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History of the Opera web browser. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Mac OS 9 support was dropped. Version 7.0 saw Opera undergo an extensive rewrite with the faster and more powerful Presto layout engine. Microsoft continued to serve the outdated style.
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Opera web browser Editor's Review
Opera is an Internet browser and it has built in a lot of tools in order for you to have a safe and easy browsing session.
The 9th version comes with a lot of new features and it is a real upgrade if you are still using Opera 8. It has built in the widgets support, a BitTorrent client, a thumbnail preview when you hover over a browsing tab, a site preferences engine and it has also an improved rich text editing features. This version comes with the possibility to add your favorite search engines. Since a certain minor version of Opera 9, the developers introduced the Speed Dial functionality which can be used in order to quickly access some predefined Web pages.
It still has the features that were implemented in the previous versions of Opera. It comes with a very good tabbed browsing engine, mouse gestures, a very good password manager and my favorite feature: the possibility to save the browsing session. In order to have a better browsing session it has built in a Trash Can where it places a closed Web page if you accidentally close a tab. This means that you can easily restore an accidentally closed tab.
Another very good feature of this browser is the form filler engine. You can fill in very quickly all kind of Web forms when you need to register for certain Web services. You have to configure this feature from the browser's 'Preferences' panel.
In order to have a good communication with the rest of the world it comes with a built in IRC client and with an e-mail client which can access POP/IMAP mail accounts. You can also send emails because it features SMTP support. And because Opera doesn't want you to have the impression that something is missing, you can find there a RSS/Atom news-feed reader.
Opera is also known for its speed. It has a very good startup and rendering speed, in the same time being resource friendly. From the resources point of view, Opera is one of the most resource friendly browsers while it provides a lot of functionality.
The rendering engine of this browser is very good. It had some issues in the past but now, if the Web page is made in compliance with the W3C Web standards,usually there won't be any rendering errors. Opera is also one of the browsers that have passed the Acid2 rendering test. You can take a peek at my screenshots that I took while testing Opera and Acid2.
Pluses: it has lots of built in features, it comes with new built in tools since this version, it has a very fast and resource friendly rendering engine, it has a very good cache management. This is one of the browsers that have taken the Acid2 test.
Drawbacks / flaws: the only thing that I miss in Opera is the integrated spell checker and the text input history.
In conclusion: this is a very good Web browser. It's worth trying it and I'd say it is even better than the bundle Web browser, Safari, and a strong competitor forMozilla Firefox.
version reviewed: 9.22
The 9th version comes with a lot of new features and it is a real upgrade if you are still using Opera 8. It has built in the widgets support, a BitTorrent client, a thumbnail preview when you hover over a browsing tab, a site preferences engine and it has also an improved rich text editing features. This version comes with the possibility to add your favorite search engines. Since a certain minor version of Opera 9, the developers introduced the Speed Dial functionality which can be used in order to quickly access some predefined Web pages.
It still has the features that were implemented in the previous versions of Opera. It comes with a very good tabbed browsing engine, mouse gestures, a very good password manager and my favorite feature: the possibility to save the browsing session. In order to have a better browsing session it has built in a Trash Can where it places a closed Web page if you accidentally close a tab. This means that you can easily restore an accidentally closed tab.
Another very good feature of this browser is the form filler engine. You can fill in very quickly all kind of Web forms when you need to register for certain Web services. You have to configure this feature from the browser's 'Preferences' panel.
In order to have a good communication with the rest of the world it comes with a built in IRC client and with an e-mail client which can access POP/IMAP mail accounts. You can also send emails because it features SMTP support. And because Opera doesn't want you to have the impression that something is missing, you can find there a RSS/Atom news-feed reader.
Opera is also known for its speed. It has a very good startup and rendering speed, in the same time being resource friendly. From the resources point of view, Opera is one of the most resource friendly browsers while it provides a lot of functionality.
The rendering engine of this browser is very good. It had some issues in the past but now, if the Web page is made in compliance with the W3C Web standards,usually there won't be any rendering errors. Opera is also one of the browsers that have passed the Acid2 rendering test. You can take a peek at my screenshots that I took while testing Opera and Acid2.
Pluses: it has lots of built in features, it comes with new built in tools since this version, it has a very fast and resource friendly rendering engine, it has a very good cache management. This is one of the browsers that have taken the Acid2 test.
Drawbacks / flaws: the only thing that I miss in Opera is the integrated spell checker and the text input history.
