Most underhyped application of 2008?

December 30, 2008 · by EspenAO

According to an article on Lifehacker dated back early in December Opera was listed as one of the most underhyped application of 2008, which was a great year for the Norwegian browser company with many product releases. Worth mentioning is their praise of Opera users (which we all know to be true):

"While our current browser stats show usage numbers that trail behind newcomer Chrome, Opera users are almost religious about their love for the free browser."

There are also other great software products listed which all deserve a spotlight.

You can vote, leave comments and help support Opera on their Web site - get all the juice on Lifehacker.

Kudos starcatcher66 for bringing this article to our attention. Keep 'em coming!

Readers' comments 8

Left under the original article, as archived.

OmegaJunior30. December 2008, 23:01:29
Well... let Wikipedia and YouTube tell everyone to use Opera instead of Google Chrome and you've got the masses on your hand...

Unfortunately, Google owns YouTube. Hmmm... maybe Opera can take over Facebook, Myspace, Hyves, World of Warcraft, and Second Life...
operainchicago30. December 2008, 23:08:19
Opera browser is the best....the very best Chrome will turn to rust in 2009 (just like Chicago politics)
Chas430. December 2008, 23:46:45
operainchicago ha ha the Chrome finish on Chrome will rust

ps Tamil is late
Tamil31. December 2008, 04:00:10
Originally posted by Chas4:

Tamil is late
Nope, EspenAO posted this earlier.
dantesoft31. December 2008, 08:48:20
Religious, as in the church of the latter-day standards? Oh yeah. Plus it's so easy to join™ (warning, logo impersonators).

And so far impossible to leave.
AOTEAROAnz31. December 2008, 14:03:52
Opera browser is the best....the very best Chrome will turn to rust in 2009 (just like Chicago politics)

Niceone.. Happy New Year
2009! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Off topic yet relevant. All the best for 2009 Choose Opera
_deXter_31. December 2008, 17:52:41
Besides Opera, I think Executor is highly underrated. It's way better than FARR but FARR gets more publicity

Another underdog is As Muncher. I just can't fathom why some people think AdBlock/urlfilter is better/sufficient... sigh.

Third on my list is UlitimateDefrag. Besides being the best file placement optimizer thanks to the sheer number of choices (and speed), it's also the only program that can not only defrag all types of NTFS metadata, but also allows you to specify their exact placement and customize exact MFT sizes!!

A few others in my list are: bbClean (Blackbox), Naviscope, Toonel, AutoHotkey, Puppy Linux, POP Peeper, foobar2000, UltraExplorer, cFosSpeed, IOBit SmartDefrag, Sequoia View, UltraVNC, Miranda IM, Abyss Web Server...

Here's wishing that the new year ushers in better luck for deserving programs
GGenia3. January 2009, 09:48:12
Про что речь ведётся? Иноземцы, если пишите на своём тупом языке, то будте добры свои мысли писать по Russian