Facebook Plunges Again
Tumblr 101: Tips And Tricks To Get Started
Opera 11 final brings add-on support, tab stacks, and big-time performance gains
Perhaps the single biggest addition to Opera 11 is extension support. With Download Squad favorites like LastPass now starting to appear, and with the process to port extensions from Chrome and Safari a trivial task, Opera 11 users will have plenty of additional customizations to choose from. Opera also announced a holiday extension contest to get the ball rolling. The closing date is December 31st, so if you've got an idea for a slick add-on get it in fast an you could a nice little prize pack and $200 to spend at the online shop of your choice.
So what else is new in Opera 11? It's faster than ever, with updates to Presto (the layout engine), Carakan (the JavaScript engine), and Vega (its graphics library), resulting in a big performance bump over Opera 10.6x. Opera 11 also features a number of privacy and security enhancements, improved gesture support, and a better integrated email app. For control freaks, Opera 11 adds on-demand loading for plug-ins like Flash and Silverlight, and more flexible rules for accepting and rejecting cookies.
Support for the latest Web code is built-in, too -- including HTML5 features like geolocation, Websockets, and push notifications. It's also easier than ever to run Opera from your USB flash drive, thanks to the new portable install option. All in all, Opera 11 is an alternative browser which is well worth your consideration.
Download Opera 11 for Windows, Mac, or Linux
Comments
7
Subscribe to commentsSilverWaveDec 16th 2010 8:07AM
Interesting that all the major browsers look to be converging on a basic set off features in common after chrome changed the game.
RyzvonusefDec 16th 2010 10:44AM
Darn it Lee, I just installed the RC .deb yesterday!
Oh well, off to "sudo apt-get update", if only Mozilla were to hurry up!
SlashZakuDec 16th 2010 10:51AM
Add-on wise, is there anything decent to use for RSS feeds in Opera? I really do loathe the e-mail go-through that they're currently using (the whole setup just bothers me) and would like something different. Right now, my 'standard' is Brief for Firefox and that's one of the big reasons I haven't made a jump to another browser as my main. I like Opera's speed on this old computer but RSS are one of the things holding me back.
SilverWaveDec 16th 2010 11:13AM
@SlashZaku
I like Boox on firefox but its not available yet for ff4.0 :-(
King AntoniusDec 16th 2010 1:54PM
@SlashZaku Google reader is a good option for RSS feeds as long as you don't need a way to view them offline.
SlashZakuDec 16th 2010 7:20PM
@King Antonius
I have no interest in using Google Reader oddly enough. Since Extensions are just kicking off with Opera, I should probably just wait to see what shows up.
johnDec 16th 2010 10:47PM
i can check some feeds offline with Opera's RSS reader... i mean which browser packs so many things out of the box ?
and now, using extensions without a needed reboot of the browser, well... you really have to use a little bit longer to really feel the difference