In conclusion: this is a very good Web browser. It's worth trying it and I'd say it is even better than the bundle Web browser, Safari, and a strong competitor forMozilla Firefox.
version reviewed: 9.22
Opera web browser Publisher's Description
Opera is a powerful tool that gives you more options when surfing the Web. It is faster, safer and easier to use than your current browser. We designed Opera to fit your life - whether you want to have more fun, get more done or express your style.
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Software Version | Release Date | Size |
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Opera 2.00 | Apr 22, 1996 | 0.97 MB |
Opera 2.10 | Dec 9, 1996 | 809.60 KB |
Opera 2.12 | Feb 12, 1997 | 765.31 KB |
Opera 3.0 | Add info | 1.14 MB |
Opera 3.00 | Dec 1, 1997 | 1.14 MB |
Opera 3.1 | Add info | 1.09 MB |
Opera 3.6 | Add info | 1.29 MB |
Opera 3.10 | Feb 1, 1998 | 1.09 MB |
Opera 3.20 | Add info | 1.12 MB |
Opera 3.21 | Apr 1, 1998 | 1.12 MB |
Opera 3.50 | Nov 18, 1998 | 1.15 MB |
Opera 3.51 | Dec 22, 1998 | 1.23 MB |
Opera 3.60 | May 6, 1999 | 1.29 MB |
Opera 3.61 | Dec 21, 1999 | 1.28 MB |
Opera 3.62 | Mar 10, 2000 | 1.37 MB |
Opera 4.00 | Jun 28, 2000 | 1.76 MB |
Opera 4.01 | Jul 14, 2000 | 1.79 MB |
Opera 4.02 | Aug 4, 2000 | 1.80 MB |
Opera 5.00 | Dec 6, 2000 | 1.97 MB |
Opera 5.01 | Dec 18, 2000 | 2.01 MB |
Opera 5.02 | Jan 16, 2001 | 1.99 MB |
Opera 5.02 (Build 855) | Add info | 1.99 MB |
Opera 5.10 | Apr 1, 2001 | 2.18 MB |
Opera 5.11 | May 5, 2001 | 2.18 MB |
Opera 5.12 | Jun 27, 2001 | 2.19 MB |
Opera 6.00 | Dec 18, 2001 | 3.19 MB |
Opera 6.01 | Feb 12, 2002 | 3.19 MB |
Opera 6.02 | May 15, 2002 | 3.42 MB |
Opera 6.03 | May 27, 2002 | 3.42 MB |
Opera 6.04 | Jun 1, 2002 | 3.42 MB |
Opera 6.05 | Aug 13, 2002 | 3.42 MB |
Opera 6.06 | Mar 18, 2002 | 3.45 MB |
Opera 7.00 | Jan 28, 2003 | 3.25 MB |
Opera 7.01 | Feb 5, 2003 | 3.25 MB |
Opera 7.02 | Feb 26, 2003 | 3.26 MB |
Opera 7.03 | Mar 13, 2003 | 3.26 MB |
Opera 7.10 | Apr 11, 2003 | 3.21 MB |
Opera 7.11 | May 9, 2003 | 3.19 MB |
Opera 7.20 | Sep 23, 2003 | 3.24 MB |
Opera 7.21 | Oct 14, 2003 | 3.24 MB |
Opera 7.22 | Nov 12, 2003 | 3.24 MB |
Opera 7.23 | Nov 22, 2003 | 15.71 MB |
Opera 7.50 | May 12, 2004 | 3.49 MB |
Opera 7.51 | Jun 3, 2004 | 3.49 MB |
Opera 7.52 | Jul 7, 2004 | 3.49 MB |
Opera 7.53 | Jul 20, 2004 | 3.54 MB |
Opera 7.54u2 | Feb 4, 2005 | 3.50 MB |
Opera 7.54u1 | Dec 4, 2004 | 3.50 MB |
Opera 7.54 | Aug 5, 2004 | 3.50 MB |
Opera 8.0 | Add info | 3.59 MB |
Opera 8.00 | Apr 19, 2005 | 3.59 MB |
Opera 8.01 | Add info | 3.67 MB |
Opera 8.01 (Build 7642) | Add info | 3.60 MB |
Opera 8.02 Tech Preview 1 | Add info | 3.65 MB |
Opera 8.02tp1 | Jul 7, 2005 | 3.65 MB |
Opera 8.02 | Jul 28, 2005 | 3.67 MB |
Opera 8.10 Preview 2 | Add info | 3.65 MB |
Opera 8.50 | Sep 20, 2005 | 3.60 MB |
Opera 8.51 | Nov 22, 2005 | 3.67 MB |
Opera 8.52 | Feb 17, 2006 | 3.60 MB |
Opera 8.53 | Mar 2, 2006 | 3.60 MB |
