{"id":380645,"date":"2010-03-02T12:52:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T17:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/opera_1050_can_opera_make_a_comeback.php"},"modified":"2010-03-02T12:52:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T17:52:56","slug":"opera-10-50-a-browser-worth-switching-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/380645","title":{"rendered":"Opera 10.50: A Browser Worth Switching To?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"opera_logo_dec08.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/images\/opera_logo_dec08.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"61\"\/>The browser wars are back with a vengeance. In no small part thanks to the efforts of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/chrome\">Google Chrome<\/a>, we have seen a resurgence in browser inovation and a new emphasis on speed over the last year and a half. Today, Opera is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/press\/releases\/2010\/03\/02\/\">launching<\/a> its newest weapon against Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. Billed as the &#8220;world&#8217;s fastest browser,&#8221; Opera 10.50 for Windows &#8211; which also sports a new user interface &#8211; might just be Opera&#8217;s best browser to date. The question, though, is if this new release will be enough to help Opera gain new users and market share.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Sponsor<\/em><br \/><a href='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/ck.php?n=18515&amp;cb=18515' ><img src='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/avw.php?zoneid=14&amp;cb=18515&amp;n=18515' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For now, Opera has only released the final version of Opera 10.50 for Windows. Mac and Linux versions will follow soon. You can already download <a href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/ODIN\/blog\/opera-10-50-beta-for-mac-out-now\">beta versions for these systems here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Opera commands somewhere between 2% and 3% of the desktop browser market, which, if we look at it from a glass-half-full perspective, means that there is a lot of room to grow for the Norwegian browser developer. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"opera 10.50 screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/images\/opera1050_rww.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"436\"  \/><\/p>\n<h2>Speed and Features<\/h2>\n<div class=\"super-pullquote\">\n<p><strong>New Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>private browsing<\/li>\n<li>support for HTML5 and CSS3<\/li>\n<li>better integration with native systems<\/li>\n<li>notification messages are now non-modal<\/li>\n<li>improvements to the search box and the address box<\/li>\n<li>new and improved highlighting<\/li>\n<li>new in-line page search and password manager<\/li>\n<li>new and improved user interface design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>With this new version, Opera introduces new features, as well as a new JavaScript engine (<a href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/core\/blog\/2009\/12\/22\/carakan-revisited\">Carakan<\/a>) and an improved rendering engine (Presto 2.5). In our own informal tests, Opera managed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.webkit.org\/perf\/sunspider-0.9\/sunspider-results.html?%7B%223d-cube%22:%5B22,20,20,20,20%5D,%223d-morph%22:%5B25,25,24,25,24%5D,%223d-raytrace%22:%5B27,28,29,26,26%5D,%22access-binary-trees%22:%5B7,7,7,8,7%5D,%22access-fannkuch%22:%5B27,28,28,27,27%5D,%22access-nbody%22:%5B19,18,18,17,17%5D,%22access-nsieve%22:%5B7,8,7,8,8%5D,%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:%5B4,4,3,4,4%5D,%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:%5B5,5,5,4,5%5D,%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:%5B3,3,3,2,3%5D,%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:%5B13,12,11,12,11%5D,%22controlflow-recursive%22:%5B5,6,6,6,6%5D,%22crypto-aes%22:%5B21,20,18,19,18%5D,%22crypto-md5%22:%5B8,6,7,7,7%5D,%22crypto-sha1%22:%5B5,5,5,5,4%5D,%22date-format-tofte%22:%5B28,30,27,26,27%5D,%22date-format-xparb%22:%5B49,50,50,50,47%5D,%22math-cordic%22:%5B14,13,12,13,12%5D,%22math-partial-sums%22:%5B41,40,40,40,39%5D,%22math-spectral-norm%22:%5B10,10,10,10,10%5D,%22regexp-dna%22:%5B20,20,20,20,20%5D,%22string-base64%22:%5B40,37,39,38,38%5D,%22string-fasta%22:%5B31,30,30,30,30%5D,%22string-tagcloud%22:%5B53,52,53,55,56%5D,%22string-unpack-code%22:%5B44,43,43,42,43%5D,%22string-validate-input%22:%5B43,41,42,45,45%5D%7D\">best<\/a> both the latest releases of <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.webkit.org\/perf\/sunspider-0.9\/sunspider-results.html?