I use Opera 10.51 for the purpose of getting simple layout changes displayed in different styles for web dev purposes.
On the other hand, if you are concerned about leaving traces of your browsing history on your computer, then Opera 10.x is not for the faint of heart.
Open the folder on your installation disk (normally C:/) and check out
C:\Users\[YourUserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera
I just cleared out 29,950 files, 2900 sessions and 1,931 website icons which opera stores for every visit you do. This is how they override serverside "Session Cache" and HTTP Cache settings to speed up your surfing.
And this is only from the three weeks or so I have used this version.
Imagine whats left there by default in 6 months time.
A lot of junk and for the first time in 12 years I actually considered defragging my hard disk. Until I found where the "junk files" all came from.
Edit!
Mind you I have of course set my cach to clear on exit, empty temp files on closing browser and not remembering anything in history except url's up to a max limit.
None of which made any difference in 10.51 however 9.1 works excellent on this point.
So the upgrades may not be the smoothest, nor the least intrusive and they still leave some work to desire on cache and temp file settings before they can take the step up above the 2.5% user coverage line IMHO.
On the other hand, if you are concerned about leaving traces of your browsing history on your computer, then Opera 10.x is not for the faint of heart.
Open the folder on your installation disk (normally C:/) and check out
C:\Users\[YourUserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera
I just cleared out 29,950 files, 2900 sessions and 1,931 website icons which opera stores for every visit you do. This is how they override serverside "Session Cache" and HTTP Cache settings to speed up your surfing.
And this is only from the three weeks or so I have used this version.
Imagine whats left there by default in 6 months time.
A lot of junk and for the first time in 12 years I actually considered defragging my hard disk. Until I found where the "junk files" all came from.
Edit!
Mind you I have of course set my cach to clear on exit, empty temp files on closing browser and not remembering anything in history except url's up to a max limit.
None of which made any difference in 10.51 however 9.1 works excellent on this point.
So the upgrades may not be the smoothest, nor the least intrusive and they still leave some work to desire on cache and temp file settings before they can take the step up above the 2.5% user coverage line IMHO.