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Opera 10.6 goes final: fast, WebM support, malware blocking powered by AVG
The new malware-fighting abilities are provided by the folks at AVG, and they work well -- notifying me that the site hosting Justin Bieber screensavers was malicious (hey, even if they weren't serving infections that kind of crap should be blocked... ).
If you happen to be a CNet reader as well, you may have noticed Seth Rosenblatt's claim that "The new security feature indicates that while Chrome and Firefox are looking to further isolate plug-ins and add-ons, Opera hopes to address the immediate threat from malware-infected Web sites." Truth be told, both Firefox and Chrome have blocked malicious URLs for some time -- and Chrome has that whole sandbox thing going for it as well.
Unlike Chrome and Firefox, however, Opera displays an offer for a 30% discount from AVG. Which is cool, if you like coupons.
The new version also adds support for Google's WebM video container, making Opera 10.60 the first stable browser to offer support. More HTML5 features are supported as well, including geolocation, Web Works, and App Cache. Yep, Opera's new stable release supports as much HTML5 as some other bleeding-edge browsers.
Opera 10.6 final is now available for download from the official website.
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Subscribe to comments216Jul 1st 2010 9:30AM
"Unlike Chrome and Firefox, however, Opera displays an offer for a 30% discount from AVG"
Quick, what's 30% of free? Should be using MSE anyway
@davey_ladJul 1st 2010 9:40AM
Just what everyone needs a browser with built in adware
mkoJul 1st 2010 1:39PM
You obliviously don't remember actually adware version of Opera before 8.5
@davey_ladJul 1st 2010 2:55PM
I actually don't remember anything about any version of Opera. Whenever i installed it it was quickly uninstalled... i gave up trying out new versions ages ago
MacJul 1st 2010 11:30AM
It may be fast, but what's the point without the necessary addons I use everyday with Firefox? Add support for LastPass, Xmarks, Adblock, and the dozen other addons I enjoy and then we'll talk.
BenJul 1st 2010 11:38AM
I feel the same way. I really want to like Opera, I really do. It's fast, it's shiny, it's neat, but without AdBlock and XMarks, I just can't bring myself to use it daily.
mkoJul 1st 2010 1:38PM
Since I don't use Firefox I'm not exactly sure what Xmarks is but if it's a bookmark sync extension as Google suggests, that feature already available in Opera and called Opera Link.
(That was a long sentence..)
laeroJul 2nd 2010 3:27AM
@Ben
If you really want to like it, Opera has a built in content-blocker that works as a pseudo adblocker and, as mentioned, Opera Link to sync stuff.
Personally using (srware) iron here, because I like the out of the box as I want it without google snooping around way it is.
KevinJul 1st 2010 4:37PM
If AdBlock Plus is keeping you from using Opera, check out AdSweep http://adsweep.org/
It works pretty well.
Seth RosenblattJul 2nd 2010 2:34PM
Thank you for linking to my story. If you're going to slag off on me, I'd appreciate it if you could at least get my name right.
Lee MathewsJul 2nd 2010 3:28PM
Apologies for the name swap, Seth, but I wouldn't really call it slagging off...Your post did rather make it sound like Mozilla and Google have prioritized out-of-process plug-ins while ignoring malware protection -- which, of course, they haven't.
m112Jul 4th 2010 6:09AM
new opera is cool
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