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History of the Opera web browser

February 27, 2024

The history of the Opera web browser began in 1994 when it was started as a research project at Telenor, the largest Norwegian telecommunications company. In 1995, the project branched out into a separate company named Opera Software ASA,[1] with the first publicly available version released in 1996.[2] Opera has undergone extensive changes and improvements, and introduced notable features such as Speed Dial.

MultiTorg Opera

Until version 2.0, the Opera browser was called MultiTorg Opera (version 1.0) and had only a limited internal release—although it was demonstrated publicly at the Third International WWW Conference in April 1995.[3][4] It was known for its multiple document interface (MDI) and 'hotlist' (sidebar), which made browsing several pages at once much easier, as well as being the first browser to completely focus on adhering to the W3C standards.[citation needed]

In February 2013, Opera Software announced that their in-house rendering engine, Presto, would be phased out in favour of WebKit.[5] Opera 15 saw the browser being fully rewritten, with this and subsequent releases being based on Blink and Chromium.

Elektra versions edit

See also: Features of the Opera web browser

Version 2 edit

Version 2.0, the first public release of Opera, was released as shareware in 1996.[6][7]

Due to popular demand, Opera Software showed interest in programming its browser for alternative operating systems such as Apple Macintosh, QNX and BeOS. On October 10, 1997, they launched "Project Magic", an effort to determine who would be willing to purchase a copy of their browser in their native OS, and to properly distribute funds to develop or outsource for such operating systems.[8] On November 30, 1997 they closed voting for which operating system to develop with. Project Magic then became a news column for updates for alternative operating systems until version 4.[9]

Version 3 edit

 
Opera 3.62 Browsing Opera on Windows 9x

Opera 3 was the first version of Opera with JavaScript support,[7] but Java was still missing.[10] It was released for multiple operating systems on December 31, 1997.[11][12]

In 1998, Opera 3.5 was released, adding Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) support[7] and file upload capability.[13]

Since version 3.5, Opera has supported CSS, and Håkon Wium Lie, one of the inventors of CSS, is the CTO at Opera.[14] Up to 6.0 Opera supported most common web standards, Netscape plugins and some other recent standards such as WAP and WML for wireless devices, but its implementation of advanced ECMAScript (of which "JavaScript" is an implementation) and the HTML Document Object Model was poor.

Version 3.6 was released on May 12, 1999.[15] The 16-bit version of Opera for Windows 3.62 is the last version to support Windows 3.x. Further releases would require Windows 95.

Version 4 edit

On June 28, 2000,[16] Opera 4 for Windows (Elektra)[17] was released, introducing a new cross-platform core, and a new integrated email client.

Version 5 edit

 
Opera 5.02 on Windows XP

Opera 5, released on December 6, 2000, was the first version which was ad-sponsored instead of having a trial period.[18] Version 5 also supported ICQ, but this was dropped from later versions.

Opera supported OS/2 for the first time, requiring WarpIN and Odin to be installed.[19]

Opera 5.10 (April 2001) was the first version to recognize mouse gestures, but this feature was disabled by default.

Version 6 edit

 
Opera 6.0

On November 29, 2001, Opera 6 was released with new features including Unicode support, and offering a single document interface as well as the multiple document interface allowed by previous versions.[20]

First MSN.com controversy edit

On October 24, 2001, Microsoft blocked users of browsers other than Internet Explorer, including Opera, from accessing MSN.com. After accusations of monopolistic behavior, Microsoft lifted the restrictions two days later.[21][22] However, as late as November 2001, Opera users were still locked out from some MSN.com content, despite Opera's ability to display the content had it been served.[23]

Presto versions edit

Version 7 edit

 
Opera 7.02

On January 28, 2003,[24] Opera 7 was released, introducing the new "Presto" layout engine, with improved CSS, client-side scripting, and Document Object Model (DOM) support. Mac OS 9 support was dropped.

Version 7.0 saw Opera undergo an extensive rewrite with the faster and more powerful Presto layout engine. The new engine brought almost full support for the HTML DOM meaning that parts of, or a whole, page can be re-rendered in response to DOM and script events.

A 2004 review in The Washington Post described Opera 7.5 as being excessively complex and difficult to use. The review also criticized the free edition's use of obtrusive advertisements when other browsers such as Mozilla and Safari were offered free of charge without including advertisements.[25]

In August 2004, Opera 7.6 began limited alpha testing. It had more advanced standards support, and introduced voice support for Opera, as well as support for Voice XML. Opera also announced a new browser for Interactive Television, which included a fit to width option Opera 8 introduced. Fit to Width is a technology that initially utilized the power of CSS, but it is now internal Opera technology. Pages are dynamically resized by making images and/or text smaller, and even removing images with specific dimensions to make it fit on any screen width, improving the experience on smaller screens dramatically. Opera 7.6 was never officially released as a final version.

On January 12, 2005, Opera Software announced that it would offer free licenses to higher education institutions,[26] a change from the previous cost of $1,000 USD for unlimited licenses. Schools that opted for the free license included Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, University of Oxford, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Duke University. Opera was commonly criticized for having been ad-sponsored, since this was seen as a barrier to gaining market share. In the newer versions the user was allowed a choice of generic graphical banners, or text-based targeted advertisements provided by Google based upon the page being viewed. Users could pay a license fee to remove the advertisement bar.

