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Opera for free
Ottox Started conversation Aug 30, 2005
Opera turns 10 today (30 Aug.)
They are giving away registration codes for free for as long as the party lasts!
http://my.opera.com/community/party/
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Aug 30, 2005
I lost my registration code some time ago - be nice to have a new one 
Looks like a lot of folks are up for one too - the site has slowed to a crawl. Or was it always like that?
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Ottox Posted Aug 30, 2005
I think it came on slashdot around the same time as I posted here...
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Sep 1, 2005
Thank you Ottox!
For those who didn't get a code - this is how I avoided the banner ad in Opera (in Windows):
Press F11?thread=Thank you Ottox!
For those who didn't get a code - this is how I avoided the banner ad in Opera (in Windows):
Press F11 for full screen mode If you want to type in a new URL, press F2 Use other keyboard shortcuts as well, such as: Ctrl+N for new window Alt+<- (left arrow) to go back Alt+-> (right arrow) to go forward Ctrl+F4 to close a window (or Ctrl+W as I found out after my F4 key got a bit sticky after I had accidentally spilled some wine on my keyboard)
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HappyDude Posted Sep 20, 2005
http://opera.com/
anyone who missed the free reg codes might want to visit the Opera web site quick 
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Ste Posted Sep 20, 2005
No need for "quick"
Opera has turned free! Rejoice! Now the whole world can stop driving their crappy little Citroen 2CVs and start zipping around in a Bently.
Rah!
Ste
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Sep 20, 2005
I've just dloaded the new 8.5 version... with my BitTorrent client
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Sep 20, 2005
I mean, officially - from Opera
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Mina Posted Sep 22, 2005
ooh, no banners!
I assume they've gone free because Firefox is and that's so popular.
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Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Sep 22, 2005
And maybe because of the key-generators that are free
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Mina Posted Sep 23, 2005
I just downloaded a free version, but I was talking about the reasons for their decision, rather than the method.
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HappyDude Posted Sep 23, 2005
more likely they are making enough cash from licensing it for embedded use (mobile phones, pda's, etc) that they can afford to make it free now.
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Sep 23, 2005
If I download the new version, do I have to uninstall the other version, or do I just trash the folder that has the application in it?
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Sep 23, 2005
How do I do that?
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Mina Posted Sep 24, 2005
I just turned Opera off, downloaded and installed, then started up again.
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- 1: Ottox (Aug 30, 2005)
- 2: Ste (Aug 30, 2005)
- 3: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Aug 30, 2005)
- 4: Ottox (Aug 30, 2005)
- 5: Mina (Sep 1, 2005)
- 6: Titania (gone for lunch) (Sep 1, 2005)
- 7: Ottox (Sep 1, 2005)
- 8: Mina (Sep 1, 2005)
- 9: HappyDude (Sep 20, 2005)
- 10: Ste (Sep 20, 2005)
- 11: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Sep 20, 2005)
- 12: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Sep 20, 2005)
- 13: Mina (Sep 22, 2005)
- 14: Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking (Sep 22, 2005)
- 15: Mina (Sep 23, 2005)
- 16: HappyDude (Sep 23, 2005)
- 17: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Sep 23, 2005)
- 18: HappyDude (Sep 23, 2005)
- 19: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Sep 23, 2005)
- 20: Mina (Sep 24, 2005)
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