Several days after Opera 8.5 was announced free, people all over the world downloaded the fastest browser on Earth. The ad banner that used to be placed on the free version of Opera was already removed. It has completely gone free.
Only two days after the free Opera was released, one million people have download it from the Opera website — and still counting. At this moment the download counter has reached 1.4 million.
Now that Opera is free, you have more options to choose from. In my opinion, loyal Firefox users would still stick to Firefox… IE fanboys would remain a fanboy unless saved by the angels. It’s like religion — those faithful followers of Firefox would stick to Firefox while the undecided will be converted. The free thinkers would be wiser and use Firefox, Opera, or any alternative browser they feel like using, occasionally switching from one browser to another.
September 23rd, 2005 at 4:11 pm
any browsers, but please, not IE.
September 25th, 2005 at 10:21 pm
[...] I have read from Echo Binary that Opera is now offered free to all of its users. I am so happy then, because now I can browse with Opera with no ads infecting my browsing experience. [...]