Second MSN.com controversy edit

In 2003, MSN.com was configured to present Opera browsers with a style sheet used for old versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer.[27] Other browsers received either a style sheet tailored to them, or at least the latest Internet Explorer style sheet.[28] The outdated style sheet that Opera received caused Opera to move a significant amount of MSN.com's content 30 pixels to the left of where it should be, distorting the page and making it appear as though there was a bug in Opera.[29]

In response, the Opera Software company created a special "Bork" edition of Opera which displayed gibberish instead of MSN.com but not on any other web site. They said they did this to make a point about the necessity of a harmonious relationship between web browsers and web sites.[30]

After the complaints, Microsoft changed their servers to present the latest version of Opera, version 7, with the style sheet served to the latest version of Internet Explorer, which resolved the problem. However, Microsoft continued to serve the outdated style sheet to the older Opera 6.[28][30]

Hotmail controversy edit

In November 2004, Opera Software sent an electronic message to Microsoft, complaining that Opera users were sent an incomplete JavaScript file when using Hotmail (now Outlook.com). The incomplete file prevented Opera users from emptying their "Junk E-mail" folders. The Opera Software company later sent a physical letter to Microsoft. Nevertheless, as of February 11, 2005, Microsoft had neither replied to the messages nor corrected the issue.[31][32]

Version 8 edit

 
Opera 8.0 on Windows XP
 
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On April 19, 2005, version 8.0 was released.[33] Besides supporting SVG Tiny, multimodal features and User JavaScript, the default user interface was cleaned up and simplified. The default home page was an improved search portal.[34] The changes displeased a number of existing users since some advanced settings became hidden.[35]

Version 8.0 introduced support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Tiny. This marked the first major web browser to natively support some form of SVG.[36]

Version 8.5 was released on September 20, 2005. Opera announced that their browser would be available free of charge and without advertisements, although the company still continued to sell support contracts.[37] Enhancements included automatic client-side fixing of web sites that did not render correctly, and a number of security fixes.

Version 9 edit

 
Opera 9 Browsing Wikipedia Powered on MediaWiki on Linux in GNOME 2 Desktop

Version 9.0 was the first Microsoft Windows, Linux, and BSD browser to pass the Acid2 test.[38][39] This version, released on June 20, 2006, added XSLT and improved SVG to 1.1 Basic level.

This was the first version to be on the Wii.

Beta versions of Opera 9 included an Easter egg that, when triggered,[40] affects the Acid2 test. After the page has been open for a while, the eyes of the smiley will follow the cursor around and when the user clicks on the eyes, a JavaScript alert will read "Because just passing is not enough ;)".[41] The changes to the Acid2 code were applied using Opera's browser.js feature, and remain available in a separate User JavaScript file.[42]

Opera introduced Widgets, small web applications, a built-in BitTorrent client, improved content blocking and a built-in tool for creating and editing search engines. Opera also added ability to read MHTML and to save the web page as archives.

Version 9.1 (released in 2006) introduced fraud protection using technology from GeoTrust, a digital certificate provider, and PhishTank, an organization that tracks known phishing web sites.[43]

Version 9.2, codenamed Merlin, introduced Speed Dial, 3 × 3 small thumbnails which are shown instead of a blank page.

Version 9.5, codenamed Kestrel (after the Kestrel falcon), was released to span the gap between Opera 9.2 and Opera 10.[44] It included some of the rendering improvements due to be made in Opera 10 and also aimed to provide better integration with various operating systems.[45][46][47] The first alpha build of Opera 9.5 was released on September 4, 2007. The first public beta was released on October 25, 2007,[48] and the final version was released on June 12, 2008.[49] The final release was downloaded more than 4.5 million times in the first 5 days.[50]

Opera 9.5 has improved support for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), including many more CSS3 selectors and the CSS2 text-shadow property.[51][52] Support for other web standards was also improved. For example, Opera 9.5's Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) implementation supports 93.8% of the W3C's SVG test suite,[53] and built-in support for Animated Portable Network Graphics (APNG) and MathML.[54][55] Opera 9.5 also supports high-security Extended Validation Certificates[56] and added malware protection through partnership with Haute Secure.[57]

The interface underwent a few alterations as well, using "Sharp" by default, a new skin designed to be more intuitive,[58] though the classic skin was still available as a user preference. Screen reader support has been added back in. Opera's mail client, Opera Mail, has been updated, with an improved indexing feature and many bugfixes.[59] Opera 9.5 also lets users save bookmarks, notes, the Personal Bar and Speed Dial settings to the Opera Link service. These preferences can then be synchronized with another Opera browser, such as a copy of Opera Mini running on a mobile phone.[60]

Alongside the new features, Opera 9.5 had new performance improvements. For example, x64-bit editions of Opera for compatible Linux and BSD operating systems.[45][61] On the other hand, SPARC Linux support has been dropped.[62]

Version 9.6 improved Opera Link with the new opportunity to sync custom search engines and typed history. Feed preview and an updated Opera Mail client were additional changes.

Version 10 edit

Version 10 (Peregrine) debuted in a first beta version on June 3, 2009 and scored 100/100 on the Acid3 test, but failed the smoothness criteria. There was also a preview build that scored 100/100, released on March 28, 2009. Among other features, it also came with speed optimizations, inline spell checking for forms, an auto update feature, HTML mail formatting, web fonts and SVG font support, alpha transparency support using the RGBA and HSLA color models, and an updated version of the Opera Dragonfly web debugger. Opera Turbo, a mode which uses Opera's servers as proxy servers with data compression, reducing volume of data transferred by up to 80% (depending upon content), and thus increasing speed, was introduced.

Opera 10 was officially released on September 1, 2009. Within a week of release, 10 million downloads had been recorded.

The 10.5x versions (codenamed Evenes) also came with a new JavaScript engine, Carakan, and a new graphics backend dubbed Vega (replacing the previously used Qt), that have increased its speed measurably. Then version 10.60, which Opera Software claims to be 50% faster than Opera 10.50, which also brought up new features like Geolocation, WebM support, AVG malware protection, Speed Dial improvements, etc.

Opera 10.63 is the last version to support Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0, as later releases would require at least Windows 2000.

