Phantom of The Opera
After months of exciting users with its new astounding new features via an alpha, beta and RC, the final build of Opera 10, the most awaited browser on earth, has finally been released. Opera 10 makes leaps and bounds in browser innovation. It add new and unheard of features and improves upon some old ones.
Opera 10 was meant to release with two major innovations. One is the "Turbo" feature for slow speed Internet connections. It works by connecting to a proxy server managed by Opera Software, and transferring cached and compressed versions of the requested web page to the user's terminal. The system is smoothly integrated into the browser and switches over automatically if Opera detects you are on a slow or weak connection.
Here is a humorous video from Opera, explaining the compressing technology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYEUFwJXVvw
The other feature is "Unite", which was meant to allow user to user file-sharing. It did not make it to Opera 10 yet, it is still under development. Apart from the major innovations, the UI has been totally overhauled. The new UI is much smoother and aesthetic. Many more subtle changes have been made to the browser. All of which work to enhance your browsing experience.
Opera 10 is also one of the two major browsers, as of now, to pass the Acid 3 test. Safari being the other.
The improvements to the development tool, Dragonfly was a tad bit disappointing though. However some improvement has been made. Web-developers however might want to hold onto Firebug for a little bit longer.
Opera Linux users will appreciate the much smoother Qt UI. The browser look and acts much more native to the system. Here is a screen-shot of Opera 10 with the Bookmarks side-tab open on my Fedora Desktop:
In other news, the logo has changed as well!
Opera 10 brings new and innovative features, looks and feel and a whole new level of browsing experience to the table. In my books, its the best browser out there. How did you like the new Opera?
Links:
- Opera Homepage: http://www.opera.com/
- Community Launch: http://bit.ly/2OylE7
- What's Missing: http://bit.ly/BiDGa
I downloaded the latest Opera. It's quite good.As i use a really slow network(EDGE:may be this slow is far below opera standards), Noticeable thing is when I try to open any animation site or any site full of images, opera becomes too slow decompressing all the images, finally i have to turn turbo off.Else Opera Rocks.
Never seen such a glorified post on opera. The features on offer sre really good though. Am using Opera full time nowadays.
Thanks for the linkback :)
That Turbo is definitely weird.
I meant the video explaining Turbo.
I've seen different musicals many times and Phantom of the Opera was one of my best attended shows ever…I got a pretty good seat after comparing prices for Free via this :
http://www.ticketwood.com/theater/Phantom-of-the-Opera-Tickets/index.php
It was really one of the most memorable shows with a beautiful, smooth-flowing set, gorgeous music and a super talented cast.
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