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Alpha Release of Opera 9.5

Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:18:39 AM

The world's fastest...now even faster.

Following the release of Opera 9 last year, we re-wrote Opera's rendering engine for the coming Opera 9.5 release. As a result, Opera 9.5 contains more than a year's worth of speed, standards and performance improvements. For more information we urge you to head over to the Desktop Team blog or click here if you want to get to know Kestrel better.

Are you planning to share your thoughts on the new alpha? We'll collect and share them in this blog post throughout the day. Link to your post as a comment here or submit using this form.

Official feedback should still be listed in the forums! So, don't forget to report bugs, but check the Known Issues list in the changelogs and discuss them in the forums or newsgroups first.

We hope everyone will enjoy today's release!

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Kalervo Mannimanni # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:24:11 AM

Wow, just using 9.50

Connyschmienz # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:27:35 AM

Me 2 i think =)

Tamil # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:33:15 AM

baby_2u baby2u # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:35:35 AM

Jurisprudence # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:44:49 AM

Only had a quick test but pages such as www.pcmag.com which made all previous versions of Opera grind to a virtual halt are now blisteringly fast. Thanks guys and congratulations on the fastest browser yet. And its only an alpha. Brilliance in a browser.

baby_2u baby2u # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:48:04 AM

wonderful...but I had to hunt down all my skins...still love it...

Pfeleleppfelelep # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 9:15:39 AM

alpha version?
I'll wait for the betas

shadowKshadowk # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 9:18:55 AM

just lovin' the speed...can't stop browsing must open new tabs...must reconfigure keyboard shortcuts.

kuad # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 9:48:48 AM

Downloading now.

Klemen BanKlemen # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:03:39 AM

Awesome!!!
I love full history search and synchronization.
The best Opera so far. And it is only alpha!
Congratulations to the Opera team!

IliaOlifia # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:19:26 AM

Well:yes: but hangs when trying to synchronize bookmarks
Sorry for my English)

Erinyes # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:25:28 AM

Currently looking awesome. Good job guys!

Nikio # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:36:36 AM

wohaaaa

let's test it!

Haxi7 # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:09:35 AM

i dont feel hanging when synchronizeing bookmarks....
awsome version i like it from HUNGARY !! :DDD LOL

dafalias # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:14:33 AM

Pretty stable so far.
And ... it ist fast. Really fast.

AntonCaptainSeagull # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:17:58 AM

I didn't even think that the internet was ABLE to load that fast no matter how well you built a browser! I can't wait for the official FULL release. This is insane, and also you need to keep the Espen set-up photo.

~*~Indigo_Myst~*~Indigo_myst # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:18:25 AM

Holy Cow - this is good for a first release... I have crappy dial up and woo hoo - the pages load so fast!!

Had to reload my web page as it went right out of whack, but second time round it's there as quick as a flash and looks normal.

Stevesgunhouse # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:27:57 AM

Minor bug ... in the Linux version, the "document" icon doesn't seem to be using transparency (in the corner of a restored window, or in the menu bar if "Show close button on each tab" is disabled).

Maulkin # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:48:31 AM

Wow!

I really lie the right click option for opening the page in another browser. (e.g. the browsers you have actually installed)

Al BustanBustan # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:51:03 AM

Very nice, Thanks for sharing.

CARLOS AMARALdiskcd # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:58:42 AM

maravilha, bom demais, baixem e usem, otimo !!!!

Keithbupahs # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 12:03:46 PM

Woo hooo!! Finally an easy way to sync my bookmarks!!

Zolizoligrg89 # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 12:32:28 PM

It's so faaaaaaast!

Zolizoligrg89 # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 12:34:55 PM

btw. why is that download button on your post only for windows?It won't change to "download opera for linux" on Ubuntu...

Al BustanBustan # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 12:44:41 PM

realy i did not try

PozsonyiMarkCsendesMark # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 12:47:14 PM

Good

I can't wait for the final!!

Merijn # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 12:56:35 PM

Thanks, it's so fast!!

mihirtaurius1 # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 1:04:04 PM

sweet!!!!

