Opera 10, Anyone?
Opera Turbo
On 1st Sept 2009, Opera Software released last version of Opera, Opera 10.
It can be downloaded for free and comes in 43 languages and run on several OS (Linux, MacOS and Windows).
There are new innovations in Opera 10.
- Opera Turbo (new compression technology that solves slow connection)
- New design by Jon Hicks
- Web integration (especially for email and rss)
- Inline spell checker (using Hunspell dictionary format)
- Automated crash reporting
- Auto-update
- Opera Dragonfly (web developer tools)
- E-mail your way (rich text msg, manage webmail space)
Two things that really impressed me are Opera Turbo and Opera DragonFly.
Opera 10 Turbo Settings
Opera Turbo is a server-side optimization and compression technology that speeds up data transfer and reduces the amount of data
that needs to be downloaded in order to view the page by up to 80%. Among other means, the compression is achieved by image down-sampling therefore some level of distortion in graphics may occur.
From small button on left bottom corner, we can set Opera Turbo modes to be On, Off and Automatic Mode (that will turn to be enabled automatically when your internet connection slow).
If we set to be On, when your internet connection becomes faster, Opera will give you suggestion box which said better to turn off Opera Turbo in fast connection.
Firebug vs DragonFly
It’s not ‘really new’ innovation since Opera 9.5 (it can be activated as well).
But, still, this innovation would help web developer a lot to work in DOM, html, Javascript debug, CSS and many more!
I’ve captured Opera Dragonfly and Firebug (from Firefox) and both of them have very similiar interface and now i’m still trying Opera DragonFly functions.
Want to try their ‘Turbo’ speed? Click here to download!
