| Opera 8 delivers secure browsing to Macintosh |
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Opera Software released Opera 8 for Macintosh, available for Mac OS X versions 10.2 and higher. The company claims this is their fastest browser till date, and gives Macintosh users Opera’s extensive functionality and an optional 15 languages standard upon download.
Opera touts its latest Mac release as the most Macintosh-like version ever. The browser has improved its support for Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines and added Full Keyboard Access functionality. The Opera browser has been available for Macintosh since 2001.
"With Opera, Mac users can surf fast, comfortably and efficiently using a full-featured browser that is not tied to the operating system (OS)," says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "Rather than incurring costly upgrades to your OS to get the newest features, Opera allows Mac users to browse, e-mail, download and chat using one program, requiring minimal system resources due to Opera’s small size."
Opera 8 for Macintosh includes the same functionality as Opera 8 for Windows and Linux. Opera 8 introduced innovative security solutions, such as the new security field that indicates the level of security and the certificate-owner of a secure site. Native Scalable Vector Graphic support (SVG 1.1 Tiny), introduced in Opera 8, is also included in the Macintosh version. Other features offered in Opera 8 include a "delete private data" option, a "trash can" that saves closed pages and blocked pop-ups during a session, and Opera’s Extensible Rendering Architecture (ERA) which automatically re-adjusts page content to fit the window width.
The company also released the first Opera 8 update, Opera 8.01, for Windows and Linux. To fine-tune the well-received browser, Opera 8.01 includes security and small bug fixes as well as JavaScript improvements. This update succeeds the release of Opera 8 on April 19, 2005, which has now reached more than five million downloads.
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