Version 11 edit

Opera 11 (codenamed Kjevik) was released on December 16, 2010 with new features including extensions, tab stacking, visual mouse gestures, new installer (Windows only) and safety improvements to the address field. In addition, the content blocker list now can be synchronized through Opera Link.[63] It also passes the Acid3 Test as of January 22, 2011.

On April 12, 2011, Opera 11.10 (codenamed Barracuda) was released. It contains many fixes "under the hood", such as improved Turbo Mode, a plug-in installation wizard and a rewritten Speed Dial. Opera 11.10 was updated to use the new Presto 2.8 Rendering Engine. [64]

On May 18, 2011, the final version of Opera 11.11 was released with improvements to security.[65][66]

On June 28, 2011, Opera 11.50 (codename Swordfish) was released. Equipped with the rendering engine Presto 2.9.168 featuring up to 20% faster rendering of CSS and SVG, support for HTML5 tag <time>, Session History and Navigation, it also features extensions in the Speed Dial, support for password sync in Opera Link and an updated UI.[67]

On December 6, 2011, Opera 11.60 (codename Tunny) was released. Updated with the newest rendering engine Presto 2.10.229, this update features several changes including a UI revamp of the email interface, a new address field with star feature, and several "under the hood" as new HTML5 tags and parsing implementations, full ECMAScript 5.1 support. This version also implemented the JSON API geo-location of Google.[68][69]

On January 24, 2012, Opera 11.61 was released with improvements to security and stability.[70]

On March 27, 2012, Opera 11.62 was released with security and stability improvements, bug fixes and performance improvements.[71]

On April 17, 2012, Opera 11.63 was released. It was a Mac-exclusive release, contrary to belief that Apple had prematurely flipped the switch, making this release available for Mac users ahead of Windows and Linux customers.[72]

On May 10, 2012, Opera 11.64 was released, with stability, bug fixes and security improvements.[73]

Version 12 edit

Opera released version 12 Pre-Alpha Build 1017 on June 7, 2011. Its code name was Wahoo.[74] Opera 12 has hardware acceleration, support for WebGL and the new Opera Reader-feature.

On October 13, 2011, a version 12 Alpha build 1105 was released. Includes several speed and memory improvements, themes implementation, full hardware acceleration with WebGL, full ECMAScript 5.1 compliance, and a new HTML5 parser named Ragnarök.[75]

On June 7, 2012, the RC1 version of Opera build 1448 was released. It offers native 64-bit support and out-of-process plug-ins.[76]

On June 14, 2012, the final version of Opera 12.00 was released.

Opera 12.01, with some minor yet important security and stability upgrades, was released on August 2, 2012.[77]

Opera 12.02 was released on August 30, 2012. It is the last version to support Windows 2000 but the succeeding versions would need at least Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

On November 5, 2012, Opera 12.10 was released with improvements, bugfixes and security updates.[78]

On November 20, 2012, Opera 12.11 was released. This release was mainly a stability and security improvement over the previous version.[79]

On December 17, 2012, Opera 12.12 was released. This release is a recommended security and stability update over the previous version.[80] It is the last version to work on XP RTM & SP1, and Server 2003 RTM. The succeeding versions would need at least Windows XP SP2+, and Server 2003 SP1.

On January 30, 2013, Opera 12.13 was released as a recommended stability and security update.[81] A week later, on February 5, 2013, Opera 12.14 was released after the users discovered an autoupdate crash loop bug.[82]

On April 4, 2013, Opera 12.15 was released. This release is a recommended security and stability update over the previous version.[83]

On July 4, 2013, Opera 12.16 was released. This release is a recommended security and stability update over the previous version.

On April 23, 2014, Opera 12.17 was released as a platform-specific security update for Windows to fix the Heartbleed bug in the installer and autoupdater of Opera. The browser itself is not threatened by Heartbleed.[84]

On February 16, 2016, Opera 12.18 was released for the Windows platform. It adds support for elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) as well as Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) for encrypted connections to enable Opera 12 to connect to servers that don't allow other encryption modes anymore. In addition a security issue in the mail client was fixed.[85]

Blink versions edit

Opera 2013 edit

On February 12, 2013, Opera Software announced their intention to transition from their Presto layout engine to WebKit, building upon the base of the Chromium project. Opera will become a contributor to the Chromium project.[86] After the announcement of transition from WebKit to Blink by Google, Opera confirmed it would also switch to Blink instead of WebKit.[87]

The version identifier 13 was skipped, thought to be related to superstition, while 14 was used to refer to a WebKit-based release of Opera for Android.

On May 28, 2013, a beta version of Opera 15 containing Blink was made available for Windows and Mac computers.[88] It removed many distinctive Opera features, including some ubiquitous features like bookmarks (with an expanded Speed Dial intended to replace this feature). The features confirmed to be restored in the near future were synchronization, theme support, geolocation, and a "feature rich" tab bar.[89] The previously-bundled M2 email client was released as a standalone application, Opera Mail. Extensions for the previous browser versions are no longer supported; instead developers are provided with facilities for converting old extensions to Chrome extensions, supported in Opera 15.