Opera 8.54 | Apr 5, 2006 | 3.66 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 8219 | Add info | 4.04 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 8225 | Add info | 4.00 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 8246 | Add info | 4.03 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 8303 | Add info | 4.40 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 8333 | Add info | 3.71 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 8393 | Add info | 3.71 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 8406 | Add info | 4.49 MB |
Opera 9.0 | Jun 20, 2006 | 6.17 MB |
Opera 9.0 Preview 1 | Add info | 3.83 MB |
Opera 9.0 Preview 2 | Add info | 3.99 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 1 (Build 8367) | Add info | 4.45 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 2 (Build 8414) | Add info | 4.42 MB |
Opera 9.0 Beta 2 (Build 8432) | Add info | 4.42 MB |
Opera 9.00 (Build 8501) | Jun 18, 2006 | 3.92 MB |
Opera 9.01 | Aug 2, 2006 | 6.27 MB |
Opera 9.01 Beta (Build 8518) | Add info | 3.82 MB |
Opera 9.01 Beta (Build 8533) | Add info | 3.82 MB |
Opera 9.01 Beta (Build 8542) | Add info | 3.82 MB |
Opera 9.01 Beta (Build 8543) | Add info | 3.82 MB |
Opera 9.02 | Sep 21, 2006 | 3.82 MB |
Opera 9.02 Beta (Build 8573) | Add info | 6.27 MB |
Opera 9.10 | Dec 18, 2006 | 3.86 MB |
Opera 9.10 Beta (Build 8629) | Add info | 3.85 MB |
Opera 9.10 Beta (Build 8643) | Add info | 6.29 MB |
Opera 9.10 Beta (Build 8649) | Add info | 6.21 MB |
Opera 9.10 Beta (Build 8653) | Add info | 6.21 MB |
Opera 9.10 Beta (Build 8660) | Add info | 6.21 MB |
Opera 9.10 Beta (Build 8666) | Add info | 6.21 MB |
Opera 9.10 Beta (Build 8678) | Add info | 6.14 MB |
Opera 9.10 Beta (Build 8692) | Add info | 6.14 MB |
Opera 9.12 Beta (Build 8701) | Add info | 4.69 MB |
Opera 9.20 | Apr 11, 2007 | 4.01 MB |
Opera 9.20 Beta (Build 8713) | Add info | 6.16 MB |
Opera 9.20 Beta (Build 8732) | Add info | 6.17 MB |
Opera 9.20 Beta (Build 8746) | Add info | 6.17 MB |
Opera 9.20 Beta (Build 8758) | Add info | 6.13 MB |
Opera 9.20 Beta (Build 8762) | Add info | 6.13 MB |
Opera 9.20 Beta (Build 8767) | Add info | 6.26 MB |
Opera 9.20 Beta (Build 8769) | Add info | 6.26 MB |
Opera 9.21 | May 21, 2007 | 4.01 MB |
Opera 9.21 Beta (Build 8776) | Add info | 6.27 MB |
Opera 9.22 | Jul 19, 2007 | 4.02 MB |
Opera 9.22 Beta (Build 8796) | Add info | 6.27 MB |
Opera 9.22 Beta (Build 8800) | Add info | 6.20 MB |
Opera 9.23 | Aug 15, 2007 | 3.94 MB |
Opera 9.23 Beta (Build 8805) | Add info | 6.27 MB |
Opera 9.23 Beta (Build 8807) | Add info | 4.69 MB |
Opera 9.24 | Oct 17, 2007 | 4.02 MB |
Opera 9.25 | Dec 19, 2007 | 4.02 MB |
Opera 9.26 | Feb 20, 2008 | 4.03 MB |
Opera 9.27 | Apr 3, 2008 | 6.44 MB |
Opera 9.50 Beta 1 | Add info | 4.20 MB |
Opera 9.50 Beta 2 | Add info | 4.31 MB |
Opera 9.50 | Jun 12, 2008 | 4.76 MB |
Opera 9.51 RC1 | Add info | 8.48 MB |
Opera 9.51 RC2 | Add info | 8.49 MB |
Opera 9.51 | Jul 3, 2008 | 8.49 MB |
Opera 9.51 Beta (Build 10071) | Add info | 8.51 MB |
Opera 9.52 | Aug 20, 2008 | 4.76 MB |
Opera 9.60 Beta 1 | Add info | 6.38 MB |
Opera 9.60 | Oct 8, 2008 | 7.10 MB |
Opera 9.60 Beta (Build 10408) | Add info | 6.76 MB |
Opera 9.60 Beta (Build 10427) | Add info | 6.58 MB |
Opera 9.60 Beta (Build 10439) | Add info | 8.41 MB |
Opera 9.61 | Oct 21, 2008 | 7.10 MB |
Opera 9.62 | Oct 30, 2008 | 7.11 MB |
Opera 9.63 | Dec 16, 2008 | 4.77 MB |
Opera 9.64 | Mar 3, 2009 | 4.78 MB |
