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MultiTorg Opera

The history of the Opera web browser began in 1994 when it was started as a research project at Telenor, the largest Norwegian telecommunications company. In 1995, the project branched out into a separate company named Opera Software ASA,[1] with the first publicly available version released in 1996.[2] Since that time, Opera has undergone extensive changes and improvements, such as the relatively recent addition of built-in phishing protection.

The Opera browser was, until version 2.0, called MultiTorg Opera and was not available to the public—although online documents show it at The Third International WWW Conference in 1995.[3] It was known for its multiple document interface (MDI) and 'hotlist' (sidebar), which made browsing several pages at once much easier, as well as being the first browser to completely focus on adhering to the W3C standards.

Version 2

Version 2.0, the first public release of Opera, was released as shareware in 1996.[4][5]

Due to popular demand, Opera Software showed interest in programming its browser for alternate operating systems such as Apple Macintosh, QNX and BeOS. On October 10, 1997, they launched "Project Magic", an effort to determine who would be willing to purchase a copy of their browser in their native OS, and to properly distribute funds to develop or outsource for such operating systems.[6] On November 30, 1997 they closed voting for which operating system to develop with. Project Magic then became a news column for updates for alternate operating systems until version 4.[7]

Version 3

Opera 3.62

Opera 3 was the first version of Opera with JavaScript support,[5] but Java was still missing.[8] It was released for multiple operating systems on December 31, 1997.[9][10]

In 1998, Opera 3.5 was released, adding Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) support[5] and file upload capability.[11]

Since version 3.5, Opera has supported CSS, and Håkon Wium Lie, one of the inventors of CSS, is the CTO at Opera.[12] Up to 6.0 Opera supported most common web standards, Netscape plugins and some other recent standards such as WAP and WML for wireless devices, but its implementation of advanced ECMAScript (better known as "JavaScript") and the HTML Document Object Model was poor.

Version 3.6 was released on May 12, 1999.[13]

Version 4

On June 28, 2000,[14] Opera 4 for Windows (Elektra)[15] was released, introducing a new cross-platform core, and a new integrated e-mail client.

Version 5

Opera 5.02

Opera 5, released on December 6, 2000, was the first version which was ad-sponsored instead of having a trial period.[16] Version 5 also supported ICQ, but this was dropped from later versions.

Opera supported OS/2 for the first time, requiring WarpIN and Odin to be installed.[17]

Opera 5.10 (April 2001) was the first version to recognize mouse gestures,[18] but this feature was disabled by default.

Version 6

Opera 6.0

On November 29, 2001, Opera 6 was released with new features including Unicode support, and offering a single document interface as well as the multiple document interface allowed by previous versions.[19]

First MSN.com controversy

On October 24, 2001, Microsoft blocked users of browsers other than Internet Explorer, including Opera, from accessing MSN.com. Microsoft Internet Explorer users were not affected. After cries of monopolistic behavior, Microsoft lifted the restrictions after two days.[20][21] However, as late as November 2001, Opera users were still locked out from some MSN.com content, despite Opera's ability to display the content if MSN.com were to serve it.[22]

Version 7

Opera 7.02

On January 28, 2003,[23] Opera 7 was released, introducing the new "Presto" layout engine, with improved CSS, client-side scripting, and Document Object Model (DOM) support. Mac OS 9 support was dropped.

Version 7.0 saw Opera undergo an extensive rewrite with the faster and more powerful Presto layout engine. The new engine brought almost full support for the HTML DOM meaning that parts of, or a whole, page can be re-rendered in response to DOM and script events.

A 2004 review in The Washington Post described Opera 7.5 as being excessively complex and difficult to use. The review also criticized the free edition's use of obtrusive advertisements when other browsers such as Mozilla and Safari were offered free of charge without including advertisements.[24]

In August 2004, Opera 7.6 began limited alpha testing. It had more advanced standards support, and introduced voice support for Opera, as well as support for Voice XML. Opera also announced a new browser for Interactive Television, which included a fit to width option Opera 8 introduced. Fit to Width is a technology that initially utilized the power of CSS, but it is now internal Opera technology. Pages are dynamically resized by making images and/or text smaller, and even removing images with specific dimensions to make it fit on any screen width, improving the experience on smaller screens dramatically. Opera 7.6 was never officially released as a final version.

