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Introducing Opera 11.50 "Swordfish"

By Haavardhaavard. Monday, May 2, 2011 6:30:00 PM

According to Wikipedia, the swordfish is a highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill. Its streamlined physique allows it to cut through the water with great ease and agility. It mainly relies on its speed and agility in the water to catch its prey. Swordfish are also known for their powerful jumps, called breaching.

The Next version of Opera, 11.50, is called Swordfish. We are preparing a first look as we speak, so check back in the coming days for more details.

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Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks Monday, May 2, 2011 6:40:47 PM

up
v12.0: Trogon
v12.1: Parrot
v12.5: Peacock
v12.6: Crocoduck

DavideDosky Monday, May 2, 2011 6:41:08 PM

happy

Besmir Godolebgodole Monday, May 2, 2011 6:42:37 PM

yes

pchidamb Monday, May 2, 2011 6:42:48 PM

yes

Pastor DavidLionandLamb Monday, May 2, 2011 6:42:57 PM

where is the build???

Alexeyalex-shpak Monday, May 2, 2011 6:43:11 PM

yes

There were only two comments when I opened this page, and when my comment was posted -- it was already 6th...

Good luck to Opera swordfish in catching new users in the deep Ocean of the Internet!

Qbikqbik13 Monday, May 2, 2011 6:43:16 PM

nice

rctneil Monday, May 2, 2011 6:43:21 PM

Excellent

@Havaard

will 11.50 add a few of the features that have been requested and fix the remaining bugs from 11.10? and also re introduce the "Force Resync" button for Opera Link?

Commaster Monday, May 2, 2011 6:43:27 PM

idea

Joonas Lehtolahtigodjonez Monday, May 2, 2011 6:46:09 PM

Originally posted by rctneil:

and also re introduce the "Force Resync" button for Opera Link?


I still have "Sync Now" button in 11.10.

sTeeVeboY Monday, May 2, 2011 6:47:01 PM

Will it contain full hardware acceleration like IE9 or maybe better or even possibly at its best?

Maybe a brand new javascript engine? A new look by default would also be preferable. Something more modern and appropriate for a build release like "Swordfish"! yes

rctneil Monday, May 2, 2011 6:50:38 PM

Originally posted by godjonez:

Originally posted by rctneil:

and also re introduce the "Force Resync" button for Opera Link?

I still have "Sync Now" button in 11.10.




Where abouts? I do mean once Link is enabled and running a force resync option would be useful

Obese MauriceObeseMaurice Monday, May 2, 2011 6:52:23 PM

This is awesome. love

Ronit Kumarronitrex Monday, May 2, 2011 6:52:52 PM

up party wizard Finally bigsmile

Ronit Kumarronitrex Monday, May 2, 2011 6:54:15 PM

Originally posted by sTeeVeboY:

Will it contain full hardware acceleration like IE9 or maybe better or even possibly at its best?

Maybe a brand new javascript engine? A new look by default would also be preferable. Something more modern and appropriate for a build release like "Swordfish"!




+1 Let's kill the competition!

KlausHoll Monday, May 2, 2011 6:55:29 PM

Super party
Waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

redwizard Monday, May 2, 2011 7:02:26 PM

yes

Introduction without a snapshot? no

GreLI Monday, May 2, 2011 7:03:09 PM

Originally posted by sTeeVeboY:

Will it contain full hardware acceleration like IE9 or maybe better or even possibly at its best?

You probably missed Opera 11.50 preview with WebGL and Hardware Acceleration:
http://my.opera.com/core/blog/2011/02/28/webgl-and-hardware-acceleration-2

artmil Monday, May 2, 2011 7:03:30 PM

Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

v12.0: Trogon
v12.1: Parrot
v12.5: Peacock
v12.6: Crocoduck



v13: Fish and fries

Erik HauboldAltarius Monday, May 2, 2011 7:03:39 PM

aahhhhhh i can't wait anymore

logo looks really nice too bigsmile

Mr. Protosmr-protos Monday, May 2, 2011 7:05:13 PM

Good news! up

sTeeVeboY Monday, May 2, 2011 7:06:03 PM

Originally posted by GreLI:

You probably missed Opera 11.50 preview with WebGL and Hardware Acceleration: http://labs.opera.com/news/2011/02/28/



No no, I didn't miss it, but it should be optimized and tuned for directX and wide-scale use. To be honest, it should blow every other browser away, especially IE9! lol

Something like... wow, I didn't even touch the mouse button and opera is already done with loading that site! Incredibly fast! bigeyes

illidanenuazeal Monday, May 2, 2011 7:06:34 PM

awesome! can't wait

NRsuperici Monday, May 2, 2011 7:06:53 PM

i can't wait http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Dance2.gif -

faczever Monday, May 2, 2011 7:08:03 PM

Genial! XD

konova111ov Monday, May 2, 2011 7:10:26 PM

less than a year...wait

ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker Monday, May 2, 2011 7:10:35 PM

Just a word of caution. Just because the labs build had 11.50 in them, DOES NOT MEAN THESE FEATURES ARE 11.50 FINAL FEATURES...

I'm guessing the teams working on these features are constantly re-basing their work on the latest internal builds...

Perhaps someone from Opera could clarify this, before peoples expectations get out of hand... Other PR Nightmare may follow....

