, you get registration codes for each of the desktop operating systems opera supports, including Mac OS X, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris, and three flavors of Linux.

Opera features pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searching on Google, Amazon and eBay, e-mail, RSS newsfeed support and IRC chat. The browser’s interface can be customized with new “skins” as well.

The current version of Opera works on Mac OS X v10.2 or later.


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KEYWORDS: firefox; internetexplorer; opera; web

1 posted on 08/30/2005 12:01:35 PM PDT by Panerai
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To: Panerai

Been using opera for the last 5 years on all my linux boxes, and one win box. Still love it, and would never go back.


2 posted on 08/30/2005 12:04:56 PM PDT by xcamel (Deep Red, stuck in a "bleu" state.)
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To: Panerai; xcamel

But why bother paying for the registered version?


3 posted on 08/30/2005 12:06:20 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Panerai
the word must really be spreading fast!

Just went to their website (http://my.opera.com/community/party/), but coudn't access. Their server must be swamped.

Oh, well; will try later.

4 posted on 08/30/2005 12:06:22 PM PDT by doc11355
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To: Panerai

direct link: http://my.opera.com/community/party/


5 posted on 08/30/2005 12:07:56 PM PDT by cfo (God Bless America!)
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To: Panerai

great....I've been paying for it since version 2.x (which fit on a floppy)


6 posted on 08/30/2005 12:08:40 PM PDT by stylin19a (In golf, some are long, I'm "Lama Long")
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To: Panerai

Help me out.. is the code being offered for 24 hours, or will the code expire after 24 hours?


7 posted on 08/30/2005 12:10:17 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
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To: Panerai

Also here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473455/posts


8 posted on 08/30/2005 12:11:55 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

"Help me out.. is the code being offered for 24 hours, or will the code expire after 24 hours?"

Good question. It's gotta be free for good, though, I would think, once installed -- not only 24 hours.

I probably shouldn't have given them my email address, when asked for. I bet you can bypass that and still get the code. Dammit! I just hate getting spamed to death.


9 posted on 08/30/2005 12:39:40 PM PDT by jdm (Ted Kennedy should drive Cindy Sheehan home.)
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To: Panerai

ping! this is great for anyone who doesnt want to use IE but also doesn't support the overtly leftwing mozilla/firefox


10 posted on 08/30/2005 1:01:47 PM PDT by minus_273
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

it isbeing offerd fro 24 hrs. basically opera is free if you download it today


11 posted on 08/30/2005 1:02:46 PM PDT by minus_273
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To: jdm

Sign up for "throw away" yahoo accounts for junk mail purposes.


12 posted on 08/30/2005 1:27:49 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
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To: minus_273
ping! this is great for anyone who doesnt want to use IE but also doesn't support the overtly leftwing mozilla/firefox

How is mozilla/firefox "overtly leftwing"?
13 posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:13 PM PDT by SolarisRocks
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To: SolarisRocks
Draw your own conclusions. from the mozilla website:


14 posted on 08/30/2005 3:20:44 PM PDT by minus_273
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To: SolarisRocks
"How is mozilla/firefox "overtly leftwing"?"

Their top news stories are almost exclusively provided by the BBC. In addition, their "favorite links" section includes such left-wing, anti-Bush music criticism/review sites such as pitchforkmedia.com.

15 posted on 08/30/2005 5:02:14 PM PDT by jdm (Get an Opera browser free today (8/30) only: http://my.opera.com/community/party/)
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To: Panerai

Windows w-Uk6mF-udiEz-KumPF-ciXsB-kEHyi
Linux Intel u-SsUFF-55EEA-wmwvF-apPLB-47Xdi
Linux PowerPC p-fay3F-jQUkA-hVVaF-w6s7B-v34Rh
Linux Sparc k-vyd3E-CWaYz-KwibH-Kv76A-fCpSi
FreeBSD f-xnLcH-5eWvA-RrEXE-MjEhC-4hi4h
Solaris s-iS4mH-sjYkB-h5DwJ-eVJKz-J5Yxh
Mac m-rRcdJ-ccSbC-a6wEH-mURAA-FB43f


16 posted on 08/30/2005 8:00:34 PM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
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To: Panerai

Any time you skip a pop up, you're stealing the internet ;-)


17 posted on 08/30/2005 9:14:41 PM PDT by impatient
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To: minus_273
LOL, I believe that 'communist Mozilla' graphic was done as a joke because everyone was claiming it was socialistic.
18 posted on 08/30/2005 9:59:40 PM PDT by yhwhsman ("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: yhwhsman
no that is the logo for the mozilla party. there are a ton more communist images on the banner page. this isnt a joke.
19 posted on 08/30/2005 11:46:33 PM PDT by minus_273
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