{"id":126,"date":"2005-09-20T14:21:16","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T12:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/09\/20\/opera-85-both-free-and-banner-free\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T14:24:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:24:23","slug":"opera-85-both-free-and-banner-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/09\/20\/opera-85-both-free-and-banner-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera 8.5 – both free and banner free!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A while ago, we were told by Opera that they would have some big news for us at a later time. Speculations were rife if this meant a free version of Opera without advertising banner – but we didn’t know, and Opera wouldn’t tell.<\/p>\n

Then there was a party<\/a>, and to celebrate its 10 years, Opera gave away free registration codes. This were of course big news, and millions got their code for free. So in a way, it seemed that the big news we were promised were<\/strong> a free browser, without advertising – if not the way it was expected.<\/p>\n

However, don’t forget: This is Opera, a company with a great taste for PR<\/a>. Today Opera 8.5 was released<\/a> – and it’s free<\/a>! The advertising banners are gone! If the banners were turning you off earlier, now there’s no excuse anymore. Go to Opera, download<\/a> it. And if there’s too much traffic, download with bittorrent<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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