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Introducing Opera 11.50 "Swordfish"

May 2, 2011 · by Haavard

According to Wikipedia, the swordfish is a highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill. Its streamlined physique allows it to cut through the water with great ease and agility. It mainly relies on its speed and agility in the water to catch its prey. Swordfish are also known for their powerful jumps, called breaching.

The Next version of Opera, 11.50, is called Swordfish. We are preparing a first look as we speak, so check back in the coming days for more details.

Readers' comments

Comments left by My Opera members under the original post: the first 50, as archived.

  • Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks2. May 2011, 18:40

    up
    v12.0: Trogon
    v12.1: Parrot
    v12.5: Peacock
    v12.6: Crocoduck

  • DavideDosky2. May 2011, 18:41

    happy

  • Besmir Godolebgodole2. May 2011, 18:42

    yes

  • pchidamb2. May 2011, 18:42

    yes

  • Pastor DavidLionandLamb2. May 2011, 18:42

    where is the build???

  • Lexalex-shpak2. May 2011, 18:43

    yes

    There were only two comments when I opened this page, and when my comment was posted -- it was already 6th...

    Good luck to Opera swordfish in catching new users in the deep Ocean of the Internet!

  • Qbikqbik132. May 2011, 18:43

    nice

  • rctneil2. May 2011, 18:43

    Excellent

    @Havaard

    will 11.50 add a few of the features that have been requested and fix the remaining bugs from 11.10? and also re introduce the "Force Resync" button for Opera Link?

  • Commaster2. May 2011, 18:43

    idea

  • Joonas Lehtolahtigodjonez2. May 2011, 18:46

    Originally posted by rctneil:

    and also re introduce the "Force Resync" button for Opera Link?


    I still have "Sync Now" button in 11.10.

  • sTeeVeboY2. May 2011, 18:47

    Will it contain full hardware acceleration like IE9 or maybe better or even possibly at its best?

    Maybe a brand new javascript engine? A new look by default would also be preferable. Something more modern and appropriate for a build release like "Swordfish"! yes

  • rctneil2. May 2011, 18:50

    Originally posted by godjonez:

    Originally posted by rctneil:

    and also re introduce the "Force Resync" button for Opera Link?


    I still have "Sync Now" button in 11.10.



    Where abouts? I do mean once Link is enabled and running a force resync option would be useful

  • Obese MauriceObeseMaurice2. May 2011, 18:52

    This is awesome. love

  • Ronit Kumarronitrex2. May 2011, 18:52

    up party wizard Finally bigsmile

  • Ronit Kumarronitrex2. May 2011, 18:54

    Originally posted by sTeeVeboY:

    Will it contain full hardware acceleration like IE9 or maybe better or even possibly at its best?

    Maybe a brand new javascript engine? A new look by default would also be preferable. Something more modern and appropriate for a build release like "Swordfish"!




    +1 Let's kill the competition!

  • KlausHoll2. May 2011, 18:55

    Super party
    Waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • redwizard2. May 2011, 19:02

    yes

    Introduction without a snapshot? no

  • GreLI2. May 2011, 19:03

    Originally posted by sTeeVeboY:

    Will it contain full hardware acceleration like IE9 or maybe better or even possibly at its best?

    You probably missed Opera 11.50 preview with WebGL and Hardware Acceleration:
    http://my.opera.com/core/blog/2011/02/28/webgl-and-hardware-acceleration-2

  • artmil2. May 2011, 19:03

    Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

    v12.0: Trogon
    v12.1: Parrot
    v12.5: Peacock
    v12.6: Crocoduck



    v13: Fish and fries

  • Erik HauboldAltarius2. May 2011, 19:03

    aahhhhhh i can't wait anymore

    logo looks really nice too bigsmile

  • Mr. Protosmr-protos2. May 2011, 19:05

    Good news! up

  • sTeeVeboY2. May 2011, 19:06

    Originally posted by GreLI:

    You probably missed Opera 11.50 preview with WebGL and Hardware Acceleration: http://labs.opera.com/news/2011/02/28/



    No no, I didn't miss it, but it should be optimized and tuned for directX and wide-scale use. To be honest, it should blow every other browser away, especially IE9! lol

    Something like... wow, I didn't even touch the mouse button and opera is already done with loading that site! Incredibly fast! bigeyes

  • illidanenuazeal2. May 2011, 19:06

    awesome! can't wait

  • NRsuperici2. May 2011, 19:06

    i can't wait

  • Vera Facundofaczever2. May 2011, 19:08

    Genial! XD

  • konova111ov2. May 2011, 19:10

    less than a year...wait

  • ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker2. May 2011, 19:10

    Just a word of caution. Just because the labs build had 11.50 in them, DOES NOT MEAN THESE FEATURES ARE 11.50 FINAL FEATURES...

    I'm guessing the teams working on these features are constantly re-basing their work on the latest internal builds...

    Perhaps someone from Opera could clarify this, before peoples expectations get out of hand... Other PR Nightmare may follow....

