Opus Website Redesign Coming Summer 2010!

After a year of experience and feedback with the current Opus website, we’ve identified some areas where improvements can be made, and have been hard at work behind the scenes attempting to make them come alive for you. The first of those improvements is imminent – expect a distinctly new and brighter look to the Opus website in the middle of May 2010.

Important Note About Browsers

If you are currently using Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) as your browser, you will find our site increasingly difficult to use as we move forward. While it was once the pinnacle of browser technology, IE6 is now much more difficult to support – we want to keep moving forward with what we can offer our customers, and believe that a move away from IE6 is inevitable. We’ve noticed more and more of our customers upgrading their older browsers, but for those who have yet to do so, we urge you to take advantage of the info below to fully realize the benefits that updated browsers have to offer.

We are not alone in making such a decision. Did you know that in January of this year, France and Germany officially issued warnings about using IE6? Read more about it Here . And in March, Google itself is phasing out support for IE6 (read more about this here).

The good news?

It’s a relatively straightforward process to update your browser, and by doing so, you should find yourself having a better web experience all around (as long as your computer is somewhat up to speed) – faster performance, increased security, increased support for visual elements that actually help you around a website.

To upgrade now, or to learn more about the process, here are some helpful links:

Firefox

Firefox has been at the forefront of standards-compliant browser innovation for the last decade. Though its following was small to begin with, it has since grown to be the dominant browser on the Internet (about 46%). Firefox works nicely on Mac's and PC's, but if your computer is more than a few years old, you may notice some performance problems. Get Started with Firefox

Internet Explorer 8

Chances are that if you are using IE6, you are on a Windows XP computer. IE8 is the current browser that comes with Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system (which is meeting with good acclaim). If you have not run Windows Update from your Start Menu for a while, it is a good idea to consider doing this: though it may take some time out of your day, you will be making your computer more secure. And, as a bonus, one of those updates will be the latest version of IE. If you don't want to run Windows Update, you can also go right to Microsoft's site and just download and install the latest version. Upgrade Internet Explorer

Google Chrome

Use of Google is so taken-for-granted that people often forget it is a website, just like any other website. Google has provided so many other useful things on the Internet, it makes sense that they would develop a browser. And they have: it's called "Chrome." And though very new, it's rapidly gaining use and exposure, especially as Google enters the world of mobile Internet development. Try out Chrome

Apple Safari

You Mac users out there know Safari well - it is Apple's own browser packaged with Macbooks, iMac's and even has a mobile version for the iPhone. Windows users can also use Safari now (look for the link near the bottom of the download page). Safari has been innovating and adopting web standards right along with Firefox, Opera and others. However, older versions of Safari do have trouble with our website (especially Safari 2 and below) while newer versions often require you to have a newer operating system as well. You can find more information about this on the Safari download page. If you are on an older Mac, and can't run the newest Safari, then Firefox or Chrome might be a good alternative. Get Safari