Full steam ahead!

March 1, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Over the weekend, the Opera desktop team published 3 release candidates of Opera 10.50 for Windows! We'd like to thank everyone who helped testing and gave us valuable feedback.

You can look forward to the final version of Opera 10.50 (for Windows) very soon.

Readers' comments 28

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Sami SerolaMonday, March 1, 2010 9:29:41 AM
Looking forward to get the final version of Opera 10.50 also for Linux. I had no time to test betas and release candidates extensively, but it looks good.
dualboreMonday, March 1, 2010 9:30:54 AM
Originally posted by chooseopera:

You can look forward to the final version of Opera 10.50 (for Windows) very soon.

And that's precisely what I'm afraid of.
--> 9.5: rushed because of FF 3 (?). 10.5: rushed because of browser ballot screen.
To quote Miss Bessy:
"They say the next big thing is here,
that the revolution's near,
but to me it seems quite clear
that it's all just a little bit of history repeating"
Pallab DeMonday, March 1, 2010 9:33:58 AM
Originally posted by chooseopera:

You can look forward to the final version of Opera 10.50 (for Windows) very soon.

as in within a few minutes?
PurdiMonday, March 1, 2010 9:37:55 AM
Originally posted by dualbore:

rushed because of

Oh, quit your whining. You obviously haven't got a clue about how software development works. No matter what they do, the whiny nay-sayers are going to whine "it's being rushed!"

Whine, whine, whine. Let the professional browser makers decide when it's read.
dualboreMonday, March 1, 2010 9:39:52 AM
Originally posted by Purdi:

Oh, quit your whining. You obviously haven't got a clue about how software development works. No matter what they do, the whiny nay-sayers are going to whine "it's being rushed!"

Oh, come on, you could at least admire the nice lyrics I added.
Pallab DeMonday, March 1, 2010 10:07:12 AM
Originally posted by Purdi:

Oh, quit your whining.

There is not need to be so rude to someone who is just stating the obvious. With 4 RCs in a day, its clear that Opera Soft is racing against time. But it is a smart move provided that the final product doesnt have any major issues.
Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaMonday, March 1, 2010 10:43:57 AM
Good news, I'm waiting passionally.
RunninglVlanMonday, March 1, 2010 10:45:18 AM
Can't wait to see the final product! http://www.skype-emoticons.com/images/emoticon-0137-clapping.gif -
Itachi UchihaMonday, March 1, 2010 10:45:46 AM
itachi pats himself on the back
thobiMonday, March 1, 2010 11:02:36 AM
and since today there are four of them... *puh*
TamilMonday, March 1, 2010 11:10:49 AM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Wait.gif -
L2D2Monday, March 1, 2010 11:21:44 AM
May install 10.50 final on Windows, but my Linux Opera browser isn't working well at all and I don't know why, but will wait till Linux version is well on it's way and debugged before I try to install in in Mint 8.
sabisanMonday, March 1, 2010 11:35:34 AM
kxpMonday, March 1, 2010 12:12:31 PM
Actually this is somewhat bad news and I'm personally disappointed. I've always took Opera for it's quality to detail, however with 10.5 I'm afraid things might turn out for the bad.

4 release candidates within 2 days? You must really be joking. I understand, that Opera wants to increase it's market share, but is that really the way do to it? I really don't think that everything is ready for the full release of 10.5

10.10 and 10.0 wasn't rushed and everyone saw how nice they turned out to be, now this is being rushed and I'm afraid it's going to go bad.
Sami SerolaMonday, March 1, 2010 12:17:01 PM
Maybe there are just less problems to solve on Opera 10.50 than there were on 10.10 and 10.0
TA5KMonday, March 1, 2010 12:53:26 PM
Originally posted by Serola:

Maybe there are just less problems to solve on Opera 10.50 than there were on 10.10 and 10.0
... and on 9.50?
OT: Is there someone at Opera watching out for new submissions in wallpaper section? *g
Mağruf ÇolakoğluMonday, March 1, 2010 12:57:52 PM
Great. We are ready
DanMonday, March 1, 2010 1:17:56 PM
Good show DEV team! :

Can we make feature requests now?)
Charles SchlossMonday, March 1, 2010 2:09:56 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Wait.gif -
Rafael LuikMonday, March 1, 2010 3:29:01 PM
I don't want the final release of 10.5 now, please fix the stupid bugs present in all your last RCs before! :x
Fathima Rifqa GhaffarMonday, March 1, 2010 4:20:14 PM
8-) Thanx for the information Serola! Linux! Great!!
jasssonpetTuesday, March 2, 2010 5:03:05 AM
From pre-alpha to release candidate in such a short time
Cutting SpoonTuesday, March 2, 2010 5:11:15 AM
Not "three over the weekend", OP. "Four in 24 hours"; quite a record for public releases. And fifth, or "something-th" RC has already hit? I'm just wondering if you've got a triage set up for those poor 11th-hour coders?

Feature request: gears, fire and steam shopped into the new Opera logo. "Such rapid progress is purely inconceivable!"
Charles SchlossTuesday, March 2, 2010 5:25:08 AM
RC 5 for windows is out
dualboreTuesday, March 2, 2010 7:31:46 AM
10.5 is out.
http://my.opera.com/chooseopera/blog/2010/03/02/download-opera-10-50-for-windows
PurdiWednesday, March 3, 2010 10:50:31 AM
Originally posted by Indyan:

With 4 RCs in a day, its clear that Opera Soft is racing against time.

Originally posted by kxp:

4 release candidates within 2 days? You must really be joking.

This is completely retarded. You whiners are always whining. When there are only 1 or 2 RCs, you are whining about "rushing". When there are more, you are whining about "rushing".

Stop whining.
Charles SchlossWednesday, March 3, 2010 4:46:37 PM
Originally posted by Purdi:

Stop whining.

Purdi please be more polite
RunninglVlanWednesday, March 3, 2010 9:37:40 PM
Opera Voice isn't working =(
It just downloads every time I want Opera to read text, although all the libraries are on computer.