Opera 11 Review - Overview of new features and Screenshots

Saturday, December 18, 2010 , , , , , , , , 1 Comments

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Release of Opera 11 was announced a few days back, and this latest release of Opera comes bundled up with a lot of changes. Some of the most significant changes in Opera 11 are related to it's interface.

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Opera, which is written in Qt toolkit and takes advantage of its own Presto engine, has been around for quite a long time now. Opera holds a respectable position in Linux community's selection of web browsers, holding third position just behind Chrome and Firefox.

Some new features in Opera 11 are listed below:

  • Improved Address Field

    The address field is now able to hide lengthy links focusing instead of the main domain name. All web pages got a badge to the left to replace protocols like HTTP or HTTPS, also, there is a badge that indicated if Opera Turbo in on or off.
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  • Improved Opera auto-update System

    Auto-Update System checks updates for extensions and Opera Unite applications.

  • Bookmarks Bar

    Bookmarks Bar is placed below the address bar but that can be changed using Appearance dialog.
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  • Improved Extensions System

    Extensions can be created using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

  • Mail Panel

    Mail Panel has been turned around big time and has received several very notable improvements.

  • Plug-ins

    Plug-ins can be loaded on demand.

  • Presto Rendering Engine

    Presto Rendering Engine has been tweaked too with changes to the ways on handling HTML5 and CSS3.

  • Google Search Predictions

    Google search predictions can now be integrated into Opera’s search field

  • Tab Improvements

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    Tabs can now be grouped separately locked tab feature is improved and renamed to 'pin tab'(wonder why is that).
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  • User JavaScript

    Improvements made to user JavaScript

  • Visual Mouse Gestures

    Visual mouse gestures can be activated by holding down the right mouse button and moving the mouse cursor; Opera will show what gestures are available
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    using Opera right now. liked it so much that it has replaced firefox as my standard browser.

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