Web browser news as it happens
In: Opera
9 Dec 2009With the release of Opera 10.10 on November 23rd, it took only 7 days for Opera to record over 12 million downloads.
This is a 25% improvement over Opera 10 download figures from September.
“With such remarkable download numbers, I am confident that we truly appealed to the needs of the Web-using public. Opera 10.10 is [...]
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24 Nov 2009Overnight Opera has released Opera 10.10, which includes Opera Unite, to the public.
Opera Unite allows users to stream music or share files, photos and more, right from the browser. This is achieved by using Opera Unite applications, 7 of which are bundled with Opera 10.10.
These include:
Opera Unite Home – Your personal Opera Unite Web page [...]
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19 Nov 2009Opera has released Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile phones.
The mobile browser emulates the desktop feel, with a similar interface to Opera 10 and Opera Mini 5.
A full run down on features and a download link can be found on the Opera Mobile site.
A demo of Opera Mobile 10 in action is below:
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29 Oct 2009Opera has also pushed out a new version of its browser yesterday, bringing with it stability and security fixes.
Opera 10.01 includes 3 security fixes, 1 of which is rated as extremely severe, while the other 2 are rated as less severe.
The release also fixes 15 other stability issues. A full list of changes can be [...]
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23 Oct 2009Opera has announced that they have over 3 million Opera Turbo users speeding up their web experience since the release of Opera 10 on September 1st.
“Those three million consumers viewed almost 668 million compressed Web pages” said the press release.
“The numbers tell us that Opera Turbo solves critical bandwidth issues. People everywhere experience either slow, [...]
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9 Sep 2009Opera have announced that Opera 10 was downloaded over 10 million times in the first week since the browser was released.
An impressive feat for the company, but it seems small in size. Apple’s Safari 4 was downloaded 11 million times in 3 days, while Firefox 3.5 was downloaded over 5 million times in 24 hours.
More [...]
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2 Sep 2009Opera have released Opera 10, after releasing Opera 10 Alpha 1 way back in December 2008.
“Opera 10 showcases a sleek new design coupled with our new Turbo technology, which keeps Web pages loading lightning fast, even if your connection slows down” says the spiel on Opera’s homepage.
Other new features include an in-line spell check, full [...]
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1 Sep 2009The Opera desktop team have released a final release candidate for Opera 10. Release candidate 2 fixes a few bugs that caused the browser to crash, and a bug that caused pages to never stop loading.
A full list of changes plus download links can be found on the Opera Desktop Team’s blog.
A final release is [...]
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26 Aug 2009Opera 10.0 Release Candidate is here, and according to Opera’s Desktop Team, this release “should be considered to be in a stable state code-wise, and that only selected fixes will be added if necessary.”
The release includes a bunch of bug fixes, includes a new logo, and is now around 40% faster than Opera 9.6 thanks [...]