Opera Software ASA has released
Opera version 8 this time with voice support (and yes, it works very well).
Although Firefox is on my machine, and I use it, I don't use it as much as I do Opera. It has always been fast. I loved the gestures when they were introduced in version 5. There is no ad-blocking per se, but you can download a stylesheet that removes them from view (you can define your own stylesheets to force certain websites to look the way
you want regardless of the author's settings!). Search Google for "adblocker.css opera"
You know that computer commercial where the guy, obviously looking at porn, has his wife come down to check and see what he's doing on the computer and he can't turn off the monitor fast enough? Hit a key to remove images from the current view.
Want to navigate using one hand? Hit Z to go back one page, X to go forward. Hell, you could even use the aforementioned voice capability and say "Opera, Back" and go back one page.
I've used it since 2.12 and I've always had a soft spot for it. Super fast, super small.. I can't say enough about it.