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Gentlemen, we are now in a state of necessity, and necessity knows no law - Reich Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg
Opera 10 browser is out
OPERA 10 is out now and by all accounts it's a decent web browser, standards compliant and rather fast.
One of the most interesting features in this latest release of the Opera browser is the speed boost. The outfit said it added compression technology called Turbo that speeds up slow net connections, whether fixed-line or mobile.
In a statement the firm said, "If your network speed slows to a crawl, simply enable Opera Turbo to browse the web at broadband-like speeds. Opera Turbo will automatically detect when network speeds will enable you to benefit. Once you turn it on, Opera Turbo instantly compresses pages, so less data needs to be transferred over a limited connection." It claimed that its lab tests found that Turbo could boost perceived network speeds by up to eight times.
Other new features in the browser, which Opera called the world's most innovative, include a new interface, faster page loading and more Tab options. These can be put at the top, side or bottom of the page, and once clicked will show a thumbnail of the page in question.
Accompanying the Opera browser is the Opera email client, which can translate as many as 51 different languages and has a number of usability improvements.
If this usability stuff fails to grab you, Opera has released a number of standards compliant developer tools based on its own Dragonfly. These will allow more technologically adept users to edit the DOM and inspect HTTP headers and generally have a bit of a tinker about. And if you know how to do those things, you know you'll want to.
"At Opera, we have always worked hard to innovate new ways to improve everyone's browsing experience," said Jon von Tetzchner, Opera's CEO. "Opera Turbo is our newest innovation, and one we think everyone should try, because we all will face a slow connection at some point. Now, there is a solution, and it is absolutely free. We are excited to offer Opera 10 to the world, and we hope even more people discover what the 40 million people who have already made the switch know: browsing with Opera makes the Web a safer, more enjoyable and more interesting place."
Opera 10 is available now. µ
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IE and Opera has been my combination since Opera-6. It has served me a lot. And generally most people havent yet understood full potential. its lightweight tabs, sessions naming and snappy .MHT save are bliss.
Some 3 years back, I had once submitted them a u can say 40+ pages document of possible features improvements.
When this ver10 was about to go final few weeks back i was planning to write them a minor glitch having major impact but could took time to convey, may today through theinquirer it meant to b passed. Opera10 has super feature of keep downloading file even if u switch proxy from opera settings i.e. the file when starts downloading in opera is independent of further proxy changes. this blissful feature enables one to download another file through another proxy setting and these two files will keep happly downloading till finish. Now the glitch is that if i am downloading a separate file from no proxy setting then opera gives most bandwidth to no-proxy download bar and because of lesser priority to other proxy-ied bars and their download speed drops to 1-5th. Opera should just enhance code to distribute bandwidth evenly to whether it proxied or non-proxied.
my prev comments at ...
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1529283/ie-secure-web-browser
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1529278/netscape-founder-aims-web-browser
"the Opera email client, which can translate as many as 51 different languages"
Eh?
Heres mainboard, claims to be workstation Artist dream:
EVGA Corporation, the leading-edge 3D processor and motherboard manufacturer, announces the most innovative
motherboard to date, the EVGA X58 SLI Classified 4-Way SLI along with the EVGA GTX 285 Classified graphics
card. This platform is the worlds first setup capable of running in 4-Way SLI mode.
The innovation does not stop there, the EVGA GTX 285 Classified features many improvements in addition to the 4-Way SLI support, with an ESR/ESL Film capacitor for the cleanest power possible, dedicated voltage read points,an 8 phase digital PWM, X-Cool jumper for extreme overclocking and 3 6pin PCIe connectors.
The EVGA X58 Classified 4-Way SLI motherboard features all the innovations from the original EVGA X58
Classified motherboard, plus a total of 7 PCIe slots capable of running in 4-Way SLI mode, and EVGA EVbot
support.
New and key features introduced on the EVGA GTX 285 Classified graphics card:
GeForce GTX 285 GPU
4-Way SLI Support
8 Phase Digital PWM
Low ESR/ESL Film Capacitor
X-Cool jumper for Extreme OC
3 PCIe 6 pin power connectors
Dedicated Voltage Read Points
EVGA EVbot support
New and key features introduced on the EVGA X58 SLI Classified 4-Way SLI motherboard:
Intel X58 Express Chipset with the ICH10R Southbridge
7 PCIe Slots for 2-Way, 3-Way, 4-Way SLI or CrossFireX Support
10 Phase Digital PWM with Switching Frequency of 1333KHz
Low ESR/ESL Film Capacitor
100% Solid State Capacitors
EVGA E-LEET Tuning Utility Software
EVGA EVbot Support
EVGA ECP V2 (EVGA Control $449.99.
AMD Next:
AMD plans to transit from the current Dragon AM3 platform to Leo platform in April 2010. The new platform is made up of a slew of faster 45nm multi-core AM3 CPUs to be released next year coupled with the new AMD 890FX/GX + SB850 chipsets as well as the DX11 graphics cards; Helmlock and Cypress (Radeon HD 5800 series). The new chipsets gonna sport several key features like improved Crossfire performance, ATI Stream and OpenCL support, next gen. Hybrid Crossfire, enhanced overclocking through AMD Fusion II with OverDrive and Black Edition memory profiles. Other neat features include the support for SATA 6Gbps, USB 3.0, Integrated Broadcom MAC, FIS based switching
21C.PU 45 nm is long article:
http://en.hardspell.com/doc/enshowcont.asp?id=6906
Thats All. ts von drashek md
I tried it, and it still doesn't feel right, as snappy as the UI is, as messy is the page rendering, and speed ??????
I didn't get the speed i get with FF.
"...Opera Turbo instantly compresses pages..."
I always thought that the compression has to be done from the sender to be meaningful. It seems that I'm wrong...
@aNewbie: yes, that's why it seems that this features just set a proxy between you and the website you're surfing.. proxy is managed by opera who compress images and so on.. so I don't think there's a bit of magic ehe
http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/03/13/
Turbo uses a technology called “Opera Web Optimization Proxy” (...) image resolution may appear considerably lower as a result of the compression (...) Flash are supported, but some plugin content will load only after clicking on the empty element.