Satan D. Lucifersupertrol Monday, May 2, 2011 7:12:45 PM

11.50 will feature HWA

Swordfish are also known for their powerful jumps, called breaching.

how much faster than 10.50?

we all know that 10.50 is 7x faster than 10.10 in benchmarks and sunspider

is it over9000? (just kidding)

maybe it can beat the previous record of 20302 record in Peackeeper

the 1st build will be my main browser replacing 11.10

ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker Monday, May 2, 2011 7:14:48 PM

Originally posted by supertrol:

11.50 will feature HWA



You know this because?

hundredorzero Monday, May 2, 2011 7:16:42 PM

Fishera up

Stilezy Monday, May 2, 2011 7:18:18 PM

Moderator edit: This comment has been removed for breaching our terms of use.

QuHno Monday, May 2, 2011 7:19:34 PM

... waiting until I can update the 11.50 labs release wait

BTW:
Is the vector graphics of the swordfish available somewhere?
EPS or SVG would be just fine ...

Guiot SidneyFirefly74940 Monday, May 2, 2011 7:21:00 PM

Originally posted by clashcityrocker:

Originally posted by supertrol:

11.50 will feature HWA

You know this because?


Because of core blogs with 11.50 build introducing HWA smile

wizard Ready for testing !

KlausHoll Monday, May 2, 2011 7:21:33 PM

I think that the name "Ragnarök" is much coller than "Swordfish"
And a picture - angry viking with big axe in one hand, a shield in another and viking helmet devil

ouzowtfouzoWTF Monday, May 2, 2011 7:26:34 PM

Originally posted by KlausHoll:

I think that the name "Ragnarök" is much coller than "Swordfish"


Ragnarök is the name of the HTML5 Parser. Swordfish the name of the developing branch 11.50.

Nicolás GuzmánNicoseco Monday, May 2, 2011 7:29:11 PM

Can opera team still make updates for opera 11.10? there are a lot of bugs

sTeeVeboY Monday, May 2, 2011 7:30:54 PM

Originally posted by Nicoseco:

Can opera team still make updates for opera 11.10? there are a lot of bugs



These updates are called new snapshots which will result in the final version of Opera 11.50 called Swordfish.

KlausHoll Monday, May 2, 2011 7:34:35 PM

Originally posted by ouzoWTF:

Ragnarök is the name of the HTML5 Parser. Swordfish the name of the developing branch 11.50.


But Swordfish will be with this HTML5 Parser and WebGl or only with HWA?
By the way - Ragnarök has version number "11.50" too rolleyes

beBoss Monday, May 2, 2011 7:38:15 PM

Finally new post (h) I love opera and any other things doesn't matter p

János, Vinczevinczej Monday, May 2, 2011 7:41:09 PM

Swordfish will have WebGL? (Opera Labs has already a fine demo.)

Applemind Monday, May 2, 2011 7:46:40 PM

I hope that Swordfish will integrate a pdf reader as next release of Firefox. An integrate pdf reader will be wonderful for Linux and Mac users... and Windows users too!

Romainlordofsoul Monday, May 2, 2011 7:47:23 PM

yes

PiMoz Monday, May 2, 2011 7:48:35 PM

The logo looks like firefish. bigsmile

Chirpie Monday, May 2, 2011 8:03:16 PM

Originally posted by sTeeVeboY:

Maybe a brand new javascript engine? A new look by default would also be preferable.

It already has a new JS engine (Carakan) and a new look. Got them both with 10.5

Originally posted by Stilezy:

Please guys - stability and data loss fixes. Quite a few have been reported years and not yet been resolved. Very frustrating to see new badging of features and old basic issues unresolved.

Most people do not experience stability problems or data loss, so your comment is misplaced at best. If you are really having problems, report them properly instead of vague comments like that, that aren't even representative of most people's experience.

PMoperafan2006 Monday, May 2, 2011 8:03:51 PM

Trolling removed by mod.

ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker Monday, May 2, 2011 8:04:06 PM

Originally posted by Firefly74940:

Because of core blogs with 11.50 build introducing HWA



Then read my original post. There were also likely 11.0 and 10.50 internal builds with hardware acceleration too, as most companies use a continuous integration development method. Just because the labs releases were 11.50, DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT 11.50 WILL BE HWA.

sTeeVeboY Monday, May 2, 2011 8:05:31 PM

Originally posted by Chirpie:

It already has a new JS engine (Carakan)) and a new look. Got them both with 10.5



So it's time to move on into a more modern direction, don't you think so? At least a more modern look should arrive in 11.50.

mubaidr Monday, May 2, 2011 8:10:21 PM

spock Wait continues.... knight

Am ready to grab snapshot and replace my Opera 11.10 headbang

Lukaslksd Monday, May 2, 2011 8:11:21 PM

1. GPU HWA

2. Performance adaptive browsing -> change ( on the spot) max connections / connections to server based on latency <- would be nice

Chirpie Monday, May 2, 2011 8:20:42 PM

Originally posted by sTeeVeboY:

So it's time to move on into a more modern direction, don't you think so? At least a more modern look should arrive in 11.50.

It already has a more modern look. It has already moved in a more modern direction. Stop it.

Just stop it. You don't know how "modern" is defined anyway, and you are not being helpful or constructive. You are just being nasty and bashing Opera, claiming that it isn't "modern."

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