Het Opera Desktop team heeft dinsdag met buildnummer 3296 de final release van versie 10.50 van de webbrowser Opera uitgebracht. Versie 10.50 bevat onder andere een nieuwere versie van Carakan, de javascript-engine die onderdeel uitmaakt van versie 2.5 van de layout engine Presto. Deze versie van Carakan zou een stuk sneller dan zijn voorgangers moeten zijn. Daarnaast werkt hij een stuk beter samen met Windows 7 en is van het Opera-logo in de linker bovenhoek een menu gemaakt, dat toegang geeft tot alle belangrijke functies in de browser. De belangrijkste veranderingen in versie 10.50 zijn hieronder nog eens voor je op een rijtje gezet:
New features
Better integration with the Windows operating systemOpera Carakan JavaScript engine
- Windows 7:
- Aero Glass
- Aero Peek
- Jump Lists
Opera "O" tab and menu
- Cross-platform bytecode interpreter for a new register-based instruction set
- Internal object model with automatic classification and inline property caching
- Machine code generation (JIT compiler)
- Divided garbage collection heap: automatically traverses the memory of active heaps
- Caching of compiled programs
- Reduced memory usage
- Additional Carakan information can be found here.
The new Opera "O" tab and its associated menu (located on the left side of the Opera Tab bar) replaces the traditional Opera Menu bar. This increases vertical space in the Opera desktop window, and centralizes frequently used features and tools in one, convenient location. Optionally, the new Opera "O" tab and menu can be replaced with the traditional Opera Menu bar by clicking "Show Menu Bar" in the Opera "O" menu. This new Opera feature contains the following items.Opera Presto 2.5 rendering engine
- Tabs and Windows ►
- Page ►
- Print ►
- Bookmarks ►
- History
- Downloads
- Opera Unite ►
- Synchronize Opera ►
- Widgets ►
- Notes
- Mail and Chat Accounts
- Mail ►
- Contacts
- Appearance
- Settings ►
- Help ►
- Show Menu Bar
- Exit
Opera 10.50 (with Opera Widgets for Desktop) for Windows contains the latest Opera rendering engine: Opera Presto 2.5, and incorporates the following features.
CSS
Support is added for:HTML5
- CSS 2.1
visibility: collapse
- CSS3
border-radius
property (rounded corners)- CSS3 Backgrounds and Borders
- CSS3 2D Transforms
- CSS3 Transitions
Support is added for:SVG
- HTML5
<video>
element DOM APIs to reflect changes in the specification- HTML5
<video>
seeking; enables seeking through videos that are not completely downloaded- HTML5
<param>
element (child of the HTML5<object>
element) support for controlling animations/scripts
Support is added for:Opera Vega graphics library
- SVG
buffered-rendering
property- Text search inside SVG
- Animated raster images (APNG, GIF) in all the SVG elements that support raster graphics, i.e.,
<image>
,<foreignObject>
, and<feImage>
Opera Widgets for Desktop
- Renders all graphics in Opera
- Employs rounded corners, box shadow, animations, etc.
- Contains improved support for SVG and the HTML 5
<canvas>
element- Additional Vega information
Although they run outside the browser, Opera Widgets have been treated as entities inside the browser in many respects. The new Opera Widgets for Desktop ends this dependency on the browser and moves Opera Widgets to the next level: that of first-class applications. Above all, Opera Widgets for Desktop gives widgets the potential to replace some native applications on the computer.
Opera Widgets for Desktop includes the following features:Download acceleration software compatibility
- Support for View Modes through the W3C Widgets Module API:
- A Widget menu located within the new Opera "O" menu, or optionally from the traditional Opera Menu toolbar. Menu options include:
- Get Widgets
- Manage Widgets... (opens the Widgets panel in the Opera user interface)
- What are Opera Widgets?
- Widget lifespans are separated from the Opera desktop browser.
- Each widget runs in a separate process.
- Integration with the operating system includes support for creating desktop and menu-based application shortcuts.
- Widget control buttons organize important actions:
- Move
- Close
- Minimize
- Settings
- Support is provided for different widget modes such as "Application" and "Widget".
- A new widget installation/uninstallation process is supported:
- Uninstallation from "Add/Remove Programs" in the Windows Control Panel
- Notification pop-ups are supported.
- Password manager is supported.
- File I/O (Input/Output) access is supported.
- The upgrading of installed widgets from current to new runtime is supported.
- Improved support for Opera Dragonfly is provided.
- Remote debugging is possible; configurable via a widget's context menu.
Non-modal notification messages
- Support is added for download acceleration software (user option), which integrates a user's favorite download accelerator with Opera.
- Check box activation is located at: opera:config#UserPrefs|UseExternalDownloadManager
Private browsing
- Notification message windows no longer interrupt workflow
- JavaScript alerts, HTTP notifications, password manager, etc., now display as page overlays.
- Switching of tabs or windows while these dialogs are displayed is now allowed.
Web Storage
- Creating, browsing, and then closing private tabs and private windows removes all records of Web sites visited through them.
- Using the new Opera "O" tab and menu, go to:
- Tabs and Windows > New Private Tab
- Tabs and Windows > New Private Window
- Using the traditional Opera Menu bar, go to:
- File > New Private Tab
- File > New Private Window
Web SQL Database
- Support is established for:
- Session storage: offers a temporary storage of data
- Warning dialogs when exceeding storage quotas for web storage
- The user can increase, or set unlimited quotas for web storage
- Local storage: stores data for a longer period until the user explicitly clears it
- The Address field autocomplete list now includes opera:webstorage
- Added a "Delete Web storage databases" check box item in the "Delete private data" detailed options dialog
- See: W3C Web Storage Working Draft
- Support is established for:
- Storage of data in a more structured manner
- Querying data using SQL
- Warning dialogs when exceeding storage quotas for web database
- The user can increase, or set unlimited quotas for web database
- Added a "Delete Web storage databases" check box item in the "Delete private data" detailed options dialog
- The Address field autocomplete list now includes opera:webdatabases
- See: W3C Web SQL Database WWorking Draft