Category: Opera
Opera Responds to NSS Labs Browser Security Research Report
Thomas Ford, the PR Manager of Opera Software has also raised some concerns about the recent NSS Labs Report results (where Opera scored 0%) and responded with the following statement (as from ConceivablyTech email).
We have some concerns with the results posted by NSS. First, we are unclear as to why they received no results. We use AVG and Yandex, among others, for our fraud protection solution. Both have performed well in our testing. It is odd that they received no results from our data providers.
The latter could indicate that what NSS Labs actually tests is the providers that Microsoft uses in IE. As such, the test almost becomes a QA test of Microsoft’s own system rather than a real test.
Weekly Browsers Recap, December 20th
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• Free Xbox Slim
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• Internet Explorer 9 RC
Latest build is 9.0.8048.6000 (101209-2300).
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Weekly Questions Recap, December 20th
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Opera: Disable New Mouse Gestures
Here is how you can enable old Opera mouse gestures behavior.
In the address bar, type:
opera:config
Search for gestures and change the Threshold from 5 to 2.
Uncheck Gesture UI
Done.
Thanks to Olivia for the tip.
Opera: 6.7 Million Downloads in 1 Day
It’s all about bacon.
Good news for all Opera fanboys and fangirls. With the launch of Opera 11 Final, Norwegian web browser has been already downloaded more than 6.7 million times.
A significant boost when compared to Opera’s 10 million downloads within the first week of Opera 10 release.
According to Opera Software, a survey of people downloading Opera for the very first time has shown that 53% of its respondents were using Firefox web browser while 43% used Internet Explorer.
However, no data were given about the Google Chrome or Safari newcomers.
Download Opera 11 Final
Includes the fastest JavaScript engine on Earth.
Personally, I don’t understand Opera release strategy and never will, but here it is: Opera 11 Final.
The following version introduces a handful of new features, including:
– Tab stacking
– Safer address field
– Visual mouse gestures
– Extensions
– Mail panel
As well as performance improvements, various bug fixes and more.
According to Choose Opera, Opera 11 will be the last desktop product of this year, so grab it while it’s hot.
P.S. It’s the same build as RC3.
Opera 11 Shipping Tomorrow
1 day after RC2.
Earlier this month, Opera promised to deliver the final version of Opera 11 before Christmas.
Well, they are keeping the promise and will do that tomorrow. Whether it’s good or bad news depends on the quality of final product. However, in case their release approach has not changed, we expect to see Opera 11.01 just few weeks after v11 release.
Malware Block Rate: Internet Explorer – 99%, Opera – 0%
Or so it seems.
NSS Labs tested 5 most popular web browsers to find out, which one of them offer the best protection against malware.
Tested web browsers
Google Chrome 6.0.472.63
Windows Internet Explorer 8 (build 8.0.7600.16385)
Windows Internet Explorer 9 pre-BETA (build 9.0.7930.16402)
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10
Opera 10.62 (build 3500)
Safari 5.0.1 (7533.17.8)
Results
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Weekly Questions Recap, December 13th
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- How many browsers do you have installed on your system?
- Have you ever tried blogging?
- Is Firefox doomed?
- How to disable automatic Opera tab stacking?
- What is your favorite feature in the current Opera 11 Beta ?
- What you think about Opera 11 beta ?
- What is your favorite Opera extension?
- Create new buttons in Opera ?
- How many of YOU are using Opera browser as default on desktop?
- Have you ever ask a site to “Open the Web” (ask it to stop block Opera or oither browsers) ?
- What is your favorite Opera feature ?
- Did you tried PaleMoon Project ?
- Should Adobe add sandboxing (protected mode) to Flash Player and Shockwave Player like they did for Adobe Reader x ?
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Weekly Browsers Recap, December 13th
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• Free Xbox 360 Slim
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• If Web Browsers Were Celebrities
A picture.
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