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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

By Renai LeMay, ZDNet.com.au
September 16, 2008
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Opera-9-6-beta-screenshots/0,139023769,339292009,00.htm


Norwegian company Opera Software released the first beta of its 9.6 Opera Web browser last week. We took it for a spin to see how it handled.

Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

Opera 9.6 beta's install process has a refreshingly simple aesthetic.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

The standard sort of licensing agreement most installers present you with these days.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

Selecting "custom" lets you install Opera in a different location than the default.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

Opera's main window will be familiar to those who have used modern Web browsers before. In general, tt's a bit more complicated than Internet Explorer 7 or Google Chrome, and appears closer to Mozilla Firefox.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

A close-up of the default Opera toolbar.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

Like Google Chrome, Opera 9.6 beta presents you with a series of boxes in the main browser window. Opera dubs them its "speed dial" feature.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

The "Opera Link" feature lets you synchronise bookmarks and other settings between terminals. Firefox also offers this functionality through third-party plug-ins.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

Opera is known for the amount of customisation that users can carry out on the browser.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

Opera offers a sophisticated bookmarks manager.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

Opera widgets are small applications that appear separately from the browser on the desktop and take advantage of an internet connection to quickly bring the user updated information.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

Like other browsers, Opera allows you to delete your Web browsing tracks.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

Just a few of Opera's endless options and customisations that can be set to the users' preference.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

A clock widget.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

You can set Opera to display quite a few more toolbars than are displayed by default.

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Opera 9.6 beta: screenshots

This feature lets users preview RSS feeds before subscribing to them.

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