Opera 10.00 | Sep 1, 2009 | 5.74 MB |
Opera 10.0 | Add info | 8.67 MB |
Opera 10.0 Beta (Build 1551) | Add info | 6.58 MB |
Opera 10.0 Beta 2 (Build 1642) | Add info | 6.70 MB |
Opera 10.0 Beta 3 (Build 1699) | Add info | 6.85 MB |
Opera 10.0 RC (Build 1733) | Add info | 8.57 MB |
Opera 10.01 | Sep 26, 2009 | 5.75 MB |
Opera 10.10 | Nov 23, 2009 | 8.72 MB |
Opera 10.10 Beta 1 (Build 1833) | Add info | 10.33 MB |
Opera 10.50 (Beta 1) | Feb 11, 2010 | 9.50 MB |
Opera 10.50 (Beta 2) | Feb 24, 2010 | 11.88 MB |
Opera 10.50 | Mar 2, 2010 | 12.11 MB |
Opera 10.50 Beta 1 (Build 3247) | Add info | 11.91 MB |
Opera 10.50 Beta 2 (Build 3273) | Add info | 11.88 MB |
Opera 10.51 | Mar 22, 2010 | 9.53 MB |
Opera 10.52 | Apr 27, 2010 | 9.55 MB |
Opera 10.53 | Apr 30, 2010 | 9.56 MB |
Opera 10.54 | Jun 21, 2010 | 12.52 MB |
Opera 10.60 | Jul 1, 2010 | 10.33 MB |
Opera 10.60 Beta 1 (Build 3422) | Add info | 10.32 MB |
Opera 10.61 | Aug 12, 2010 | 10.31 MB |
Opera 10.62 | Sep 9, 2010 | 10.32 MB |
Opera 10.63 | Oct 12, 2010 | 12.73 MB |
Opera 11 (Beta 1) | Nov 23, 2010 | 6.92 MB |
Opera 11 | Dec 16, 2010 | 7.29 MB |
Opera 11.00 | Dec 16, 2010 | 7.12 MB |
Opera 11.0 Beta 1 (Build 1111) | Add info | 6.92 MB |
Opera 11.00 Beta (Build 1145) | Dec 14, 2010 | 6.97 MB |
Opera 11.01 | Jan 27, 2011 | 7.12 MB |
Opera 11.10 (Beta) | Mar 14, 2011 | 9.08 MB |
Opera 11.10 | Apr 12, 2011 | 7.30 MB |
Opera 11.10 Beta 1 (Build 2048) | Add info | 9.08 MB |
Opera 11.11 | May 18, 2011 | 9.12 MB |
Opera 11.50 (Beta) | May 31, 2011 | 9.63 MB |
Opera 11.50 | Jun 28, 2011 | 7.49 MB |
Opera 11.50 Beta 1 (Build 1027) | Add info | 9.63 MB |
Opera 11.51 | Aug 31, 2011 | 7.64 MB |
Opera 11.52 | Oct 19, 2011 | 9.83 MB |
Opera 11.60 (Beta) | Nov 10, 2011 | 10.14 MB |
Opera 11.60 | Dec 6, 2011 | 10.14 MB |
Opera 11.60 Beta 1 (Build 1147) | Add info | 10.11 MB |
Opera 11.61 | Jan 24, 2012 | 10.13 MB |
Opera 11.62 | Mar 27, 2012 | 10.13 MB |
Opera 11.64 | May 10, 2012 | 10.13 MB |
Opera 12.00 (Beta 1) (x64) | Apr 26, 2012 | 12.48 MB |
Opera 12.00 (Beta 1) | Apr 26, 2012 | 11.32 MB |
Opera 12.00 | Jun 14, 2012 | 11.78 MB |
Opera 12.00 Build 1306 | Feb 22, 2012 | 10.22 MB |
Opera 12.00 Build 1351 Snapshot | Mar 26, 2012 | 10.43 MB |
Opera 12.00 Build 1360 Snapshot | Apr 11, 2012 | 10.44 MB |
Opera 12.00 Build 1372 Snapshot | Apr 17, 2012 | 10.48 MB |
Opera 12.00 Build 1383 Snapshot | Apr 23, 2012 | 11.23 MB |
Opera 12.00 Beta 1 (Build 1387) | Add info | 11.40 MB |
Opera 12.00 Build 1387 Snapshot | Apr 25, 2012 | 11.32 MB |
Opera 12.01 | Aug 2, 2012 | 11.78 MB |
Opera 12.02 | Aug 30, 2012 | 9.04 MB |
Opera 12.10 (Beta 1) | Oct 2, 2012 | 12.12 MB |
Opera 12.10 | Nov 6, 2012 | 12.18 MB |
Opera 12.10 Beta 1 (Build 1615) | Add info | 12.12 MB |
Opera 12.11 | Nov 20, 2012 | 9.46 MB |
Opera 12.12 | Dec 18, 2012 | 12.18 MB |
Opera 12.13 | Jan 30, 2013 | 12.56 MB |
Opera 12.14 | Add info | 12.56 MB |
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Opera is a cross-platform, fully featured web browser renowned for its speed, elegant user-interface and versatility. Opera includes tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, integrated search engine, an e-mail client and a speed dial giving you quick access to your favorite sites. Along with easy-to-use customization tools Opera also offers voiced controlled browsing for disabled users.
