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Opera Mobile 9.5 beta released

Jason Ankeny — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:51:03 -0400

Web browser development firm Opera Software announced the debut of the first public version of its Opera Mobile 9.5 beta. Like the most recent update of the Opera Mini browser, Opera Mobile 9.5 beta defaults to page overview mode, enabling users to view web pages in full; panning and zooming options allow users to focus on specific page content, while a new UI boasts more efficient navigation. For developers, Opera Mobile 9.5 also includes Opera Dragonfly development tools for cross-platform software creation, allowing debugging of JavaScript, inspection of Cascading Style Sheets and the Document Object Model, and error views.

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Opera Widgets SDK beta released

Tue, 27 May 2008 06:59:58 -0400

Web browser development firm Opera Software released its Opera Widgets SDK beta, promising developers the tools to deploy web applications on any device. Based on open, W3C-set standards that support technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Ajax, the SDK features an emulator, libraries, documentation and Opera Dragonfly for debugging, as well as user forums. According to Opera, its widgets repository contains over 1,200 widgets for desktop, mobile phones and portable media devices, including widgets for games, news feeds, weather and travel information--web developer tools like color pickers and pixel rulers are also available. The Opera Widgets SDK beta is supported by Opera 9.5 and above and is available here.

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Opera Mini for Android now available

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:59:58 -0400

Browser developer Opera Software announced its Opera Mini mobile web browser is now available for Google's fledgling Android platform, with technical previews available here. According to Opera, the Android development community is invited to trial the browser and share feedback for the upcoming beta release, adding Opera Mini for Android supports the full range of handsets built on the Android OS. Opera said the Mini browser now boasts more than 40 million users worldwide, spanning multiple mobile platforms and more than a dozen major international operators.

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Opera Mini 4.1 mobile web browser debuts

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:59:58 -0400

Web browser development firm Opera Software released the beta preview of its Opera Mini 4.1 mobile web browser, promising a more interactive browsing experience on both the handset and the Internet. According to Opera, the newest Mini is up to 50 percent faster than Opera Mini 4, with new features including automatic URL completion suggestions, the ability to save web pages for subsequent offline viewing, in-page content searching, and file download and upload. Opera Mini is now available to download for beta testing.

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Opera 9.5 SDK for Devices released

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:59:58 -0500

Mobile browser developer Opera Software issued its Opera 9.5 SDK for Devices, touting improvements including a new beta visual effects layer promising fluid transitions, panning, zooming and interactivity. According to Opera, the new SDK also accelerates benchmarking, evaluation and time-to-market with the addition of a bundled Flash plug-in demo and set of standard Opera Widgets including calendar, news reader and calculator. In addition, Opera 9.5 SDK features improved webpage rendering performance over its predecessor, alongside enhanced management of widget states and download, extended APIs for password, certificate, cookie, session and plug-in management, and built-in site patching support. Opera adds that Opera 10 is already in the pipeline.

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