Alpha Release of Opera 9.5

September 4, 2007 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Welcome to the Opera Browser 9.5 alpha release - codenamed Kestrel.

The world's fastest...now even faster.

Following the release of Opera 9 last year, we re-wrote Opera's rendering engine for the coming Opera 9.5 release. As a result, Opera 9.5 contains more than a year's worth of speed, standards and performance improvements. For more information we urge you to head over to the Desktop Team blog or click here if you want to get to know Kestrel better.

Are you planning to share your thoughts on the new alpha? We'll collect and share them in this blog post throughout the day. Link to your post as a comment here or submit using this form.

Official feedback should still be listed in the forums! So, don't forget to report bugs, but check the Known Issues list in the changelogs and discuss them in the forums or newsgroups first.

We hope everyone will enjoy today's release!

Readers' comments 12

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TamilTuesday, September 4, 2007 8:36:54 AM
Espen André ØverdahlTuesday, September 4, 2007 8:41:45 AM
Tamil, King of crossposting!
Øyvind ØstlundTuesday, September 4, 2007 1:43:14 PM
Every day seems like a party for Tamil Well today I will announce this as an international party day for all of us. Lets dance...

- ØØ -
Kelson VibberTuesday, September 4, 2007 6:24:23 PM
I've posted on my general blog, K-Squared Ramblings: Opera 9.5 Preview: First Thoughts.
Lawrence EngTuesday, September 4, 2007 8:25:34 PM
Also, here's the link to tell your friends about Kestrel: http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/next/share/
CharlieTuesday, September 4, 2007 8:32:53 PM
Andrew NguyenTuesday, September 4, 2007 11:24:44 PM
Ice ArdorFriday, September 7, 2007 4:27:07 AM
What ever happened to the advertised feature from Daniel's post (http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/some-opera-desktop-browser-news.html) I can put links in the status bar, but I can do that in Merlin, too. Why was this not advertised as a feature for Alpha 1? Was it not ready to be released in Alpha 1, or has Opera chosen to highlight only a few prominent features, and that wasn't one of them?
Kelson VibberFriday, September 7, 2007 5:45:19 PM
@IceArdor: Do you mean the feature that was censored from the screenshot? It seems pretty clear now, from the placement, that it was synchronization. That's exactly where the sync status appears.
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