From all of us, to all of you!

By Aleksander AasAleksander. Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:00:00 AM

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God Jul

We already told you that Jul comes early. After an exciting and intense weekend we are ready to give you your long-awaited present! Say hello to Opera 10.5 pre-alpha.

This first glimpse of Opera 10.5 features a multitude of new cool toys. The engine is Presto 2.5 with tons of awesome performance enhancements and support for even more Web standards. Find some new CSS3 and HTML5, and give it a spin!

With a new and improved Presto 2.5 comes the first look at our brand-new JavaScript engine: Carakan! Carakan is accompanied by his friend Vega, who brings graphic acceleration to both the user interface and to Web pages.

You wanted more privacy, and guess what? It's here! We bring you a first look at Opera's implementation of private browsing! Turn it on for a single tab, and never leave a trace!

In general you will also notice that the entire UI has a new and shiny look to it. The address bar and the Web search box both have some cool new features and look awesome! Speaking of awesome looks, be sure to test it out on a Windows 7 computer now that Opera supports Aero glass, Aero peek and jumplists! For Mac, the Cocoa migration features tons of "Macifications" such as touchpad gestures and a unified toolbar!

Get your gift!

Head on over to Opera Labs or the desktop team to get your Opera 10.5 pre-alpha, but remember: This is a experimental build and might not be as stable as other releases!

For more information, head over to Opera Labs, read more about Carakan or the new possibilities with Opera 10.5 pre-alpha!

From all of us at Opera,
we wish you a happy holiday
and a great new year.

[There is currently no Linux build available. Opera Unite is also disabled for this release, as is the new Opera Widgets implementation from 10.2 alpha.]

Opera Tips & Tricks: Mouse GesturesWe hope you wished for speed

Comments

DillonAstrophizz Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:07:14 AM

YES

Morghus Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:08:09 AM

Fantastic! Will give it a spin, thank you so much bigsmile

dzooky Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:09:09 AM

where is linux install files?
;(

trizzo Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:10:21 AM

thank you, I have been waiting for this release to see what is new.

BlueFalcon Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:11:54 AM

Wow!!! thanks a lot party
Oh and thank you for all the new implementations on mac, really thank you very much yes

Sayantan Palshayonpal Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:15:34 AM

And what the hell makes u wait a little longer for a Linux release? Personally, I feel the Linux users are more open to testing and debugging, as compared to any other OS user.

thobi Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:15:38 AM

up

yilanyilan198711 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:16:58 AM

linux? where is the vision?

Aleksander AasAleksander Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:17:05 AM

Originally posted by dzooky:

where is linux install files?


We are working hard on it! No ETA though :s

babox Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:17:16 AM

Great new year!!

Tamil Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:17:38 AM

Alyxck80 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:19:34 AM

Great!! Waiting for linux version.

dirkthetomster Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:21:13 AM

party that's something for the holidays party

cphang Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:27:11 AM

Awesome! Nice gift for christmas. Thank you. smile

ga41 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:29:37 AM

If i install this it wont "replace" my 10.10 Opera installation wont it?

DillonAstrophizz Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:29:41 AM

I get 2x as fast as Firefox 3.6b5 in sunspider, ~5-6x as fast at v8 benchmark, and ~1.5x as fast at Celtic-Kane bigsmile

DillonAstrophizz Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:30:14 AM

Originally posted by ga41:

If i install this it wont "replace" my 10.10 Opera installation wont it?


By default it installs to a separate folder.

Martyni Productionsmartynwatton Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:34:14 AM

I Will Be Reviewing It VERY Shortly & Putting It On YouTube!
smile yes

КириллAtlantic-x7 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:35:43 AM

Yeaaah! yes

Abhinavdecodedthought Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:36:05 AM

up

Aleksander AasAleksander Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:40:10 AM

Originally posted by ga41:

If i install this it wont "replace" my 10.10 Opera installation wont it?


