Look here for computer tips, Web site reviews, and the latest news from Starpower, The Live Wire of Communications. Time Warner's Netscape Navigator. But we know for sure that University of Illinois researchers say only about 6 percent of the Web's visitors use any browser other than the Big Two. Still, those 6 percent may be on to something. If you use your browser for surfing only and you are interested in speed and simplicity you might want to consider a no-name brand.
Opera is the brainchild of two young Norwegian programmers.
Their company has barely 100 employees - in contrast to the many thousands at the Big Two. When you run the Opera 5.0 installer you'll see a dialog box that explains that the program is free as long as you accept a banner advertising feature. The ad space is a tiny browser window that floats alongside the Opera toolbar. Basically, Opera is a lean, no-frills browser and for that reason it works fast. For example, Opera loads cached pages more than twice as fast as Netscape 6.