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Opera 11.50 beta now ready for testing

May 31, 2011 · by Espen André Øverdahl

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Opera 11.50 has now reached beta quality and is now ready for testing. We've put a lot of effort into this, and we're pushing towards the final release. As usual, check out the Desktop Team blog for some serious technical discussions and feedback. Anyway, here's what you can expect (major new features) in Opera 11.50:

Speed Dial extensions transform your Speed Dial from a picture into live action! What does that mean? Instead of a static link to a weather web site, a Speed Dial extension can display the forecast for your specific location. In fact, we built that extension.

Speed Dial extensions are easy to make. All you need is a little tiny bit of web development skills.

The last big new thing about Opera 11.50 beta is synchronization of passwords - made securely through Opera Link so you can log on to your password protected sites from anywhere. Opera Link also synchronizes bookmarks, your Speed Dial, custom search engine preferences, notes (yes, you can take notes in the Opera browser), typed browser history and more.

What are you waiting for? Download Opera Next and try the beta today.

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  • INVALID USERTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:00:14 AM

    cool.... :smile:

  • JoelTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:06:43 AM

    awesome, thanks Opera
    testing :up:

  • PfelelepTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:07:40 AM

    ...already beta version? :bigeyes: this is so quick! Awesome :up:

  • Furkan EralpTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:12:21 AM

    So, can we reorder search engines yet?

    Thanks, bye.

  • Charles SchlossTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:13:05 AM

    testing

    running Opera 11.11 and Opera Next at the same time :sing:

  • MoosatovTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:15:23 AM

    It would be good if Opera Link also supported custom hotkeys and mouse gestures.

    And hopefully there will be an option to save whole stack as bookmarks.

  • mhlozekTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:16:55 AM

    What about syncing personal info from Settings dialog? It is the last thing I have to fill up after clean install.

  • Nick PanovTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:22:30 AM

    Voila! Finnaly password synchro :smile:

  • yoalchTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:23:04 AM

    Give us some more screen real estate...?

  • TamilTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:23:20 AM

    Testing...

  • INVALID USERTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:30:32 AM

    after my test it seems good!!!!!

  • Anthony B. CoatesTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:34:46 AM

    I notice that new tabs in a window no longer get the focus automatically, they are created as 'background' tabs and you have to click on them first before you can see them, a-la Firefox. I prefer the old behaviour. Would it be possible to add it as a preference, whether new tabs are created in the foreground or background? Thanks, Cheers, Tony.

  • Nick PanovTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:39:14 AM

    @Anthony - Not right.. They get focus. It's Opera, not f**king IE or FF...

  • draco342Tuesday, May 31, 2011 6:39:17 AM

    i'd love it if you guys could make it work for all the buttons for a site company called ning....i try to send privet messages & it won't let me send them.....all the other buttons work....but those not so much.....thanks for being such an awesome browser company....i love opera....

  • drkenemyTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:44:18 AM

    check the bug in opera 11.11, when a flash video is loading and this is closed the video remains loading in background

  • Aleksander AasTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:52:25 AM

    Originally posted by draco342:

    i'd love it if you guys could make it work for all the buttons for a site company called ning....i try to send privet messages & it won't let me send them.....all the other buttons work....but those not so much.....thanks for being such an awesome browser company....i love opera....


    We need a URL to take a look at it!

  • FavTuesday, May 31, 2011 7:01:32 AM

    Any ideas if you can delete RSS items with this build?

    EDIT: Never mind, you can't.

  • Paweł PawlakTuesday, May 31, 2011 7:19:49 AM

    Originally posted by Aleksander:

    The last big new thing about Opera 11.50 beta is passwords back up
    - made securely through Opera Link so you can log on to your password protected sites from anywhere.


    This is the best feature in Opera Next, now I don't need to copy any files if I want to use Opera on another computer... :cool: :yes:

    Could you guys please share the "Opera Next" logo here: http://my.opera.com/community/opera/buttons/ ? :rolleyes:

  • RickyTuesday, May 31, 2011 7:41:37 AM

    Simply amazing. Thanks Opera :wink:

  • Stig StromTuesday, May 31, 2011 7:55:54 AM

    How are the passwords stored at Opera? Why should I trust Opera for handling my passwords secure? Is it possible to disable password sync and still use Opera link? These are questions I need an answer to before installing these release.

  • DanieleTuesday, May 31, 2011 8:20:21 AM

    Originally posted by Stigebil:

    How are the passwords stored at Opera? Why should I trust Opera for handling my passwords secure? Is it possible to disable password sync and still use Opera link? These are questions I need an answer to before installing these release


    look here:
    http://my.opera.com/operalink/blog/2011/05/03/security-of-synchronized-passwords-with-opera-link

  • sqatsiTuesday, May 31, 2011 8:29:04 AM

    Originally posted by Stigebil:

    How are the passwords stored at Opera? Why should I trust Opera for handling my passwords secure? Is it possible to disable password sync and still use Opera link? These are questions I need an answer to before installing these release.



    I haven't tried 11.5 yet, but when you start Opera Link in 11.11 (and previous versions) you get the option to choose what you want or don't want to synch. So if you don't want to sync your typed history you just untick that box. I assume it's the same with password sync.

