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NewsForge: Opera and Firefox: A Side-by-Side Review

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 20, 2005

“Opera Software recently released version 8.00 of its eponymous
Web browser. I decided to see how the new version of the popular
commercial browser compares to the open source Mozilla Firefox 1.0.
I found both Firefox and Opera are capable browsers, and though
they are very different, each has much to offer any user.

“While Firefox is widely known, the Opera browser may need an
introduction. Opera is known for its speed and its multitude of
features…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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