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Opera 10.5 is Released, Claims to be "Fastest Browser on Earth"
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-03-03 16:15:44 302
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The new browser from Opera sports a sleek new Aero look, but is it the fastest? We investigate the claims..
By Jason Mick @ DailyTech
While Norway's Opera Software is the king of the mobile browsing industry, in the PC browser industry it plays the role of the underdog. Opera currently holds a small chunk of market share -- 2.35 percent -- trailing Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. Still, 2.35 percent of the web's 1.7 billion users worldwide (according to Internet Web Statistic's 2009 survey) is still an impressive 40 million customers worldwide -- something not every tech company can claim.
Yesterday Opera released the final version of Opera 10.5 for Windows, a speedy build that brings a host of new features and improvements. It offers a faster layout engine -- Presto 2.6 -- which also includes a host of bugfixes from the layout engine Presto 2.4 used in Opera 10. It also offers a brand new Javascript engine Carakan, which should be substantially faster than the old engine, Futhark.
The browser download weighs in at 9.4 MB. If you want to give it a try, just visit the Opera HomePage.
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