It might feel a little confusing to now have an Opera 11.60 beta while Opera 12 has been in the news recently. Snapshots of Opera 12 have been available from quite a while now for those who like to stay on the cutting edge however there is a slight change of plans from Opera Software; Opera 12 will be delayed, and an interim Opera 11.60 will be released. The good news is most of the awesome features that were to come with Opera 12 will now ship in Opera 11.60 instead.
So why release Opera 11.60 instead of Opera 12? Well, because one of major features that was supposed to come with Opera 12, hardware acceleration is still not to the level of quality that Opera Software would like, and they'd rather have it done right, than done fast. So while hardware acceleration, WebGL and Themes won't make it in this version other major features of Opera 12 will, such as:
Monday, November 14, 2011
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