Opera 12 takes the stage

Less bloat, better plug-in management, faster site loading, and smarter security badges are the hallmarks of Opera 12, but the browser no longer feels as innovative as it once was.

The Summary of New features include:

Faster than ever

Opera 12 gets you online in record time, with improvements that mean faster startup and quick page loading. Thanks to responsive tab loading sequences, you can start up or shut down in the blink of an eye. Pages also load faster while you’re browsing.

Easy to personalize

Make Opera yours with a whole new set of themes. Design your own or use one of the options we have ready. Change the look of the browser as often as you want — all it takes is one click. You don’t even need to restart!

Put yourself in the picture

With Opera 12, your favorite sites can use your computer’s webcam to take photos from the browser. Set a new profile picture in your social network or just see what you look like with a moustache!

Redesigned security badges

Now, it is easier to see privacy and security settings on websites with color-coded security badges in the address bar.

New APIs

Opera will offer a more robust and powerful API for windows and tabs, allowing extensions to interact with tabs, create groups of tabs, or manage windows.

Right-to-left scripts support

Opera now speaks four new languages. Now that the UI supports right-to-left languages, users of Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Hebrew can enjoy Opera in their preferred language. Learn more.

New web standards support

We are also launching support for WebRTC, HTML5 Drag and Drop, CSS3 Animations and Transitions, Do-Not-Track and CSS Generated Content for Paged Media. This will provide richer functionality to web developers and an improved experience for end users. See a complete list of new standards supported.

Experimental hardware acceleration WebGL support

Opera will now be able to use your computer’s graphics card for extra processing power in the form of hardware acceleration. This supercharged boost makes intensive web applications and games run even better. Learn how to enable WebGL and hardware acceleration.

Discontinuing Opera Unite, Opera Widgets and Voice

With this release, Opera Unite and Opera Widgets are removed by default for new users. We encourage all developers to move their solutions to the extensions platform. Support for the legacy X+V standard and the UI voice commands has also been removed, as the voice-detection library is no longer supported by the third-party vendor.

Changelogs

We’ve made a lot of other improvements in this Opera version to enhance your time online. Get the whole story from our changelogs.

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