Opera beta review install#

What’s a little more disappointing is that History doesn’t work better. And of course you should expect that from beta software.

Opera beta review install#

You’re also far wiser to install it in main memory rather than an expansion card due to stability problems.Īdmittedly these are bugs, which Opera already openly admits to. Right now, Flash plug-ins and video streaming don’t work due to a lack of ActiveX support in this beta. It’s too early to give a comprehensive verdict on this, but what we can say is that it took 73 seconds to load .uk (over GPRS) using Opera 8.65 and 55 seconds using 9.5.

Opera also promises “noticeable speed improvements” over the previous version. Another nice touch is that it automatically detects and copies your Pocket Internet Explorer Favorites during installation. To get the furniture back, simply click on the upwards arrow at the bottom-right of the screen. Plus, once you have zoomed in, all the navigation furniture disappears so you can see more of the page. This works brilliantly in practice, with the text being rendered both accurately and quickly. To zoom in (as before), you just double-click on the appropriate area. In version 9.5, it defaults to a fit-to-width style of view, so you instantly see what’s going on in your chosen site.Įven if it hasn’t fully loaded, you can see the main elements of the page and choose to focus in on one area rather than wait for the whole page to download. The new approach is based much more on friendly, easy-to-hit icons.Īlso, once a page loaded, you’d be presented with a close-up of the top-left hand corner – the first step would be to zoom out or start scrolling. For example, previously you had to press Action or Menu at the bottom of the screen if you wanted to alter settings.

The first difference is obvious, with an instantly more intuitive interface.