On July 2, 2013, the final version of Opera 15.0 was released. This release was not pushed through the automatic update system, as it was deemed some features important to current users had yet to be implemented.[90]

On July 19, 2013, Opera 16 entered the Next stream. This build included the return of geolocation support and automatic form filling, and added a flags page allowing experimental features to be enabled.[91]

On August 27, 2013, Opera 16 was released.[92]

On August 8, 2013, Opera 17 entered the Developer stream, reintroducing rocker gestures, tab pinning, start-up options, and search engine management.[93]

On September 6, 2013, Opera 17 transitioned from the Developer stream to the Next stream in anticipation of its impending release.[94]

On October 8, 2013, Opera 17 was released.[95]

On September 11, 2013, Opera 18 entered the Developer stream, with initial features including tab management, theme support and engine updates. On November 19, 2013, Opera 18 was released.[96][97]

On October 24, 2013, Opera 19 entered the Developer stream. The final release was released on January 28, 2014, with features including the new bookmarks bar, extended theme support and an additional level of settings for hardcore users.[98][99]

Opera 2014 edit

Opera 20 was released on March 4, 2014, based on Chromium 33. Speed dial entries were made resizeable and support was added for dragging tabs to the bookmarks bar. This was the last version for processors without SSE2 instructions. Stash screenshots were also improved.[100]

Opera 21 was released on May 6, 2014, based on Chromium 34, and using Chromium's Aura UI framework. A broken padlock is now shown when sites present invalid security certificates and an option to display the full URL in the address bar was added.[101]

Opera 22 was released on June 3, 2014, based on Chromium 35. Support for high DPI displays was improved and the default theme was changed.[102]

Opera 23 was released on July 22, 2014, based on Chromium 36. A heart menu was added to the address bar, allowing the current page to be added to Speed Dial, Stash, or the bookmarks bar. An option to load insecure content on secure sites was also added.[103]

Opera 24 was released on September 2, 2014, based on Chromium 37. This release introduced tab previews, which are displayed when tabs are hovered. It also included several improvements specific to Windows: the frame of private windows was darkened and support for high DPI displays was improved again.[104]

Opera 25 was released on October 15, 2014, based on Chromium 38. This release introduced a visual bookmark manager and the inclusion of a built-in PDF viewer. Support for desktop notifications was added.[105] This was the last release to support Mac OS X 10.6, with later releases requiring Mac OS X 10.7 or later.

Opera 26 was released on December 3, 2014, based on Chromium 39. This is the first new stable version on Linux since 12.16, released on July 4, 2013. This version introduced the ability to import data from other browsers, including bookmarks and passwords. It also features the ability to share selected bookmarks via a URL, and integrated a print preview. Bing was removed from the default search engine list, and can thus no longer be set as the default.[106] This release also transitioned the Mac version of Opera to the 64-bit architecture.

Opera 2015 edit

Opera 27 was released on January 27, 2015, based on Chromium 40. A tab menu was added on the right of the tab bar, which displays all opened tabs in a list. Hovering the cursor over a name in the list and it shows a preview of the selected tab. Reorganised the navigation on the start page. Includes additional bug-fixes for the PPAPI plugin support and the bookmark manager.[107]

Opera 28 was released on March 10, 2015, based on Chromium 41. Starting with this version, bookmarks can be synchronized between Opera on the desktop, Opera Mobile on Android and Opera Mini on Android and iOS.[108] Support for batch operation was added to the bookmark manager and bookmark suggestions now appear when typing in the address bar.[109]

Opera 29 was released on April 28, 2015, based on Chromium 42. Among the features added in this release were an improved start page look, an improved history manager, the sync of open tabs, sync and manage Speed Dial start pages, an audio indicator on the tab bar, custom keyboard shortcuts and more mouse gestures.[110]

Opera 30 was released on June 9, 2015, based on Chromium 43.

Opera 31 was released on August 4, 2015, based on Chromium 44.[111]

Opera 32 was released on September 15, 2015, based on Chromium 45.[112] When a website using Silverlight is accessed, it gives a message that the Microsoft Silverlight plugin will soon no longer be supported.

Opera 33 was released on October 27, 2015, based on Chromium 46. Microsoft Silverlight and NPAPI still work and the message from Opera 32 is no longer displayed.

Opera 34 was released on December 8, 2015, based on Chromium 47.

Opera 2016 edit

Opera 35 was released on February 2, 2016, based on Chromium 48.[113]

Opera 36 was released on March 15, 2016, and was based on Chromium 49. It is the last version to support Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. The succeeding versions would need at least Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.[114]

Opera 37 was released on May 4, 2016, based on Chromium 50. It was the last version that would run under Mac OS X 10.7 and OS X 10.8. The succeeding versions would need at least OS X 10.9.

Opera 38 was released on June 8, 2016, based on Chromium 51. Free unlimited VPN service from Opera was added.[115]

Opera 39 was released on August 2, 2016, based on Chromium 52.

Opera 40 was released on September 20, 2016, based on Chromium 53.

Opera 41 was released on October 25, 2016, based on Chromium 54.

Opera 42 was released on December 13, 2016, based on Chromium 55.

Opera 2017 edit

Opera 43 was released on February 7, 2017, based on Chromium 56.[116]

Opera 44 was released on March 22, 2017, based on Chromium 57.[117][118]

Opera 45 was released on May 10, 2017, based on Chromium 58, and comes with a slightly overhauled user interface and an integrated messenger sidebar supporting Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Telegram It was the last version that would run under Linux 32-bit, with later versions requiring Linux 64-bit.

Opera 46 was released on June 22, 2017, based on Chromium 59. It includes support for APNG,[119] a feature which was lost upon switching the layout engine in 2013.

Opera 47 was released on August 9, 2017, based on Chromium 60.

Opera 48 was released on September 27, 2017, based on Chromium 61.

