Opera 10 takes center stage
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The Opera 10 browser is now ready to download for Windows, Linux, and Mac three months after the beta first emerged.
If you've been keeping up with the beta updates, the final build of the cross-platform browser shouldn't surprise you. Opera Turbo, the browser's much-publicized compression engine for slow-poke connections, remains a feature highlight. Opera claims that Opera Turbo runs the browser up to eight times faster on suffering connections than do competing browsers.
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The refreshed user interface is also noteworthy. Joining the new default skin (changed from version 9.6), are changes to tab bar behavior. The conventional tabs double as thumbnail images. Double-click the thin gray bar below the tabs (indicated by dots) or click and drag to expand open tabs into preview windows that you can navigate by clicking among them.
Other enhancements include an expanded Speed Dial (a feature that has later been adopted and adapted in Google's Chrome browser) that shows more commonly visited Web pages than in previous Opera browsers. You're also able to customize it with a background picture. You'll see that spell check will be applicable to any text field (for 51 languages), and that Opera's incorporated e-mail client takes a page from Google's books by threading e-mail conversations.
Developers get access to a newer version of Opera Dragonfly, the publisher's online development tools, but everyone can benefit from the speedier rendering engine that, according to Opera, makes version 10 up to 40 percent faster than version 9.6--before switching on Turbo's compression.
Despite all the additions that Opera hopes will keep Opera 10 competitive, there are still two notable omissions for this final release. The first is Opera Unite, which uses your browser as a Web server for sharing your content with others. The second is the Carakan JavaScript engine that promises to process JavaScript about 2.5 times as fast as the engine used in Opera 10 alpha.
This article was originally posted on CNET News.
Talkback Most Recent of 27 Talkback(s)
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No, thank you.
Never ever, ever, ever gonna use Opera.
Hallowed are the Ori1st Sep 2009 -
Not very adventurous
for someone who goes by James T. Kirk.
Check it out! Be like Lou Reed. Take a walk on the wild side!
chrome_slinky@...1st Sep 2009 -
Why not?
It's a browser Jim, but not as you know it.
zkiwi1st Sep 2009 -
'cause I gots Firefox.
What else do I need?Hallowed are the Ori1st Sep 2009 -
Kind of like Vista
in that things promised, like Carakan, and Unite, are left out, but still my absolute favorite.
Been trying to get used to Chrome, by way of using SRWare's Iron, but it feels too much like being on a self-imposed austerity plan.
Opera does what I need, no fuss, no muss, no bother; until something does it better, I'm using it. (though I try Firefox, Chrome, and Safari all the time, just to see what they have nicked from Opera!)chrome_slinky@...1st Sep 2009 -
RE: Opera 10 takes center stage
Lack of interest will have Opera cancelling any future plans for a browser. People are so fed up with them and the stunts they tried to pull with Microsoft that the company is losing ground very quickly. I don't know of anyone who still has opera installed. They all took it off their PC's when Opera showed its true colors. I'm also going to have to agree with the first poster, no thank you! Opera had a chance but they took it too far. Now they are suffering the consequences and I can sit back and laugh at them.
Boycott Opera!
http://www.jcxp.net/news.php?newsid=2801
Loverock Davidson1st Sep 2009 -
What a crock of bull...
Just because Opera took a stance against Microsoft bundling IE in EUROPE, why does this suddenly unite all Americans against Opera in the US?
I use Opera and think it's brilliant. I can use it on Windows, Linux, OS X etc. If YOU don't like Opera, then no problem. But calling for a BOYCOTT of a company who has what, 2% of the browser market share is just pathetic.
Back to your den Loverock...
Scrat1st Sep 2009 -
Dang...
Is this the first time in this universe you and I have ever agreed? Maybe I should check if I'm awake/alive or something :Pzkiwi1st Sep 2009 -
What a crock..
Amen, Scrat! I've been looking at Opera for awhile and I'm gonna give it a whirl. Oh, as for the EU, SCREW 'EM! Microsoft, too! Anyone who would blindly pledge alegiance to a company that forced Vista down our throats has obviously drank the Kool-Aide. Boycott Opera? Boycott the company trying to monopolize the industry, not the company trying to promote fair trade.
becomann8th Sep 2009 -
Hey amigo
Do you have any stats to prove that the boycott is widely supported to stave off Opera's market share? I'm not implying it is growing much either but I think many would be interested in seeing numbers to indicate the impact of the boycott.
Viva la crank dodo1st Sep 2009 -
Imagination...
"People are so fed up with them and the stunts they tried to pull with Microsoft that the company is losing ground very quickly."
What people? Noone that was really using Opera before is now not using it.
"I don't know of anyone who still has opera installed."
What does that even mean? You need a filter?
You don't know OF ANYONE that has Opera installed? Do you ever read any post on here other than your own nonsensical ramblings? Do you just you don't KNOW ANYONE who still has it?
I'd be surprised if you know anyone at all.
Metronome491st Sep 2009 -
I'm hoping that they took off Firefox and Chrome as well
as Mozilla and Google were also complaining about IE. Then again, their complaint is no real reason to boycott a good browser. I'm using Opera 10 right now because IE8 refuses to work right for me.
Michael Alan Goff2nd Sep 2009 -
Very open-minded saying NO to one of the best browsers
Keep the horse-blinders and use them properly as you do it right now.
Don't forget that on mobiles Opera still rules!
vlgligor@...3rd Sep 2009 -
I'll pass
Opera has NO reason whatsoever to be on my machine. Their version 9 was average at best -would have issues loading pages. Add in their ability to whine more than actually compete - their software can say on THEIR servers and not on my PC.
Opera will die a slower, miserable death because they showed their true colors.
OPERA NO MORE!
JT821st Sep 2009 -
Opera 10 excellent in Beta
The Opera Beta 3 quickly became my favorite browser. I love Speed Dial and how the tabs are arranged, and it feels faster than Firefox.
The Opera boycott thing is hilarious. I'm guessing it's just ******** Microsoft fankids, because that's the only reason I can think of. I haven't heard anyone talk about Boycotting Firefox or Google, and they testified against Microsoft, too.
pokota1st Sep 2009
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