Software company Opera has just released the release candidate of Opera 10.50 for the Microsoft Windows operating system. That’s an incredible pace considering that the first beta releases was a little bot more than 14 days ago although they did not make it in time to be included in Microsoft’s browser choice screen for Windows users who are running Internet Explorer as their default web browser (which we suspected was the reason for the fast paced development process). Could also be that they do not want the Chrome developer’s to come any closer version wise..
Opera 10.50 RC for Windows can be downloaded directly at the desktop team blog post. The blog post outlines the changes since the last beta release, most notable several crash and stability fixes but also lots of changes to the desktop and user interface.
The developers still need to fix some remaining bugs which they will likely do quickly to release Opera 10.50 for Windows in the beginning of March. The development of Opera versions for other support operating systems like Linux and Mac is lagging behind and the release for those operating systems might be after the final version for Windows has already been released.
Update: Norwegian browser developer Opera Software has released the final version of Opera 10.50 for all supported operating systems shortly after releasing the RC for Windows. The developer since then moved on to release the final version of Opera 11, and is now offering Opera 11.61 as the latest stable version to its users.
We have therefor removed the download link pointing to the Opera 10.50 Release Candidate. You can download the latest available snapshots at the Opera Desktop Team blog. At the time of writing, snapshots of Opera 11.62 and Opera 12.0 are posted regularly on the blog. Keep in mind that snapshots are beta builds that should not be used in productive environments.
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Wow, what happen with all that Typos, like Oprea (Opera) or lLnux (Linux)
I have a new keyboard ;)
Opera 10.5 RC3 already available: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2010/03/01/1050-rc3
This really looks fishy, if you ask me… too fast.