Only days after releasing three release candidates of Opera 11, Opera Software released the final version of Opera 11 making it the new flagship desktop browser of the Norwegian company. Users who want to skip straight to the download can download the Internet browser directly from the company’s website for all supported operating systems. Those [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera Popup Statusbar Extension
Popup Statusbar may be an interesting Opera extension for users who want as much screen estate as possible for the websites and services displayed in the Internet browser. What does it do? It simply displays the url target links in an overlay window on the page which effectively makes the display in the status bar [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera 11 Beta Available, Download It Now
With Google Chrome leading the development pace, at least when it comes to increasing the version of the browser, Opera is second fastest in the game. The Norwegian company has just posted the first beta of Opera 11 on their website. This marks another big step in the development of the web browser, considering that [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera 10.61 Released, Download Now
Opera has just released a new version of their Opera web browser. Opera 10.61 is now available for download after releases of three release candidates. Opera considers the new version a security and stability update, which makes it an essential update for all Opera 10.60 users. The release notes of the new Opera version list [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera Mini Now Available In Appleland
Opera Mini is a version of the Opera web browser that has been optimized for mobile usage. It is a very popular mobile browser that has hit the 50 million active user mark in March 2010. It was all over the news some time ago that Opera was developing a version of Opera Mini for [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera Browser Surpasses 50 Million Desktop Users
The Opera web browser was always the underdog in the web browser world. First it was Internet Explorer and Netscape battling it out and then later on Internet Explorer and Firefox. Opera was always a solid alternative that had a very loyal user base. The situation does not seem to have changed by much in [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Two Things that Keep Me From Switching to Opera
The recent preview of Opera 10.50 has shown that the Opera development team is dedicated and willing to improve their web browser even if it does not get the attention that it deserves. That speed increase coupled with other interesting features and options like Opera Turbo or Opera Unite make Opera a very attractive web [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera 10.50 Pre-Alpha Beats Firefox, Closes Gap To Google Chrome Speedwise
The Opera developer’s told us recently that they would release a pre-alpha of Opera 10.50 on December 22 and that this release would all be about speed. No one but the inner circle of developers knew what they meant at that time but speculations centered around Opera’s new JavaScript engine Carakan. Opera 10.50 pre-alpha was [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Working With Many Tabs In Opera
There was a time when I used Opera almost exclusively. This has changed with the rise of the Firefox web browser but I do know quite a few users who use Opera as their main web browser. Rarst likes Opera. That becomes apparent if you look at the comments that he leaves here at Ghacks. [...]