Opera is faster and more compact, configurable, and standards-compliant than most browsers. That and a new email feature make Opera 5.x a strong contender in the browser market. Experienced Web browsers and power surfers will learn to take advantage of Opera's surprisingly powerful capabilities, including how to open multiple windows without running out of memory, retrieve multiple documents simultaneously, and navigate entirely with the keyboard.
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Opera may be the best browser you've never heard of. Designed with efficiency in mind--it consumes less hard-disk space and memory than other browsers, and it completes network transactions with minimal overhead--Opera boasts more than two million users. It's not stripped down either: Opera supports Java and JavaScript, and uses the multiple-document interface (MDI) to let you show multiple Web pages in a single browser window. The Opera 5.x Book introduces Opera via its Windows version, but the interface is so similar under all supported platforms that the instructions hold up well across all. An excellent index makes it easy to find facts and procedures, and even includes a lot of error messages, so it's easy to find explanations for them.
Author J.S. Lyster, who has helped test and refine Opera for several years, assumes little knowledge on the part of readers and documents everything, down to the most obscure keyboard shortcut, in detail. Opera's simplicity of design and intuitively useful interface may make some of the coverage seem unnecessary, but that's the nature of comprehensive documentation. Lavishly illustrated and peppered with references to specialized utilities and plug-ins, this book is, like its subject, full-featured but invariably efficient. --David Wall
Topics covered: The Opera 5.x family of efficient Internet tool suites (Opera is a browser and a mail/news client). Chapters address installation under Windows, browser customization, electronic mail and newsgroup configuration, Java, helper applications, and the special considerations of having multiple users use a single copy of Opera.
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J.S. Lyster has used Opera since its beginning, testing beta versions and gaining a thorough knowledge of the product—meaning that his claim to fame is not that he’s written 100 computer books. His book reaches a core audience of power Opera users who want to surf the Internet quickly and with no hindrances. Opera is the only real alternative to the bloated browsers—and a great one at that.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Impressive,
By "d_jeremy62" (Essex, Connecticut) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Opera 5.X Book: Browsing the Web with Speed and Style (Paperback)
This book did the trick for me. I've used Opera for about 2 years - ever since 4 came out. The book is easy to read, and there are at least 3 chapters dedicated to customizing Opera. The samples on the CD are great for customizing e-mail and the instant messenger. Well worth it.
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Dud,
By Jeff Thompson (San Jose, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Opera 5.X Book: Browsing the Web with Speed and Style (Paperback)
This book is pretty much a dud. There seems to be very little here that can't be found in some form on Opera's web site. I think its overpriced by 60%. Opera itself is definitely a browser worth looking into, but this book was a waste of my money.
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