Opera 2 for computers
The first public Opera. Version 2.00 was announced in April 1996 as shareware for Windows: you could try it, then buy a license. Opera 2.10, in December 1996, added frames, HTML 3.0, saved sessions and a zoom from 20% to 1000%, and Opera 2.12, in February 1997, let you turn off images, frames and animations, and added sounds. It was small, fast and ran well on the modest PCs of the time, which became Opera's calling card for the next ten years.
What was new
- Shareware, with a trial period
- Mail (SMTP) and news (NNTP) clients (2.00)
- Frames, HTML 3.0, sessions and zoom (2.10)
- Images, frames and animations can be turned off; sounds (2.12)
In numbers
- First release: 1996
- 3 releases, 3 builds
- Platforms: Windows
Downloads
Betas and previews are shown in grey. Dates come from Opera's FTP server when available, otherwise from the release history.
| Version | Released | Platform | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.12 | February 12, 1997 | Windows |
Installer 804 KB
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| 2.10 | December 9, 1996 | Windows |
Installer 951 KB
|
| 2.00 | April 22, 1996 | Windows |
Archive (.zip) 920 KB
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