Opera heeft een bètarelease van versie 12 van zijn gelijknamige webbrowser uitgebracht. Opera heeft browsers voor alle belangrijke computerplatforms en voor een groot aantal mobiele besturingssystemen. De browser biedt tabs, kan worden aangestuurd met mouse gestures, heeft een ingebakken downloadmanager en biedt bescherming tegen phishing en malware. Er kan met Opera niet alleen worden gesurft, maar ook gemaild; er is een ingebouwde bittorrentclient en er kan worden gechat via irc. De belangrijkste verbeteringen die in versie 12 worden doorgevoerd zijn hieronder uitgebreid op een rijtje gezet.
Enhanced performance and stabilityGet online in record time with Opera. In our latest version, you’ll enjoy:
New themes
- Quick startup with a smarter tab-loading sequence
- Faster page loading, even for secure webpages
- 64-bit support for Windows and Mac
- Smooth and stable browsing, thanks to support for out-of-process plug-ins
New, lightweight themes make it easier for you to customize the browser. Install or change themes at the click of a button, without restarting the browser. Designers can also create new themes.
Redesigned security badgesNow, it is easier to see privacy and security settings on websites with color-coded security badges in the address bar.
Camera and extensions APIsNow, there is support for video cameras through device APIs, enabling cool new web services such as photo applications and face tracking. Opera will also offer a more robust and powerful API for windows and tabs, allowing extensions to interact with tabs, create groups of tabs, or manage windows.
Right-to-left scripts supportOpera now speaks four new languages. Now that the UI supports right-to-left languages, users of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Hebrew can enjoy Opera in their preferred language.
Experimental hardware acceleration WebGL supportOpera will now be able to use your computer’s graphics card for extra processing power in the form of hardware acceleration. This supercharged boost makes intensive web applications and games run even better. Learn how to enable WebGL and hardware acceleration.
New web standards supportAlong with these all new exciting features, we are also launching support for WebRTC (Camera), HTML5 Drag and Drop, CSS3 Animations and Transitions, Do-Not-Track, CSS Generated Content for Paged Media. This will provide richer functionality to web developers and an improved experience for end users. See a complete list of new standards supported.
Discontinuing Opera Unite, Opera Widgets and VoiceWith this release, Opera Unite and Opera Widgets are removed by default for new users. We encourage all developers to move their solutions to the extension platform. Support for the legacy X+V standard and the UI voice commands is also removed, as the voice-detection library is no longer supported by the third-party vendor.
Themes in Opera 12.
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