Opera 9.51 was released yesterday. According to the Opera Desktop Team Blog, this addresses a few security and stability issues and it is recomended that everyone install this update.

Firefox wasn’t the only browser to see a major update last week. Opera actually released a new version of few days prior to the Fx 3 release.

While I’ve not been able to give O9.5 much of a run yet, I will say that I’m digging the new default theme. Very cool! For details on what exactly is new with Opera 9.5, I’ll point you over to Opera Watch for all of the details.

Opera Watch also pointed out that as of June 17th (5 days after Opera 9.5 was released), over 5 Million people had downloaded the new version of the broswer. Sweet!

Firefox 3.0 was released early last week. So far it’s been a heck of a lot faster for me, though to be fair I’ve only given it about two hours of full usage and several of my extensions (my most important ones at that!) have yet to be updated.

Not to turn this into a Firefox vs Opera debate, but that is one of the many reason I always loved Opera more than Firefox… Opera “just worked”. I didn’t need to update or find new extensions for the key features that i used. Thsoe being the ability to move the tab bar (I like mine on the bottom) and mouse gestures. I’m disabled without my browser set up like I’m use to. Bah!

Opera 9.27 was released yesterday to address a few security and stability issues, as well as to address a print issue related to Mac OS. You can download the update here.

We already know that there is an iPhone SDK in the works, and Apple plans to have it available for developers next month. And there is a pretty good chance that we’ll see something about it this week, if not today during Steve Job’s MacWorld 2008 keynote.

My question is, once the SDK is available will we see an Opera browser on the iPhone? I’ve not had any problems surfing with my iPhone, aside from the occasional “safari could not open the page because the server stopped responding” error message. If my experience is already good, could it get better? Continue reading »

A new build has been released for the Opera 9.50 beta. For information on this build check out the Opera Desktop Team blog. Downloads are also available at the same link.

Opera Watch and the Opera Desktop Team are reporting that Opera 9.25 was released. This release addresses a few security concerns, and is a recommended update. The changelog has more details.

Opera Software, ASA has filed a lawsuit in the EU against Microsoft, Corp. According to Opera, by bundling Microsoft’s Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system, Microsoft is illegally monopolizing the Internet browser market. This makes it difficult for third-party browser manufacturers to compete and limits consumers’ buying options.

In addition to requesting the removal of IE from Windows, the lawsuit also urges the EU to force Microsoft to make IE compatible with web standards. Anyone who has ever done any serious web design knows how hard it is to get sites to look the same across different browsers.

I wish the U.S. would do more to force Microsoft to play nice.

Opera 9.50 Beta 1 isn’t scheduled to be officially released until tomorrow, however it’s made an early appearance on Opera’s public FTP.

Before I post the links, a little word of warning to anyone that grabs the file early. It’s not been officially released until you see something on the Opera Desktop Team Blog or the actual Opera.com website. There have been a few occurrences in the past where a file on the FTP had to be pulled or replace due to some kind of issue.

Download Opera 9.50 Beta 1 Unofficial:

• Windows
• Mac
• Other

The above links are to the FTP site, and not the actual file. Remember, this is unofficial still and even then it is BETA software. The official release will be tomorrow.

Opera Software has opened a new office right down the road from the internet juggernaut, Google. Though to be fair, Mountain View, CA is home to a number of other companies that you might have heard of. AOL, Mozilla, RedHat, Intuit, and even Microsoft.

According to Opera Watch, the new US office along with the existing office in San Diego, CA will be crucial to the marketing of the Opera browser. Something that the little browser is in serious need of.