A week of Opera: Week 12, 2011

Here's what happened in week 12.

Desktop

The pieces are starting to fall into place with even more improvements to the Speed Dial in Barracuda.

Mobile

Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 were both released. There are a lot of additions and improvements, and some of the most noticeable will be the ability to pinch-zoom, the noticeably improved performance when panning and zooming, an improved user interface, a new interface specifically for tablets, easy sharing on social networks, a major Presto upgrade, and even Flash support for Opera Mobile on Android.
An update for Opera Mini 4, version 4.3, was also released with an updated skin. Opera Mini 4.3 is suitable for low-end phones.
Opera Mobile for Windows Mobile is no more. They found that continuing development of Opera Mobile on Windows Mobile simply wasn't worth it.
After a false start with the <device> element earlier, a new Android build with native webcam support and orientation events was released.
The State of the Mobile Web report for February was published, focusing on how the web helped fuel the Egyptian revolution.
Business deal: Opera will be preinstalled on another Android phone in Brazil by NII Holdings.
Business deal: DiGi will be the first Malaysian mobile operator to offer a co-branded Opera Mini to their customer.

Devices

Opera for Devices SDK 3.0 was unveiled, featuring things like a much faster SVG engine, HTML5 video, and more.
Business deal: Opera is now integrated into Tara Systems' software solutions, offering a ready-made HbbTV solution to TV OEMs.

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Charles SchlossMonday, March 28, 2011 3:25:12 PM
webtaxMonday, March 28, 2011 4:14:28 PM
rseilerMonday, March 28, 2011 7:48:18 PM
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Don't keep us in suspense!
d4rkn1ghtTuesday, March 29, 2011 12:21:43 AM

Published in	A Journal from Behind the Trenches
Date	March 28, 2011
Author	Haavard
Tags	a week of opera
Original	Internet Archive