Opera 7, Beta 2 (www.opera.com), is supposed to include features to increase compatibility with previously incompatible Web pages.

I am now trying it out on the UT. Two major problems in the messages area are solved, which I had in previous versions: 1) the plus and minus signs next to the messages didn't appear (so I couldn't expand or contract messages); 2) the numbers to the right of the UT toolbar buttons didn't appear (for instance, the one that says there are so-and-so many new messages).

Data allignment isn't entirely to my satisfaction, though. Perhaps I will continue using Internet Explorer for the UT. Or, let's see what happens with the final version.

I also tried another site that previously looked terrible in Opera, and that one is better now, too. The incompatible feature in this case was a pull-down menus on the Web page, that appeared without having to click. The older versions of Opera made it look terrible.

Hilmar.