Technology in Education

Installed the latest Opera web browser last night and I have to say that it’s pretty slick! This is obviously a “first impressions” thing as I haven’t had a chance to really beat on it. Some things I noticed right off:

• You can change themes without having to restart the browser.
• Very fast page loads, unbelievably fast in some cases.
• Minimalist interface, not what I was used to with Opera. I’ve been away from it for a LONG time however so this was a nice surprise.
• Tabbed browsing, of course. This seems to be a must these days. Opera did it first (I think) so this was one thing that was not a surprise.
• Widgets. Jeez, these just didn’t make sense to me. Little tools that float on your desktop only while the application is running. Just didn’t see the usefulness here. Maybe I’m to used to the extensions in FireFox and how they integrate with the interface.

OK, now go out and get it yourself. You NEED more than one browser on your computer. Internet Explorer WILL have a problem at some point in the life of your computer, count on it. Having more than one browser makes trouble shooting problems with web sites or your Internet connection much easier.

Here’s a link to their website – http://www.opera.com/.