The Opera Browser
The Opera browser is free, and it is the smallest and fastest browser in the world!
Opera started out as a research project in Norway's telecom company, Telenor, in 1994.
The Opera browser is known for its performance, standards compliance and small size.
Opera started out as a research project in Norway's telecom company, Telenor, in 1994, and branched out into an independent development company named Opera Software ASA in 1995.
Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices.
Opera's cross-platform Web browser technology is known for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience.
Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA.
Opera Version Statistics in Russia
According to statcounter.comOpera Version Statistics Browsers Statistics:
Opera Version Statistics in Russia in 2011
| 2011 | Total | O 12.0 | O 11.5 | O 11.1 | O 11 | O 10.6 | O 10.5 | O 10.1 | O 10 | O 9.6 | O 9.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 25.40% | 0.19% | 20.86% | 0.99% | 0.77% | 0.93% | 0.29% | 0.45% | 0.26% | 0.30% | 0.10% |
| October | 25.50% | 0.19% | 20.41% | 1.24% | 0.79% | 1.03% | 0.33% | 0.51% | 0.29% | 0.38% | 0.12% |
| September | 25.69% | 0.16% | 19.72% | 1.76% | 0.97% | 1.08% | 0.36% | 0.57% | 0.30% | 0.39% | 0.13% |
| August | 25.25% | 0.14% | 18.52% | 2.41% | 1.05% | 1.19% | 0.38% | 0.62% | 0.35% | 0.44% | 0.14% |
| July | 26.23% | 16.04% | 5.03% | 1.33% | 1.46% | 0.43% | 0.68% | 0.37% | 0.51% | 0.16% | |
| June | 27.07% | 0.60% | 20.45% | 1.74% | 1.56% | 0.51% | 0.77% | 0.40% | 0.54% | 0.17% | |
| May | 27.74% | 0.05% | 20.43% | 2.66% | 1.64% | 0.59% | 0.78% | 0.45% | 0.61% | 0.18% | |
| April | 28.96% | 0.01% | 9.97% | 13.73% | 1.91% | 0.68% | 0.88% | 0.49% | 0.70% | 0.21% | |
| March | 29.55% | 23.20% | 2.47% | 0.73% | 0.98% | 0.54% | 0.86% | 0.25% | |||
| February | 30.01% | 22.24% | 3.37% | 0.84% | 1.09% | 0.62% | 1.01% | 0.29% | |||
| January | 30.61% | 20.68% | 4.88% | 0.99% | 1.19% | 0.70% | 1.19% | 0.35% |
Opera Version Statistics in Russia in 2010
| 2010 | Total | O 11 | O 10.7 | O 10.6 | O 10.5 | O 10 | O 9.6 | O 9.5 | O 9.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 31.51% | 7.03% | 0.26% | 18.5% | 1.24% | 2.13% | 1.35% | 0.39% | 0.52% |
| November | 31.10% | 0.13% | 0.37% | 24.19% | 1.47% | 2.34% | 1.64% | 0.42% | 0.57% |
| October | 31.66% | 0.41% | 23.28% | 1.97% | 2.78% | 1.79% | 0.48% | 0.71% | |
| September | 29.97% | 0.24% | 20.13% | 2.78% | 3.19% | 2.22% | 0.58% | 0.83% | |
| August | 28.41% | 17.35% | 3.92% | 2.59% | 2.85% | 0.72% | 0.98% | ||
| July | 30.65% | 13.91% | 7.56% | 4.24% | 3.09% | 0.79% | 1.06% | ||
| June | 29.83% | 0.14% | 19.18% | 4.91% | 3.52% | 0.89% | 1.19% | ||
| May | 31.10% | 18.77% | 6.12% | 4.04% | 0.99% | 1.18% | |||
| April | 29.13% | 14.14% | 8.08% | 4.43% | 1.13% | 1.35% | |||
| March | 26.85% | 0.27% | 18.54% | 5.25% | 1.26% | 1.53% | |||
| February | 31.14% | 21.92% | 6.28% | 1.33% | 1.61% | ||||
| January | 31.75% | 21.50% | 6.83% | 1.51% | 1.91% |
Opera Version Statistics in Russia in 2009
| 2009 | Total | O 10 | O 9.6 | O 9.5 | O 9.2 | O 9+9.1 | O 8.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 31.40% | 20.41% | 7.33% | 1.68% | 1.98% | ||
| November | 30.49% | 17.75% | 8.54% | 1.85% | 2.35% | ||
| October | 29.26% | 13.70% | 10.76% | 2.16% | 2.64% | ||
| September | 36.28% | 12.98% | 16.65% | 3.02% | 3.63% | ||
| August | 36.3% | 4.05% | 24.54% | 3.47% | 4.24% | ||
| July | 35.73% | 3.31% | 24.14% | 3.66% | 4.62% | ||
| June | 37.15% | 1.99% | 25.80% | 4.15% | 5.21% | ||
| May | 37.13% | 2.38% | 25.06% | 4.31% | 5.38% | ||
| April | 37.23% | 2.17% | 24.26% | 4.53% | 5.68% | 0.31% | 0.28% |
| March | 37.29% | 1.78% | 23.44% | 4.84% | 6.12% | 0.80% | 0.31% |
| February | 36.76% | 1.37% | 22.04% | 5.42% | 6.68% | 0.90% | 0.35% |
