@Chadcn:

>-what green links are you referring to?

The ones that appear as URL suggestions when you type in the address bar, as well as downloads.

>-why do you need a separate search field when you can search in the address field?

Because I don't want browser to start searching when I intend to go to certain URL and vice versa. Search field and address field have different purposes.

It also hijacks the default behavior: when you type "cnn" it should go to cnn.com, not to search for cnn. Although my service provider hijacked it regardless.

>-how are they annoying and distracting? the animation is minimal. Safari has the exact same behavior

The tab animation is annoying and distracting (although, evidently, not to everyone). Every time the tabs regroup there's annoying movement at the top of the window that is totally unnecessary. I didn't ask for any convulsions (aka "animations") and I don't want to watch them like hundred times a day (even for a fraction of second). Users have to have choice to disable it.

Safari's tabs regroup instantly, without convulsions.

@Marek: Well thank you!

According to the "validator":

this page: 65 errors,
CNN.com: 104 errors
MacUpdate.com: 175 errors
Adobe.com: 34 errors
Microsoft.com: 104 errors

I don't know if Opera is built upon this "validation", but if it is, then maybe it should switch to a real world approach.

Maybe it explains why in version 10.0 Opera couldn't even display properly CNN pages with comments (something that any other browser could) - they fixed it in 10.5.

But even now, Opera CANNOT render CNN website properly. Go to CNN.com and look at the fonts - then compare to normal browsers. Then try to log in if you're a member: your status at the top of the page will not be updated as it does in any normal browsers.

In fact, Opera can't even render THIS page properly: the small add on the right is shifted.

Or try this: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/21749/linkoptimizer

How useful is that for a browser?

I'm with Opera 11

-The products part of the sidebar of my website (http://zevrix.com) is all screwed up (fonts and line height).

-The cursor doesn't change to hand over the Zevrix Solutions logo, LinkOptimizer plaque and the home-email-store icons in the top left corner; sometime doesn't change to hand over product names in the sidebar.

I changed some images since my original post, but Opera displayed a black gaping hole near an image then.

Plus read my comments about the CNN website. From my experience so far, Opera is a joke, sorry.

@Shmack: What a sad attempt of thinking. Comments like yours actually do the worst service for Opera, because you don't want it to improve but to stay malfunctioning as it is now. Opera cannot render websites properly and misleads people regarding the way websites are supposed to look and behave.

As I pointed out, not only can't Opera display the Zevrix website properly, but also THIS page and CNN.com (one of the most popular websites in the world). Maybe this sad attempt of a browser should switch to a proven web engine, such as WebKit or Gecko.

@Virgeist: Why would be my user name the same as my company? Ummm... maybe because it's the name of my company?

Anyway, I wish I didn't have to post it here and Opera displayed websites properly. I'm sure if you had your website, you'd be also unhappy if a browser couldn't render it properly. I sent report to Opera when it was n version 10, as well as recently, and nothing has been done. As I mentioned several times, it's not limited to my website, but even the most popular ones such as CNN. Opera just keeps misleading users regarding proper website appearance.