Opera 49 was released on November 8, 2017, based on Chromium 62. It was the last version that would run under OS X 10.9. The succeeding versions would need at least OS X 10.10. It includes support for VR.[120][121]

Opera 2018 edit

Opera 50 was released on January 4, 2018, based on Chromium 63. It introduces anti-Bitcoin mining tool.[122]

Opera 51 was released on February 7, 2018, based on Chromium 64.[123]

Opera 52 was released on March 22, 2018, based on Chromium 65.[124]

Opera 53 was released on May 10, 2018, based on Chromium 66. [125]

Opera 54 was released on June 28, 2018, based on Chromium 67.[126]

Opera 55 was released on August 16, 2018, based on Chromium 68.[127]

Opera 56 was released on September 25, 2018, based on Chromium 69.[128]

Opera 57 was released on November 28, 2018, based on Chromium 70.[129]

Opera 2019 edit

Opera 58 was released on January 23, 2019, based on Chromium 71.[130]

Opera 60 was released on April 9, 2019, based on Chromium 73. Opera 59, based on Chromium 72 was skipped.[131]

Opera 62 was released on June 27, 2019, based on Chromium 75. Opera 61, based on Chromium 74 was skipped.[132]

Opera 63 was released on August 20, 2019, based on Chromium 76. It was the last version that would run under OS X 10.10, with later versions requiring OS X 10.11 or later.[133]

Opera 64 was released on October 8, 2019, based on Chromium 77.[134]

Opera 65 was released on November 14, 2019, based on Chromium 78.[135]

Opera 2020 edit

Opera 66 was released on January 8, 2020, based on Chromium 79.[136]

Opera 67 was released on February 25, 2020, based on Chromium 80.[137]

Opera 68 was released on April 22, 2020, based on Chromium 81.[138]

Opera 69 was released on June 24, 2020, based on Chromium 83.[139]

Opera 70 was released on July 28, 2020, based on Chromium 84.[140][141]

Opera 71 was released on September 15, 2020, based on Chromium 85.[142]

Opera 72 was released on October 21, 2020, based on Chromium 86.[143]

Opera 73 was released on December 9, 2020, based on Chromium 87.[144][145]

Opera 2021 edit

Opera 74 was released on February 2, 2021, based on Chromium 88.[146]

Opera 75 was released on March 24, 2021, based on Chromium 89.[147][148]

Opera 76 was released on April 28, 2021, based on Chromium 90.[149]

Opera 77 was released on June 24, 2021, based on Chromium 91. This version introduced many major features.[150]

Opera 78 was released on August 3, 2021, based on Chromium 92.[151]

Opera 79 was released on September 14, 2021, based on Chromium 93.[152]

Opera 80 was released on October 5, 2021, based on Chromium 94.[153]

Opera 81 was released on November 4, 2021, based on Chromium 95.[154]

Opera 82 was released on December 2, 2021, based on Chromium 96.[155]

Opera 2022 edit

Opera 83 was released on January 19, 2022, based on Chromium 97.[156]

Opera 84 was released on February 16, 2022, based on Chromium 98.[157]

Opera 85 was released on March 23, 2022, based on Chromium 99.[158]

Opera 86 was released on April 20, 2022, based on Chromium 100.[159]

Opera 87 was released on May 17, 2022, based on Chromium 101.[160]

Opera 88 was released on June 8, 2022, based on Chromium 102.[161]

Opera 89 was released on July 7, 2022, based on Chromium 103. It was last version that would run under OS X 10.11 and macOS 10.12, with later versions requiring macOS 10.13 or later.[162]

Opera 90 was released on August 18, 2022, based on Chromium 104.[163]

Opera 91 was released on September 14, 2022, based on Chromium 105.[164]

Opera 92 was released on October 19, 2022, based on Chromium 106.[165]

Opera 93 was released on November 17, 2022, based on Chromium 107.[166]

Opera 94 was released on December 15, 2022, based on Chromium 108.[167]

Opera 2023 edit

Opera 95 was released on February 1, 2023, based on Chromium 109. It is the last version to support Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. The succeeding versions would need at least Windows 10, and Windows Server 2016.[168][169]

Opera 96 was released on February 22, 2023, based on Chromium 110.[170]

Opera 97 was released on March 22, 2023, based on Chromium 111, introduces ChatGpt.[171][172]

Opera 98 was released on April 20, 2023, based on Chromium 112.[173]

Opera 99 was released on May 16, 2023, based on Chromium 113.[174]

Opera 100 was released on June 20, 2023, based on Chromium 114. It includes major browser changes codenamed "Opera One". Aria is introduced also in this version as native-browser AI.[175]

Opera 101 was released on July 26, 2023, based on Chromium 115.[176]

Opera 102 was released on August 23, 2023, based on Chromium 116. It was last version that would run under macOS 10.13 and macOS 10.14, with later versions requiring macOS 10.15 or later.[177]

Opera 103 was released on October 3, 2023, based on Chromium 117.[178]

Opera 104 was released on October 23, 2023, based on Chromium 118.[179]

Opera 105 was released on November 14, 2023, based on Chromium 119.[180]

Opera 106 was released on December 19, 2023, based on Chromium 120.[181]

Timeline of releases edit

 

Release compatibility edit

Operating system Latest version Year Support Date Engine
Windows 10 and later,
Server 2016 and later 		107.0.5045.36 (IA-32,x64)[182]   2024 2015– Blink
7, 8 and 8.1,
Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 		95.0.4635.90 (IA-32,x64) 2023 2009–2023
XP SP2 & SP3,
Server 2003 SP1 & R2,
Vista and Server 2008 		36.0.2130.80 (IA-32) 2016 2004–2016
12.18 (x64) 2016 Presto
XP RTM & SP1 and Server 2003 RTM 12.12 (IA-32) 2012 2001–2012
2000 12.02 2012 2000–2012
9x and NT 4.0 (IA-32) 2010 1996–2010
NT 3.51 (IA-32) 2001 1996–2001 Elektra
3.x and NT 3.1–3.5 (IA-32) 2000 1996–2000
macOS 10.15 and later 107.0.5045.36 (x64)[182]   2024 2019– Blink
10.13-10.14 102.0.4880.78 2023 2017-2023
10.11–10.12 89.0.4447.91 2022 2015–2022
10.10 63.0.3368.107 2019 2014–2019
10.9 49.0.2725.64 2017 2013–2017
10.7–10.8 37.0.2178.54 2016 2011–2016
10.6 25.0.1614.71 2014 2009–2014
10.5 12.16 (IA-32,x64) 2013 2007–2013 Presto
10.4 11.10 (IA-32) 2011 2006–2011
10.4–10.5 2010 2005–2010
10.3 2009 2003–2009
10.2 2006 2002–2006
10.0–10.1 2005 2001–2005
8.0–9.2.2 2002 2000–2002 Elektra
7.1.2–7.6.1 2002 2000
Linux desktop 107.0.5045.36 (x64)[182]   2024 2008– Blink
45.0.2552.898 (IA-32) 2017 2000–2017
2010 2000–2010 Presto
2008 2000–2008
FreeBSD 7–12 12.16 (IA-32,x64) 2013 2002–2013
Solaris 10 and later,
OpenSolaris 		10.11 2010 2005–2010
8–9 7.20[dead link] 2003 2000–2003
QNX 5.21 (IA-32) 2001 2001 Elektra
OS/2 and eComStation 5.12 (IA-32) 2001 2001
BeOS 3.62 (IA-32) 2000 2001