On January 12, 2005, Opera Software announced that it would offer free licenses to higher education institutions,[25] a change from the previous cost of $1,000 USD for unlimited licenses. Schools that opted for the free license included Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, University of Oxford, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Duke University. Opera was commonly criticized for having been ad-sponsored, since this was seen as a barrier to gaining market share. In the newer versions the user was allowed a choice of generic graphical banners, or text-based targeted advertisements provided by Google based upon the page being viewed. Users could pay a license fee to remove the advertisement bar.

Second MSN.com controversy

In 2003, MSN.com was configured to present Opera browsers with a style sheet used for old versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer.[26] Other browsers received either a style sheet tailored to them, or at least the latest Internet Explorer style sheet.[27] The outdated style sheet that Opera received caused Opera to move a significant amount of MSN.com's content 30 pixels to the left of where it should be, distorting the page and making it appear as though there was a bug in Opera.[28]

In response, the Opera Software company created a special "Bork" edition of Opera which displayed gibberish instead of MSN.com but not on any other web site. They did this to make a point about the necessity of a harmonious relationship between web browsers and web sites.[29]

After the complaints, Microsoft changed their servers to present the latest version of Opera, version 7, with the style sheet served to the latest version of Internet Explorer, which resolved the problem. However, Microsoft continued to serve the outdated style sheet to the older Opera 6.[27][29]

Hotmail controversy

In November 2004, Opera Software sent an electronic message to Microsoft, complaining that Opera users were sent an incomplete JavaScript file when using Hotmail. The incomplete file prevented Opera users from emptying their "Junk E-mail" folders. The Opera Software company later sent a physical letter to Microsoft. Nevertheless, as of February 11, 2005, Microsoft had neither replied to the messages nor corrected the issue.[30][31]

Version 8

Opera 8.0

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On April 19, 2005, version 8.0 was released.[32] Besides supporting SVG Tiny, multimodal features and User JavaScript, the default user interface has been cleaned up and simplified. The default home page is an improved search portal.[33] The changes displeased a number of existing users since some advanced settings became hidden.[34]

Version 8.0 introduced support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Tiny. This marked the first major web browser to natively support some form of SVG.[35] Opera has a presentation mode called Opera Show, which allows the use of a single HTML or XML document for large-screen presentations, and web browsing.

Version 8.5 was released on September 20, 2005, Opera announced that their browser would be available free of charge and without advertisements from then onwards, although the company still sells support contracts.[36] Enhancements included: automatic client-side fixing of web sites that did not render correctly, and a number of security fixes.

Version 9

Opera 9

Version 9.0 was the first Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and BSD browser to pass the Acid2 test.[37][38] This version, released on June 20, 2006, added XSLT and improved SVG to 1.1 Basic level.

Beta versions of Opera 9 included an Easter egg that, when triggered,[39] affects the Acid2 test. After the page has been open for a while, the eyes of the smiley will follow the cursor around and when the user clicks on the eyes, a JavaScript alert will read "Because just passing is not enough ;)".[40] The changes to the Acid2 code were applied using Opera's browser.js feature, and remain available in a separate User JavaScript file.[41]

Opera introduced Widgets, small web applications, a built-in BitTorrent client, improved content blocking and a built-in tool for creating and editing search engines. Opera also added ability to read MHTML and to save the web page as archives.

Version 9.1 (released in 2006) introduced fraud protection using technology from GeoTrust, a digital certificate provider, and PhishTank, an organization that tracks known phishing web sites.[42]

Version 9.2, codenamed Merlin, introduced Speed Dial, 3 × 3 small thumbnails which are shown instead of a blank page.

