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Yesterday, Opera made available the release candidate for version 11.61 of their browser. Now they have just launched the stable build for the same version. There is nothing changed compared to the RC, as it is the exact same build.
However, compared to the previous stable, Opera 11.61 does encompass a pretty large ... |
24 January 2012
04:35 GMT |
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The release candidate for Opera 11.61 has just arrived, with several fixes in the change list. This build does not come unexpected, as the development team announced the launch of a stable 11.61 at the end of December 2011. Bug fixing dominates the set of modifications, with failure to use mouse wheel over iframe be... |
23 January 2012
10:49 GMT |
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Opera has always a been a top-notch browser, in terms of speed, features, standards compliance and so on. But it has never gotten much love and has a very small global market share.
This is why most websites don't bother to do compatibility testing for Opera as well. That's especially true for complex web ... |
16 January 2012
07:14 GMT |
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It is Friday the 13th and, somehow, I had a feeling that the guys at Opera would not miss the chance to show that they are not paraskevidekatriaphobic, or, to put it in a term more to their liking, friggatriskaidekaphobic. As such, they went on and released a new snapshot for the upcoming Opera 11.61.
The build for ... |
13 January 2012
10:58 GMT |
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Opera is experimenting with built-in support for webcams in the browser. It's only released an experimental build with the technology, but there is a definite need for this online.
More and more websites and web apps rely on user media and having the ability to record or receive data straight from a webcam, vid... |
11 January 2012
09:40 GMT |
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Opera just came out with a new snapshot (build 1234) for the upcoming stable version 11.61. Although the new release is not too different from the previous one, it does take care of a few bugs that undermined overall stability of the browser.
The change set shows that problems with caching invalid UserJS s... |
11 January 2012
05:13 GMT |
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The first release this year from Opera is from the Labs department. The team released an experimental snapshot, Opera Labs Camera, which lets you adjust privacy settings for the webcam straight from the browser’s interface. If you navigate to a website that wants to access your camera, a pop up will alert you ... |
10 January 2012
07:06 GMT |
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Opera has had quite a busy year. The browser maker has switched gears and started releasing more often, with three major versions coming out in 2011. But it also made some headway into mobile, arguably, its most important market, especially with the launch of its first Android browser.
"We stepped up our game in mob... |
29 December 2011
08:18 GMT |
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The exact date for a new stable build of Opera 11 to pop up has not been set yet, but Opera 11.61 is planned for release in the first month of 2012. In the meantime, the development team of the browser pushed out a test snapshot for the next stable version.
The set of modifications available in this Opera 11.61 rele... |
27 December 2011
10:14 GMT |
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A new snapshot for Opera Wahoo (12.00 alpha) has emerged, containing, among others, hardware acceleration fixes.
The current development build of the Norwegian web browser has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux/FreeBSD. It eliminates a high number of crashes related to hardware acceleration; it also takes care... |
20 December 2011
02:39 GMT |
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Opera 12 is well underway now and promises to be quite an interesting release, with hardware acceleration and WebGL taking the spotlight. But Opera is already working on technologies beyond Opera 12, for example, native 64-bit builds on all platforms and out-of-process-plugins.
In Opera tradition, there is already a... |
16 December 2011
05:10 GMT |
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A 64-bit Opera for Windows and Mac has been in the works for some time. Today, Opera Labs development team released the 64-bit snapshot for Opera 12.00 alpha (build 1211).It is a product still in development, so some loose ends do exist, such as older versions of Flash not working properly with the Windows version, o... |
15 December 2011
11:56 GMT |
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Now that Opera 11.60 is out of the way, the focus is again 100 percent on Opera 12. In fact, the first post-Opera 11.60 snapshot release of Opera 12, which is still in 'alpha,' is out.
The latest update comes with all of the goodies and fixes from Opera 11.60 along with the features planned for Opera 12, i... |
8 December 2011
07:51 GMT |
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With a stable Tunny (version 11.60) officially pushed to the users, the development team from Opera shifted their focus towards version 12 of the browser, codenamed Opera Wahoo. Most of the changes available in this alpha build, 1191, have been adopted from Opera 11.60, but there are also some modifications on the s... |
8 December 2011
05:18 GMT |
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The latest variant of the popular web browser, Opera 11.60, comes with three major security fixes and a couple of improvements that patch weaknesses which could have been taken advantage of by a hacker.
A moderately severe vulnerability that could allow pages to set cookies or communicate cross-site for some top lev... |
6 December 2011
09:32 GMT |
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Opera 11.60, codenamed Tunny, yet another entry in the "fast fish" series, has landed. Its existence came as somewhat of a surprise, since Opera 12 was supposed to be the next major release, but it does bring quite a lot of new features and improvements.
