Some questions were raised. I particularly like the second and third ones. But hey, it's 10 years old now. It all moves so fast and so slow. I'd forgotten myself.
Opera shows the page badly sometimes because it's at fault, and sometimes because it's right.
And regardless, in my logs at least, it's in a solid number 3 spot, and some days it beats out Netscape. I own no stock in Opera. Personal experience has shown it has a real double personality, being both the superior product of an advanced civilization and stupidly buggy at the same time. Politically, I think it's really important we have a fully functioning browser not owned by a content producer. In other news, Rory has suggested that instead of a text upgrade notice, use an image with an empty alt.