Category Archives: Desktop

Opera Dragonfly now all grown up

Oslo, Norway – May 5, 2011 Opera Dragonfly, Opera’s developer toolkit, makes its full debut today. Now mature after a six-week beta, the new Opera Dragonfly emerges with a collection of tools to make web design and development faster, smarter and easier. Three reasons why you should consider Opera Dragonfly in your web development arsenal: […]

Opera spends record budget on campaign

Oslo, Norway – April 12, 2011 Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Apple – Opera today joined the ranks of those web giants as the company unveiled the most expensive ad ever created by the company to promote the launch of the Opera 11.10 browser. Opera spared little expense to showcase a major overhaul of the Opera […]

Barracuda released from holding tank

Oslo, Norway – March 17, 2011 Opera Software today set loose the beta of its Opera 11.10 browser, codenamed “Barracuda”. Barracuda inherits the streamlined design of its forebears, while its ongoing evolution has resulted in smarter features and faster performance. Download it today for Windows, Mac and Linux computers from www.opera.com/browser/next/.   Adaptations found in […]

Opera Dragonfly takes flight

New beta of Opera developer tools feasts on complex code Oslo, Norway and Austin, TX, USA – March 14, 2011 Opera Software today launched the first beta of Opera Dragonfly. Opera Dragonfly is an open source suite of debugging tools for web developers and designers. When you download the Opera browser, Opera Dragonfly is built […]

Opera amps up South by Southwest

Unveils Opera 11.10 beta and new developer tools Austin, TX, USA – March 11, 2011 Opera Software is heading to Austin for SXSW with lots of new toys for developers. Opera 11.10 beta, codenamed “Barracuda”, will make its debut at the show as will the beta of Opera Dragonfly, Opera’s set of web authoring and […]

Opera first browser available in Apple’s Mac App Store

Oslo, Norway – March 3, 2011 This week, the Opera web browser became the first non-native browser made available in Apple’s Mac App Store, but only for those over seventeen years of age. Jan Standal, VP of Desktop Products for Opera Software, is surprised. “I’m very concerned,” says Standal. “Seventeen is very young, and I […]

What a day

Oslo, Norway – December 17, 2010 A little more than a year ago, we launched Opera 10.10. We were stunned to see an average of 1,7 million downloads per day the first week. In fact in our own words: “This download rate shatters previous Opera records.” Bacon proves to be most important viral marketing tool […]

Are you ready for Opera 11?

Newest Opera browser features tab stacking, extensions, visual mouse gestures Oslo, Norway – December 16, 2010 Opera Software debuted the newest version of its award-winning browser today. Opera 11 combines elegant design, smart updates to some of our most popular features and new ways to customize Opera to your preferences. Download it today for Windows, […]

Tabs go to 11

First beta of Opera 11 showcases tab stacking Oslo, Norway – November 23, 2010 Tabbed browsing, one of the essential features in all browsers, has evolved yet again thanks to its long-time pioneer. Opera 11 beta introduces tab stacking, a better way to organize your open tabs. Traditionally, tabs were opened side-by-side, but now people […]

Extend Opera

Developers now able to author, upload and share extensions for Opera 11 Oslo, Norway – October 21, 2010 Opera today released the first alpha of Opera 11, the next version of the company’s award-winning desktop web browser. Opera 11 is the first Opera browser to include extensions, browser add-ons made using Opera application programming interfaces […]