Notes

  • Windows 10 is only for IA-32 and x64, not for ARM64 and ARMv7.
  • Only x86-64 builds of Opera for Mac are available at this time. ARM64 builds should soon be available as the Apple transition to ARM processors continues.

Sources:[183][184][185]

Discontinued versions for devices edit

 
Opera Mobile Classic can be used on smartphones such as the Nokia 5800.

Opera Mobile Classic edit

Opera Mobile Classic, formerly called Opera Mobile, is an edition of Opera designed for smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). The first version of Opera Mobile Classic was released in 2000 for the Psion Series 7 and NetBook, with a port to the Windows Mobile platform coming in 2004.[186][187] One of Opera Mobile Classic's major features is the ability to dynamically reformat web pages to better fit the handheld's display using small screen rendering technology.[188] Alternatively, the user may use page zooming for a closer or broader look.[189] However, Opera Mobile's user interface has come under fire for being difficult to use or customize.[190][191] Opera Mobile Classic was replaced by Opera browser for Android.[192]

Internet Channel for Wii edit

Internet Channel is a web browser for Nintendo's Wii gaming console made by Opera Software and Nintendo. Internet Channel was free to download from its release on 12 April 2007[193] until 30 June 2007. After that date, Wii users had to pay 500 Wii Points to download it.[194] However, in late August / early September of the year 2009, the Internet Channel was once again available to download for free and those who paid for the service had their Wii Points returned in the form of a free NES Virtual Console game.[195] Scott Hedrick, an executive of the Opera Software company, explained that the Wii browser was designed to suit a "living room environment".[196] In contrast to Opera's appearance on computer monitors, fonts are larger and the interface is simplified for easier use.[196] Notwithstanding the changes in design, the Wii browser supports the same web standards as the desktop version of Opera 9,[196] including passing the Acid2 test.[197]

Nintendo DS Browser edit

Nintendo DS Browser is an edition of Opera for the Nintendo DS handheld gaming system. The Nintendo DS Browser was released in Japan on 24 July 2006,[198] in Europe on 6 October 2006,[199] and in North America on 4 June 2007.[200]

The Nintendo DS Browser includes the same small screen rendering and page zooming technology present in Opera Mobile.[189][201] It also includes handwriting recognition software and an on-screen keyboard to enable user input. Additionally, Nintendo partnered with Astaro Internet Security to provide web filtering for the Nintendo DS Browser. The technology is simply a professionally maintained proxy server that blocks web sites related to pornography, discrimination, security hacking, software piracy, violence, gambling, illegal drugs, alcohol, tobacco, dating, weapons, abortion, and other content that Nintendo deems objectionable.[202] Users can configure the Nintendo DS Browser to receive web pages through this proxy server, and this setting can be password-protected (by a parent, for example) to prevent circumvention.[203] In August 2007, the Nintendo DS Browser was quietly discontinued in North America.[204]

