14 DAY TRIAL // A new development snapshot of the next version of Opera has been released for testing. Opera 12.00 codenamed Wahoo Build 1054 is now available for download to early adopters looking to get an early taste of what the successor of Opera 11.50 brings to the table.
Since Opera 12.0 is still in the early stages of development, end users are advised to not leverage this or any codenamed Wahoo releases into production, at least for the time being.
Previous Opera 12.00 Builds were considered pre-Alpha and there’s no indication that there’s any change in this regard.
According to Ruarí Ødegaard, a member of the Opera Desktop team, Build 1054 introduces enhancements related to rendering and to the Speed Dial.
“Some core highlights include implementation of fully CSS 2.1 compliant display:list-item and a fix to prevent the cache from growing past its allowed limit. Regarding that last point, if the fix works as expected, Opera should not go past the cache size,” he stated.
“And, after a crash, it should restore to the correct size. If you can check the cache size after a crash, and also after correctly closing Opera following a crash, that would be much appreciated. On the Desktop side we have made the animations much nicer when you move Speed Dials around. Of course there are plenty of other great fixes.”
Opera Software made available a changelog with an impressive list of features, and those testers that provided feedback to the Norway-based browser vendor can check out the bugs fixes to see whether their input was taken into consideration.
As I have already said, Opera 12.00 should only be deployed in testing environments. Opera 11.51 is the best version of this browser for end users, especially since its considerably more stable compared to codename Wahoo.
Opera 12.00 Codenamed Wahoo Pre-Alpha for Windows is available for download here.
Opera 12.00 Codenamed Wahoo Pre-Alpha for Mac is available for download here.
Opera 12.00 Codenamed Wahoo Pre-Alpha for Linux is available for download here.
Opera 11.51 Final for Windows is available for download here.
Opera 11.51 Final for Mac is available for download here.
Opera 11.51 Final for Linux is available for download here.