Betanews tests Opera 11 alpha!

November 2, 2010 · by Aleksander Aas

The last time Betanews gave Opera a review Opera 10.70 came out on top. This time it seems it's beaten by the brand new Opera 11 alpha!

This is just the beginning, imagine how Opera 11 final will rock the web!

Readers' comments 36

Left under the original article, as archived.

MorphdreamerTuesday, November 2, 2010 12:28:12 PM
It's over 5000!!!
Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaTuesday, November 2, 2010 12:37:49 PM
Nice. But Chrome is just behind you.
TamilTuesday, November 2, 2010 12:40:07 PM
IKokeTuesday, November 2, 2010 12:41:08 PM
AmaZingerTuesday, November 2, 2010 1:09:56 PM
WTF??? Chrome 7 is faster than Opera 10.63??? No way.
dizTuesday, November 2, 2010 1:39:28 PM
Quick
Björn DubberkeTuesday, November 2, 2010 1:50:42 PM
d4rkn1ghtTuesday, November 2, 2010 1:59:49 PM
PhilippTuesday, November 2, 2010 3:20:21 PM
Nice. Here are my tests:
http://files.myopera.com/killerrabbit/Browser/Browsertest.pdf
HokkutTuesday, November 2, 2010 3:29:58 PM
logytechTuesday, November 2, 2010 3:30:03 PM
Kyle BakerTuesday, November 2, 2010 3:31:47 PM
SaskatchewanTuesday, November 2, 2010 4:39:12 PM
Originally posted by Morphdreamer:

It's over 5000!!!
Not over 5000, but over 5.0 (meaning - it's more than five times faster than Firefox 3.0.19).
Pablo MendozaTuesday, November 2, 2010 5:37:46 PM
AmaZingerTuesday, November 2, 2010 6:50:46 PM
I wonder what tests they have performed, coz Caracan is the fastest javascript engine ever, it does not have any competitors at all. Opera shows the highest FPS in html5 applications. There's only one thing, where Opera sucks - html5 support.
Stephen TurrellTuesday, November 2, 2010 9:57:54 PM
I would have appreciated a link to the article
D1sasterp1eceTuesday, November 2, 2010 9:58:24 PM
On the top of the stack. Again.
AsiresTuesday, November 2, 2010 10:02:55 PM
This is just the beginning, imagine how Opera 11 final will rock the web!
Firefox devs says that their final JS performance will be ahead of other browsers and more - latest nightly already close to Opera (250ms vs 230ms in sunspider on my system). So you must make something huge to really rock close to final
Paulo FernandoTuesday, November 2, 2010 10:08:20 PM
Originally posted by stve10:

I would have appreciated a link to the article

maybe this?
http://www.betanews.com/article/Firefox-4-delayed-Is-it-ready-for-prime-time/1288364203
ChrisTuesday, November 2, 2010 11:24:59 PM
Originally posted by AmaZinger:

There's only one thing, where Opera sucks - html5 support.
Whatever gave you that idea? Opera has probably the very best HTML5 forms support, for example.

Please provide sources for your claim that Opera has poor HTML5 support.
reiner UnsinnTuesday, November 2, 2010 11:45:40 PM
Fast, faster, OPERA!
AurelioTuesday, November 2, 2010 11:48:13 PM
Fantastica OPERA!
Charles SchlossWednesday, November 3, 2010 1:36:22 AM
KarenWednesday, November 3, 2010 1:37:26 AM
Loves me lots of Opera!
Stephen TurrellWednesday, November 3, 2010 2:27:49 AM
Originally posted by PauloFernando:

Originally posted by stve10:

I would have appreciated a link to the article
maybe this? http://www.betanews.com/article/Firefox-4-delayed-Is-it-ready-for-prime-time/1288364203
Many thanks I was going cross eyed trying to find it.
Kai OckendorfWednesday, November 3, 2010 8:06:59 AM
Originally posted by Asires:

So you must make something huge to really rock close to final

+1

the JS performance of e.g. Chrome is always faster on my machine! That´s why I choose "Carakan 2" as a guess for the Opera 11 beta feature...I still put all my hope in Opera
AbandonShip?Wednesday, November 3, 2010 3:25:25 PM
@ Chooseopera\Aleksander Aas :
Please add the already posted link
( http://www.betanews.com/article/Firefox-4-delayed-Is-it-ready-for-prime-time/1288364203 )
XYZWednesday, November 3, 2010 8:35:55 PM
IgaIgaThursday, November 4, 2010 7:36:19 AM
Speed is not everything. New feature is everything. I'll wait for the next.
prd3Thursday, November 4, 2010 2:44:59 PM
Originally posted by Ockendorf:

the JS performance of e.g. Chrome is always faster on my machine! That´s why I choose "Carakan 2" as a guess for the Opera 11 beta feature

This is clearly nonsense. Carakan is already faster than V8. There's no need for a Carakan 2 when Carakan is faster right now.
RafikThursday, November 4, 2010 3:36:00 PM
Glad to hear that!
It's true that "Speed" is really the opera's element :-)
PaulFriday, November 5, 2010 12:02:39 PM
nice better boostup
ClashCityRockerFriday, November 5, 2010 1:31:58 PM
Of course this is JUST browser performance, if they actually put weighting on features too, Opera would kill everything else.

Chrome is just a browser.
Opera is faster, smaller and more nimble, but also includes SO much more, like Mail, News, RSS, IRC, BitTorrent and tonnes more.
CoreDotMonday, November 8, 2010 6:29:27 AM
Aw guys, I'd love to finally swap back to your browser, if it only could handle Google Docs!
Brian EllulMonday, November 8, 2010 10:16:54 PM
although there is still room for improvement, good job and well done
PaulTuesday, November 9, 2010 6:50:06 AM
9ice work