Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 19, 2005 03:30 AM
It's amusing to see the author of this article almost completely sidestep the issue that Opera is actually adware (he mentions it very briefly at the end of the penultimate paragraph) and that the default placing of the Google text ads in Opera (right across the browser's entire window width and directly under the main menu bar) make it far too easy to accidentally click one of the ads instead of one of the menu bar items.
Yes, you can remove the ads, but only by paying for Opera, which would make negate the review's purpose (to compare two zero-cost-to-end-user browsers). Or you can go for garish animated ads of course (which don't cover the entire browser width and hence don't clash with the main menu, surprise, surprise - devious of the Opera folks or what?). I felt the fact that the author completely skimmed over this quite serious adware issue devalued his comparison somewhat.
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Article careful to barely mention Opera's ads
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 19, 2005 03:30 AMYes, you can remove the ads, but only by paying for Opera, which would make negate the review's purpose (to compare two zero-cost-to-end-user browsers). Or you can go for garish animated ads of course (which don't cover the entire browser width and hence don't clash with the main menu, surprise, surprise - devious of the Opera folks or what?). I felt the fact that the author completely skimmed over this quite serious adware issue devalued his comparison somewhat.
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