Opera 9.50 Build 9500 Alpha 1

[Anusha]

The rendering engine for Opera 9.5, nicknamed Kestrel, has been greatly improved, giving you better speed, better CSS3 support, and improved Ajax compatibility. This is the same rendering engine that is used by Wii’s Internet Channel browser, as well as Opera Mini 4 Beta. Site compatibility for Kestrel has also been improved, as Opera has fixed bugs with Google and Wordpress sites, as well as issues with Javascript libraries.

For sites that still can’t be opened in the Opera browser, you’re presented with the option to right-click in order to open it in another browser. This option is available for some files as well, but full support hasn’t been added for this feature just yet. Opera 9.5 also has the option to privately synchronize your bookmarks, giving you access from any computer. There’s also a full history search option, which scours through URLs and text of sites you’ve already visited.

Download : Opera 9.50 Build 9500 Alpha 1

One thing really like about this new build is that it autocompletes from the bookmarks

 

[icreations]

Thx For D info.. et i like FireFox More Than Opera.. coz the Downloads are very sure...

any way thx again..

 

[farshad]

thanks i'm useing firefox but i'll try opera

 

[Anusha]

Thx For D info.. et i like FireFox More Than Opera.. coz the Downloads are very sure...

any way thx again..

Suit yourselves...

 

[coolioWiZ]

Yay

I'll get it when the stable version comes out. I'm still on 9.01, so I've even not experienced features like speed dial. But the idea of syncing bookmarks with my.opera.com appealed me.

I think people use firefox coz the loads of plugins available for it. I must actually be supporting the open source browser. But when Opera is around you simply can't

 

[Anusha]

I found a few bugs in it....maybe not applicable to most people.....it's related to ogame

 

[coolioWiZ]

Excellent review about opera 9.50 alpha:
I'm also adding this as a seperate thread on news and discussion


http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070905-first-look-opera-9-5-alpha.html

 

[blood_brotha]

I found a few bugs in it....maybe not applicable to most people.....it's related to ogame

thats why its beta

 

[Godwin]

One thing really like about this new build is that it autocompletes from the bookmarks

This has to be the most requested feature in Opera. I'm happy to see this feature in this beta. Not only it searches the bookmarks but also the contents of the history !

 

[Anusha]

thats why its beta

It's actually alpha....

But the thing is, alpha or no alpha, why should a new build BREAK something that was working right. If the new features don't work properly, that's acceptable...But this is not...

And.....I ended up ditching the whole Opera browser for Bon Echo x64. The only thing I have against it is that flash doesn't work...In fact, Flash doesn't work in 64bit browser in Windows.....and it's Adobe's fault. Lousy programmers at Adobe... (I have IEView addon installed so I can view a page in IE by launching it within Bon Echo, so I can always view flash sites such as youtube in IE7)

 

[Anusha]

This has to be the most requested feature in Opera. I'm happy to see this feature in this beta. Not only it searches the bookmarks but also the contents of the history !

There's a Firefox addon which does the same for Firefox...