Im on a 2 megabit connection, so i never had any problems with most sites. But some sites stubbornly refuse to load fast. Seemes like i was using dialup for any regular sites.

But omg omg omg opera rendered all three of my favorite "slow" sites sooo faaaassttt!!!

I've already begun making my new wand on opera 9.5

mirobe # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 1:12:39 PM

9.5 Seems to be running fine.

It would be great if you could sync online opera settings/blocking filters as well.

Thanks for the new version!

the_N # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 2:04:50 PM

Best first release ever.
No problems until now, great job and thanks for making Opera more awesome than it already was

snapper # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 2:07:25 PM

I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 stable on i386. I've just moved to 9.5 alpha and it seems to consume all available CPU resources =(

ALLY G.ALLY_G # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 2:11:35 PM

Yooohoooooooo

Great!

Thank you very much.

KarenNerak # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 2:31:54 PM

WOOT!

Christopher DaSilvadannii # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 2:45:18 PM

Hey Espen! Am I gonna keep my config & bookmarks?

Cris Diasemperial # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 2:48:59 PM

I've started using it today and so far so good. I haven't had the opportunity to give it a good go but one feature that I really think should be added is a spell check option.

The Last SheikahTheLastSheikah # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 3:34:57 PM

Spell check can already be installed, I believe, but I'm not sure exactly how...

I've just installed it. Remaking all my IRC accounts and stuff is taking a while. -_-

Uptonuptonpark # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 3:38:04 PM

Downloading now...

can't wait...

Jose Mejiajmblade # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 4:35:19 PM

Raramir # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 5:15:25 PM

http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/opera/spellcheck/ this is a small tutorial for spell-checking with Opera

CapZap # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 5:16:29 PM

Hmmm. Keyboard shortcuts don't work for me. Anyone else have this problem?

experttease # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 5:36:45 PM

also get GT500's ospell from his blog for inline spell check. just about to download the birdie...

GhostRidah # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 5:37:14 PM

just needs in line spell checking and "active" google search and I will wet myself.

uǝʞɐsɹoɟuǝʌıƃɹoɟpoƃgodpimp # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 5:38:01 PM

Seeing as its alpha, will it crash and corrupt my computer?
Thanks for any responses... (i love that cartman avy, its sooo wicked)

uǝʞɐsɹoɟuǝʌıƃɹoɟpoƃgodpimp # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 5:41:13 PM

Dear Opera Winfrey,
Your bird better not make me crash, as i am not insured against Kestrel or any wildlife accidents :-)

www.nenelinux.tk ®nenericardo # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:07:37 PM

I love opera !

Jamesleushino # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:27:19 PM

I'm impressed. This release appears very stable, has loaded all of my favority pages without a hitch and is about as fast as I've ever surfed before... actually the pages are definitely rendering faster than previously. When it becomes a final product, I am certain it will become my default browser (sorry, Firefox).

Mind is a razorblade...SoundOfVision # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:52:49 PM

I just downloaded it, and it seems awesome! Had to download all widgets and skins again, but never mind, I didn't have many of them, so it wasn't a problem.

There's one thing bothered me a bit with old version too: when I'm looking at my bookmarks I need to click on 'More Items' - would it be possible in near future to just scroll down instead of going down at the bottom and clicking 'More items'? I have lots of folders and subfolders so it bothers me a bit.

Anyway, great job people! Keep getting better and better!

When can we expect Beta?

Christopher DaSilvadannii # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:22:25 PM

I won't lose my settings and favourites?

A. DudaADuda # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:33:59 PM

This is great, but I think I'll wait for the final version

Be KaySgtDirtbag # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:10:14 PM

I must say I'm VERY impressed by this alpha, great work!

But there is still one feature that I'd love to see in opera and that is Firefox's way of handlin RSS feeds in a drop-down menu in the personal bar:
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/850/rssffij4.png

It's more intuitive than Opera's way of handling RSS feeds, so I have to use both browsers:
Opera for general browsing and Firefox to check my RSS feeds.

But if Opera gets that feature sometime in the feature, I can finally settle on one browser. : )

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