| January | 36.29% | 1.03% | 20.38% | 6.08% | 7.43% | 0.98% | 0.39% |
Opera Version Statistics in Russia in 2008
| 2009 | Total | O 10 | O 9.6 | O 9.5 | O 9.2 | O 9+9.1 | O 8.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 35.11% | 0.39% | 17.69% | 7.08% | 8.22% | 1.29% | 0.44% |
| November | 35.50% | 16.08% | 8.50% | 8.86% | 1.57% | 0.49% | |
| October | 29.42% | 3.37% | 13.19% | 10.27% | 2.01% | 0.58% | |
| September | 30.79% | 16.79% | 11.25% | 2.18% | 0.57% | ||
| August | 20.79% | 10.44% | 7.77% | 2.18% | 0.40% | ||
| July | 20.78% | 8.89% | 9.63% | 1.86% | 0.40% |
Opera Version Statistics in Israel
According to statcounter.comOpera Version Statistics in Israel in 2011
| 2011 | Total | O 12 | O 11.5 | O 11.1 | O 11 | O 10.6 | O 10.5 | O 10.1 | O 10 | O 9.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 0.74% | 0.01% | 0.61% | 0.05% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% | ||
| October | 0.78% | 0.01% | 0.61% | 0.06% | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.03% | |
| September | 0.78% | 0.61% | 0.05% | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.03% | ||
| August | 0.82% | 0.63% | 0.07% | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.03% | ||
| July | 0.76% | 0.49% | 0.16% | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% | |
| June | 0.75% | 0.02% | 0.59% | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% | |
| May | 0.78% | 0.59% | 0.08% | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.03% | ||
| April | 0.80% | 0.28% | 0.38% | 0.04% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.03% | ||
| March | 0.85% | 0.66% | 0.07% | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.04% | |||
| February | 0.85% | 0.63% | 0.10% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.04% | |||
| January | 0.78% | 0.53% | 0.13% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.04% |
Opera Version Statistics in Israel in 2010
| 2010 | Total | O 11 | O 10.7 | O 10.6 | O 10.5 | O 10 | O 9.6 | O 9.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 0.86% | 0.20% | 0.52% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.05 | 0.01% | |
| November | 0.93% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.77% | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.05 | 0.01% |
| October | 0.85% | 0.01% | 0.68% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.06 | 0.02% | |
| September | 0.76% | 0.01% | 0.61% | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.02% | ||
| August | 0.66% | 0.48% | 0.07% | 0.04% | 0.06% | 0.01% | ||
| July | 0.83% | 0.48% | 0.19% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.02% | ||
| June | 0.75% | 0.01% | 0.55% | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.03% | ||
| May | 0.71% | 0.51% | 0.10% | 0.08% | 0.02% | |||
| April | 0.66% | 0.39% | 0.15% | 0.10% | 0.02% | |||
| March | 0.76% | 0.15% | 0.46% | 0.12% | 0.03% | |||
| February | 0.77% | 0.59% | 0.15% | 0.03% | ||||
| January | 0.84% | 0.61% | 0.19% | 0.04% |
Opera Version Statistics in Israel in 2009
| 2009 | Total | O 10 | O 9.5 | O 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 0.6% | 0.6% | ||
| November | 0.3% | 0.3% | ||
| October | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.1% |
| September | 1.14% | 0.15% | 0.89% | 0.10% |
| August | 0.62% | 0.1% | 0.42% | 0.1% |
| July | 0.58% | 0.1% | 0.38% | 0.1% |
| June | 0.76% | 0.1% | 0.56% | 0.1% |
| May | 0.76% | 0.1% | 0.56% | 0.1% |
| April | 0.72% | 0.1% | 0.52% | 0.1% |
| March | 0.72% | 0.1% | 0.42% | 0.2% |
| February | 0.63% | 0.1% | 0.33% | 0.2% |
| January | 0.56% | 0.1% | 0.26% | 0.2% |
Opera Version Statistics in Israel in 2008
| 2008 | Total | O 10 | O 9.5 | O 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 0.74% | 0.1% | 0.54% | 0.1% |
| November | 0.85% | 0.75% | 0.1% | |
