Opera Browser Problems Build up and Deepen

ZDNET, March 8th, 2010
'Highly critical' flaw found in Opera browser,
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5619

"Opera a massive memory hog"
(Soap)Opera Forum
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=512601

The Opera browser does not work well for users, but it apparently works well for hackers!

As I mentioned in my previous post, Opera 10.51 is a real pain in the ass. It crashes upon start-up. It crashes during browsing. And now the only people who can get it to work are the bad guys trying to take over your computer.

The morons over at Opera, and their blind-mice minions are getting what they deserve.

Submitted by alexwierbinski on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 00:15.

Update on Opera Browser 10.51 Security Problem

Submitted by alexwierbinski on Tue, 04/27/2010 - 19:19.

Here's the latest from Opera Browser on the security flaw in their browser, and offers a possible explanation for why Opera Browser 10.51 crashes all the time:

http://my.opera.com/securitygroup/blog/2010/03/09/the-malformed-content-...

Your confidence in Opera Browser 10.51 security will be lessened if you read this report carefully. Even when Opera Security was handed the flaw on a silver platter they failed to identify the serious security issues involved.

Combine this fact with the fact that they released Opera 10.51 in a state that I can only call flawed.

My conclusion is that Opera has the amazing capacity to willfully not see the zits on their own face when they look in the mirror.

This leads me to believe that Opera Browser's problem is not technical, but an issue revolving around unethical Corporate Leadership.

Willful blindness is not a technical problem, it is a problem with Opera Browser's Corporate Culture. This means that Opera Browser's unreliability is not a function of technical issues, but is centered in poor leadership. This means that users cannot rely on Opera's Browser until they can rely on Opera Corporate to make ethical decisions.

And judging by Opera's recent irresponsible behaviors, which include releasing a flawed product, hiding these flaws, and then brutally abusing, and finally censoring, the users who reported these flaws, we will not have a solid Opera browser until these behaviors are terminated.

Because these behaviors point to much deeper problems than simple technical issues, I don't see much of a future for the Opera Browser until their Corporate Culture changes considerably.

It comes down to a simple fact: A jerk is still a jerk, independent of their level of personal wealth. It does not matter if he is a rich jerk or a poor jerk, 'case he is still a jerk.

Opera is wealth. It was an excellent browser. Opera was not damaged by "improvement," but it was destroyed by the jerks in Opera management who decided to put this flawed product on the market before they worked its flaws out.

Until Opera gets the jerks out of its management team, they will continue to shoot users in the foot, while shooting themselves in the head.