(see end of post for 'ON topic..:) )

"Opera's desktop user base has grown by 65% in 12 months" ROFL ROFL!!!

yes, 1% marketshare to 1.65% marketshare is huge!! :D :D

Actually it is better than that, from these sites..
this one goes back to 2002!
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

this one goes back to 2007...
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=1&qpdt=1&qpct=4&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=103&qpnp=25

This will give a downloadable .CSV for playing with..
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-daily-20080701-20090821

broke the 2% barrier in may, but I think someone needs to *shutup* the whiners at HQ, and get the devs fixing stuff... Ithink the downturn in sept was due to disappointment in the 'new feature', but no comparability fixed!!

Opera mobile is good, but even that is being badly affected!!
http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_browser-ww-daily-20090115-20091014

Trouble is the average intelligence of the mobile market is a LOT lower, not helped by minimal forum help...

@BB, wow, are you ignorant or what?

"Good for them for actually trying to do something else besides launch anti-trust appeals."

Something else? Opera filed ONE antitrust complaint against Microsoft, and with good reason.

Opera has ALWAYS delivered, and has always survived and made money. One antitrust complaint doesn't change the fact that Opera is profitable, growing massively, and always improving their products.

"I always thought Opera should stick to mobile browsers instead of competing in the already dead desktop browser "market."

Actually, Opera's desktop user base has grown by 65% in 12 months. Desktop revenue in the same period was up 100%!

Not exactly a dead market..!

Good for them for actually trying to do something else besides launch anti-trust appeals. I always thought Opera should stick to mobile browsers instead of competing in the already dead desktop browser "market."

Works quite well on the Blackberry Tour 9630.

I might give it a try, although I don't use Opera on my desktop, I'm looking for a better browser for my Nokia e63 than the built in one (which isn't bad, just not great).

I wonder if it does e-mail too?

Rob

Very good browser! tested the new beta a little on my Samsung U900 (soul), works like a charm!

If you do not have a proper browser on your phone, you would do yourself a favour getting this one!

I've been a fan of the Opera mini browser for quite a while. Have version 4 on my N95, and more recently 4.2 on my N97.

I've been playing with 5 beta on the N97 all morning and it really is very good. It has a couple of things that need fixing, like the ability to turn off the virtual touch keyboard, I already have a keyboard on the phone thanks, but it's nice if you don't want to open the phone up.

Overall it's incredibly usable and stable for a beta. Certainly beats the Nokia supplied Facebook app on both counts!