Opera 11 beta available, brings extensions and tab stacking

[daredevil]

The first beta version of Opera 11 is out today, and as expected, it brings a very important yet long-overdue new feature to the mix: extensions support. The latest pre-release version of the browser uses a similar approach to that employed by other WebKit-powered browsers like Chrome and Safari, installing extensions as buttons to the right of the search bar that can auto-update. So far there are a little over 130 extensions in Opera’s extension gallery -- a small number compared to Firefox or even Chrome, but the feature has been available only in a limited alpha release for the past month.

 

Opera 11 also comes with another major feature called tab stacking that will come in handy to those who have large numbers of tabs open on a regular basis. Basically, instead of keeping tabs alongside each other, tab stacking enables you to group them by site or theme, similar to what Panorama does in Firefox 4. To use it, simply drag one tab on top of another, after which you’ll see a small arrow next the tab that will let you expand or contract groups as needed.

 

Mouse gestures have undergone an upgrade in Opera 11, with a new visual interface highlighting available mouse paths, the address field now hides unnecessary information and puts the security status of each page front and center, plug-ins like Flash can be set to load on-demand, and browsing speed gets a small boost. You can download the latest version of Opera 11 Beta for Mac OS X and Windows– Linux users will have to wait a little longer or get the alpha here.

 

 

Opera extension gallery:

https://addons.labs.opera.com/addons/extensions/

 

Anyone here have used Opera?

[stevia]

i had version 9 for PC and it worked great!

but i was more surprised when i discovered that opera made some browser for pocket pc!

at the moment i'm writing with my phone using opera mini 5.1 !

i tryied to install opera Mobile 10 (about 13.00 MB) but it gaved me error

anyway Opera browser are the best browser for PC/smartphone for sure

speedy and easy to use!!

 

PS oh thanks for info;)

[Slayerz]

Look cool but im on Internet Explore 10 beta

[Krauersaut]

Look cool but im on Internet Explore 10 beta

I hope you mean IE9 beta.

 

I've tried the beta recently but think I'll stick at Safari since it still feels a little faster and Firefox because of the beautiful flags and proxy add-ons. Anyway, Opera Turbo is really great when you're on mobile internet.

[Slayerz]

I hope you mean IE9 beta.

 

I've tried the beta recently but think I'll stick at Safari since it still feels a little faster and Firefox because of the beautiful flags and proxy add-ons. Anyway, Opera Turbo is really great when you're on mobile internet.

 

What ever im still asleep

[Desu]

somehow opera crashed on me everyday after 1-2 hours before...

i will give this a try, cuz crashing was the only problem. everything else was perfect.

[OnionKnight]

somehow opera crashed on me everyday after 1-2 hours before...

i will give this a try, cuz crashing was the only problem. everything else was perfect.

 

I probably crashed from you viewing 1000 tabs worth of porn sites =D. (jk jk).

[Jorz]

imo its a bad browser,cuz my firefox with 18 add-ons installed when i open it,it uses 60 mb ram.on the other hand i tried opera 11 without any add-ons etc and it used 110 mb ram while i was just in the main page!

Imo firefox > opera