The Opera Web browser offers several new features for functionality, security, usability, customization, searching, saving, taking shortcuts and accessing Web content. Whether you’re going to work, working from home, developing Web sites, or just looking for a quick, solid browser that can help you quickly access the Internet, Opera delivers a superior Web experience for every aspect of your online life, with lots of tech tools for power users.

Features:

• New features
  • Speed Dial™
    Now you have a new way to access your favorite Web sites. Just open a new tab to get your Speed Dial. It’s easy to populate and addictive to use.
  • Fraud protection
    Opera’s advanced fraud protection protects you against web sites that try to steal your personal information. Watch the demo to learn how to enable this feature.
  • BitTorrent
    You don’t need a separate BitTorrent application to download large files. Simply click a torrent link and start the download.
  • Add your favorite search engines
    Right-click on the site’s search field and select “Create search” from the menu.
  • Site preferences
    Want to view a site in a different way or deny certain cookies? Want to block pop-ups on certain sites only? Right click and select “Edit site preferences”.
  • Widgets
    Small Web applications (multimedia, newsfeeds, games and more) that make your desktop experience more fun. Use the Widgets menu to discover new widgets and access your favorites.
  • Thumbnail preview
    It is easy to have many tabs open at once in Opera. But exactly which tab had that video you wanted? Hover your mouse on any tab to see a thumbnail preview.
• Efficient surfing
  • Transfer manager
    View download progress and access all your downloads from one simple transfer manager window.
  • Tabbed browsing
    Surf the Web easier and faster by opening multiple Web pages within the same application window.
  • Password manager
    The password manager remembers your usernames and passwords so you will not have to.
  • Integrated search
    Search Google, eBay, Amazon and more with our integrated search field. You can also search directly in the address field using keywords (for example “g” for Google).
  • Mouse gestures
    Opera supports mouse gestures, allowing you to perform certain movements with the mouse to access commonly used features.
  • Fast Forward
    Fast Forward will detect the most likely “next page” link and greatly simplify navigation in multi-page documents such as search results and image galleries.
  • Notes
    Notes can be kept in conjunction with a Web site you want to refer to later, or remind you of any particular information you may like to review again.
  • Voice
    The voice feature allows you to control Opera’s interface by talking and to have documents read aloud. Voice is currently offered in English and runs on Windows 2000 and XP.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
    Keyboard shortcuts – like mouse gestures – make your browsing faster and more efficient.
• Customization
  • Skins
    Skins can give your browser the look you want. Make the browser your own by giving it the icons, colors and style of your choice.
  • Language
    Opera is translated into a multitude of languages, and the language can be changed on the fly.
• Special features
  • Full-screen mode
    The F11 key toggles Opera’s projection mode, using the whole screen for browsing and, if a projection style sheet is present, displays ’slides’ suitable for presentation.
  • Kiosk mode
    Opera supports kiosk mode – a lock-down mode in which the browser can be used for unattended computers in public places.
• Mail and Chat
  • Opera mail
    Our built-in POP/IMAP E-mail client is a combined e-mail program, news reader, mailing list organizer and RSS/Atom newsfeed reader.
• Web development
  • Standards support
    We take pride in supporting all major Web standards currently in use, including CSS 2.1, XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.01, WML 2.0, ECMAScript, DOM 2 and SVG 1.1 basic.

Latest version: 9.26

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