It was amazingly quick to download, install and get going. The whole process leaves you with an impression that it’s lightweight and efficient. Once you fire up the browser, it has a fresh feel about it, in addition to providing a fast browsing experience even when there are a good number of tabs open.

Most of us have loved Firefox since the day it saved us from Internet Explorer. It’s always surfed like a dream but in the last few months, it seems to have got more sluggish and even closed down a few times. When you have 20 to 30 tabs open across a few windows and your browser decides to crash, you tend to blame the browser, although you probably shouldn’t have that many open in the first place.

Like it or not, when a brand doesn’t keep up to it’s perfect past performance, such as Tiger Woods, there may be irreparable repercussions.

We’ll all still use FireFox but it has lost one of the ultimate pillars of its brand to us – namely, that ‘there was no need to look for an alternative’. When it crashes on you more than once, there’s a need.

Treat yourself to a new browser now:

You’ll see it for yourself in less than 5 minutes – Click here to download Opera (yes, it’s free!)

Opera Software also offers a range of other software and business solutions:

• Opera Mini 4.2
• Opera Unite
• Business Solutions
• Opera Mini 5 beta 2
• Opera Mobile for smartphones
• My Opera

About Opera Software

Opera started in 1994 as a research project inside Norway’s largest telecom company, Telenor. Within a year, it branched out into an independent development company named Opera Software ASA.

Today, Opera Software develops the Opera Web browser, a high-quality, multi-platform product for a wide range of platforms, operating systems and embedded Internet products – including Mac, PC and Linux computers, mobile phones and PDAs, game consoles, and other devices like the Nintendo Wii, DS, Sony Mylo, and more.

More: http://www.opera.com/