Opera, in the most recent stable version of the web browser, and also in the latest snapshot build, has made changes to the browser’s address bar suggestion feature. This feature basically handles the suggestions the browser displays when the user begins to type in the address bar. Users in the Opera forum were the first [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera 11.61 Has Been Released
Opera Software has just released a new version of the Opera desktop browser bringing the stable channel of the browser to version 11.61. Opera users should receive update notifications in the browser, those who do not want to wait for them to pop up can run a manual update check the following way: A click [...]
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Opera 64-bit, and Out-of-process Plugins Now Available For Testing
Opera Software, as a Christmas present to their user base, has released an experimental Opera Labs build of Opera for all supported operating systems that adds two significant features to the web browser. You have probably heard about out-of-process plugins before. Chrome and Firefox are using the technology to split the core browser process from [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera 11.60 Final Available
Opera Software has published a recommended upgrade for the stable channel of their browser. Opera 11.60 includes security and stability enhancements as well as new and improved features. This version is the intermediary version of Opera 11 which will be followed by Opera 12 (there may be small patches for Opera 11.60 though). The new [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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NotScripts Brings Firefox NoScript Protection To Opera
When it comes to add-ons, the noScript add-on for the Firefox web browser is my favorite one. It basically blocks script from running on domains until I allow them to run. NoScript offers more functionality than that like XSS protection among a plethora of others. I have covered the Google Chrome extension NotScript in the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera’s Latest 11.60 Builds Shows Mail Improvements
The Opera web browser is the only popular web browser – and with that I mean market share wise – that ships with its own built-in email client. While I have not used Opera Mail in a long while thanks to the excellent desktop mail software Thunderbird, I have always followed the news closely. Opera [...]
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Opera Mini 6.5 Update Released For Various Mobile Devices
Opera Software, developers of the popular Opera web browser, have released Opera Mini 6.5 for various mobile devices including Apple’s iPhone and iPad, Blackberry devices, Symbian S60 and Java-enabled phones. Opera Mobile 11.5 has been released for Symbian S60 devices in addition to that. Before we look at what’s new, we should take a quick [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opera Reader Could Revolutionize The Way We Read On The Internet
One of the biggest usability issues on today’s Internet are scrolling web pages. Browsers automatically add scrollbars to web pages if the contents exceed the vertical or horizontal display limitations of the window or computer screen. This scrolling breaks the readability of a web page significantly. Users who scroll need to locate the text position [...]
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Opera 11.52 Security Update
The Opera desktop team has released an Opera web browser update that resolves two security issue. The update fixes a non-exploitable security issue that “allowed injection of untrusted markup into the X-Frame-Options error page” and a “issue where manipulating fonts in SVG could allow execution of arbitrary code”. The second o-day security issue has received [...]