So you've decided to try using Opera. Clever you.
There are nice easy instructions to be found on how to download and install Opera here.
The default settings are more than adequate for your installation so just go ahead and follow the above instructions.
Once Opera starts up, just carry on having a look around you, most things are self explanatory and encountering things for the first time, you should read the dialogs and understand what they're telling you.
Don't worry though, everything can be put back if you change it, nothing you can do is irrevocable. When you know more about what you're doing, you'll be better able to decide how/whether you want these things to help you.
The best advice I can give is to just start browsing around - if you're adventurous, you can use the provided bookmarks to find out new things; and there are convenient bookmarks to a bunch of sites including many to Opera resources for you to explore at your own leisure. Otherwise just visit your favorite sites and see how perfectly Opera handles them.
Essential Tips:
If you don't like the bookmarks being on your left like that, you can turn that off by pressing F4. Pressing F4 again will bring it back.
Pressing F12 gives you options that you might want to change more often. Just to start off, you might want to use the option that says "Open requested pop-up windows only", which will block unwanted pop-ups (one of the best reasons for using Opera). Most pop-ups you'll want will still come up - but if you're having problems, going back to "Accept pop-up windows" might help (highly unlikely)
That's already alot for most people on the first day, so just keep browsing around and appreciate how nicely Opera does things. If you're ready to move on, you can carry on to Day 2.
I've decided that I must start on my Switcher's guide to Opera/Gentle Day to day tips for Opera Migration. I'm aware of but have not read a similar guide called 30 Days to becoming an Opera-Lover, and I suppose this is quite similar, thought that was specific to Opera 6.
This is meant to be a very gradual guide that gives suggestions and helpful info that anyone can follow - I'm writing this with my Mom in mind - if she can do it, all of you people should be able to.
This was meant to be the Day 0 post, just to get some things out of the way, a kind of preamble if you will. Most of this will probably end up with proper formating on my Opera Fanboy Site.
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