HALEAKALARI  ach... the only thing which prevents me from using opera on my mac(s) is its lack of keychain integration/support. i cannot fathom why opera doesn't have its mac team working on this, i mean, a lot of us (including myself) have hundreds of keychain entries, and there's no way i'm going to regularly use a browser unless it can read and write keychain entries... in-fact, even an importer [from keychain to wand] of some sort, would be a good step. i'm sure a lot of people would be more apt to try opera for mac, if some sort of keychain support was added.  
(Version 9.60)

MRLEON  When 1Password works with Opera, then I might consider trying this browser.  
(Version 10.0a1)

ALLANMACAM  If only I could use 1Password with it I would be a convert  
(Version 10.0rc1)

DP-G4-450GUY  "Fixed a moderately severe issue; details will be disclosed at a later date"

Excuse me ??

This is ridiculous.

What sort of guessing game are they trying to play here? How do I tell my bosses to 'hold on till a later date' on a moderately SEVERE issue, most probably relating to security?

This is very, very poor technical writing.  
(Version 9.64)

MNTBIGHKER  No 1Password support.. sorry can't use it :-( And it does have a really ugly look on the Mac.  
(Version 9.64)

CALL ME YO DADDY  Besides being snail slow on my relatively new MacBook, the UI is ABSOLUTELY grotesque and horrific in a Mac environment.

In light of IE 8, Google Chrome, Safari 4 which is all on the way and Trace Monkey, which is a new Java Script rendering technology in Firefox that is even faster than Google Chrome, I can't see Opera surviving for very long.

Opera STILL to this day has not even achieved a 1% market share and with the renewed browser wars in full swing, it likely never will.

It's sad because Opera use to boast it's self as being the fastest browser available but that boast has long been silenced.

R.I.P. Opera (+_ +)  
(Version 9.60b1)

SAVO33BRAVO THE LIAR  UFFFF ! beautiful .... LOVE IT !!! So fast and smooth WOW !!!

The only thing in mean time is luck of 1PASSWORD otherwise this is my browser hands down ...  
(Version 10.0)

JON555  Still doesn't have Smooth Scrolling. I never realized such a simple feature could have such a big impact on regular browsing.  
(Version 10.0)

ZX81  I keep coming back to Opera to check its progress. What I like about it : it still works with Mac OS 10.3.9 (so I can keep using my old iBook G4), it opens pages while other browsers don't (The new Deezer, for example).

The main drawback : 1Password compatibility, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!  
(Version 10.0b2)

JOBBY  So, I applied a simple version update, and Opera reset all my preferences.

That meant that, on starting up, it reloaded all my saved pages and allowed them to set cookies, run Javascript, Java, Flash etc, EVEN THOUGH I HAD EXPLICITLY TURNED ALL OF THESE OFF.

This is supposed to be a SECURE browser? I would have been better off staying with the old version!

Opera devs, here is a list of circumstances when you may set default preferences:

1) When there is no pref file in existence because the user has never run ANY version of Opera.

2) When the user explicitly tells you to.

THAT IS ALL. If you're going to reset prefs at any other time, at least TELL THE USER YOU'VE DONE SO, and then ALLOW THEM TO SET THEM BACK *BEFORE* LOADING ANY CONTENT!

I am SERIOUSLY pissed off with Opera right now. Even Microsoft don't pull this crap.  
(Version 9.64)