Nope, and you should not replace it either as this is a experimental build!

ga41 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:00:16 AM

Originally posted by Aleksander:

Originally posted by ga41:

If i install this it wont "replace" my 10.10 Opera installation wont it?

Nope, and you should not replace it either as this is a experimental build!



I didnt say i wanted to. smile

Aleksander AasAleksander Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:22:03 AM

The speed is amazing though.. Try some insane newspaper site and see how fast it loads!

dzooky Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:28:07 AM

Yeah speed is unbelievable but in some minutes it crash 2 times!
So motto of this version is: "Do not touch anything" smile

In past I'dont have any problems with development version, but this is realy pre-alpha version!

Исупов АндрейAnisan Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:37:44 AM

COOL!!!

dzooky Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:48:24 AM

There is problem with check boxes on Facebook page (messages)
http://i50.tinypic.com/2w3xnaa.png

moiloloc18 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:54:57 AM

great great ... but the twitter widget does not work :-(

lolfangStahn Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:55:22 AM

Thank you so much for this gift =)

bondarde Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:10:29 AM

Great news! smile

There is only one issue on Mac with multitouch gestures: the zoom feature is implemented in the wrong direction: you have to spead your fingers to zoom out. But in all other programs you spread your fingers to zoom in smile

Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaJurgi Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:22:25 AM

YES, SPEEEED!

random414 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:33:09 AM

Yay!!! bigsmile

The best gift till now for Christmas! smile

Brian Chungcbking Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:51:16 AM

Originally posted by dzooky:

speed is unbelievable but in some minutes it crash 2 times!



yeah this pre-alpha is fast...only problem is that it crash too often...is it this version's problem or my computer's problem??

Salah EddineLonelyBoydz Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:39:19 AM

Waw,what a surprise !
Have you guys checked out the "cached items" option.Much more better and finally sophisticated.

Martyni Productionsmartynwatton Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:57:58 AM

using it now VERY FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....ComumNards Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:16:15 PM

Agora sim. ficou melhor e eficiente. Adorei o botão menu e o novo sistema de selecionar busca e outras novidade.

Compare este site nos Opera:http://projetc.hd1.com.br/

Este é um projeto para uma escola. Este site era muito lento no Opera 10.10, mas nesse novo Opera, ele roda com muita tranquilidade como no Google Chrome (até agora o unico que conseguira roda-lo).

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Now yes. got better and efficient. I loved the menu button and the new system of selecting search and other news.

Compare this site in Opera: http://projetc.hd1.com.br/

This is a project for a school. This site was very slow in Opera 10.10, but this new Opera, it runs very quiet as in Google Chrome (until now the only one who managed to run it).

Åitor gara®brujoquizz Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:29:42 PM

Happy new year for you also!!

It's a same that i use linux...sad
Next time!

smokn Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:36:40 PM

it's fast , really fast !!
but it uses lots of memory !
300MB+ so far :S

Stanleyfreerider Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:35:46 PM

problem with crashing while using M2

Rajbirbrajbir Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:52:46 PM

Missing the linux build. Facebook apps are crashing too often. Mafia wars crashed opera 3ce in 5 minutes. So did amanda the typist.

DanielDD64 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:09:13 PM

does the new aero-features also work with vista?

Abhinavdecodedthought Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:38:09 PM


I am linux user !!! guess no happy news for me sad

Linhbrokenheartvn Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:50:42 PM

Thank you yes

Hilton's BoyfriendHolo3D Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:56:56 PM

up

IKoke Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:06:57 PM

bigsmile

Leonp.vmynoel Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:11:58 PM

Great!

Firefox mobile browser is days way from launch. But still Opera is currently the most popular web mobile browser in the world.

Here is the link:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8425906.stm

Go Opera!

Charles SchlossChas4 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:13:40 PM

KryptoKnightAleksOD Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:33:23 PM

headbang

53north Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:51:51 PM

I hope the secret browsing turns a hit counter over...

Wale omodaraOmofine Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:31:00 PM

U guys are graet

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