what is opera?

The Opera Internet suite was developed by Opera software (based in Oslo, Norway) in 1995. It handles common internet-related tasks, including visiting web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, and online chat.
It runs on a variety of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X , Solaris, FreeBSD and Linux systems. It is also used in mobile phones, smartphones, Personal Digital Assistants, game consoles and interactive televisions.
Opera was designed to run on low-end and small computers, and with a commitment to computer accessibility for users who may have visual or mobility impairments.

advantages of opera

• it is possible to control nearly every aspect of the browser using only the keyboard, and the default keyboard shortcuts can be modified to suit the user.

• use of access keys supported.

• page zooming allows text, images and other content (such as Macromedia Flash, Java and Scalable Vector Graphics)to be increased or decreased in size to help those with impaired vision.

• user stylesheets may also be used to do this and to enable high contrast coloured fonts.

• pop-up blocking

• provides security information in address bar

• password manager

• it supports mouse gestures (allowing patterns of mouse movement to trigger browser actions, such as "back" or "refresh"

• voice control, co-developed with IBM, allows control of the browser without the use of a keyboard or mouse. It can also read aloud pages and marked text. IBM has a browser based on Opera.

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