Opera 10.5 for Windows announced with speed boost, private browsing, and more
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted March 2nd 2010 1:14PM
posted March 2nd 2010 1:14PM
A quick note for Opera fans (and we ain't talkin' The Marriage of Figaro here). Looks like the self-styled "world's fastest" browser (with about 2% of the market share, last time we checked) has a new version! 10.5 for Windows features a swank new look, a new JavaScript engine, private browsing, Opera Unite (which is sure to re-invent the web any moment now) and much more. Want to take a look for yourself? Hit that source link.
I really don't understand why Opera is not more popular...It's so fast and the Opera Gestures make for a comfy browsing.
@kratonator
Because at around Opera v7 and v8, most web sites weren't compatible with a lot of websites. Also before v9, there was an add banner above the address bar.
Though you gotta love v10.
Please Engadget. I usually love your snarky style, but when you dish out that stuff, do your homework before. If there's a browser that doesn't deserve it (because of being a pionieer of a lot of features we take for granted in browsers nowadays, and for being slim and fast all around), it's Opera.
I'm new to opera is there any way to add search suggestions to the search toolbar?
@anynameislame
Short answer: You can't.
Why? The search suggestions are populated using code on the actual search provider's page. The search toolbar simply passes your keywords to the search engine on the address line.
To implement suggestions within the browser, Opera would have to duplicate the code that is in the search provider's page. Then they would be dependent on that. Imagine if Google/Bing/Yahoo changed that code. Opera would have to put out a new version very quickly and hope people would update to retain the changed functionality. It would suck to have your code (Opera) be dependent on multiple companies' code (Google/Bing/Yahoo).
Why is this posted as the fastest browser? Chrome still ousts Opera 10.5 by 1.37%
http://i50.tinypic.com/ous7xt.jpg
@screasey
It was an early claim and tag line, it was put there way before Chrome was even announced or before even Google had billions of dollars to buy up companies.
I must be doing something wrong. I had to launch Chrome to post this: Opera is a total nightmare on my employer's T1 connection. Slow loads, missing images, unresponsiveness. Bummer.
@digitalh
Don't know about you, but I've been able to post here with Opera 10.10. Maybe old version?
Just installed the new version and it really is super fast. Chrome was never this fast or even as fast as the last version either
Can someone remind me what Opera did to earn the ire of the tech world for all time? I seem to remember that there was a valid reason no one wanted to use it, but I can remember what it was.
@Valicore
Opera did once charge to use their browser a long long time ago. But I think that was probably something like 8 years back now.
@Lord Vader I wonder what's the reaction of chrome now: http://bit.ly/chrome-3rd-most-popular-browser-details
Private browsing is just another way of say "Porn browsing"
Why is there so much hate for opera, I don't get it??? I never used it before Yesterday coz reviews weren't so good, so never bothered. I downloaded 10.1 for my mac and i was like WOW! this is seriously good!!! Fair enough it doesn't have the extensions of firefox, nor the integration of safari, but it's noticeably faster and smoother, and has more than enough features for users that aren't big on extensions. The whole filesharing idea is impressive and works well. I'm amazed that it has garnered so little praise, and has so little Market share. To me this is the best browser available on mac right now. I haven't had a chance to use 10.5 on windows yet, but on the basis that it's newer it's performance is probably better than on the mac version. I think on performance alone this is the best browser out there, I really don't know why more people don't use it.
Anyone else unable to full screen YouTube videos now..?
I mean, it'll go full screen, but the video will just stop playing...and the sound will continue going. Please check to see if Opera 10.5 is the same for you.
@Ivoryplum
Works fine here.
How about some CSS3 support? What? No? Pass.
@Veraxus
What? Yes. Opera's been doing CSS3 since at least 9.5. See the changelogs:
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows
After I started using Opera I can't seem to use another browser this includes firefox! If you use it YOU WILL BE HOOKED!