Version 9.5, codenamed Kestrel (after the Kestrel falcon), was released to span the gap between Opera 9.2 and Opera 10.[43] It included some of the rendering improvements due to be made in Opera 10 and also aimed to provide better integration with various operating systems.[44][45][46] The first alpha build of Opera 9.5 was released on September 4, 2007. The first public beta was released on October 25, 2007,[47] and the final version was released on June 12, 2008.[48] The final release was downloaded more than 4.5 million times in the first 5 days.[49]

Opera 9.5 has improved support for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), including many more CSS3 selectors and the CSS2 text-shadow property.[50][51] Support for other web standards was also improved. For example, Opera 9.5's Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) implementation supports 93.8% of the W3C's SVG test suite,[52] and built-in support for Animated Portable Network Graphics (APNG) and MathML.[53][54] Opera 9.5 also supports high-security Extended Validation Certificates[55] and added malware protection through partnership with Haute Secure.[56]

The interface underwent a few alterations as well. Using "Sharp" by default, a new skin designed to be more intuitive,[57] though the classic skin was still available as a user preference. Screen reader support has been added back in. Opera's mail client, Opera Mail, has been updated, with an improved indexing feature and many bugfixes.[58] Opera 9.5 also lets users save bookmarks, notes, the Personal Bar and Speed Dial settings to the Opera Link service. These preferences can then be synchronized with another Opera browser, such as a copy of Opera Mini running on a mobile phone.[59]

Alongside the new features, Opera 9.5 had new performance improvements. For example, x64-bit editions of Opera for compatible Linux and BSD operating systems.[44][60] On the other hand, SPARC Linux support has been dropped.[61]

Version 9.6 improved Opera Link with the new opportunity to sync custom search engines and typed history. Feed preview and an updated Opera Mail client were additional changes.

Version 10

Version 10 (Peregrine) debuted in a first beta version on June 3, 2009 and scored 100/100 on the Acid3 test, but failed the smoothness criteria. There was also a preview build that scored 100/100, released on March 28, 2009. Among other features, it also came with speed optimizations, inline spell checking for forms, an auto update feature, HTML mail formatting, web fonts and SVG font support, alpha transparency support using the RGBA and HSLA color models, and an updated version of the Opera Dragonfly web debugger. Opera Turbo is a highlighted new feature of this version.

The official release of Opera 10 occurred on September 1, 2009. A week after release, 10 million downloads had been recorded.

The 10.5x versions (codenamed Evenes) also came with a new JavaScript engine, Carakan, and a new graphics backend, dubbed Vega, that have increased its speed measurably. Then version 10.60, which Opera Software claims to be 50% faster than Opera 10.50, which also brought up new features like Geolocation, WebM support, AVG malware protection, Speed Dial improvements, etc.

Version 11

Opera 11 (codenamed Kjevik) was released on December 16, 2010 with new features including extensions, tab stacking, visual mouse gestures, new installer (Windows only) and safety improvements to the address field. In addition, the content blocker list now can be synchronized through Opera Link.[62] It also passes the Acid3 Test as of January 22, 2011.

On April 12, 2011, Opera 11.10 (codenamed Barracuda) was released. It contains many fixes "under the hood", such as improved Turbo Mode, a plug-in installation wizard and a rewritten Speed Dial. Opera 11.10 was updated to use the new Presto 2.8 Rendering Engine. [63]

On May 18, 2011, the final version of Opera 11.11 was released with improvements to security.[64][65]

On June 28, 2011, Opera 11.50 (codename Swordfish) was released. Equipped with the rendering engine Presto 2.9.168 featuring up to 20% faster rendering of CSS and SVG, support for HTML5 tag

On December 6, 2011, Opera 11.60 (codename Tunny) was released. Updated with the newest rendering engine Presto 2.10.229, this update features several changes including a UI revamp of the email interface, a new address field with star feature, and several "under the hood" as new HTML5 tags and parsing implementations, full ECMAScript 5.1 support. This version also implemented the JSON API geo-location of Google.[67][68]

On January 24, 2012, Opera 11.61 was released with improvements to security and stability.[69]

On March 27, 2012, Opera 11.62 was released with security and stability improvements, bug fixes and performance improvements.[70]

On April 17, 2012, Opera 11.63 was released. It was a Mac-exclusive release, contrary to belief that Apple had prematurely flipped the switch, making this release available for Mac users ahead of Windows and Linux customers.[71]

On May 10, 2012, Opera 11.64 was released, with stability, bug fixes and security improvements[72]

Version 12

File:Opera 12.1 Screenshot.png
Opera 12.1 Screenshot

Opera released version 12 Pre-Alpha Build 1017 on June 7, 2011. Its code name was Wahoo.[73] Opera 12 will have hardware acceleration, support for WebGL and the new Opera Reader-feature.

