Opera 10 Alpha 1 released - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 5th Dec 2008, 12:06

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/12...a-1-released/1

Opera has released an alpha build of its next generation web browser, and with 100 percent Acid3 compliance and a 30 percent speed boost to the rendering engine it's pretty darn good.

GFC · 5th Dec 2008, 12:09

Wh00sh, downloading. I love my opera 9.62, hope the new one will be even better

Dreaming · 5th Dec 2008, 12:47

yay

though I need a clever way to manage and use bookmarks, I haven't found a satisfactory way to do it yet

Goty · 5th Dec 2008, 13:09

30% faster? You mean it's now half as fast as the other browsers out there?!

=P

leexgx · 5th Dec 2008, 13:30

on XP when there is lots of tabs open i do find it can be slow but thats more the hard disk
on vista i find its very fast due to superfetch as it preloads the sites that are stored in opera
opera stores the last pages on each tab and i must have like 20 tabs that i keep open (my preferred way) IE and firefox (when it works) just saves the links and re downloads them when you reopen the browser

Denis_iii · 5th Dec 2008, 13:49

i'll def give it a go when officially released, am sick of Firefox bookmark system.....

specofdust · 5th Dec 2008, 14:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goty

30% faster? You mean it's now half as fast as the other browsers out there?!

=P

You don't seem to be very sure what you're talking about. Opera has been faster in most scenarios than the other major browsers for years.

And better.

Gonna skip the alpha of this, features is what I care abouts, and they'll be shining more in beta, so I'll wait for that, or maybe even gold. Knowing the guys at Opera it'll be another solid improvement, not changing too much, just gently improving on an already fantastic browser.

naokaji · 5th Dec 2008, 15:01

I hope they will leave it rather bare and have all the bloat sorry features as opt ins.

draxar · 5th Dec 2008, 16:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dreaming

yay

though I need a clever way to manage and use bookmarks, I haven't found a satisfactory way to do it yet

Two ones that come to mind:

You can expand the speeddial options – mine is curretly 4 x 4 rather than 3 x 3

You can also give bookmarks and bookmark folders nicknames, such that when you hit F2, you can type in that nickname, and it'll open the webpage with that nickname, or all the webpages in the folder with that nickname.

teamtd11 · 5th Dec 2008, 16:59

Im going to wate for the full version before upgrading, hopefuly then it will do a proper upgrade so i dont have to spend ages transfering my huge list of news feeds over :P

GFC · 5th Dec 2008, 17:12

To be honest, i'm having some problems with skins - there appears to be some kind of bug when you select "Color scheme" on.. but it's alpha and i really love everything else, especially the spelling checker.

leexgx · 5th Dec 2008, 20:43

opera has sync on it all you need is make an account and it syncs Every thing so when you log your opera in it auto restores tabs, favs,RSS and settings

teamtd11 · 5th Dec 2008, 20:51

It dose not do rss, it dose everything else though. allready have that set up :P

Goty · 6th Dec 2008, 03:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by specofdust

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goty

30% faster? You mean it's now half as fast as the other browsers out there?!

=P

You don't seem to be very sure what you're talking about. Opera has been faster in most scenarios than the other major browsers for years.

And better.

Gonna skip the alpha of this, features is what I care abouts, and they'll be shining more in beta, so I'll wait for that, or maybe even gold. Knowing the guys at Opera it'll be another solid improvement, not changing too much, just gently improving on an already fantastic browser.

*Note the "=P" at the bottom of the post*

seanap · 6th Dec 2008, 21:17

Using it now!

I switched from FF3 to this (though I used to use Opera before FF3) and love all the little nifty things you can do. Creating searches with nicknames so as to just type "newegg core i7" and going straight to the search results, the mouse gestures are integrated very nicely, etc etc..

Can't wait for beta/full release!!

Perforated · 7th Dec 2008, 21:25

seanap, Fx3 does that... just right-click any search box (for instance, that at the top of this page) and note the "add a Keyword for this search" option

Couldn't say which is better, but Opera never quite did it for me (I did really like the preemptive "forward" selection though - I seem to recall a really nifty mouse gesture to flick to the next page in multipage documents).

I'm a bit symbiotic with my Fx install now, I know which add-ons I need and how to get everything I use regularly within two clicks. To get to know Opera that well would take some incentive.

5th Dec 2008, 12:06	#1
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5th Dec 2008, 12:47	#3
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5th Dec 2008, 13:30	#5
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5th Dec 2008, 16:59	#10
teamtd11 I am a Dremel Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Saltburn-By-The-Sea Posts: 1,645	Im going to wate for the full version before upgrading, hopefuly then it will do a proper upgrade so i dont have to spend ages transfering my huge list of news feeds over :P __________________ Main: AMD X2 3ghz, x1900xt, DFI NF590SLI, 4gb pc2-8500 [Watercooled] Retro: AMD Barton 2ghz, 9600xt, 512mb pc-2700 Animal Crossing: LGTTC - 2492-7863-6464 Member of CK Appreciation Society Group

5th Dec 2008, 20:43	#12
leexgx CPC hang out zone (i Fix pcs i do ) Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: uk Posts: 568	opera has sync on it all you need is make an account and it syncs Every thing so when you log your opera in it auto restores tabs, favs,RSS and settings __________________ Qx6850 (OC 3.3Ghz) <> 120 extreme<> rampage forumla <> 9800GX2 <> 8gb 4x2gb (2x gell / 2x adata)<> SSD powered Corsair S128 / WD Black 1TB <> Crative X-fi FalTy FPS <> TK 1000w Toughpower <win7 x64> Click me for folding stats greenfrog.biz / 35947

5th Dec 2008, 12:09	#2
GFC Modder Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 65	Wh00sh, downloading. I love my opera 9.62, hope the new one will be even better

5th Dec 2008, 13:09	#4
Goty Supermodder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dacula, GA USA Posts: 302	30% faster? You mean it's now half as fast as the other browsers out there?! =P

5th Dec 2008, 13:49	#6
Denis_iii Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 873	i'll def give it a go when officially released, am sick of Firefox bookmark system.....

5th Dec 2008, 17:12	#11
GFC Modder Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 65	To be honest, i'm having some problems with skins - there appears to be some kind of bug when you select "Color scheme" on.. but it's alpha and i really love everything else, especially the spelling checker.

5th Dec 2008, 20:51	#13
teamtd11 I am a Dremel Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Saltburn-By-The-Sea Posts: 1,645	It dose not do rss, it dose everything else though. allready have that set up :P __________________ Main: AMD X2 3ghz, x1900xt, DFI NF590SLI, 4gb pc2-8500 [Watercooled] Retro: AMD Barton 2ghz, 9600xt, 512mb pc-2700 Animal Crossing: LGTTC - 2492-7863-6464 Member of CK Appreciation Society Group

6th Dec 2008, 21:17	#15
seanap Modder Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 59	Using it now! I switched from FF3 to this (though I used to use Opera before FF3) and love all the little nifty things you can do. Creating searches with nicknames so as to just type "newegg core i7" and going straight to the search results, the mouse gestures are integrated very nicely, etc etc.. Can't wait for beta/full release!!

7th Dec 2008, 21:25	#16
Perforated Modder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 65	seanap, Fx3 does that... just right-click any search box (for instance, that at the top of this page) and note the "add a Keyword for this search" option Couldn't say which is better, but Opera never quite did it for me (I did really like the preemptive "forward" selection though - I seem to recall a really nifty mouse gesture to flick to the next page in multipage documents). I'm a bit symbiotic with my Fx install now, I know which add-ons I need and how to get everything I use regularly within two clicks. To get to know Opera that well would take some incentive.