Opera 10.50 Beta for Mac Released, Performs Well in JavaScript Benchmarks
Opera today announced the release of Opera 10.50 Beta for Mac, bringing several new features to the Web browser.
Highlights
- Cocoa
- Unified tool bar
- Growl notifications
- Multi-touch gestures
- Happy Easter! Well almost, but multi-touch users should look out for the egg
Computerworld had a chance to run some quick JavaScript benchmarks on the new version and found that Opera 10.50 is 10% faster than the latest version of Safari and also tops WebKit and Chrome browsers included in the study. According to Opera:
A completely new JavaScript engine makes Opera 10.50 run Web applications more smoothly. Up to 8x faster than its predecessor, the new Carakan engine speeds up even the most demanding Web sites.
Opera has been pressing forward on bringing its latest offerings to Apple's products, having just last week demoed running an iPhone version of Opera Mini. The application has not yet been submitted to Apple for approval, although Opera is hopeful that the speedy browser will be accepted for inclusion in the App Store.Top Rated Comments
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26 months ago
I'd actually consider using Opera again now that it uses Cocoa. Whatever you think of it's standards-compliance or extensibility, previous versions of Opera for OS X were just hideous.
26 months ago
Sounds cool, I just think Opera faces a huge uphill climb trying to gain traction on Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. But hey, more choices doesn't hurt.
26 months ago
Opera 10.50 is 10% faster than the latest version of Safari, making it the fastest WebKit-based browser on the Mac platform
Since when does Opera use WebKit??
26 months ago
I like the previews in the tabs, though I would like a way to turn it off. Seems to take up quite a bit of screen real estate. Maybe you could minimize it to just the titles & show the preview when hovering over it with the mouse?
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