Opera 11.60 came about after an increasingly large number of f... |
6 December 2011
05:31 GMT |
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It is shiny with all shades of new. It looks like Opera needed only two tries to bring out a stable version 11.60 of their browser. The release has been greatly improved, as it received a brand new HTML engine, Presto 2.10, implemented the HTML5 parsing algorithm (Ragnarök) and brings to the table a redesi... |
6 December 2011
03:01 GMT |
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Opera fired up a new release candidate for version 11.60, incrementing the build number to 1184. The newest Tunny does not seem like a good candidate for the stable version, as users continue to complain about bugs. However, the next release may be the final deal, as the problems reported are generally of little sig... |
5 December 2011
10:28 GMT |
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Being a Norwegian company, most of Opera's employees are fairly used to the cold, snow and ice. Perhaps that's why the company decided to buy a hockey team in the US."Today we announced our first-ever partnership with a sports team. Meet the Boston Sitniks, an up-and-coming hockey team in the US, comprised ... |
2 December 2011
13:11 GMT |
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Opera is getting ready to release a brand new version of its browser, but still needs a bit more testing before it's ready to push it to all users. Opera 11.60 release candidate is now out and, with a bit of luck, this will be the version that is made available to all users soon.
There may still be lingering bu... |
2 December 2011
09:07 GMT |
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Well, that was fast. Opera just launched the release candidate for version 11.60, codenamed “Tunny,” which may also be the stable release of the browser, if no showstoppers occur. All non-critical issues in this release will be addressed in the next Wahoo snapshot (Opera Next) and then shuttled in a new ... |
2 December 2011
07:52 GMT |
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Opera’s HTML5 parser is under continuous scrutiny of the development team. The latest snapshot for Opera 11.60 (codenamed “Tunny”), build 1177, features fixes for Ragnarök, which include mending of NSL (never stops loading) issues.Besides attending to Ragnarök, the build also sports Core u... |
29 November 2011
09:58 GMT |
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The latest snapshot for Opera 11.60, build 1173, does not sport new features, since it is mostly a maintenance release. As such, it aims to fix issues and consolidate existing options. However, it also brings to the table a message designed as a run-through of the latest modifications of the mail module. The most imp... |
28 November 2011
11:12 GMT |
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Another day, another Opera 11.60 post-beta snapshot seems to be Opera's motto of late. The latest update to the upcoming Opera 11.60, build 1169, comes with even more fixes to the brand new HTML5 parser, codenamed Ragnarök, along with the regular set of bug fixes."Another update for Tunny. As before we have... |
24 November 2011
11:36 GMT |
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Norwegian software giant Opera has just announced that its Opera Mini mobile browser has topped the 140 million users mark, following an ascending trend that it has been on for the past year or so.
During October, the browser was used by 140 million people all around the world, the software company notes, adding t... |
23 November 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Deciding that Opera 12 was taking too long, the Opera team decided to release something in between, a mixtape if you will, before the big new album.That's how Opera 11.60, codenamed Tunny, was born. It's now in the beta stage and a final release is coming soon.The latest snapshot release of the upcoming Ope... |
22 November 2011
14:11 GMT |
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Zscaler released not long ago a browser plug-in for Chrome, Safari and Firefox that protects users against malicious Facebook elements, and now they made available a version of the tool that works on Opera.
Since clickjacking operations are not that uncommon on Facebook, security solutions providers struggle to make... |
22 November 2011
06:56 GMT |
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Heeding advice coming in their direction from a wide variety of sources, researchers at the Italian lab that proposed the existence of faster-than-light neutrinos recreated their experiments, only to discover the same results over and over again.
Since their paper was first published, on September 23, the internati... |
21 November 2011
06:56 GMT |
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A few weeks ago, researchers at a lab in Italy took the physics world by storm, when they proposed the existence of neutrinos capable of traveling faster than the speed of light. Now, scientists from the same lab – but with a different experiment – show the results to be false. The initial measurements ... |
21 November 2011
04:52 GMT |
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As Opera’s development is largely based on individual instances of the browser capturing specific components that need to be tested, they released a new post-beta snapshot today.The new build for 11.60 Beta, 1159, does not introduce any new features, but consolidates the existing ones. As such, it fixes crashes... |
18 November 2011
02:11 GMT |
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For a while now, Opera fans have been waiting for the next major installment, Opera 12. It promises to be one of the biggest releases yet, bringing a number of new technologies, on top of the list being full hardware acceleration. But as with any big release, progress has been rather slow and Opera 12 is still some w... |
10 November 2011
10:34 GMT |
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Opera released the first beta for version 11.60, codenamed “Tunny”, of their web browser, which is pretty stable and sports major changes compared to the stable version, 11.52.The current build encompasses all the best parts of Opera Next, which have been fine-tuned and polished in the previous beta snaps... |
10 November 2011
08:25 GMT |
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Opera “Tunny”, the beta before the release of version 12.00 stable, brings to the table a very much improved email client. Actually, the email client is the component of the current build receiving most attention this time. There is a new design, better suited for wide screens and productivity features, ... |
8 November 2011
05:19 GMT |
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Opera has announced that it will have an intermediary release, before Opera 12 comes along, which will be labeled Opera 11.60, codenamed Tunny, which stands for Tuna.It has now released a fist beta for it, but a final release should be coming soon, since most of what's left is bug fixing.Opera has decided that t... |
4 November 2011
14:11 GMT |
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It’s not a development of Opera Labs, it’s not a stable version of the Norwegian browser and it is not a Next release either. It is just a brief update (11.60 beta) before moving to Opera 12.00, codenamed “Tunny”, just because it is fast as a tuna, if not faster (that would be an interesting c... |
4 November 2011
13:50 GMT |
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Opera Software ASA has announced the release of Opera Mini 6.5, an update to their popular mobile web browser which now features a data usage meter, support for predictive typing, improved text selection and more, according to its makers. “Do you experience slow Internet browsing? Get the fastest, most cost-eff... |
3 November 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Opera is working on making the web more like a book or a magazine. It's hardly the first of course, but Opera is going about it as it always had, by creating a new technology or adding to existing standard ones.
