Opera 18 arriva alla versione stabile per Windows e Mac. Il browser norvegese matura ulteriormente e propone agli utenti migliorie interessanti, come i temi personalizzabili e il supporto per WebRTC.
Per quanto riguarda i temi per Opera, si possono scaricare come addon nella sezione delle estensioni per Opera dedicata ai temi. L’aggiornamento introduce anche la possibilità di trascinare i tab tra diverse finestre e di cambiare la lingua del browser direttamente dalla pagina delle impostazioni.
Opera 18 integra inoltre il supporto alle API getUserMedia e webRT, che permettono ai navigatori di visualizzare effetti speciali senza necessità di scaricare plugin aggiuntivi.
Introdotta anche la possibilità di aggiungere un nuovo motore di ricerca a Opera. Basta cliccare con il destro del mouse su una pagina web e selezionare dal menu contestuale la voce Crea motore di ricerca.
Scarica Opera 18 per Windows e Mac
from the context menu. Choose keyword and name, click ok and done!For example if you choose “d” for duckduckgo, the next time you want to search duckduckgo, simply type d elf+disco+svarlbard into the search/ address bar to find all about this exciting topic.
Draggable tabs
You can now drag tabs between windows or drag them out to create a new one. Of course you cannot drag between private and non-private windows.
I’m themeing of a white christmas
Opera 18 is now themeable. You can download themes from Opera add-ons. If you want to create a theme to promote your company, favourite band, football team or photographs of otters, read our tutorial Themes in Opera 18+.
What’s next?
In the next two weeks, we’ll promote the experimental Opera Developer to feature-complete Opera Next so you can try out a new stuff. In the meantime, please let us know how Opera 18 works out for you!
Date posted: Nov 19, 2013 26 comments
Opera Developer 19.0.1324.0 update
The Battlefield 4 plug-in crash have been resolved. Now on to the next great battle:
Opera Sync
Experimental synchronization support can be enabled in flags: opera://flags/#sync. After enabling the flag, you can find Synchronize in the main menu.
You can login with your social network of choice or your Opera Account.
Initially, only Speed Dials, Stash item, and custom search providers will be synchronized. Support for synchronizing other data and settings will come later.
BIG BADASS DATA LOSS WARNING: The servers operate under no guarantee of even attempting to function properly. Your data may be lost or corrupted or the servers made inaccessible at any point in time. Keep a local backup! For your own (and our debugging) sake! Please submit as detailed as possible bug reports containing as much data as you can offer. PS: Do not try to enable sync on Opera 18 or older builds. It will not be pretty.
Usage statistics
You may be prompted to opt-in to voluntarily share statistics information with Opera Software. The information collected will include details on how you configure and how often you use features in Opera. The data will be used in aggregate to guide future development. No personal data — such as name, location/IP, or visited URLs — will be collected.
Highlights
- Battlefield 4 plug-in crash fixed
- Experimental synchronization support
- Opt-in usage data sharing
- Quick-Access Bar renamed to Bookmarks Bar
Known problems
- DNA-13623: Default Speed Dials can be deleted when synced if region settings are changed
- DNA-13546: Speed Dial folders consisting only of extensions can be deleted when syncing
Downloads
Date posted: Nov 18, 2013 188 comments
Opera 17 wins Macworld UK Editors’ Choice
Yesterday Opera 17 became Macworld UK’s Editors’ Choice for desktop browsers, receiving the maximum possible 5 stars!
This is the first time we have been Editors’ Choice, knocking Safari off the coveted top spot. It also follows hot on the heels of Coast winning three awards in one night!
The review notes that Opera was the fastest Mac browser, it looks pretty and they highlighted the Discover, Stash and Off-Road features as being particularly handy.
The review also spoke about our promotion of the Speed Dial as the primary way to organise favourite sites stating, “This is a somewhat bold move, although it makes a lot of sense” and later “the Bookmarks bar is still a hell of a thing to get rid of”. I think we can agree with him on this. We continue to believe that Speed Dial works best for most people but for certain use cases a bookmarks bar does make sense, which is why users will be able to optionally switch it back on in future Opera versions. It is a shame we can’t get 5.5 stars in the future, since this was the only potential downside listed in the entire review.
The Desktop team is now off to eat some well deserved cake!
Date posted: Nov 8, 2013 277 comments
Opera Next 18.0.1284.26 update
Hi all,
There’s snow in Oslo and rain in Poland, but at least in Warsaw there are people walking around on the building roofs in really eye-catching vests and it makes the life brighter. No photos attached, so you have to imagine it yourself.
