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Opera Software announced a grand slam release of Opera 7.21 for Windows, Linux (SPARC, Intel, PPC), FreeBSD (Intel), and Solaris (SPARC). This release introduces minor enhancements and fixes in the areas of document and page layout, protocols and data flow, Javascript, skinning and more! Thanks, casaveli, our community member, for the story.
[Email announcement]
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From: Sue Sims (sue@opera.com)
Subject: Opera 7.21 for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris unleashed
Newsgroups: opera.announce, opera.general, opera.linux
Date: 2003-10-14 02:58:35 PST
Oslo, Norway - October 14, 2003
Opera Software today announced a grand slam release of Opera 7.21 for
Windows, Linux (SPARC, Intel, PPC), FreeBSD (Intel), and Solaris (SPARC).
Today's release introduces a new and improved package of features.
Opera was the first browser to introduce a multiple document interface
(MDI), making it possible to surf in several windows at once. Now Opera
further advances this feature by introducing an "Undo" functionality. If
users now close a window by mistake, it's easy to recall by referring to
the "Closed" window history list now added to the menu or using a keyboard
shortcut, Ctrl+Z. Kiosk mode is reintroduced with Opera 7.21, as was
previously implemented in Opera 6. Kiosk mode is a customizable browser
setting to limit functionality, blocking menus, preventing downloads, or
adjusting other system preferences. Opera's kiosk mode is the most secure
way to restrict access appropriate for computer labs, libraries and other
kiosk providers.
Fast releases on major platforms are made possible by Opera's unique
browser development process. The browser is no longer made for one
platform and then ported to others. Rather the whole development process
is now independent of platform from the beginning. All feedback and fixes
are made in Opera's platform independent core, then made available to the
rest of Opera's platforms based on the adaptation needed for the specific
platforms. As a result, the Linux version can now be released along with
the Windows version.
All platforms benefit from this improved development process. At the same
time, the popularity of Opera's desktop versions also guarantee that
products such as Opera's Smartphone browser can access Web sites all over
the Web, thanks to the millions of users of Opera's desktop versions who
are constantly stress-testing the browser.
"At Opera we are totally committed to developing the very best browser
possible. Browser-making is our only business, delivering the very best
Internet experience possible is simply our bread and butter," says Jon S.
von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "Opera 7.21 proves again that we are
up to this challenge."
Opera 7.21 is available for download from Opera's download pages.
<URL: http://www.opera.com/download/ >
Read the changelogs for today's releases.
<URL: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/ > |
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