On October 13, 2011, a version 12 Alpha build 1105 was released. Includes several speed and memory improvements, themes implementation, full hardware acceleration with WebGL, full ECMAScript 5.1 compliance, and a new HTML5 parser named Ragnarök.[74]

On June 7, 2012, the RC1 version of Opera build 1448 was released . It offers native 64-bit support and out-of-process plug-ins.[75]

On June 14, 2012, the final version of Opera 12.00 was released.

With Opera 12.01, the newest version, including some minor yet important security and stability upgrades, has been released on August 2, 2012.[76]

Opera 12.02 build 1578 is the last version that will run under Windows 2000. The succeeding versions will now need at least Windows XP.

On November 5, 2012, Opera 12.10 was released with improvements, bugfixes and security updates.[77]

On November 20, 2012, Opera 12.11 was released. This release was mainly a stability and security improvement over the previous version.[78]

On December 17, 2012, Opera 12.12 was released. This release is a recommended security and stability update over the previous version.[79]

On January 30, 2013, Opera 12.13 was released as a recommended stability and security update.[80] A week later, on February 5, 2013, Opera 12.14 was released after the users discovered an autoupdate crash loop bug.[81]

On April 4, 2013, Opera 12.15 was released. This release is a recommended stability and security update.[82]

On July 4, 2013, Opera 12.16 was released.

Version 15

On February 12, 2013, Opera Software announced their intention to transition from their Presto layout engine to WebKit, building upon the base of the Chromium project. Opera will become a contributor to the Chromium project.[83] After the announcement of transition from WebKit to Blink by Google, Opera confirmed it would also switch to Blink instead of WebKit.[84]

The version identifier 13 was skipped, thought to be for reasons of superstition, while 14 was used to refer to a WebKit-based release of Opera for Android.

On May 28, 2013, a beta version of Opera 15 containing Blink was made available for Windows and Mac computers.[85] It removed many distinctive Opera features and even some universal features like bookmarks (Opera expressed the intent to make the new Speed Dial with groups and real-time search capabilities replace the bookmarks functionality in the new version), with Link, themes support, geolocation and a "feature rich" tab bar being the only confirmed returning features in future versions.[86] The previously-bundled M2 email client was released as a standalone application, Opera Mail. Extensions for the previous browser versions are no longer supported, instead developers allowed means for converting Opera extensions to Chrome extensions supportable in Opera 15.

On July 2, 2013, the final version of Opera 15.0 was released. This release was not pushed through the automatic update system, as it was deemed some features important to current users had yet to be implemented.[87]


Version 16

Opera implemented in a previous version Opera Next, the beta development cycle of Opera, with the release of Opera Version 15 the developers decided to create a three tiered cycle of development of future versions. The beta(next) version of Opera 16 was released initially to the public via the Opera Desktop Team blog on July, 19th 2013. This included a few upgrades that users had been asking for including W3C Geolocation support, and the ability to 'play' with experimental features.[88]


Since a few beta versions of 16 have been released adding new stable features and new experimental features to the mix, as well as assorted bug fixes and performance increases.


Version 17

A few months after the release of Opera Next 16 (August 8, 2013), Opera released the first Developer cycle release Opera 17.


Included in this release were the reintroduction of the 'rocker' browser controls (left-click -> right-click = forward, right-click -> left-click = back). Pinned Tabs, The option to start Opera to a homepage, the speed dial page, or a group of pages. And the Search Engine Manager to allow for the addition of new searches.[89]

Timeline of releases

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For details, see the archived (1–12) and recent (15+) history pages on opera.com.

Release compatibility

Operating system Latest version
Mac OS 8.x 6.03
9.x 7.54u2
Mac OS X 10.0-10.1 7.54u2
10.2 8.54
10.3 10.10
10.4-10.5 (PowerPC) 10.63
10.4 11.10
10.5 12.16
10.6-10.8 Supported[90]
Microsoft Windows Windows 3.1x 3.62
Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 10.63
Windows 2000 12.02
Windows XP to Windows 8 Supported[91]
GNU/Linux Generic Supported[92]
FreeBSD 6.x, 7.x, 8.x Supported[92]
Solaris Intel and SPARC 10.11
OS/2 and eComStation 5.12
QNX 5.2.1 (stable)
6.01b (beta)
BeOS 3.62

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