Opera 10.51 Problems
Saturday, May 01, 2010 (19:26:34)

Posted by JCJordan

Since I do web design, I have multiple browsers installed one of them being Opera. Currently the latest build is 10.51, which in my opinion is a downgrade from previous versions. Most of my pages do not load properly, ie takes much too long for the page to show up or I have to click "Stop" in order to get the page to show up at all. Another annoyance that I have found is that the previous versions kept the taskbar clean and only used one window for the browser much like firefox does. Now however, Opera is acting more like the dreaded Internet Explorer and has one taskbar icon for each tab opened.

While many people may not see these issues as such, having developed websites for years, it's the little things that become the most annoying. When changing the looks of a website, it takes away precious time if you have to hit stop just to see what your changes look like and even then it sometimes won't load everything.

While I have used Opera since Version 8.?? and actually purchased it, I have not been using it quite as often as I had in those days. The Opera team has made many new features available, but in my opinion, too many options are just as bad as not enough options.

*Edit* While there has been a new version released (10.53), Opera still does not load some of my secure sites very well. I have had to modify the security settings to allow all types of TLS and SSL just for it to load my management page for my websites. It is currently loading the secured pages but it is still taking too much time in my opinion.