Highlights
- follow up corrections of Opera 18 strings
- consistent spelling
- extension pop-out work correctly on Mavericks now
- certificates issues resolved
- update chromium to 1650.48.
Known issues
- Crash when logging in to Disqus comments – OS X only
Downloads
Date posted: Nov 7, 2013 135 comments
Opera Next 18.0.1284.18 update
We have had a minor version number update on both OS X and Windows since the last release. We now hope to have resolved the issues introduced by these system updates.
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho‼
Highlights
- Issue with Off-Road-Mode connections resolved
- Issue with extension pop-out windows on OS X Mavericks resolved
Downloads
Date posted: Nov 5, 2013 86 comments
New Opera Developer 19.0.1310.0 update
The new changelog page could do most of the talking this time. However, I do want to highlight the new Task Manager.
The Task Manager can be found up in the Developer menu. The manager will show all the browser’s processes. Processes can be terminated from the bottom of the manager. The manager will show some information about each process; including their current memory to the left, processor, and network usage to the right.
There have also been some changes on the settings page.
Highlights
- New Task Manager
Downloads
Date posted: Nov 4, 2013 375 comments
Operation Day’s Work 2013
Yesterday we had three extra guys helping out with testing in Desktop. Here is a little summary of their day at Opera:
“We are three students from Berg Upper Secondary School (located near Opera Software’s Oslo HQ). Through a Scandinavian school program called Operation Day’s Work, we have chosen to donate a normal day of our education to work for a charity. Our salaries for our day’s work will be donated to improve schools in Guatemala. This year’s program goal is to prevent child-criminality by improving school offerings. The day is voluntary, but we chose to work because we believe we can make a difference.
We chose to work at Opera because Opera seems to be a fun place; and we were right. The community here is outstanding and we were warmly welcomed. Being an international workplace, the whole office was decorated for Halloween. The first thing we noticed was that everyone was wearing casual clothes and the atmosphere were more relaxed than we expected.
The first thing that we got to enjoy was a tour around the building from the Desktop guys. We were then shown the test-lab which would be our office for the day. We were assigned the task of testing Opera 19 Developer. It was tricky and complicated work.
After a couple of hours it was time for lunch, and we got to see the canteen where Opera employees enjoys great lunches every day, this day we got roasted ham, sauerkraut, potatoes and gravy. It was delicious.
It’s important to take breaks once in a while, and Opera has a wide varieties of activities, for example a room filled with a treadmill, exercise bike, and a fussball table. We had two intense and close matches amongst ourselves before returning to work. All in all the day was perfect.”
— Nicolas, Jonathan, and photographer Haavard.
Date posted: Nov 1, 2013 34 comments
Welcome to the new home of Desktop blog
Hello World 
Welcome to the Opera Desktop blog’s new blogging platform.
Here, discussion capabilities are better for everyone. Comments are threaded, and you can rate them. Hopefully this will let you see our Monday replies to your Friday questions, and make the most important points easier to access.
With the blog change, we plan to be more active in discussing with you. We also plan to give more behind-the-scenes information about what we’re working on and how we’re doing it, as well as news about specific builds.
Stay tuned for more!
ps. if you like to get more information about my.opera, this can be found at the old blog.
Date posted: Oct 31, 2013 214 comments
Opera 19 Developer is here!
Hello from Oslo,
We are ready with the first Opera 19 developer build. Why don’t you give it a go and see if you like it? Your feedback is always appreciated.
There is a new option ‘Advanced settings’ under opera:settings-> Browser. It controls ‘Use hardware acceleration when available (requires Opera restart)’ under System and ‘Disable tab bar’s top spacing when browser window is maximized’ under User Interface.
More options for power-users will be introduced over time.
Have a nice day!
Highlights
- OS X Mavericks fixes
- Stop Adobe Flash from blocking accented and Cyrillic characters input when executable is called opera.exe
- Ported chrome.proxy API
- Other bugfixes
Known issues
- Mouse gestures do not work properly
- Renderer crash on a polish site (http://www.wykop.pl)
- Facebook is scrolled all the way to the top when click on any picture/video post
- Speed Dial extensions not displaying content
Downloads
Old blog comments
Date posted: Oct 24, 2013 42 comments
Back from vacation — Opera 18 Next updated
If you are closely following our blog, you know that I’m back from vacation, so today I proudly present you this Opera Next update!
Short weather update: Myst.
Downloads
Date posted: Oct 23, 2013 0 comments