  • 何明輝Tuesday, May 31, 2011 8:33:26 AM

    thanks ,but I wait release ...繼續等待

  • easteinsteinTuesday, May 31, 2011 8:45:46 AM

    test :smile:

  • John SmithTuesday, May 31, 2011 8:56:41 AM

    i'd recommend using a private key to use with password synchronization.
    password encryption can be broken so if a virus comes to pc it might be able to decrypt the password.
    i recommend opera to use a private key that must be needed to sync the password from opera servers.so without it we won't be able to do that.it's a lot safer :penguin:

  • study boardTuesday, May 31, 2011 9:32:58 AM

    :smile:

  • Aleksander AasTuesday, May 31, 2011 9:53:47 AM

    Originally posted by mzbcracker:

    i'd recommend using a private key to use with password synchronization.
    password encryption can be broken so if a virus comes to pc it might be able to decrypt the password.
    i recommend opera to use a private key that must be needed to sync the password from opera servers.so without it we won't be able to do that.it's a lot safer :penguin:


    Did you read the post by Esteban? It's clearly states how it works and that as in any other case the biggest concern is your own password.

  • José ManuelTuesday, May 31, 2011 9:54:07 AM

    When will the preferred search engine be used in Opera Mobile for Android? I'm really fed up with the default search formatting pages for a mobile device!! I have a Vibrant and I want real search results! and not compacted sites! :p:

    Of course, I also want Speed Dial for more than 9 sites in Mobile!

  • Ayesh IceTuesday, May 31, 2011 10:53:09 AM

    :sherlock:

  • LёppaTuesday, May 31, 2011 11:03:04 AM

    The last big new thing about Opera 11.50 beta is synchronization of passwords


    I was waiting for this feature for soooo long. Actually, from the day I installed one of the pre-releases which had the synchronization. But now I use LastPass...

    Anyway, thanks a lot for it :up:
    Really useful one for those, who doesn't want to install 3rd party extensions or trust their data to 3rd parties.

  • Matthew LaBrakeTuesday, May 31, 2011 11:41:31 AM

    When is hardware acceleration being put in?

  • SergeyTuesday, May 31, 2011 11:48:14 AM

    Password sync wint Opera Link - great!!!
    When will be autocomplete the text in textbox? extension for opera working not correct!

  • andresosoriofrancoTuesday, May 31, 2011 12:26:17 PM

    Great soon a new Opera thanks guys.

    Will the next version have webgl support??

  • David ClausTuesday, May 31, 2011 12:49:26 PM

    good job

  • INVALID USERTuesday, May 31, 2011 1:00:54 PM


    :lol: seriously the new opera is better than the current version !

  • IusedtobeOTuesday, May 31, 2011 2:04:37 PM

    Originally posted by abcoates:

    I notice that new tabs in a window no longer get the focus automatically, they are created as 'background' tabs and you have to click on them first before you can see them, a-la Firefox. I prefer the old behaviour.



    This is exactly what my problem is - are you also on OSX?
    I already told the desktop team about this 3 build ago, but it seems they didn't get that fixed so far.:down:

  • Charles SchlossTuesday, May 31, 2011 2:50:59 PM

    Originally posted by yoalch:

    Give us some more screen real estate.


    You can edit the Ui to remove buttons or move things around in Opera

  • ★(`'•.¸THAO¸.•'´)★Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:38:36 PM

    new version??? I am waiting for Opera 12 :bigsmile:

  • Charles SchlossTuesday, May 31, 2011 3:42:37 PM

    Originally posted by minhthaofrances:

    new version???


    Nope its a beta (test version) of Opera 11.50

  • PeterTuesday, May 31, 2011 3:43:50 PM

    :bigsmile: Testing

  • Cristian N. MORMOLOCTuesday, May 31, 2011 3:48:40 PM

    Guys, the look 'n feel of the new Speed Dial in Opera 11.10 is awful. Seriously. The functionality is very good, but as design, it doesn't compare to Speed Dial in Opera 11.01.

    For this reason I STILL use v11.01. Hope the 11.50 will be different.

  • JurabekTuesday, May 31, 2011 5:49:39 PM

    can you guys add button to block advertising and other thing that makes browser slow down

  • Charles SchlossTuesday, May 31, 2011 5:58:10 PM

    Originally posted by Jurabreak:

    can you guys add button to block advertising and other thing that makes browser slow down


    Might check out the built in content blocker

  • metudeTuesday, May 31, 2011 6:24:04 PM

    Is Speed Dial synchronizing supports extensions?

  • Nathan RodriguezTuesday, May 31, 2011 7:48:00 PM

    :up:

  • PeterTuesday, May 31, 2011 8:39:54 PM

    :up: Like the new speed dial possibilities.

  • alexander andres olivares cornejoWednesday, June 1, 2011 1:24:33 AM

    Hardware Acceleration ?????? :worried:

  • AsiresWednesday, June 1, 2011 9:13:07 AM

    "Fast pacing" huh?

  • jimmy patonWednesday, June 1, 2011 9:31:30 AM

    well done opera keep up the good work

  • ★(`'•.¸THAO¸.•'´)★Wednesday, June 1, 2011 9:47:29 AM

    Originally posted by Chas4:

    Nope its a beta (test version) of Opera 11.50


    ohh, i see i see :bigsmile: Opera browser --> big fan here :o:
    i will wait for main version 11.50 :smile: and of course, O 12 too :bigsmile:

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Published inChoose Opera
DateMay 31, 2011
AuthorEspen André Øverdahl
Tagsdownload, beta, opera next, opera 11.50
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