Opera 11.50

[CarvedInside]

Main improvements:
- speed dial extensions (rss feed reader, gmail checker, weather)
- ability to also sync saved passwords between multiple computers with Opera Link
- faster rendering engine
- streamlined interface

Download : http://www.opera.com/

You may notice that there is a download counter, while not taking themselves too seriously, Opera's crew wants to surpass Lady Gaga's number of tweeter followers. They already managed to surpass the number of stormtroopers that can fit in the Death Star


If you haven't checked Opera in a long while, it might be worth checking this out.

[Karak]

Unfortunately it does not work too well with Intel Integrated graphics - at least on my Core 2 Duo at work (Mobile Intel($) 4 Series Express Chipset Family GPU, driver version 8.15.10.2302) for few hours of work I had problems with X graphics(closing tab button), only restart of Opera helped. Some time later I had no indication which page is active - it was not rendered like usually. I also noticed graphics corruption at the tab corner(top right corner with new indicator). At home on dated P4 and Win XP I had freezes with old version when watching online videos(I had few opened and buffering on various tabs, and sometimes whole Opera froze and it needed to be killed). I like Opera and I was using it since 7th version, but lately stability and quality testing is not that good I think

[Particle]

Always glad to see an Opera update. I'm on 11.50 now.

[naokaji]

Speed Dial extensions are very welcome

[Aerou]

Already been happy, got even happier.

[SEA]

The good thing in last versions of Opera - compatibility and extensions.

Plus, as usually its performance is on top:

Browsers.jpg

[FlawleZ]

Already been happy, got even happier.

Exactly.

Now if only we could get a robust plugin for Opera to use ActiveX. I've never had success with the Neptune plugin.

[eXa]

I scored 6442 with FF5. I have 5 windows with a total of 14 tabs open, spotify running and utorrent downloading with 2.4MB/s... oh and steam. I dont know if any of this affected the test so i just thought i should mention it.

Edit: Ran IE9 to compare on my system. Scored 6932 with everything else mentioned running... hmm
Edit2: Ok had to try with opera too:
Edit3: Ah, still have chrome installed, added chrome.

[SubZero.it]

I'm trying it right now. But couldn't find that speed they mention?!Am I missing something?

[SEA]

Sooo, that is it: FF is slowest on planet...

[spursindonesia]

Opera is the best for browsing, atleast for me. But for getting flash video content, i'm still using Mozilla FF. Is there any plugin for flash video content download in Opera ?? Thx.

[SEA]

Sure, there are many available. including extensions for opera, look there...

[naokaji]

Is there any plugin for flash video content download in Opera ?? Thx.

For youtube i'd recommend the following two:

first off the reskin to make it look better: https://addons.opera.com/addons/exte....7/?display=en
second, the downloader, adds a simple download button right below the video: https://addons.opera.com/addons/exte....1/?display=en

for other sites, as was already mentioned, there are plenty.

[spursindonesia]

Sure, there are many available. including extensions for opera, look there...

For youtube i'd recommend the following two:

first off the reskin to make it look better: https://addons.opera.com/addons/exte....7/?display=en
second, the downloader, adds a simple download button right below the video: https://addons.opera.com/addons/exte....1/?display=en

for other sites, as was already mentioned, there are plenty.

Thx mates, i'll look up to it. Appreciated the info.

[PatRaceTin]

i has bad experience with opera sync

it corrupt my bookmarks all pc / laptop with that sync

[CarvedInside]

PatRaceTin, when it was first launched Opera Sync had some issues. Now, I think it works without any problems.
I used it to sync between at least 2 computers, at home and at work and it worked great.
If this happens again, you can reload the automatic backups stored in your computer before the sync, they are saved as speeddial.ini.pre_sync, bookmarks.adr.pre_sync and so on.
The safest way is to create once in a while a backup of the Opera's Application Data folder where all the passwords, bookmarks and history are stored. This is one of the most important backups I need to do, as half of my life digital life is in there


Some tips for the opera fans out there:
Bringing back the address droplist arrow: type opera:config in the address field, and in the search field of the config page type dropdown, there check the following option : Show Dropdown Button In Addressfield and press Save.

Smaller "O" menu button: Right click on the Menu button select Customize -> Appearance, here go to Style and select "Images Only"

[bing]

i has bad experience with opera sync

it corrupt my bookmarks all pc / laptop with that sync

That crappy Sync destroyed all my bookmarks that was harvested > 10 years, its simply can't handle nested folders in their bookmarks and moved out "ALL" links that stored inside those deep nested folders all together to root folder.

Definitely NOT RECOMMENDED.

[SubZero.it]

After some tweaking it works really good. Opera Sync works good for me and it's stunning in loading videos compared to IE9 64bit (that is the only drawback I find). It is really improved compared to the last opera I tried...err do not remember the version

[Karak]

Unfortunately it does not work too well with Intel Integrated graphics - at least on my Core 2 Duo at work (Mobile Intel($) 4 Series Express Chipset Family GPU, driver version 8.15.10.2302) for few hours of work I had problems with X graphics(closing tab button), only restart of Opera helped. Some time later I had no indication which page is active - it was not rendered like usually. I also noticed graphics corruption at the tab corner(top right corner with new indicator). At home on dated P4 and Win XP I had freezes with old version when watching online videos(I had few opened and buffering on various tabs, and sometimes whole Opera froze and it needed to be killed). I like Opera and I was using it since 7th version, but lately stability and quality testing is not that good I think

It happened again today. Check attached screenshot - active tab is rendered incorrectly. Does anyone have similar issues?

Opera_graphics_bug.jpg

[SEA]

Never saw this. I would say it is particularly stable after version 10.
Used it with several AMD+ATI (integrated and discrete)and , I7+Nvidia discrete...
You might need clean just install and opera sync to transfer data...