I finally got around to installing Opera 5. I love it. It\’s much improved over the old version. Popup windows are handled perfectly now, whereas in the old version, popup windows would, uh, pop up maximized. It\’s still fast as it ever was, and it even seems like they sped up the loading time a little bit.

The gestures are really neat too. For example, to stop you hold down the right button and move the mouse up. To go back you move the mouse left. You can also hold the right button and click the left button. And to go forward, just do the opposite.

The new version is free, but has ads at the top. You can get rid of the ads by registering and paying $39. I think a program as good as Opera is really worth buying and supporting.

Best of all, Opera finally works with Blogger! There\’s a little bug where after you press \”post\” everything disappears, but when you reload the page everything shows up again.