Opera 11: Browser´s revolution

Nowadays, in the browser´s market we are having a big competition between the three major industry players: IE, Chrome and Firefox. However, Opera has been innovating with original alternative that brings it to the same level of mainstream browsers, although this has never been a massive-use browser. Version 11 of Opera, continue innovating since it´s creation.

One of the surprises that Opera 11 brings is that it supports extensions, already known by users, although the number of these extensions is nowadays about two hundred, this is not a problem since their development is available to anyone with the know-how. Among the extensions the user finds, we have the most required, such as passwords reminders, downloading videos from YouTube portal, Gmail notifiers, etc. Installation is made in a simple way and user must restart the browser.

While this feature is already owned by Google Chrome, unlike this, Opera has found a new twist to that concept. The innovation proposed by Opera is that extensions can be loaded on demand, that is to say, that while these are not used, browser does not load into memory, improving Opera performance by up to 30 percent compared with other browsers.

Another innovation that this version offers is the concept of pile up windows or Tab Stacking. This is to drag a tab over another, grouping them so that the user can open and close the group created through a double click or using the mouse pointer for a preview.

What´s more, it also brings an improvement in the function of Mouse Gestures, trying to make this function friendly for new users. The main change here is that you no longer need to remember mouse gestures, but holding down the right mouse button.

Finally, it is worth mention the changes made in the address bar with the aim of making it easier; now when surfing through the browser, the address is shown without parameters or the http:// protocol. They have also provided users with icons that show the different status identified in the current page that Opera has loaded. This innovation gives an additional advantage to the user to know the security level that works through the browser.

Undoubtedly, Opera 11 is a great choice between the three major browsers known today, because of their interesting features, good performance and the support offered for the latest web technologies, trying to capture new audiences with this latest version and its new changes.

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