Category: Opera

Opera Responds to NSS Labs Browser Security Research Report

By | December 21, 2010 | 4 Comments

Opera Responds to NSS Labs Browser Security Research ReportThomas 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.

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Weekly Browsers Recap, December 20th

By | December 20, 2010 | 2 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, December 20th

FavBrowser.com

Free Xbox Slim
We are giving away Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 console…

Internet Explorer 9 RC
Latest build is 9.0.8048.6000 (101209-2300).
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Weekly Questions Recap, December 20th

By | December 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

Weekly Questions Recap, December 20th
Don’t forget that you will receive points for asking/answering questions and can redeem them for cool prizes.

Unresolved

Opera: Disable New Mouse Gestures

By | December 19, 2010 | 13 Comments

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

By | December 17, 2010 | 31 Comments

Opera: 6.7 Million Downloads in 1 DayIt’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

By | December 16, 2010 | 25 Comments

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.

Download.

P.S. It’s the same build as RC3.

Opera 11 Shipping Tomorrow

By | December 15, 2010 | 16 Comments

Opera 11 Shipping Tomorrow1 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%

By | December 14, 2010 | 20 Comments

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

By | December 13, 2010 | 0 Comments

Weekly Questions Recap, December 13th
Don’t forget that you will receive points for asking/answering questions and can redeem them for cool prizes.

Unresolved

Resolved

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Weekly Browsers Recap, December 13th

By | December 13, 2010 | 0 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, December 13th

FavBrowser.com

Free Xbox 360 Slim
We are giving away Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 console…

If Web Browsers Were Celebrities
A picture.
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