Opera Archive

Opera Releases New Versions for Windows, Linux

Eugenia Loli 2002-05-15 Opera 11 Comments

Opera has just released version 6.02 for Windows, and the final version of Opera 6.0 for Linux while they announced support for Symbian's new exciting technology concept, "Magpie", when it becomes available as a commercial solution. In the meantime, Mozilla RC-2 was released a few days back.

Opera Launches Opera 6.0 for Linux Beta 1

Eugenia Loli 2002-02-26 Opera 10 Comments

Opera today released Opera 6.0 for Linux Beta 1 with a wide range of speed-boosting functions and exclusive features only available to Linux users. Opera for the first time displays non-Roman alphabets for Linux users, opening up the local markets in the Asia/Pacific and Eastern European region to true browser competition. In a related note, the OffByOne original browser for Windows (only 400 KB) now supports SSL and the full spectrum of HTML 3.2.

CNN Reviews Opera 6

Eugenia Loli 2001-12-28 Opera 20 Comments

"Opera bills itself as "the fastest browser on earth!" -- and indeed it is fast. But to laud it only for its speed would miss the point. Much more impressive are Opera's other features for surfing the World Wide Web. Consider the menu item for quickly deleting cookie files that Web sites leave behind to track you. Or the item for rejecting pop-up windows, such as those pitching wireless cameras from X10." Read the rest of the review at CNN.

Opera 6 Final for Windows Released

Submitted by Egil 2001-11-29 Opera 42 Comments

After a very short period of beta, Opera 6 for Windows is released. Read the press release or download the plain (3.2 MB) or the Java-enabled (10.7 MB) version. Opera 6 for Linux, Tech Preview 1, is also available.

Opera 6 Beta1 for Windows Released

Submitted by Egil 2001-11-13 Opera 24 Comments

Opera Software ASA today unveiled Opera 6.0 for Windows Beta 1, introducing a browser with an array of new and improved features, including a completely new default user interface, skins, buttons and panels. With the release of Opera 6.0 for Windows (3.2 MB), Opera reaches out to users accustomed to competing browsers' single document interface (SDI) and targets users in regions that previously could not use Opera.