Opera 26 Stable for Linux now available
Phew, that took a long time. When Opera Software announced the switch from its own browsing engine to Chromium users noticed immediately that many things were not as they were before. The […]
Opera Mini for Android Beta released
Opera Mini is a highly popular web browser that is available for various operating systems including Android. The initial release of the web browser dates back to 2005 and Opera has been […]
Bookmark importing now easier in Opera browser
If you are using a recent version of the Opera browser, you may have noticed that it is not that easy to import bookmarks from another web browser or a local bookmarks […]
Opera 26 introduces bookmarks sharing and tab syncing
If you want to know what is in store for the Opera browser next in terms of functionality and changes, you have to check out the Developer version of the web browser […]
Bookmarks Manager enabled in Opera 25
When Opera Software switched from the company's own Presto rendering engine to Chromium/Blink, part of the browser's userbase criticized the company for it. Among the points the community made was that the […]
Opera 24 Dev introduces bookmarks manager, H.264 support
Norwegian company Opera Software has released a new developer version of its Opera browser for the desktop. While previous updates to Opera were most of the time rather uneventful in terms of […]
Opera Software releases first Linux build of new Opera
When Opera Software announced that it would switch from its old trusted Presto engine to Chromium, it became clear quickly afterwards that many popular features of the old client would not be […]
A look at Otter browser beta 1
When Opera Software released the first Chromium-based version of the Opera browser back in July 2013, it was clear immediately that it would take a long time before the browser would offer […]
Opera 23 features startup improvements, hearts menu and PPAPI Plugin support
The last couple of months have not really be that exciting for Opera browser users. While Opera Software released new versions of the browser regularly, most releases were rather uneventful in terms […]
Opera for Linux release imminent?
When Norwegian company Opera Software announced that it would switch its trusted Presto engine to Chromium, it caused quite the stir among users. Some congratulated Opera Software for the move as it […]
Opera 21: always display full url in address bar
The most recent stable version of the Opera browser can display full page urls at all times now in the browser. Some web browsers display only partial urls instead of full web […]
Opera 22 gets silent background updates
When you analyze how popular browser companies deliver updates to end user systems, you will notice that most use the Task Scheduler on Windows for that. This is the case for Google […]
Opera 21 Dev introduces several start-up time improvements
One of the things that I like about the Firefox web browser is that it will only load the active tab on session restore while keeping all other open websites in tabs […]
Opera Font Rendering improves text in Opera and Google Chrome
Depending on which web browser you use, which operating system you run, and which video card your computer uses, font rendering may either be totally awesome, quite ok, or not tolerable. There […]
Opera Max compression app now open to users from Western Europe
Opera Software introduced Opera Turbo as a new feature in Opera 10 back in 2009. The feature enabled you to compress web traffic to speed up web browsing. You can check out […]
Opera 19 Stable is out: find out what is new
Opera Software has released Opera 19 Stable today, or more precisely, Opera 19.0.1326.56. The company maintains three different versions of the Chromium-based version of Opera currently, with Next and Dev the other […]
The Otter browser project aims to recreate the classic Opera web browser
When Opera Software announced that it would switch from the company's own -- developed and controlled -- Presto engine to Webkit / Blink, many Opera users felt as if a world had […]
Just like Mozilla and Google, Opera Software introduces network installers
Back in the good old days of computing, installers always came with all the files that needed to be installed. Well, unless there were dependencies, as you may had to install those […]
Latest Opera 19 Dev update introduces data synchronization
There is still a lot that is not working right in the new version of the Opera web browser, especially if you compare it to what Opera 12 has to offer. Even […]
Opera 19 Developer update: how to enable Opera's Power User Mode
To find out how to enable the power user mode, scroll down. Opera Software launched the first Chromium-based version of the company's web browser back in the beginning of July 2013. The […]
My Opera will be shut down on March 1, 2014
Norwegian company Opera Software made a bold -- some critics might say foolish -- move when it decided to switch from the company's own Presto engine to Chromium. The company is currently […]
How to disable the opera_crashreporter.exe process in Windows
If you are running Opera 15 or newer you are running the Chromium-based version of the web browser as opposed to the Presto version that Opera Software used previously. With it comes […]
Opera 18 Dev update brings theme support
I'm monitoring the development of the new Opera browser closely, not only because I'm interested in its progress but also because of nostalgic reasons. The company maintains three releases channels, Stable, Next […]
Opera 16 Stable is out now
Norwegian company Opera Software has just released Opera 16 Stable, a new version of the browser that is now based on the Chromium engine. You may recall that the company made the […]
Finally, Opera Developer version released
If you have followed the news surrounding Opera's move from the company's own Presto engine to Chromium / WebKit / Blink, then you may remember that the company wanted to provide users […]
Block Opera from preloading Discover contents
With Opera Software's move to Chromium came a new Discovery feature that debuted first in the new Opera mobile versions before it was integrated in the new Opera 15 for the desktop […]
Opera 16 Next is out
Opera Software, just like Google or Mozilla, decided to make available three different Opera release channels to provide developers and enthusiasts with options to test new features before they reach the stable […]
Opera 15 for Android ships with faster startup times, new features
When Opera Software announced the switch to Chromium / WebKit / Blink from the trusted Presto engine, it had the intention to move the majority of its browser products to the new […]
Evernote Web Clipper and Clearly arrive in Opera
Evernote, the popular note-taking app and competitor to Microsoft's OneNote, now takes the next step to really being everywhere, as the service rolls out to the Opera web browser. The browser, which is […]
Opera 15 final has been released
The final release of Opera 15 may come as a surprise to many Opera users as only a month has passed since Opera Software released the first preview build of it to […]
Opera: first bookmark manager extension arrives
Opera Software made a big decision when it changed the browser's core layout engine to Blink. Probably the biggest issue here was that the company had to modify and rewrite code that […]
Opera 15 gets Mozilla PDF.js support
Opera 15 is the first version of the Opera web browser that is based on Blink and not the engine used in previous versions of the browser. That is a big change […]
Don't expect an Opera Next Linux build anytime soon
It is too early to tell if Opera's move to the Blink engine away from Presto is going to pay off in terms of overall users who use the web browser as […]
How to install Chrome extensions in Opera
One of the positive side effects of switching to Blink, the same browser engine that Google Chrome uses, is that Opera users can tap right into the vast extension repository of that […]
Opera about release channels and cycle
Yesterday must have been a busy day for Opera Software as the company received more than 1300 comments after pushing out the first public version of Opera 15. It is the first […]
Opera 15 preview released, Mail becomes separate product
Opera Software announced a few months ago that it would integrate WebKit, the engine used by Google Chrome and Safari into its browsers. Later on it announced that it would use the […]
Opera 14 for Android released
The last two months have been rather uneventful when it comes to Opera Software news. It seems as if the company has gone quiet shortly after it announced its move to Webkit, […]
What can we expect from Opera's move to Webkit?
Opera in February 2013 announced that it would use another browser core for the majority of its web browser products. In particular, the company decided to use Webkit, which is also the […]
Opera Sessions Overview, Discovering Opera Part 6
Welcome to the sixth part of our Discovering Opera series that we started back in 2011. This time, I'm looking at Opera's session management capabilities which shine in comparison to other browsers. […]
Opera browser beta (webkit) for Android released
Opera Software has released a first beta version of Opera running on webkit for Android to the Google Play store. The release acts as a preview version for Opera's upcoming browser that […]