| October | 0.79% | 0.69% | 0.1% | |
| September | 0.90% | 0.80% | 0.1% | |
| August | 0.34% | 0.24% | 0.1% | |
| July | 0.37% | 0.17% | 0.2% |
Opera Version Statistics in the world
Till January 2010 according to w3schools.comSince February 2010 according to statcounter.com
Opera Version Statistics in the world in 2011
| 2011 | Total | O 12 | O 11.5 | O 11.1 | O 11 | O 10.6 | O 10.5 | O 10.1 | O 10 | O 9.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 1.82% | 0.02% | 1.52% | 0.07% | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| October | 1.81% | 0.02% | 1.47% | 0.09% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| September | 1.72% | 0.01% | 1.33% | 0.11% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| August | 1.67% | 0.01% | 1.21% | 0.15% | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.04% |
| July | 1.61% | 1.02% | 0.31% | 0.09% | 0.07% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.04% | |
| June | 1.74% | 0.05% | 1.29% | 0.13% | 0.09% | 0.05% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.05% | |
| May | 1.84% | 0.01% | 1.32% | 0.20% | 0.10% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.05% | |
| April | 1.91% | 0.66% | 0.89% | 0.13% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.06% | ||
| March | 1.97% | 1.54% | 0.16% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.07% | |||
| February | 2.00% | 1.49% | 0.22% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.04% | 0.08% | |||
| January | 2.00% | 1.35% | 0.32% | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.04% | 0.09% |
Opera Version Statistics in the world in 2010
| 2010 | Total | O 11 | O 10.7 | O 10.6 | O 10.5 | O 10 | O 9.6 | O 9.5 | O 9.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 2.07% | 0.50% | 0.01% | 1.19% | 0.08% | 0.12% | 0.09% | 0.03% | 0.02% |
| November | 2.01% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 1.57% | 0.10% | 0.13% | 0.10% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| October | 2.00% | 0.02% | 1.51% | 0.12% | 0.15% | 0.11% | 0.03% | 0.03% | |
| September | 2.01% | 0.02% | 1.46% | 0.16% | 0.18% | 0.13% | 0.03% | 0.03% | |
| August | 1.79% | 1.22% | 0.22% | 0.13% | 0.15% | 0.04% | 0.03% | ||
| July | 1.89% | 0.96% | 0.46% | 0.23% | 0.16% | 0.04% | 0.04% | ||
| June | 1.87% | 0.02% | 1.30% | 0.29% | 0.18% | 0.04% | 0.04% | ||
| May | 1.93% | 1.27% | 0.36% | 0.21% | 0.05% | 0.04% | |||
| April | 1.78% | 0.93% | 0.51% | 0.24% | 0.05% | 0.05% | |||
| March | 1.92% | 0.35% | 1.17% | 0.28% | 0.06% | 0.06% | |||
| February | 1.93% | 1.49% | 0.32% | 0.06% | 0.06% | ||||
| January | 2.2% | 1.8% | 0.4% |
Opera Version Statistics in the world in 2009
| 2009 | Total | O 10 | O 9.5 | O 9 | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 2.3% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |
| November | 2.3% | 2.2% | 0.1% | ||
| October | 2.3% | 2.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| September | 2.2% | 2.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| August | 2.1% | 2.0% | 0.1% | ||
| July | 2.1% | 2.0% | 0.1% | ||
| June | 2.1% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 0.1% | |
| May | 2.2% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| April | 2.2% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| March | 2.3% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| February | 2.2% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 0.2% | |
| January | 2.3% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
Opera Version Statistics in the world in 2008
| 2008 | Total | O 10 | O 9.5 | O 9 | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 2.4% | 0.1% | 2.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| November | 2.3% | 1.9% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |
