Download Opera

http;//www.opera.com/download/


Here is where you can get skins panels and wallpaper.....

This is the skins area....but you can easily get to the other areas from here.

http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/

http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/customize/ (For making your own skins)

Other sites

http://opera-skins.isural.ru/
http://www.permuted.org.uk/operaskin.html

Enjoy....when i find more tools for Opera I will post it....

Sorry this link had the wrong syntax above...just noticed it.

Download Opera

http://www.opera.com/download/

Opera, the Forgotten Browser
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,66394-0.html

By Michelle Delio
02:00 AM Jan, 26, 2005

When he reads the glowing stories detailing the wonders of the fledgling Firefox web browser, Jon von Tetzchner can't help but wonder why his own baby is so often ignored.

Von Tetzchner is the CEO of Opera Software, maker of the Opera web browser. In the sort of grand comedic tragedy that echoes its name, Opera went from spending almost a decade as Internet Explorer's understudy to getting an occasional polite mention in the cavalcade of media attention currently being directed at the new superstar -- Mozilla's Firefox browser.

But the show ain't over till the fat lady sings. And Opera intends to put on a grand performance this year with a fresh version of its browser, new offices in North America and Asia, an expanded public relations campaign and an increasing emphasis on becoming the browser of choice for entertainment and mobile devices.

"Obviously we would have liked it if Opera got more media attention. At the same time, we believe it is good news that there is more interest in browsers," said von Tetzchner. "We now need to work hard to make the most of this opportunity. We believe we have a product that can handle comparison very well."

Ironically, many of the features that are now favorites among Firefox users first appeared in Opera, such as Multiple Document Interface, known as tabbed browsing in Firefox, and Mouse Gestures, which allow users to control the browser by moving their mouse instead of clicking on icons.

Opera can also match Firefox's boast of enhanced security -- that is, better security than what IE supplies.

"IE was designed to be integrated into the operating system and with other applications as much as possible. From a programmer's point of view this can be considered positive, but that also applies to programmers who are making viruses," said von Tetzchner.

"From a security perspective it is better to have less integration between the browser and the OS and other apps. At Opera, we have made a lot of decisions where security has been put higher than convenience. Sometimes it even hurts our users a little because sites that use code that could be used to do damage won't display in Opera. But we have to put security first."

The newest version of Opera -- its name is still a secret -- is slated to be released in February. Among the new features is the Trash Can, an oddly named but useful addition that acts as a sort of extended bookmark for stored history. The Trash Can also allows users to save a series of pages as a "session" and then reload that session later.

Voice Interaction, Opera's splashiest new feature, allows users to control the program by talking to their computers. Websites, e-mail and documents can also be read aloud by the browser.

"Voice Interaction is a progressive part of our vision that web browsing will soon move more into mobile phones and other small devices and browsing will need to be a hands-free experience," said Michelle Valdivia, Opera marketing communications manager. "This is very early, premature technology, but Opera wants to get ahead, get it out there and into practice to be future-ready."

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Here is the place you can get some of peoples favorite widgets....these things look cool...I haven't tried any yet but I may when I have the time to download them....and such.

http://widgets.opera.com/favorites/