Opera was initially launched as a research project in 1994 by Telenor the largest telecommunications company in Norway who in 1995 set-up a separate company dedicated to developing Opera and working towards the first public release which came in 1996 with version 2.0, which was only compatible with Windows at this stage. Its features were basic and included support for HTML 3.0, multiple graphics formats support, save, open & restore sessions and a webpage zoom feature. Version 3.0 came in late 1997 and introduced pop-up blocking, support for SSL (encrypts info over the internet) and plug-in capabilities. Tabbed browsing was introduced in version 4.0 along with an e-mail and news client. Opera by this time was only available as trialware, with the release of
Version 5.0 Opera became freeware. Opera 6.0 saw new skins introduced and pop-up blocking improved.
Opera 8.0 came with the unique feature of voice controlled navigation which outlined its support for disabled users; Opera became ad-free from version 8.5. Opera 9.0 was a popular version due to its fast browsing, speed dial, BitTorrent support and low bandwidth mode which enables fast browsing even with a poor internet connection. Opera 10.0 came packed full of features improving customization tools, Opera turbo making browsing even faster, visual mouse gestures and scored 100 on the Acid3 Test. Opera 11.0 and 12.0, among many of the other features, had a sleeker UI, password syncing and was noticeably faster.
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Opera was initially launched as a research project in 1994 by Telenor the largest telecommunications company in Norway who in 1995 set-up a separate company dedicated to developing Opera and working towards the first public release which came in 1996 with version 2.0, which was only compatible with Windows at this stage. Its features were basic and included support for HTML 3.0, multiple graphics formats support, save, open & restore sessions and a webpage zoom feature. Version 3.0 came in late 1997 and introduced pop-up blocking, support for SSL (encrypts info over the internet) and plug-in capabilities. Tabbed browsing was introduced in version 4.0 along with an e-mail and news client. Opera by this time was only available as trialware, with the release of
Version 5.0 Opera became freeware. Opera 6.0 saw new skins introduced and pop-up blocking improved.
Opera 8.0 came with the unique feature of voice controlled navigation which outlined its support for disabled users; Opera became ad-free from version 8.5. Opera 9.0 was a popular version due to its fast browsing, speed dial, BitTorrent support and low bandwidth mode which enables fast browsing even with a poor internet connection. Opera 10.0 came packed full of features improving customization tools, Opera turbo making browsing even faster, visual mouse gestures and scored 100 on the Acid3 Test. Opera 11.0 and 12.0, among many of the other features, had a sleeker UI, password syncing and was noticeably faster.
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