Verdict A streamlined alternative to Internet Explorer and Netscape.
Opera also comes at a cost.
This means you can access WAP sites directly from your desktop. The major problem for Opera is that most Web sites are designed with IE and Netscape Navigator in mind, which means that some sites might not function as they should. The problem we encountered was with sites using Macromedia's Shockwave or Flash. Opera's browser responded noticeably faster than both IE 5.0 and Netscape Navigator 6. The option to have no images at all or to use only those stored in the cache accelerates page loading.