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The history of the Opera web browser began in 1994 when it was started as a research project at Telenor the largest Norwegian telecommunications company In 1995 the project branched out into a separate company named Opera Software ASA 1 with the first publicly available version released in 1996 2 Opera has undergone extensive changes and improvements and introduced notable features such as Speed Dial MultiTorg OperaUntil version 2 0 the Opera browser was called MultiTorg Opera version 1 0 and had only a limited internal release although it was demonstrated publicly at the Third International WWW Conference in April 1995 3 4 It was known for its multiple document interface MDI and hotlist sidebar which made browsing several pages at once much easier as well as being the first browser to completely focus on adhering to the W3C standards citation needed In February 2013 Opera Software announced that their in house rendering engine Presto would be phased out in favour of WebKit 5 Opera 15 saw the browser being fully rewritten with this and subsequent releases being based on Blink and Chromium Contents 1 Elektra versions 1 1 Version 2 1 2 Version 3 1 3 Version 4 1 4 Version 5 1 5 Version 6 1 5 1 First MSN com controversy 2 Presto versions 2 1 Version 7 2 1 1 Second MSN com controversy 2 1 2 Hotmail controversy 2 2 Version 8 2 3 Version 9 2 4 Version 10 2 5 Version 11 2 6 Version 12 3 Blink versions 3 1 Opera 2013 3 2 Opera 2014 3 3 Opera 2015 3 4 Opera 2016 3 5 Opera 2017 3 6 Opera 2018 3 7 Opera 2019 3 8 Opera 2020 3 9 Opera 2021 3 10 Opera 2022 3 11 Opera 2023 4 Timeline of releases 5 Release compatibility 6 Discontinued versions for devices 6 1 Opera Mobile Classic 6 2 Internet Channel for Wii 6 3 Nintendo DS Browser 7 References 8 External linksElektra versions editSee also Features of the Opera web browser Version 2 edit Version 2 0 the first public release of Opera was released as shareware in 1996 6 7 Due to popular demand Opera Software showed interest in programming its browser for alternative operating systems such as Apple Macintosh QNX and BeOS On October 10 1997 they launched Project Magic an effort to determine who would be willing to purchase a copy of their browser in their native OS and to properly distribute funds to develop or outsource for such operating systems 8 On November 30 1997 they closed voting for which operating system to develop with Project Magic then became a news column for updates for alternative operating systems until version 4 9 Version 3 edit nbsp Opera 3 62 Browsing Opera on Windows 9xOpera 3 was the first version of Opera with JavaScript support 7 but Java was still missing 10 It was released for multiple operating systems on December 31 1997 11 12 In 1998 Opera 3 5 was released adding Cascading Style Sheets CSS support 7 and file upload capability 13 Since version 3 5 Opera has supported CSS and Hakon Wium Lie one of the inventors of CSS is the CTO at Opera 14 Up to 6 0 Opera supported most common web standards Netscape plugins and some other recent standards such as WAP and WML for wireless devices but its implementation of advanced ECMAScript of which JavaScript is an implementation and the HTML Document Object Model was poor Version 3 6 was released on May 12 1999 15 The 16 bit version of Opera for Windows 3 62 is the last version to support Windows 3 x Further releases would require Windows 95 Version 4 edit On June 28 2000 16 Opera 4 for Windows Elektra 17 was released introducing a new cross platform core and a new integrated email client Version 5 edit nbsp Opera 5 02 on Windows XPOpera 5 released on December 6 2000 was the first version which was ad sponsored instead of having a trial period 18 Version 5 also supported ICQ but this was dropped from later versions Opera supported OS 2 for the first time requiring WarpIN and Odin to be installed 19 Opera 5 10 April 2001 was the first version to recognize mouse gestures but this feature was disabled by default Version 6 edit nbsp Opera 6 0On November 29 2001 Opera 6 was released with new features including Unicode support and offering a single document interface as well as the multiple document interface allowed by previous versions 20 First MSN com controversy edit On October 24 2001 Microsoft blocked users of browsers other than Internet Explorer including Opera from accessing MSN com After accusations of monopolistic behavior Microsoft lifted the restrictions two days later 21 22 However as late as November 2001 Opera users were still locked out from some MSN com content despite Opera s ability to display the content had it been served 23 Presto versions editThis section may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards as it reads like a time line after Version 8 You can help The talk page may contain suggestions June 2022 Version 7 edit nbsp Opera 7 02On January 28 2003 24 Opera 7 was released introducing the new Presto layout engine with improved CSS client side scripting and Document Object Model DOM support Mac OS 9 support was dropped Version 7 0 saw Opera undergo an extensive rewrite with the faster and more powerful Presto layout engine The new engine brought almost full support for the HTML DOM meaning that parts of or a whole page can be re rendered in response to DOM and script events A 2004 review in The Washington Post described Opera 7 5 as being excessively complex and difficult to use The review also criticized the free edition s use of obtrusive advertisements when other browsers such as Mozilla and Safari were offered free of charge without including advertisements 25 In August 2004 Opera 7 6 began limited alpha testing It had more advanced standards support and introduced voice support for Opera as well as support for Voice XML Opera also announced a new browser for Interactive Television which included a fit to width option Opera 8 introduced Fit to Width is a technology that initially utilized the power of CSS but it is now internal Opera technology Pages are dynamically resized by making images and or text smaller and even removing images with specific dimensions to make it fit on any screen width improving the experience on smaller screens dramatically Opera 7 6 was never officially released as a final version On January 12 2005 Opera Software announced that it would offer free licenses to higher education institutions 26 a change from the previous cost of 1 000 USD for unlimited licenses Schools that opted for the free license included Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Harvard University University of Oxford Georgia Institute of Technology and Duke University Opera was commonly criticized for having been ad sponsored since this was seen as a barrier to gaining market share In the newer versions the user was allowed a choice of generic graphical banners or text based targeted advertisements provided by Google based upon the page being viewed Users could pay a license fee to remove the advertisement bar Second MSN com controversy edit In 2003 MSN com was configured to present Opera browsers with a style sheet used for old versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 27 Other browsers received either a style sheet tailored to them or at least the latest Internet Explorer style sheet 28 The outdated style sheet that Opera received caused Opera to move a significant amount of MSN com s content 30 pixels to the left of where it should be distorting the page and making it appear as though there was a bug in Opera 29 In response the Opera Software company created a special Bork edition of Opera which displayed gibberish instead of MSN com but not on any other web site They said they did this to make a point about the necessity of a harmonious relationship between web browsers and web sites 30 After the complaints Microsoft changed their servers to present the latest version