Opera Labs 2006 – 2011
Experimental builds and technology previews: video on the Web, WebGL, device access, file I/O for widgets, Opera Mobile labs for MeeGo and Android.
2011
Opera Mobile Labs 11.5 for MeeGo netbooks and tablets
Since releasing Opera Mobile 11.5 for Android earlier this month, we have been working on an updated Labs release for MeeGo netbooks and tablets running Intel Atom processors.
More fun using the Web, with getUserMedia and native pages!
Another Opera labs release is upon us, esteemed friends in the land of Web! This time we are making available a very exciting build indeed, with support for both the getUserMedia method, enabling us to make use of video input from a user’s web cam, and native…
100% Ragnarök’n’roll
In February, Stig showed us the first Labs build of Ragnarök, Opera’s HTML5 parser. Here’s a new build: note, this is not an Opera Next build but a Labs build with a different profile, different UA string, and outside of the Next auto-update cycle.
Opera Mobile 11 MeeGo ARM developer preview
Opera Software continues our support of the MeeGo open source initiative (http://labs.opera.com/news/2011/03/22/) with the release of a developer preview of Opera Mobile 11 for ARM-based devices.
Opera Mobile 11 for Maemo, MeeGo and Windows.
Today we are launching final versions of Opera Mobile 11 for Android and Symbian/S60 as well as Mini 6 for various platforms. We are also making available builds of Opera Mobile 11 for Maemo, MeeGo and Windows here on labs.opera.com. The MeeGo and Windows…
WebGL and Hardware Acceleration
A long time ago, in an office far far away...Opera released a custom build showing an implementation of a 3D canvas context. Now, more than 3 years later, we are releasing the first public build with a standards-based 3D canvas implementation using WebGL for…
HTML 5 compliance: the next step
Making its debut in a Labs build this week is Ragnarök, our implementation of the HTML5 Parsing algorithm. We'd love you to try to break this and give us feedback, so please grab a copy to install on your machine from one of the download links below.
Widget runtime: WAC-1.0-compliant Golden for Android
It’s been a long trip, but we’ve finally arrived – today our lasting intensive work on a WAC-1.0-compliant runtime is finished, and we are proudly presenting the final Golden build that we are also demonstrating at the Mobile World Congress event! All WAC 1.0…
Widgets Runtime: WAC 1.0-supporting Beta2 for Android
Today we are rolling out the next bugfix release of our Android widget runtime with WAC 1.0 APIs support. Many bugs were fixed since the previous release; please refer to release notes for more details.
Widgets Runtime: WAC 1.0-supporting Beta for Android
Hi, guys! Happy New Year! We are pleased to start it with the Beta release of our WAC 1.0-supporting runtime for Android.
2010
Widgets Runtime: WAC 1.0-supporting Alpha for Android
Howdy folks, in these short days of the year – "vintersolverv" in Norwegian – Opera Software has prepared something to lighten things up: the alpha release of our mobile widget manager for Android with support for WAC 1.0 APIs!
Opera 11 alpha: adding another piece to the puzzle
Today we're proud to announce the first Opera 11 alpha, an early snapshot of our upcoming Opera 11 release. In Opera 11 alpha our attention is first and foremost on one of the most anticipated features of Opera 11: extensions. More exciting functionality will…
Opera Dragonfly visual refresh
The Opera Dragonfly team is hard at work on the first stable release. Just as dragonflies metamorphose from ugly larva into beautiful dragonflies, we are in the process of redefining our user interface.
Opera Mobile 10.1 labs release for Maemo
Last week, we released the first beta of Opera Mobile 10.1 for S60. Those with Maemo devices don't need to feel left out though: we have been working hard at keeping the Maemo code in step with the other Opera Mobile releases, and we are proud to present…
Welcome, WebM <video>!
In February 2007, 1177 days ago to be exact, Opera proposed the <video> element and we published a manifesto for video on the Web. When proposing <video>, we knew there would be two challenges. The first was easy: to get consensus around the syntax. We wanted…
We’re back! Opera Mobile 10 on Maemo
We’re proud to present the first preview build of Opera Mobile 10 for Nokia N900 and N800/N810.
The Opera Mobile emulator: Mobile development from the comfort of your desktop
A bit more than a month after the release of Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile and Symbian smartphones, we are happy to announce a special developer version of Opera Mobile 10 for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Opera Widgets go mobile
Over the last couple of months, we've been working hard to improve our Mobile Widgets Manager — we basically rebuilt it from scratch, using the cross-platform UI framework that is also used in Opera Mobile and Opera Mini, and we have added a number of new…
2009
Opera 10.5 pre-alpha for Labs
Today we are releasing Opera 10.5 pre-alpha for Labs. This pre-alpha is based on the Evenes branch and includes Windows and Mac builds, with an UNIX/Linux version coming later.
