Opera Software - (Freeware)
Opera is a strong competitor for the major web browser which have many useful features that makes it a good choice.
Opera Web browser offers an alternative to the large market of browser for Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome. Opera Web browser use a new rendering engine used in Chromium that offers increased speed.
Opera also includes the Speed ​​Dial feature that allows to combine the most visited pages and go directly to the opening of a new tab.
The famous browser adds an "all terrain" mode that accelerates the loading of pages on small connections through proxy servers Opera Foundation. Opera now centralizes catches web pages in one easy to access place for the easily find. Finally, the software suggests Web sites based on visited web pages.
In addition, the Quick Find feature allows you to quickly find a previously visited web page and it just by typing one or more keywords in the address bar. In addition, a built against malware and phishing system is provided and you can see improvements in the speed of email clients and RSS.
# User Interface
* Added
- A progress throbber in the Opera Unite and Opera Link setup dialogs
- Favicons showing in search-engine list after double-clicking a word
- New error wording for the Opera Unite application settings dialog
- Open (UPnP) port information in the Opera Unite status dialog
- New images to the Opera installer
* Improved
- The Unicode compatibility layer
- Tooltip text explaining the red dot (attention state) on the Opera Unite icon
- The Opera Unite application upgrade/launch dialog
- Wording in the Opera Unite Application security and settings dialogs
- Help now opens in new tabs when accessed with F1 and by other methods
- Opera Unite applications performance
- CSS for the standard Opera Unite applications
- Accessibility and screenreader-friendly improvements:
- Keyboard modifications and fine-tuning
- Ability to exit Opera Show via the keyboard
- Page structure and higher contrast in default Opera Unite applications
- Opera Unite Fridge application using ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) to announce updates
* Fixed
- Opening a shared Opera Unite URL from Trash and rendering a blank page
- Users not being informed that a valid name is already being used
- Wrong page opening for the Opera Unite Home application
- Opera asking for master password at startup instead of when the Password Manager is used
- "Search the Web for ..." not working when selected with a mouse
- The Ctrl+Z keyboard shortcut; now opens the most recently closed tab when all tabs are closed
- An issue with IRC links "Save linked content as"
- A problem showing thumbnails when hovering over tabs when tooltips are turned off
- Double clicking Opera Unite Home (while Opera Unite is running) opens two tabs instead of one
- Spatial Navigation causing a problem when approaching the end of a long document
- Opera Unite applications not starting after first install
- Tabless windows staying open when the "Allow windows with no tabs" preference is not checked
- An open widget not getting focus when double-clicking it in the Widgets panel
- Several string and translation issues
- IME (Input Method Editor) being automatically ON regardless of your previous settings
- IME (in a Japanese environment) always switches to hiragana at Opera start
- Error message appearing when opening HTML files if Opera is not already running
# Mail, News, Chat
* Fixed
- Using Ctrl+Enter in F2 dialog on mail view opens a page in the background and removes focus from the application
- The Opera Mail systray icon not appearing if you have a mail window open but not focused
- The hiding of certains types of mail in trash, drafts, sent, and outbox: now impossible to do so
- Missing drafts which should be present when in draft view
- Messages being incorrectly added to the mailing lists index
- Sent mail showing up in recieved mail when Mail configuration is IMAP
- Search not working in Sent items
- Not being able to send mail from a Windows host with underscores in hostname
# Display and scripting
* Improved
- The. jpeg encoding used by the Opera Unite Photo Sharing application
* Fixed
- Problems on some JavaScript-heavy sites
- XML parsing errors on SVG documents
- Canvas drawImage with SVG causing memory leaks
- Problem after navigating to a page by double clicking the link context menu
# Security
* Fixed
- Fixed a heap buffer overflow in string to number conversion; see our advisory.
- Fixed an issue where error messages could leak onto unrelated sites; see our advisory.
- Fixed a moderately severe issue, as reported by Chris Evans of the Google Security Team; details will be disclosed at a later date.
# Miscellaneous
* Improved
- Text content of the 404 error page
* Fixed
- Incomplete page loading when running Opera Turbo
- Not being able to upgrade Opera when installed to 2-byte named directory
# Localization
* Improved
- Translations: updated searches, bookmarks, and Speed Dials
* Fixed
- Problem with default bookmarks breaking synchronization