Up North Web 2011

By Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO. Tuesday, October 11, 2011 4:36:07 AM

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Up North Web

Up North Web is our annual press event taking place in Oslo, Norway. The event kicks off today at 7 AM UTC (check your time zone). To stay updated, check back to this blog later and follow us on Twitter. The hashtag for the event is #UpNorthWeb.

We will update this post with news and product updates. If you have any questions about Up North Web, let us know as a comment below, send us a tweet on Twitter or contact us on Facebook!

Behold - the InternetNew Opera for Android

Comments

Charles SchlossChas4 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 4:45:40 AM

Wonders what is going on on the other side of the pond and up north

starts @ 1 am my local time, at least the internet will tell me

Enoch 'Robot Boy' Appiah Junioridjunior Tuesday, October 11, 2011 4:59:15 AM

mine gonna kick off at exactly 7:00am gmt...will there be a webcast?

Rafael Luikrafaelluik Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:32:07 AM

I just can't imagine what are you guys at Opera are keeping secret about. I'm excited! smile

Aleksander AasAleksander Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:35:03 AM

No webcast, but check out www.opera.com/portal/unw and Twitter for updates!

Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:40:51 AM

yes

Kai OckendorfOckendorf Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:45:26 AM

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

Opera are keeping secret about. I'm excited!


me too!!!!!! Android as a tag? I hope we get big NEWS for the desktop browser as well smile

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Tuesday, October 11, 2011 7:06:05 AM

The event has started. Follow #UpNorthWeb on Twitter.

João Davidpiroxicam Tuesday, October 11, 2011 8:15:40 AM

Oh. My. God. Opera 12 will have hardware acceleration. Good news!

Satan D. Lucifersupertrol Tuesday, October 11, 2011 8:22:26 AM

"Opera 12 will get "hardware-optimized graphics," says Christian Krogh. Acceleration FTW"


"The #UpNorthWeb meeting is looking really, really good so far. Feels like @opera is still ahead of its competitors."

I cant wait..

the suspense is killing me faint

we need the alpha now

abdur92 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 8:41:21 AM

Wow, Opera Mobile 11.50 and Mini 6.5 Do pack a serious punch!
Congrats on a successful event so far!

Aleksander AasAleksander Tuesday, October 11, 2011 8:51:38 AM

Originally posted by supertrol:

we need the alpha now


Soon wink

The demos look amazing though. Tried a build on Win7 at home and it's pretty sweet!

Kai OckendorfOckendorf Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:01:15 AM

Originally posted by Aleksander:

Tried a build on Win7 at home and it's pretty sweet!


yes

Jeff Yangjeff6634 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:30:40 AM

Waiting for hardware acceleration on Opera 12!~~~

Mustafa OğuzinBusteR Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:58:57 AM

Originally posted by Aleksander:

The demos look amazing though. Tried a build on Win7 at home and it's pretty sweet!


Waiting yes

Swapnil RustagiSwapnil99pro Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:08:22 AM

"Opera 12 has revamped innards: new JavaScript engine, new HTML parser" posted by Stephen Shankland

Though I wonder if there is enough time for a new JavaScript engine. party wizard yes cheers love up

EDIT: Hey, I just realized Stephen Shankland is from CNET.

Originally posted by Astrophizz:

I think when they're talking about the javascript engine, they're talking about the ES5 support...



I think you are right. Stephen Shankland's big fault.

MichałEmdek Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:18:15 AM

If all above is true then Opera 12 will be one of the most important releases. :-)
@Swapnil99pro They could develop it secretly for long time already.

Also I see that developers like magic dates, 11.10.11. :-D
So maybe beta or final could be released on 11.11.11.

Obese MauriceObeseMaurice Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:20:24 AM

I came.

Swapnil RustagiSwapnil99pro Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:26:02 AM

Originally posted by Emdek:

They could develop it secretly for long time already


I also guess. Because on 14 July 2011 snapshot blog post, one Opera desktop team member posted the following-

....We have also updated Carakan to use an improved, compact object model which increases overall performance, and reduces the engine's memory usage by up to 6-7% (in some cases even more).

The Core team will continue to improve on this, and will post a more detailed explanation on the Core Concerns blog in the future.....

Satan D. Lucifersupertrol Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:26:55 AM

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

"Opera 12 has revamped innards: new JavaScript engine, new HTML parser" posted by Stephen Shankland

yes Though I wonder if there is enough time for a new JavaScript engine. But anyways party wizard yes cheers love love up



new javascript engine?

correct me if im wrong but the current JS engine for 11.51 is carakan(????)
if 12 REALLY does have new engine..am i expecting a 10x faster than carakan?

remember carakan is 7x faster(sunspider test) than futhark(v.9 JS engine)

if these are true then i cant really wait for the alpha

hope the "SOON" is today or this week love headbang

АлександрDragonLP Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:41:12 AM

whistle http://opera.angrybirds.com/

devil devil devil

Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:44:03 AM

Originally posted by supertrol:

hope the "SOON" is today or this week


At the last UNW, a preview build followed one week after the event. I wouldn't expect it to be too long for this preview build.

netwolf Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:47:08 AM

Opera 12 alpha to be expected October 13th (?)
( http://www.golem.de/1110/86959.html )

Obese MauriceObeseMaurice Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:14:44 PM

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20118416-264/opera-12-to-get-graphics-hardware-boost/

"An alpha version of Opera 12 is due to arrive Thursday."

Stephen Turrellstve10 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:32:16 PM

The Alpha on Thursday & final this year

EgyPress khaled El-Baramawy
#Opera 12 to get graphics-hardware boost: Hardware acceleration
will come to a new version, by end of this year #upnorthweb

DillonAstrophizz Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:36:04 PM

I think when they're talking about the javascript engine, they're talking about the ES5 support...

Stephen Turrellstve10 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:45:05 PM

The Register has focused more on the Mobile side

"Most, if not almost all innovations in desktop web browsing over the past decade have been created at Opera – and then shamelessly cloned by copycats: from tabs, to speed dial, to proxy acceleration."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/11/opera_browser_new_technologies/

d4rkn1ght Tuesday, October 11, 2011 6:40:25 PM

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

I just can't imagine what are you guys at Opera are keeping secret about. I'm excited!


Same here! up sherlock

Cutting Spoonhellspork Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:17:01 AM

Originally posted by ObeseMaurice:

I came.


I saw.

(PS someone finish the chain!!)

Also, this announcement was a very nice surprise. I think the hordes will be clamoring to sink their teeth into that pending release.

Mağruf ÇolakoğluZAHEK Wednesday, October 12, 2011 8:56:43 PM

We were there and really amazed smile Especially new features will be nice. Thanks for all Opera team.

Tiago Joao Silvatigas Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:51:00 PM

Still no video?

ChrisSlamdex Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:37:35 AM

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

Though I wonder if there is enough time for a new JavaScript engine.

It already has a new JS engine. It's called Carakan.

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