This version, Opera 10.60, will have both significantly higher JavaScript performance than its predecessor, in addition to introducing new functionality.
Especially for Linux users, this launch a great news, since this is the first new version of Linux since the site 10.10.
Opera 10.60 is based on the rendering engine Presto 2.6 is the first official version of a browser that supports WebM format, which is expected to be widely used in connection with HTML5-based video, albeit if the suggestions on patent infringement does not get more substantive .
Another new feature is support for the W3C Geolocation API specification that allows Web sites easier to view content based on the user's location, if the user chooses to permit this. A demonstration of this can be found here.
10.60 Opera has also received support for Appcache, part of the HTML5 specification, which allows web applications to run in the browser even without an Internet connection. This is done by the necessary files are stored locally.
Support for Web Workers are also in place. This allows the browser to perform heavy JavaScript-based tasks in the background, without affecting the response capability of the user interface.Opera promises besides JavaScript performance will be up to 50 percent higher than with version 10.50. In addition, promised better security and stability, including by means of AVG-sponsored anti-fraud systems and phishing protection. The browser will receive updated information streams with information about the latest webtruslene. In certain regions will also Yandex provide protection against malware.
In the user interface to include search functionality to be improved in several areas. This includes search suggestions from, among other encyclopedia.
10.60 Opera is available on this page to Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD.
More details about what's new in this version, found here.
