Category: Opera
Mobile Web Browsers Compatibility Test
Just after Safari and Opera scored 100 in the Acid3 test, W3.org released its own. However, this is not the Acid, although it’s similar to it and tests 12 web technologies. This one will test mobile web browsers… Is this yet another race beginning?
W3.org tried to run it on Blazer 4.3.2.1, Opera Mini 4.1 Beta 1, PSP’s Netfront, Firefox 3 Beta 3, Internet Explorer 6 and “Android emulator webkit-based browser”. Continue Reading
Opera Mini Now on Google Android
Opera Software today announced that Opera Mini mobile web browser for mobile phones is now available on Google Android.
What is Android?
Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications.
Firefox 3 Beta 5 vs. Safari 3.1 vs. Opera 9.5 Beta (Memory)
Ready for some more browsers fights? OK, I know that this is not a “fancy” test, it’s a basic one, but still interesting to check, right?
I’ve tested April 8th nightly/weekly releases from Firefox, Safari and Opera teams. Continue Reading
Firefox 3 Beta 5 Beats Opera 9.5 Beta and Safari 3.1?
After yesterdays Adrian Kingsley benchmark test (Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 vs. Safari 3.1 on Mac OS X), I’ve decided to add Opera 9.5 Beta and run them on Windows machine.
Used latest browsers builds (nightly or weekly, all released on April 8th. So how were the results? They’ve actually shocked me a bit, so here you go:
Continue Reading
Firefox and Safari gains, Internet Explorer Loses, Opera Remains the Same (March 08)
Its a new month again and we already have March browsers market share results. So let’s begin. Shall we?
Yet another bad month for Microsoft Internet Explorer, this time its market share decreased by 0.08%, from 74.88% to 74.80%.
Mozilla Firefox is doing really well, this time it managed to increase its market share by 0.56%, from 17.27% to 17.83%. Continue Reading
Opera 9.27 Released
Here’s an update for Opera 9.2x users. Desktop Team just released Opera 9.27 which mainly fixes some stability issues, also contains improved keyboard handling. Here’s a changelog:
Security
Fixed an issue where newsfeed prompts could cause Opera to execute arbitrary code
Solved an issue where resized canvas patterns could cause Opera to execute arbitrary code Continue Reading
Opera Mini 4.1 Beta Released
As promised by Opera Mini team few days ago, the new Opera Mini 4.1 Beta was just released. This release increases your mobile web browsing experience more than ever before. Opera Mini 4.1 Beta received few “must have” features, which includes: “Find in Page” and “Auto Complete” (great!). Here’s a complete changelog and few screenshots for you: Continue Reading
Opera Mini 5? Or Is It Opera Mini 4.5? On The Way
It looks like we’re going to see a new Opera Mini Beta release soon. It’s not known yet, whether that will be Opera Mini 5, Opera Mini 4.5 or any other version (at least Opera Mini team is not telling that). It will be interesting to see what new features were added and what was improved.
News and Reviews about Your Favorite Web Browser. Subscribe to our RSS Feed.
Opera’s First Public 100/100 Acid3 Test Build
After posting a screenshot of Opera’s 100/100 score in the Acid3 test, Opera team today released a public build, so everyone could check that by themselves.
As it says in the “Opera Labs” article, this is not a regular build, but a version of WinGogi desktop. Continue Reading
Safari 3 Scores 100/100 First (The Acid3 Test)
Although most of people said that Opera 9.5 was the first web browser ever to score 100/100, I disagree with that. What about you? Actually, I even don’t understand why they had to report that at all as fans started to submit stories to digg, reddit and other news web sites and could confuse some of the readers. Opera Team “said” that they’ve reached 100/100 first, showed a picture as prove but haven’t provided any builds for anyone to run the Acid3 test themselves, so no one could confirm that… Continue Reading