| October | 2.2% | 1.7% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |
| September | 2.0% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |
| August | 2.1% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
| July | 1.9% | 1.3% | 0.6% | ||
| June | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |
| May | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 0.1% |
Opera is Free and Web Standard Compliant!
The Opera browser is free! The earlier banner ads and the licensing fee are removed!!
If your Web site works in Opera, you can be certain that it is standard compliant! Simply write your pages in standards-compliant code, and your site will work in all major browsers and on all major platforms and operating systems.
Opera supports all major Web standards in use, such as CSS, HTML, XHTML, HTTP, DOM, XML, XSL, ECMAScript (JavaScript), PNG, WML, SVG, Unicode, the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm, and more.
Opera 11.10
Opera 11.10 was released in April 2011.
New features:
- Speed Dial 2.0 - Your favorite pages now have clearer previews, and dials can even dynamically show live content for websites. There is now no limit to how many dials you can use
- Opera Turbo enhanced - Boost your browsing speed on crowded Wi-Fi hotspots, tethered mobile phones or dial-up connections
- Simple Plug-in installation - With this release, the most popular plug-in, Adobe Flash Player, installs seamlessly and automatically
- New CSS3 Support - Opera now supports CSS3 linear gradients and multiple columns
Opera 11.10 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and Windows computers.
Opera 11
Opera 11 was released in December 2010.
New features:
- Opera Presto 2.7 rendering engine - Better support for CSS3 and HTML5
- Tab Stacking - Often we open a lot of tabs and find it difficult to adjust and manage. Opera 11 lets you drag one tab over another to create groups of tabs. Now you can keep dozens of webpages open, organized, and under control
- Secure address field - An improved address field makes it easier to stay safe on the Web, and it now hides the complexity of long web addresses. It also provides more security information to help you stay safe when browsing; just click the badge for the website to see security information about the site you are visiting
- Visual Mouse Gestures - Allows common browser actions with a quick flick of your mouse. Holding down the right mouse button on a web page now shows a visual guide that indicates how to perform the available gestures
- Opera installer for Microsoft Windows platforms - Opera has a new installer written in-house, which is much faster than the previously used MSI installer.
- New Extensions & Mail Panel - A bunch of new extensions and a new mail panel for a quick usage of email
Opera 11 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and Windows computers.
Opera 10.6
Opera 10.6 was released in July 2010.
New features:
- 50% faster JavaScript engine - over 50% faster than in Opera 10.5
- Opera Presto 2.6 rendering engine
- Geolocation services - Opera can prompt you to share your location, making geolocation-supporting websites more useful
- Offline Web Applications support - Allows documents to communicate with each other regardless of their source domain. Also, does not enable cross-site scripting attacks
- Web Workers - run scripts in the background, independently of any user interface scripts. This allows long tasks to be executed without yielding to keep the page responsive
- WebM format - consists of the VP8 video and Vorbis audio codecs. Offers high-quality video with fast seeking. WebM works together with the HTML5 <video> element
- Search suggestions for selected providers - help you find results more easily
Opera 10.6 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and Windows computers.
