Opera 10.5 Delights and Delivers - Speed at Your Fingertips
Opera’s new web browser Opera 10.5 outshines all other browsers and shows a lot of promise for the future of web browsing technology. Computerworld, which managed to get its hands on the pre-release version of Opera 10.5, put the browser through some rigorous testing and benchmarking. The results surprised the testing team that has now stated that Opera 10.5 was the fastest internet browser currently available.
Opera 10.5 was tested against the likes of Safari and Google Chrome and the magazine’s team found that it presented users the swiftest way method for online browsing. Apparently, Opera 10.5 employs a new JavaScript engine that helped it beat the competition.
Test results showed that when compared to the former number one and number two internet browsers, Opera 10.5 was approximately 15 percent faster than Safari for Windows and close to 20 percent faster than Google Chrome. Opera 10.5’s preview was also found to be almost 3 times faster than popular browser Mozilla Firefox 3.6. When tested against its previous version Opera 10.10, it was found to be 8 times faster, with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) being 10 times slower in the preview feature testing, making Opera 10.5 a great choice for both techies and casual surfers.
Opera also managed to impress with other features such as a cleaner interface. Apart from needing lesser space for menus, the browser has in-built support for Windows 7’s Aero Peek and Jump List features. A user could also mark tabs ‘private’ and thus prevent the browser from recording browsing history and ensuring a safer internet experience.
Though the final release date has not yet been announced for the final Opera 10.5, technology enthusiasts can download the beta version.
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