As a long time “wanna-be-geek” Firefox user, I’d be hard pressed to switch to another browser. Having said that, I do use Opera occasionally but only because you perpetuate it as the end all to beat all and always waiting for you to write those “How To” tutorials, as Opera is not as intuitive as Firefox and is a particularly difficult transition from IE.

I suspect Opera’s higher learning curve is because ‘real’ geeks want that superior edge over the rest of us and, until this last upgrade, was one of Opera’s strongest selling points.

Snarky attitude aside, it is regrettable that Opera’s Development Team negatively modified its application to the extent one of its strongest supporters takes exception to the most recent upgrade. Worse are the team member’s responses provided on the forums; one can tolerate a few poor development choices but to vehemently defend those choices when its user group suggests reversals is unacceptable.

Rather than burn your Ambassador’s hat in effigy, why not give Opera’s Development Team an opportunity to get over the initial shock, ranging from disappointment to outrage resulting from its most recent efforts, and see if they don’t do the right thing in a forthcoming upgrade?

I’m just sayin’…