Opera 11, Beta

[me75006]

Features & download here:
Opera 11 Beta

I had tried a couple of the Alpha releases & was very impressed. Had them installed on a 2nd hd.
This Beta, I installed as an update over 10.63
No problems yet.
Speedy !

 

[yowanvista]

Opera 11 is a big improvement from 10.6x
There is already a thread for Opera 11
http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-mail/119389-opera-11-0-alpha-out.html

 

[Gornot]

Thanks for this post, I have been waiting to try out the beta release and see if it has any improvements over the alphabuild with which I had some annoying issues.
I already love how tab stacking works, it's very efficient. Can't wait to try this out.

 

[me75006]

Opera 11 is a big improvement from 10.6x
There is already a thread for Opera 11
http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-mail/119389-opera-11-0-alpha-out.html

Beta would have deserved it's own thread, not wanting to drag the alpha threads off topic.

 

[stve]

Love the tab stacking but would like tabs opened from within the group to stay inside group.
Pinned tabs are great love the shrinking.

Mouse gestures are now pretty good apart from downwards at 160 degrees closes tab
& downwards at 190 degrees switches to last visited tab.

Biggest problem for me is crashing on starting , I've had to create a temp folder to bookmark all open pages before shutting down.

 

[Gornot]

Even though it's now in beta, the issues I had in alpha builds are still there (flash), and I still can't have even one extension working. lol

 

[stevepoolstock]

Even though it's now in beta, the issues I had in alpha builds are still there (flash), and I still can't have even one extension working. lol

Strange.. I don't seem to have any of the problems you've mentioned and I also don't experience crashes on startup. I do on exit, but they've decreased the amount of crashes significantly in the last few builds.

 

[stve]

Even though it's now in beta, the issues I had in alpha builds are still there (flash), and I still can't have even one extension working. lol

Try a fresh install by installing as a Stand alone App (USB)
& see if you still have problems.

 

[Gornot]

Even though it's now in beta, the issues I had in alpha builds are still there (flash), and I still can't have even one extension working. lol

Try a fresh install by installing as a Stand alone App (USB)
& see if you still have problems.

That was the first thing I did when I downloaded Opera. Didn't want to have registry entries and other files in the %appdata% folder(s), so I tried the portable install first.

No help needed, I don't think I'll be changing my mind about Opera, more so since I'm now quite satisfied with IE9.

 

[stve]

IE9 is a big improvement over IE8 i like the integrated tab search bar i would like to see that in Opera as an option
sometime.

 

[MWRed]

I've grown to love using Opera since it is simple and fast, without all the extra junk. Now I just don't like the whole idea of extensions in it at all. I know they're just trying to gain on FF and chrome. They're moving away from one of the reasons people like it in the first place.

I may still use it, although I won't install any extensions......if that's the case, I might as well just use FF.

 

[stve]

What puts me off Firefox is the large numbers of extensions you have to install for even basic features like smooth scrolling.
I'm enjoying the extensions in Opera, i doubt I'll ever use more than half a dozen, I've replaced some JavaScript & bookmark-lets I was using & added a couple that add useful features.

 

[Maxxwire]

Opera 11 Beta has been getting better scores than the Alpha series did at Peacekeeper.

~Maxx~
.

 

[disasterpiece91]

What's different between the two, again?

 

[Maxxwire]

On my Win 7 x64 computer the difference was that Opera 11 Beta got a higher benchmark on Peacekeeper than the last 1094 build of Opera Alpha.

~Maxx~

 

[MilesAhead]

What puts me off Firefox is the large numbers of extensions you have to install for even basic features like smooth scrolling.
I'm enjoying the extensions in Opera, i doubt I'll ever use more than half a dozen, I've replaced some JavaScript & bookmark-lets I was using & added a couple that add useful features.

Chromium seems like a fair compromise. I run 8 extensions. In FF I run about 24, not including themes. I like how Opera does a lot out of the box, but it's infuriating you can't even do something like AutoCopy(at least couldn't as of v. 10 which is the latest I have installed.) Sorry but I can't abide quadrupple clicking to copy one line of text to the clipboard. My finger would give out. I've been posting about AutoCopy on Opera forums for years. It's just inane to not have such a basic feature or let an extension writer add it.

And does it still put your personal Wand info in operprefs.ini "[Personal Info]" section in clear text? Please!! Another one I posted about for year to no joy.

It's like having a great HDTV but only a rabbit ears for signal.

edit: btw I really do like Opera. I criticize it because I'm frustrated they won't fix a few annoyances. I kept with version 8.51 for years on XP just because it was so nimble. Eventually I was seduced by the Dark Side(tm) via PlugIns, AddOns and other feature creep from Maxthon to FF and now Chromium!! Just a lost soul in the Web Wilderness(tm)

 

[Maxxwire]

The Opera 11 Beta b1133 Snapshot is now available!

~Maxx~

 

[smarteyeball]

I'm having a lazy - did they change they amount of extensions that concurrently work with the API?

ie run Ad block as well Notscript at the same time without cancelling each other out?

 

[yowanvista]

Still no UI changes?

 

[indianacarnie]

I used the beta of opera11 and changed to firefox. (see my post on the drop down suggestions) Been using Opera for years and was extremely disappointed in the new version. Have went back to Opera 10 and will not upgrade. I think that Opera has fallen into the herd mentality with 11 at least the beta version. opera has always stood for innovation, not being a follower. I'm sad and disappointed. Maybe they are spending too much time on their mobile stuff.