Powered by Opera Widgets, Web applications take center stage
When asked what we do, our CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner frequently replies that we are a browser company first and foremost. Putting our browser in all kinds of devices is our passion; through our products, millions of people around the world have full access to…
Taking the Web into our own hands, one computer at a time
My name is Lawrence Eng, and, as a product analyst for Opera Software, my job is to understand our users and what they need, so we can serve them better. Today, I will share my thoughts on Opera Unite, a new Opera technology that I’m extremely excited about.…
Introducing Opera Face Gestures
At Opera we are always working on new ways to make your browsing faster. Eight years ago we introduced Mouse Gestures as a way to speed up your interaction with the browser and focus on what’s important: the content you’re looking at. We didn’t stop there, in…
Find me! Geolocation-enabled Opera build
Another great Opera technology release is with us — we are delighted to release the first build of Opera with Geolocation API support — you can use this to expose the browser's geographical position, and make use of it in your applications.
Opera Turbo now available for testing
At Opera, we love speed. We work hard to make our browser faster with features that speeds you up, but your connection also plays a big role on how fast you can go.
Introducing Opera Fingertouch
As of today millions of people are browsing the full web on their mobile phones and devices. These devices bring new challenges to browser vendors and handset manufacturers trying to deliver a pleasurable user experience to their users because of small screen…
Technology preview: Gears-enabled Opera Mobile 9.5
We’re happy to announce our Opera Mobile 9.5 technology preview with support for Gears, a Google open source project that enables more powerful web applications. Besides this Opera Mobile 9.5 technology preview, Gears is currently available for Firefox 1.5+,…
Carakan
Over the past few months, a small team of developers and testers have been working on implementing a new ECMAScript/JavaScript engine for Opera. When Opera's current ECMAScript engine, called Futhark, was first released in a public version, it was the fastest…
2008
Video, 3D canvas and File I/O: Repeat!
We’ve done it again - we’ve made a new build available of Opera with support for video, file I/O and 3D canvas. If you enjoyed the builds we released last time, then you should upgrade - you’ll enjoy the increased stability of this build, along with other…
All together now: Video, 3D, File access
It’s here, the newest singing, dancing labs build (so far...). This time we basically have the latest desktop build plus video, 3D canvas, and File I/O. And this time we have Windows, Linux and Mac builds — so all you Mac fans, you can now have an Opera of…
Opera announces specification for File I/O access in widgets
Web applications have historically had very little access to data stored on the device they are running on - this model is secure, but limits the power of developers trying to create cutting edge "hybrid" applications that draw functionality in from both the…
Opera Kestrel beta 2 is now available
This week we released an exciting new beta release of Kestrel, the new Opera desktop browser — beta 2, to be exact. It's got some exciting new additions, such as support for full CSS3 selectors and HSL, support for MathML, further speed optimizations, support…
The story behind Opera Mini on Google Android
This article takes a look at one of Opera's latest and greatest projects - the creation of an Opera Mini version that will run on Google's Android open mobile development platform. Over the course of the article, we'll explain why we created it, how,…
Public Acid3 build
Two days ago Opera reached a 100/100 pass rate on the Acid3 test for the first time and we published a screenshot on the Desktop team blog to back up the claim. I am pleased to announce the first public build with a 100/100 pass rate and pixel-perfect…
2007
A call for video on the web
It's time to make video a first-class citizen of the web. We, the users, have video cameras in our pockets and the bandwidth to tranfer more clips and streams than we can watch. What's missing is a an easy way to integrate video into web pages, and native…
2006
Introducing Extended Validation Certificates
Last year it became clear that the procedures for verifying data used to issue SSL certificates (and other types of certificates) were not as uniform as might be desired. This led to a situation where information in certificates might be misleading.
Event Streaming to Web Browsers
One cool feature we added to Opera 9 is Server-Sent Events from the WHATWG Web Applications 1.0 specification. Using SSE you can push DOM events continously from your web server to the visitor's browser. This creates a lot of exciting opportunities for web…
What's a browser Security Issue, anyway?
A large number of people are looking for security problems and vulnerabilities in Opera and other applications. Some people don't like this, but I think it is actually fine. When done responsibly this can increase security for the application and is thus of…
What's new in the SSL/TLS engine of Opera 9?
In Opera 9 Beta there are a lot of changes, as one expects from a major product release. Some of the changes (e.g. UI updates) are more apparent than other changes. Some of the major, but less obvious, changes have been done in Opera's SSL/TLS engine.
Debugging SVG
Opera 9 has a lot of new features to help developing content. Here is an example of debugging SVG.
Opera 9 Technology Preview 2
We've released a technology preview of Opera 9, codenamed Merlin, on Opera Labs. There are some very cool features we want you to try:
