Opera 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 Acid3 compliance and mouse gestures.
A full run down on features and download links for Windows, OS X, and Linux can be found on the Opera 10 site.
The 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 due out tomorrow, September 1st US time.
Opera 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.
Opera has released a third beta of Opera 10. Other then an additional 38 languages, the following changes have been made since Beta 2.
More details on these changes and download links for Windows, Mac and Linux can be found on the Opera Next website.
Web browser market share results for July 2009 have been released thanks to Market Share by Net Applications, and for another month Microsoft Internet Explorer is down again.
Internet Explorer dropped almost half a percent to 67.68%, while Firefox was up 0.04% to 22.47%.
Other winners for the month were were Safari up from 3.79% to 4.07%, and Google Chrome up from 2.40% to 2.59%.
Opera had another bad month falling from 2.03% to 1.97%.
Interesting results for Firefox, with the release of 3.5 seems to have failed at attracting any more market share. Full results for June and July 2009 are available online.
Opera 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.
Opera has unveiled its secret project, which it was hoping would “change the web”. With Opera 10, the company is planning on introducing new technology called Opera Unite.
Opera Unite allows users to share files and host websites right from in their browser.
“This technology is a radical first step towards addressing what I call “the Internet’s unfulfilled promise”, which is about our ability to connect with each other and participate meaningfully online—on our own terms, and without losing control of our data” writes Lawrence Eng, Opera Software Product Analyst.
More information and early download links can be found on the Opera Unite homepage.
Opera have just released Opera Mobile 9.7 Beta 1 to the web. The new version runs on the new Opera Presto 2.2 core.
The biggest new feature is Opera Turbo, which can compress data by up to 80% before it is sent to the mobile device, dramatically increasing web page loading times.
A full list of new features can be found in the new features list, while the browser can be downloaded from the Opera Mobile website.
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.
Opera 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.