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I used Opera for about a year when it first came out, and was unimpressed as far as features went. The speed was very good, though.

What has Opera got that has you sold on it? I may need to get a new version.

"What has Opera got that has you sold on it?"

I have used Opera as my primary browser for about four years. I therefore usually notice its features when I try another browser and discover that the other browser doesn't have a feature I am used to.

I think you are right to consider downloading a copy and trying it. Every person uses a browser for different things, and therefore one man's feature is another man's useless add-on.

Things I especially like are:
The ability to open many windows at once. For instance if you had a folder that contained a dozen of your favorite stock market sites, with one click you can open all 12 sites.

Another feature is the ability to shrink or expand the content of any window, from 1/5 original size to ten times original size.

It has a bar along the top with a window into which you can type a word to be found on a page, or to be liiked up in a search engine.

I would suggest you give it a try.

Well, I am an Opera fan, too.

I use IE at the office because I have no choice, but I use Opera at home, and have not regretted the expense.

A couple of things I like and use a lot:

Zoom feature. Can make a page much bigger or smaller; really helpful with pictures. Also with text; less strain on the eyes.

Can set a page to reload automatically at an interval of my choosing. This is helpful for sports or Drudge.

If I close out accidentally, or if it crashes (rare), all the windows that were open reopen when I relaunch.

Can turn off all pop-ups -- it works!

There are other reasons too, I'm sure. I set a lot of preferences when I first started using it that I don't recall, but was pleased at the time to see such options.

One more that I just remembered -- I listen to streaming audio -- many times the audio feed doesn't go to Media Player or Real Player, but opens its own IE window. Often on IE when I click a link, it decides to put that page in the audio window -- bye bye audio. Not a problem with Opera.

You might want to try K-Meleon. It's a Win32 front end for the Mozilla renderer. URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kmeleon In my experience it, Galeon (GNOME version) and Chimera (OSX) are damn fast compared to IE, NS, etc.