Crafted deep in the lands of ice and snow, Opera is the best browser that you’ve never used, unless you’re a web developer or own a web-capable Nintendo console. At least, that’s what the statistics I’ve seen imply.

This isn’t to say the browser sucks. Far from it. It’s generally fast, it’s incredibly standards-compliant, and there’s versions of it for everything from my PC to my phone to my Wii. One thing that has kept me from using it much is Firefox. Mozilla’s love child is comparable in standards compliance and has a robust line of add-ons that extends the browser’s functionality immensely, allowing all sorts of nifty functions. In particular I’ve been making good use of FireFTP, Greasemonkey, Operator, Personas, ColorZilla, and Web Developer (to name a few).

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