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October 8, 2008

Opera 9.60 Out the Door

On Wednesday, Opera Software ASA released version 9.60 of its popular web browser.

The new version, a 13.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes:

Opera Link:
Custom search engines and typed history (typed history is only the history you explicitly type or select from the address bar) are now joining bookmarks, notes, personal bar and Speed Dial in Opera Link.

Opera Mail:
Feed Preview: Now you can preview an RSS/Atom feed before subscribing.

Follow/Ignore threads and contacts:
Follow and Ignore are new features for users that receive numerous messages. It makes it easier to dismiss unimportant messages and easier to recognise important messages.

Go To Thread:
You can now also use "Go to thread" which means that you can view only the messages from that thread. This is useful for those that employ flat view.

Low Bandwidth Mode:
Low Bandwidth Mode is a setting on mail accounts that makes Opera Mail use as little bandwidth as possible.

For IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol): Opera will only synchronise new messages and it will not fetch message attachments unless requested.

For POP (Post Office Protocol): Opera will not fetch more than the first 100 lines of a message unless requested.

Opera Scroll Marker: The new Opera Scroll Marker makes it easier to continue reading when you scroll through a Web page. At the end of the page it will indicate the previous position of the bottom of the screen so you can easily see where to continue reading.

Opera 9.60 requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later to run and is coded as a Universal Binary capable of running at native speeds on both PowerPC and Intel-based hardware.

If you've tried the new version and have any kind of feedback about it, let us know in the comments or forums.

Posted by chrisbarylick at October 8, 2008 1:22 PM
Category: Software
Tags: 10.4, Apple, Atom, bug, feed, fix, IMAP, link, low bandwidth mode, Mac, mail, message, Opera, OS X, POP, RSS, speed dial, update, web browser, Wednesday
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