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Opera Goes To 11, With Extensions and Tab Stacks

Posted by timothy on from the none-more-fat dept.

surveyork writes "Opera Software released Opera browser 11 for desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc). The main features are support for extensions similar to Chrome and Tab Stacks, Opera's version of tab management. The extension catalog is still small, with roughly 200 extensions, but steadily growing. The browser is very fast — Chrome-fast — and lightweight, with a new installer which is 30% smaller than the one in the previous version. Other enhancements include visual mouse gestures and better address field. There's no hardware acceleration yet, but it could be coming in a further dot release and benefit XP users as well as Mac, Linux and Windows 7/Vista users."

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  1. Re:I can't be the only one who thought of this... by biryokumaru · · Score: 5, Informative

    I can't be the only one who thought of this...

    Ya, I'm sure the guy who wrote the headline Opera Goes To 11 never thought of the connection to Spinal Tap.

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  2. Re:All look the same to me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually FF4 looks a lot like Opera. The big thing is Opera has always had a URL attached to each tab that is unique to each tab. Opera also added a menu button in the top left. FF4 has copied both of these to a point where it looks like exactly like Opera now.