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| Platforms | PC: Intel 16-bit(Win3.X),
Intel 32-bit(Win95/98, WinNT)
Other: BeOS In Development: Amiga, EPOC 32, Linux, Mac and OS/2 |
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| About the
Browser |
What began as a project to develop
a small and fast browser for computers with meager resources has turned
into a popular alternative to the "big two" browser vendors with its own
"cult following."
Two engineers at Telenor (the Norwegian phone company) developed the Opera browser in 1994 for the company's intranet. By the end of 1995 Opera Software was created after Telenor had allowed the pair to continue development of the browser on their own. Opera was written from scratch - it is not based on the NCSA Mosaic code or interface methodology (as Internet Explorer or Netscape are.) This gives it some unique browsing features such as page zoom and a multi-document interface browsing environment. For its small footprint it boasts a fairly substantial feature set, such as frames, tables, JavaScript, CSS and Java. |
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| Support
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Versions before 2.1 were not in wide release thus are not covered. Support information is for the latest major shipping release versions (2.12 and 3.21) and does not include betas. | |
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| 1.0-2.0 | NA | Not widely released |
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| 2.1B1-B3 | Sep.-Nov. 1996 | Adds Frames capability |
| 2.1 | Dec. 1996 | Final release of 2.1 |
| 2.12 | Feb. 1997 | Minor release. |
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| 3.0B1-B11 | Sep.-Dec. 1997 | Adds Javascript, SSL and plug-in capability. Also includes UI and hot list changes. |
| 3.0 | Dec. 1997 | Final release of 3.0 |
| 3.1-3.21 | Feb.-Apr. 1998 | Minor releases for 3.0 |
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| 3.5B1-B10 | Jul.-Oct. 1998 | Adds file upload, and possibly the most complete CSS1 implementation in the popular browsers. Also allows for Java functionality through a plug-in. |
| 3.5 | Nov. 1998 | Final release of 3.5 |
| 3.51 | Dec. 1998 | Update release. |
| 3.6 | Jun. 1999 | Update release. |
| 3.61 | Dec. 1999 | Update release. |
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| 4.0B1 | Mar. 2000 | Long-awaited first beta of the 4.0 family. This version promises support for most of CSS2, all of CSS1, HTML4, XML, and WML. |
| 4.0B2/3 | Apr. 2000 | Second and third beta releases. |
| 4.0B4 | May. 2000 | Fourth beta release. |
| 4.0 | Jun. 2000 | Final release of 4.0. |
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