The result is Paged Media, a way of laying out online content in a fashion similar more to books, or... |
21 October 2011
10:14 GMT |
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Following the launch of the alpha release a week ago, which introduced hardware acceleration, a new build, 1116, of Opera Next has been rolled out. The current release focuses on improvements and fixes and does not bring anything new to the table. It dealt with a huge memory leak on Windows and features updates for ... |
20 October 2011
07:29 GMT |
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Opera just updated their browser to version 11.52. The new release has one main purpose, and that is to plug a hole in the application that would allow execution of arbitrary code by manipulating fonts in SVG.The severity of the vulnerability is critical and all Opera users are urged to update to the latest version i... |
19 October 2011
05:31 GMT |
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After announcing a new version of its popular Opera Mobile 11.5 for Android devices, Opera Software is now releasing the first update for the new iteration of the mobile Web browser.Even thought the developers did not add major features, the update is important due to its technical nature.According to Opera Software,... |
18 October 2011
05:45 GMT |
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Opera has long been the underdog of the browser world. It's one of the oldest browsers still around, yet it still manages to only get a few percentage points market share. For this reason, many websites tend to ignore it.But Opera is as technologically advanced as anything out there and as fast. It hasn't b... |
17 October 2011
18:21 GMT |
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Opera 12 promises to be a landmark release for the browser maker, at least technologically. It will be the first version to include not only hardware acceleration, but also WebGL support.However, WebGL is not something that a regular user is going to need or stumble upon, unfortunately, quite often on the web.While G... |
17 October 2011
13:15 GMT |
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Opera and Vodafone have just announced the release of a co-branded version of the Opera Mini application in a new country in Europe, namely Turkey. The new application release is being made available as part of the extended global frame agreement that Opera Software and the Vodafone Group Services have announced ear... |
17 October 2011
08:51 GMT |
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Scientists with the Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus (OPERA) at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (GSNL), in Italy, a few weeks ago proposed the existence of neutrinos traveling faster than light. A researcher now provides a possible explanation for the readings.
The data the OPERA team submit... |
14 October 2011
10:39 GMT |
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Opera may be a bit late to the game, but it's got big plans for Opera 12, the upcoming release. This is the version that will finally get hardware acceleration as well as WebGL support. What's more, it seems that Opera worked hard to get it right and is accelerating quite a bit of features, including the en... |
13 October 2011
08:05 GMT |
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This alpha release for Opera (build 1105) has been announced at Up North Web conference earlier this week as a technological milestone in the development of the browser, because it introduces hardware acceleration. It's true that hardware acceleration is in alpha stage and only uses OpenGL backend, but the progr... |
13 October 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Norwegian software giant Opera has made available for download a new flavor of their Opera Mini browser for device running under Google's Android operating system.
The new Opera Mini 6.5 browser was designed to offer users the possibility to stay on top of all data they are eating, and also the amount of da... |
12 October 2011
03:16 GMT |
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Opera is gearing up for a great release with Opera 12, which is still in pre-alpha mode. Apart from the small but noticeable updates to the UI, the big changes are under the hood. Opera 12 will be the first hardware accelerated Opera, the first to support WebGL out of the box and the first to come with the eagerly a... |
11 October 2011
08:41 GMT |
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The latest pre-alpha release of Opera (build 1090) sees it slightly changed in terms of looks. The change is part of Project Featherweight roadmap, designed to improve the browser and make it as light and user-friendly as possible.You may not notice the individual details in the new build, but you’ll definitely... |
11 October 2011
08:15 GMT |
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Say what you will about Opera, but it's clearly a fun place to work at. Maybe it's the cold winters, and summers, in Norway that keep them inspired, but they're always finding something to make fun of. In the latest example, they're making fun of themselves, with a couple of pics from one of their... |
10 October 2011
14:54 GMT |
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