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Opera outs another 10.5 alpha snapshot: still fast, now with Google Reader action!
Opera's dev crew has been busy toiling away at version 10.5, and while they're not quite ready to make the jump to beta (despite reports to the contrary) they have just released another snapshot build.
Build 3199 is all about tweaks and patches. The functionality you'll get has been present in Opera 10.5 since the original pre-alpha build back in December of last year -- things like the slick Windows 7 shell integration, per-tab private browsing, and the zippy Carakan engine. Curiously, the Peacekeeper result on my netbook was actually slower with the new build.
Build 3199 is all about tweaks and patches. The functionality you'll get has been present in Opera 10.5 since the original pre-alpha build back in December of last year -- things like the slick Windows 7 shell integration, per-tab private browsing, and the zippy Carakan engine. Curiously, the Peacekeeper result on my netbook was actually slower with the new build.
One other sticking point: the new build still hasn't been able to figure out what to do with Google Reader. The page simply quits loading after the first half inch or so. Hopefully this will be fixed once it's time for a genuine beta release - I've been extremely happy browsing with Opera 10.5 but the lack of Reader support is a deal-breaker for me.
ed: this has been fixed! Opera's team pushed a new update overnight which has corrected the Reader issue. Well done!
If you're using Windows and want to take the latest Opera 10.5 snapshot for a spin, go download it - then share your thoughts in the comments!
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Subscribe to commentshmmJan 20th 2010 12:24AM
This is not the second but the third pre-alpha release.(This is not yet alpha, please note.).If you follow their desktop team blog you'll find that snapshots are usually frequent. This build is indeed is slower than the Christmas build and but is much more stable.Opera Plus there are no Mac and Linux builds this time round.
hmmJan 20th 2010 12:30AM
Sorry for the grammar errors. Remove the and before but and Opera in the last sentence.
MxxConJan 20th 2010 1:00AM
hmm..google reader loads fine for me.
some keyboard shortcuts don't work as expected and there are slight text rendering glitches, but otherwise it's fully functional.
AgurJan 20th 2010 2:46AM
Hello.
Wierd error for me I can't see any Youtube videos with this alpha version. I also hoped that it will take less ram, but in short time it already took about 300 mb.
hdraogmirJan 20th 2010 7:18AM
The devs at opera just pushed a new build! ( an hour ago )
Google Reader is now ( finally ) supported!
And, have you noticed the new "Inspect Element" right-click option?
MaxJan 20th 2010 9:45AM
Google Reader works fine for me in this version (Mac 10.6). It did, at first, complain about cookies, but I just set the site preferences to "identify as Firefox" and it works fine now.
I even added the custom helvetireader-2 css file skin, and it looks and works great.
s14shyamJan 20th 2010 9:25PM
Hi ya. I've been following Opera since Build 3172. It's a good thing to know that the Google Reader issua has been fixed, because the same issue was a dealbreaker with me [ Great minds think alike, er]. And I just wanted to know what your favourite browser was? Mine is Opera.