  • Satan D. Lucifersupertrol2. May 2011, 19:12

    11.50 will feature HWA

    Swordfish are also known for their powerful jumps, called breaching.

    how much faster than 10.50?

    we all know that 10.50 is 7x faster than 10.10 in benchmarks and sunspider

    is it over9000? (just kidding)

    maybe it can beat the previous record of 20302 record in Peackeeper

    the 1st build will be my main browser replacing 11.10

  • ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker2. May 2011, 19:14

    Originally posted by supertrol:

    11.50 will feature HWA



    You know this because?

  • hundredorzero2. May 2011, 19:16

    Fishera up

  • Stilezy2. May 2011, 19:18

    Please guys - stability and data loss fixes. Quite a few have been reported years and not yet been resolved. Very frustrating to see new badging of features and old basic issues unresolved.

  • QuHno2. May 2011, 19:19

    ... waiting until I can update the 11.50 labs release wait

    BTW:
    Is the vector graphics of the swordfish available somewhere?
    EPS or SVG would be just fine ...

  • Firefly749402. May 2011, 19:21

    Originally posted by clashcityrocker:

    Originally posted by supertrol:

    11.50 will feature HWA



    You know this because?

    Because of core blogs with 11.50 build introducing HWA smile

    wizard Ready for testing !

  • KlausHoll2. May 2011, 19:21

    I think that the name "Ragnarök" is much coller than "Swordfish"
    And a picture - angry viking with big axe in one hand, a shield in another and viking helmet devil

  • ouzowtfouzoWTF2. May 2011, 19:26

    Originally posted by KlausHoll:

    I think that the name "Ragnarök" is much coller than "Swordfish"


    Ragnarök is the name of the HTML5 Parser. Swordfish the name of the developing branch 11.50.

  • NicosmanNicoseco2. May 2011, 19:29

    Can opera team still make updates for opera 11.10? there are a lot of bugs

  • sTeeVeboY2. May 2011, 19:30

    Originally posted by Nicoseco:

    Can opera team still make updates for opera 11.10? there are a lot of bugs



    These updates are called new snapshots which will result in the final version of Opera 11.50 called Swordfish.

  • KlausHoll2. May 2011, 19:34

    Originally posted by ouzoWTF:

    Ragnarök is the name of the HTML5 Parser. Swordfish the name of the developing branch 11.50.


    But Swordfish will be with this HTML5 Parser and WebGl or only with HWA?
    By the way - Ragnarök has version number "11.50" too rolleyes

  • beBoss2. May 2011, 19:38

    Finally new post (h) I love opera and any other things doesn't matter p

  • János, Vinczevinczej2. May 2011, 19:41

    Swordfish will have WebGL? (Opera Labs has already a fine demo.)

  • Applemind2. May 2011, 19:46

    I hope that Swordfish will integrate a pdf reader as next release of Firefox. An integrate pdf reader will be wonderful for Linux and Mac users... and Windows users too!

  • Romainlordofsoul2. May 2011, 19:47

    yes

  • PiMoz2. May 2011, 19:48

    The logo looks like firefish. bigsmile

  • Chirpie2. May 2011, 20:03

    Originally posted by sTeeVeboY:

    Maybe a brand new javascript engine? A new look by default would also be preferable.

    It already has a new JS engine (Carakan) and a new look. Got them both with 10.5

    Originally posted by Stilezy:

    Please guys - stability and data loss fixes. Quite a few have been reported years and not yet been resolved. Very frustrating to see new badging of features and old basic issues unresolved.

    Most people do not experience stability problems or data loss, so your comment is misplaced at best. If you are really having problems, report them properly instead of vague comments like that, that aren't even representative of most people's experience.

  • PMoperafan20062. May 2011, 20:03

    Trolling removed by mod.

  • ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker2. May 2011, 20:04

    Originally posted by Firefly74940:

    Because of core blogs with 11.50 build introducing HWA



    Then read my original post. There were also likely 11.0 and 10.50 internal builds with hardware acceleration too, as most companies use a continuous integration development method. Just because the labs releases were 11.50, DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT 11.50 WILL BE HWA.

  • sTeeVeboY2. May 2011, 20:05

    Originally posted by Chirpie:

    It already has a new JS engine (Carakan)) and a new look. Got them both with 10.5



    So it's time to move on into a more modern direction, don't you think so? At least a more modern look should arrive in 11.50.

  • Muhammad-Ubaid razamubaidr2. May 2011, 20:10

    spock Wait continues.... knight

    Am ready to grab snapshot and replace my Opera 11.10 headbang

  • Lukaslksd2. May 2011, 20:11

    1. GPU HWA

    2. Performance adaptive browsing -> change ( on the spot) max connections / connections to server based on latency <- would be nice

  • Chirpie2. May 2011, 20:20

    Originally posted by sTeeVeboY:

    So it's time to move on into a more modern direction, don't you think so? At least a more modern look should arrive in 11.50.

    It already has a more modern look. It has already moved in a more modern direction. Stop it.

    Just stop it. You don't know how "modern" is defined anyway, and you are not being helpful or constructive. You are just being nasty and bashing Opera, claiming that it isn't "modern."

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Published inDesktop Team blog
DateMay 2, 2011
AuthorHaavard
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