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OperaOpera 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 to the new Preston rendering engine.

Downloads for Windows, Mac and Linux are available from the Opera Next website.

Opera 10 final is due on September 1st.

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OperaOpera has released a third beta of Opera 10. Other then an additional 38 languages, the following changes have been made since Beta 2.

Improvements
  • Visual tabs now available on the left or right side of the browser window
  • Further tab improvements with better attention state design
  • Spellchecker menu item moved to Preferences > Advanced > Browsing dialog box
  • Additional debug skin tooltip information: skin information of the parent element, plus what skin type is active (top, left, right, bottom or default)
Fixed
  • Problem when trying to open a .pdf file
  • Problem when saving a session
  • Pages using webfonts which caused a problem in Windows 98®
  • HTML clipboard now works with both MS Office® and OpenOffice.org®

More details on these changes and download links for Windows, Mac and Linux can be found on the Opera Next website.

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OperaOpera have released the beta 2 of their 10th generation web browser.

Opera 10 Beta 2 has had a slew of changes, including security, interface and stability changes. A full list is available in the change log.

New features in Opera 10 included an inline spell-checker, auto-update, and Opera Turbo for faster browsing on slower connections.

The new beta version can be downloaded Opera Next website.

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I have gone and put Opera 9.64, Opera 10 Alpha, and Opera 10 Beta 1 through the Acid 3 test, V8 Benchmark, and SunSpider Benchmark tools to see how the new browser is stacking up.

The results are pleasing, with the browser clearly heading in the correct direction. Graphed results are below.

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Opera 10 Beta visual tabsOpera has released Opera 10 beta to the public following months of development from the alpha version.

The new browser includes a new interface, visual tabs, Opera Turbo for fast browsing on slow connections, customisable speed dial, and a whole lot more.

A full list of changes can be found in the changelog, and the new release can be downloaded from the beta homepage.

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Opera 10's new skinThe latest development snapshot of Opera 10 contains a new skin for the browser, which appears to have its base from the Google Chrome skin.

Along with the new release, the Opera team have noticed that reaching version 10 has become a problem, with some high profile sites detecting the user string as version 1. To solve this Opera have temporarily changed the user agent string to read “Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux i686; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.00”.

A full list of changes and download links can be found in Opera Desktop Team blog.

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Latest builds of Opera 10 now include Opera Turbo, technology used to speed up traffic for end users.

Opera Turbo works by passing all data through one of Opera’s proxy servers, which highly compress the data and sends the data on to the user.

Opera Turbo is set to automatic in current release, which will only improve performance if it detects your network is slow.

The latest build also includes an in line spell checker and increases performance.

The latest Opera 10 build can be downloaded here.

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It appears the release dates for future milestones of Opera 10 have been leaked.

An unconfirmed source leads us to believe that we can expect Opera 10 beta in April with a final release in September. The leaked dates are as follows:

Opera 10 Beta, April 2009
Opera 10 Beta 2, June 2009
Opera 10 RC 1, August 2009
Opera 10 Final, September 2009

These dates are to be taken with a grain of salt however, as they are anything but official. We will update you when we have solid release dates.

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The desktop team over at Opera have just released a version 10 alpha release of their popular alternative web browser.

Opera 10.1 Alpha includes many new features, including the long awaited auto-update, an inline spelling checker, and scores a perfect 100/100 in the Acid3 test.

A full run down can of other new features can be found on the Opera Desktop Team’s blog. You can download Opera 10.1 Alpha 1 using the links below:

Download Opera 10.1 Alpha 1 for Windows
Download Opera 10.1 Alpha 1 for Windows Classic
Download Opera 10.1 Alpha 1 for Macintosh
Download Opera 10.1 Alpha 1 for Macintosh (Intel-only)
Download Opera 10.1 Alpha 1 for UNIX

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