Yes, that's right. From today Opera is free of charge with no banner/ads.

You can download the browser from here (http://www.opera.com/) and read more about Opera (and why it's now free) here (http://www.opera.com/free/).

And just to list some of the features included:

mouse gestures
pop-up blocking
spell checking
Voice browsing (just talk to your browser)
Text to speech (don't strain your eyes, listen to the text instead)
integrated google search (and the ability to integrate any other search engine)
translation of pages
and much much more... (http://www.opera.com/features)


Enjoy :)

Yipee!! Its NOW that the browser wars have really begin, coz OPERA rules...

New opera users, do not forget to go here : http://nontroppo.org/wiki/Opera - gret site for configuring opera(custom search, draggable buttons)

Njoy!