Opera 10.5
Opera 10.5 was released in March 2010.
New features:
- Better integration with the Windows operating system
- Better JavaScript engine
- Opera "O" tab and menu - Replaces the traditional Opera Menu bar and increases vertical space in the Opera desktop window
- Opera Presto 2.5 rendering engine - Enhanced support for CSS, HTML5 and SVG
- Opera Vega graphics library - Renders all graphics in Opera
- Opera Widgets for Desktop - The new Opera Widgets for Desktop is independent from the browser
- Download acceleration software compatibility - integrates a user's favorite download accelerator with Opera
- Non-modal notification messages - Notification message windows do no longer interrupt workflow
- Private browsing - Creating, browsing, and closing private tabs or windows removes all records of Web sites visited through them
Opera 10.5 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and Windows computers.
Opera 10.0
Opera 10.0 was released in September 2009.
New features in Opera 10.0:
- Opera Turbo - Enables fast browsing on slow connections
- New visual tabs and sleek design - Opera introduces a resizable tab bar, and designer Jon Hicks has created a whole new look for Opera 10
- Web Integration - If you use a Web mail service as your default mail client, you can tell Opera 10 to do the same. You can also add any RSS/atom feed into your favorite online feed reader
- Resizable search field - Expand the size of the search field
- 40% faster engine - Opera 10 is much faster on resource-intensive pages such as Gmail and Facebook
- Unique Web standards support - With an Acid3 100% score, Web Fonts support, RGBA/HSLA color and SVG improvements, Opera 10 is ready for the next generation of Web applications
- Speed Dial your way - Click the Configure Speed Dial button and choose from 4 to 25 favorite Web sites for quick access
- Inline spell checker
- Auto-update
- Automated Crash Reporting
- Opera Dragonfly evolved
Opera 10.0 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and Windows computers.
Opera 9.6
Opera 9.6 was released in October 2008.
New features in Opera 9.6:
- Expanded Opera Link - Take your favorite search engines and the browser history you enter wherever you go
- Optimized Opera M2 - The built-in e-mail client, Opera M2, now includes "low-bandwidth mode" to retrieve mails even faster when bandwidth is limited
- Prioritized e-mail - Opera M2 has two new ways to manage e-mail conversations. Keep an eye on important threads or ignore less important threads
- Increased speed - Improves the quick responsiveness and page loading of Opera 9.5
- Feed preview - Look before you feed. Now you can see an RSS feed's content before subscribing to it or even bookmarking it
- Improved fluency - Opera adds support for Indonesian, Ukrainian, Estonian, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil languages
Opera 9.6 is available for Linux, Mac and Windows computers, and ships in more than 38 languages.
Opera 9.5
Opera 9.5 was released in June 2008.
New features in Opera 9.5:
- New browser engine - The fastest browser in the world has been even faster. Opera 9.5 is quicker to start, faster at loading Web pages and better at running Web applications
- Quick Find - The Opera browser remembers not only the titles and addresses, but the actual content of the Web pages you visit
- Opera Link - Syncs your bookmarks and Speed Dial between your computers and mobile phone
- Download Manager with BitTorrent - Built-in support for BitTorrent, which makes it easy to download Torrent files
- Zoom and Fit to width - Use the Zoom button to resize Web pages. If a page is too wide for the screen, the “Fit to Width” button resizes the page so you avoid horizontal scrolling
- Built-in e-mail and newsfeeds - A built-in e-mail client and newsfeeds are stored on your computer so you can read them later, even when you're offline
- Fraud Protection and EV - Fraud Protection is enabled by default. In addition, Opera support Extended Validation certificates (EV). This provides added assurance and trust for secure Web sites.
- Opera Dragonfly - A preview version of Opera Dragonfly, an upcoming developer tool (makes web development using Opera easier than ever, both on your computer and mobile phone)
Older Opera Versions
Opera 9 (for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris) - Released in June 2006.
Opera 8.5 (for Windows, Mac, and Linux) - Released in September 2005.
Opera 8 (for Windows) - Released in April 2005.
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