Here are more new features of Opera 9.50 profiled in greater
detail.
Full History Search
Most of us have found something interesting online, but later
struggled to find your way back to the small portion of a Web page
where we saw it? Opera 9.5 introduces full history search - with which
you can search the complete content of Web pages you visited, but
without the need to bookmark them.
Unlike previous and other browser history searches which only look
at the URLs of the pages you have visited, full history search searches
the actual content of the Web pages you have visited. When typing a
keyword, Opera 9.5 will automatically search the text of Web pages in
your history.
Full History Search is integrated into the URL field of Opera 9.5,
making it easy and quick to find what you're looking for.
Status bar with Zoom and Image control
Opera's zoom function and the bandwidth saving control of images are
now made easily available on the Status bar. You can add your own
buttons like the developer console to the Status bar.
Restore closed windows and changes in Speed Dial
Opera 9.50 Kestrel has an improved version of the browser's much
loved trash-can feature adding support for opening closed windows, not
only the closed tabs. You can also use the undo function now for Speed
Dial.
Improved BitTorrent performance
This version of Opera adds support for BitTorrent Peer Exchange to
allow you to connect to more download hosts and improve your download
speeds.
Platform integration
Kestrel has been tuned to feel even more integrated with your
platform. Mac users get the subtly cleaner new visual look and feel,
and adds support for Apple's screen reader "VoiceOver" found in
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard. This allows visually impaired
Opera users to more easily use all of the features in the browser.
Appendix B: The Opera 9
Feature Set
Carried Over from Opera 9.x
BitTorrent
You don't need a separate BitTorrent application to download large
files. Simply click a torrent link and start the download.
Content blocker
Remove ads or images - it's up to you. Right-click (Ctrl-click on
the Mac) on the Web page and choose "Block content".
Add your favorite search engines
Right-click on the site's search field and select "Create search"
from the menu.
Thumbnail preview
It is easy to have many tabs open at once in Opera. But exactly
which tab had that video you wanted? Hover your mouse on any tab to see
a thumbnail preview.
Site preferences
Want to view a site in a different way or deny certain cookies? Want
to block popups on certain sites only? Right click and select "Edit
site preferences".
Widgets
Small Web applications (multimedia, newsfeeds, games and more) that
make your desktop experience more fun. Use the Widgets menu to discover
new widgets and access your favorites. Visit widgets.opera.com to learn
more.
Improved rich text editing
Use advanced text editing features for today's most popular Web
applications.
Efficient Surfing
Transfer manager
View download progress and access all your downloads from one simple
transfer manager window.
Tabbed browsing
Surf the Web easier and faster by opening multiple Web pages within
the same application window.
Password manager
The password manager remembers your usernames and passwords so you
will not have to.
Integrated search
Search Google, eBay, Amazon and more with our integrated search
field. You can also search directly in the address field using keywords
(for example "g" for Google).
Popup blocking
Opera lets you control whether to block all popups, or open only the
ones that you have requested.
Mouse gestures
Opera supports mouse gestures, allowing you to perform certain
movements with the mouse to access commonly used features.
Fast Forward
Fast Forward will detect the most likely "next page" link and
greatly simplify navigation in multipage documents such as search
results and image galleries.
Sessions
Save a collection of open tabs as a session, for later retrieval, or
start with the pages you had open when Opera was last closed
Quick preferences
Pressing F12 displays the 'Quick preferences' menu to easily switch
settings such as popup and cookie preferences and more.
Notes
Notes can be kept in conjunction with a Web site you want to refer
to later, or remind you of any particular information you may like to
review again.
Voice
The voice feature allows you to control Opera's interface by talking
and to have documents read aloud. Voice is currently offered in English
and runs on Windows 2000 and XP.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts - like mouse gestures - make your browsing faster
and more efficient. Read more about all the keyboard shortcuts in
Opera.
Trash can
If you accidentally close a tab, you can retrieve it from the trash
can. This also works for blocked popups that you may want.
Security and privacy
Security bar
Opera displays security information inside the address field. The
padlock icon indicates the level of security present on a site
Encryption
Opera supports Secure Socket Layer (SSL) version 3, and TLS 1.0 and
1.1. Opera supports 256-bit encryption, the strongest standard
encryption for the Web.
Delete private data
You can clear the history and cache when exiting, to protect your
privacy. Private data can easily be erased at any time by going to
Tools > Delete private data.
Cookie control
You have detailed control of what cookies to accept and reject,
including different setups for different servers.
Mail and Chat
Opera mail
This built-in POP/IMAP E-mail client is a combined e-mail program,
news reader, mailing list organizer and RSS/Atom newsfeed reader.
IRC chat
Communicate with people all over the world using Opera's IRC chat
client. Chat privately or in rooms, or share files with your friends
and family.
Customization
Drag and drop
Add, remove or rearrange buttons, search fields and toolbars. Go to
Tools > Appearance.
Skins
Skins can give your browser the look you want. Make the browser your
own by giving it the icons, colors and style of your choice.
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Language
Opera is translated into a multitude of languages, and the language
can be changed on the fly. Go to Preferences > General.
Accessibility
Zoom
You can zoom the contents of any Web page from 20%-1000% using the
zoom dropdown or the + and - keys.
Text size and colors
You can change text size and color, link styling or background color
to your liking in Preferences > Web pages.
User style sheets
Opera comes with a set of ready-made style sheets, including
accessibility style.
Web Development
Standards support
We take pride in supporting all major Web standards currently in
use, including CSS 2.1, XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.01, WML 2.0, ECMAScript, DOM
2 and SVG 1.1 basic.
Small-screen mode
When displaying a page in small-screen mode (Shift+F11) you can see
how it will look on a mobile phone or other small-screen device running
Opera.
Validate code
You can validate the HTML code of any Web page by pressing
Ctrl+Alt+V.
Toggle graphics and style sheets
Graphics and style sheets can be toggled on/off via our toolbars and
shortcuts.
Info panel
The Info panel shows details about the currently open page such as
MIME type, page size, character encoding and more.
Reload from cache
Edit the source of any open Web page and view the result instantly.
Go to Tools > Advanced.
Special features
Full-screen mode
The F11 key toggles Opera's projection mode, using the whole screen
for browsing and, if a projection style sheet is present, displays
'slides' suitable for presentation.
Kiosk mode
Opera supports kiosk mode - a lock-down mode in which the browser
can be used for unattended computers in public places.
Opera Widgets
Widgets
are small AJAX applications that provide specific functionality like
getting your favorite news, converting currency, and so on.
Go to the Opera 9.5 review.