%7b%223d-cube%22:%5b37,41,41,37,36%5d,%223d-morph%22:%5b47,41,47,35,38%5d,%223d-raytrace%22:%5b31,27,33,23,24%5d,%22access-binary-trees%22:%5b3,3,3,3,2%5d,%22access-fannkuch%22:%5b18,21,19,20,21%5d,%22access-nbody%22:%5b26,27,24,22,23%5d,%22access-nsieve%22:%5b7,7,5,5,6%5d,%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:%5b4,5,4,4,4%5d,%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:%5b13,14,14,10,13%5d,%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:%5b11,14,14,13,12%5d,%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:%5b17,17,17,16,19%5d,%22controlflow-recursive%22:%5b3,4,4,4,4%5d,%22crypto-aes%22:%5b11,15,12,13,12%5d,%22crypto-md5%22:%5b14,14,11,12,11%5d,%22crypto-sha1%22:%5b13,13,11,11,12%5d,%22date-format-tofte%22:%5b38,33,30,32,32%5d,%22date-format-xparb%22:%5b43,40,34,37,35%5d,%22math-cordic%22:%5b24,25,27,21,21%5d,%22math-partial-sums%22:%5b47,41,37,38,38%5d,%22math-spectral-norm%22:%5b8,12,11,11,9%5d,%22regexp-dna%22:%5b21,26,23,25,24%5d,%22string-base64%22:%5b17,20,19,18,20%5d,%22string-fasta%22:%5b27,28,24,25,25%5d,%22string-tagcloud%22:%5b57,57,48,51,50%5d,%22string-unpack-code%22:%5b67,63,63,66,56%5d,%22string-validate-input%22:%5b34,37,28,29,31%5d%7d\">Chrome<\/a> and Firefox. For users, however, these artificial benchmarks are only a small part of the user experience and the speed difference between most modern browsers is relatively negligible compared to other bottlenecks in the rendering process. <\/p>\n<p>New features, besides the updated user interface, include better integration with Windows 7 and Vista, an enhanced private browsing mode, visual tabs and improved support for CSS3 and HTML5. Opera now also features an Office 2007-like menu button that replaces the standard menu bar and packs all of the program&#8217;s settings and options into a more compact interface.<\/p>\n<p>Just like earlier versions, Opera 10.50 also includes a built-in mail and RSS client, as well as Opera Turbo for faster surfing on slow networks, Opera Unite (an integrated web-servers &#8211; see our full review here) and Opera Link, which allows you to synchronize bookmarks, preferences and notes between different machines that use Opera.<\/p>\n<h2>Verdict<\/h2>\n<p>Without doubt, the biggest draw of Opera 10.50 is its speed, however. The browser feels extremely snappy, though in our tests, Opera 10.50 also used quite a bit of memory. The Opera team also worked hard on improving the user interface, which is now a lot cleaner.<\/p>\n<p>So is this a browser worth switching for? In terms of features, it definitely bests every other major browser on the market, but the absence of a thriving extension and plugin ecosystem will surely hold a lot of people back from even giving it a try. If you are not bound to a certain Firefox or Chrome plugin, however &#8211; or if you are using Internet Explorer &#8211; Opera 10.50 is definitely worth a try. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/opera_1050_can_opera_make_a_comeback.php#comments-open\">Discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/3iN7F4bakbQgMYQpfImjo5h-f6s\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/3iN7F4bakbQgMYQpfImjo5h-f6s\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/3iN7F4bakbQgMYQpfImjo5h-f6s\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/3iN7F4bakbQgMYQpfImjo5h-f6s\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:FFnlKYwJmN0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=FFnlKYwJmN0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:Ij26kaj3iuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=Ij26kaj3iuU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:C2pbw5bZMiI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=C2pbw5bZMiI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=eZUdn5jiMx4:E7sg1noNkSQ:OqabYuBsmOY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=OqabYuBsmOY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~4\/eZUdn5jiMx4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The browser wars are back with a vengeance. 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