of Opera version 7 with the style sheet served to the latest version of Internet Explorer which resolved the problem However Microsoft continued to serve the outdated style sheet to the older Opera 6 28 30 Hotmail controversy edit In November 2004 Opera Software sent an electronic message to Microsoft complaining that Opera users were sent an incomplete JavaScript file when using Hotmail now Outlook com The incomplete file prevented Opera users from emptying their Junk E mail folders The Opera Software company later sent a physical letter to Microsoft Nevertheless as of February 11 2005 Microsoft had neither replied to the messages nor corrected the issue 31 32 Version 8 edit nbsp Opera 8 0 on Windows XP nbsp Wikinews has related news New version of Opera web browser releasedOpera Internet browser goes ad free On April 19 2005 version 8 0 was released 33 Besides supporting SVG Tiny multimodal features and User JavaScript the default user interface was cleaned up and simplified The default home page was an improved search portal 34 The changes displeased a number of existing users since some advanced settings became hidden 35 Version 8 0 introduced support for Scalable Vector Graphics SVG 1 1 Tiny This marked the first major web browser to natively support some form of SVG 36 Version 8 5 was released on September 20 2005 Opera announced that their browser would be available free of charge and without advertisements although the company still continued to sell support contracts 37 Enhancements included automatic client side fixing of web sites that did not render correctly and a number of security fixes Version 9 edit nbsp Opera 9 Browsing Wikipedia Powered on MediaWiki on Linux in GNOME 2 DesktopVersion 9 0 was the first Microsoft Windows Linux and BSD browser to pass the Acid2 test 38 39 This version released on June 20 2006 added XSLT and improved SVG to 1 1 Basic level This was the first version to be on the Wii Beta versions of Opera 9 included an Easter egg that when triggered 40 affects the Acid2 test After the page has been open for a while the eyes of the smiley will follow the cursor around and when the user clicks on the eyes a JavaScript alert will read Because just passing is not enough 41 The changes to the Acid2 code were applied using Opera s browser js feature and remain available in a separate User JavaScript file 42 Opera introduced Widgets small web applications a built in BitTorrent client improved content blocking and a built in tool for creating and editing search engines Opera also added ability to read MHTML and to save the web page as archives Version 9 1 released in 2006 introduced fraud protection using technology from GeoTrust a digital certificate provider and PhishTank an organization that tracks known phishing web sites 43 Version 9 2 codenamed Merlin introduced Speed Dial 3 3 small thumbnails which are shown instead of a blank page Version 9 5 codenamed Kestrel after the Kestrel falcon was released to span the gap between Opera 9 2 and Opera 10 44 It included some of the rendering improvements due to be made in Opera 10 and also aimed to provide better integration with various operating systems 45 46 47 The first alpha build of Opera 9 5 was released on September 4 2007 The first public beta was released on October 25 2007 48 and the final version was released on June 12 2008 49 The final release was downloaded more than 4 5 million times in the first 5 days 50 Opera 9 5 has improved support for Cascading Style Sheets CSS including many more CSS3 selectors and the CSS2 text shadow property 51 52 Support for other web standards was also improved For example Opera 9 5 s Scalable Vector Graphics SVG implementation supports 93 8 of the W3C s SVG test suite 53 and built in support for Animated Portable Network Graphics APNG and MathML 54 55 Opera 9 5 also supports high security Extended Validation Certificates 56 and added malware protection through partnership with Haute Secure 57 The interface underwent a few alterations as well using Sharp by default a new skin designed to be more intuitive 58 though the classic skin was still available as a user preference Screen reader support has been added back in Opera s mail client Opera Mail has been updated with an improved indexing feature and many bugfixes 59 Opera 9 5 also lets users save bookmarks notes the Personal Bar and Speed Dial settings to the Opera Link service These preferences can then be synchronized with another Opera browser such as a copy of Opera Mini running on a mobile phone 60 Alongside the new features Opera 9 5 had new performance improvements For example x64 bit editions of Opera for compatible Linux and BSD operating systems 45 61 On the other hand SPARC Linux support has been dropped 62 Version 9 6 improved Opera Link with the new opportunity to sync custom search engines and typed history Feed preview and an updated Opera Mail client were additional changes Version 10 edit Version 10 Peregrine debuted in a first beta version on June 3 2009 and scored 100 100 on the Acid3 test but failed the smoothness criteria There was also a preview build that scored 100 100 released on March 28 2009 Among other features it also came with speed optimizations inline spell checking for forms an auto update feature HTML mail formatting web fonts and SVG font support alpha transparency support using the RGBA and HSLA color models and an updated version of the Opera Dragonfly web debugger Opera Turbo a mode which uses Opera s servers as proxy servers with data compression reducing volume of data transferred by up to 80 depending upon content and thus increasing speed was introduced Opera 10 was officially released on September 1 2009 Within a week of release 10 million downloads had been recorded The 10 5x versions codenamed Evenes also came with a new JavaScript engine Carakan and a new graphics backend dubbed Vega replacing the previously used Qt that have increased its speed measurably Then version 10 60 which Opera Software claims to be 50 faster than Opera 10 50 which also brought up new features like Geolocation WebM support AVG malware protection Speed Dial improvements etc Opera 10 63 is the last version to support Windows 9x and Windows NT 4 0 as later releases would require at least Windows 2000 Version 11 edit Opera 11 codenamed Kjevik was released on December 16 2010 with new features including extensions tab stacking visual mouse gestures new installer Windows only and safety improvements to the address field In addition the content blocker list now can be synchronized through Opera Link 63 It also passes the Acid3 Test as of January 22 2011 On April 12 2011 Opera 11 10 codenamed Barracuda was released It contains many fixes under the hood such as improved Turbo Mode a plug in installation wizard and a rewritten Speed Dial Opera 11 10 was updated to use the new Presto 2 8 Rendering Engine 64 On May 18 2011 the final version of Opera 11 11 was released with improvements to security 65 66 On June 28 2011 Opera 11 50 codename Swordfish was released Equipped with the rendering engine Presto 2 9 168 featuring up to 20 faster rendering of CSS and SVG support for HTML5 tag lt time gt Session History and Navigation it also features extensions in the Speed Dial support for password sync in Opera Link and an updated UI 67 On December 6 2011 Opera 11 60 codename Tunny was released Updated with the newest rendering engine Presto 2 10 229 this update features several changes including a UI revamp of the email interface a new address field with star feature and several under the hood as new HTML5 tags and parsing implementations full ECMAScript 5 1 support This version also implemented the JSON API geo location of Google 68 69 On January 24 2012 Opera 11 61 was released with improvements to security and stability 70 On March 27 2012 Opera 11 62 was released with security and stability improvements bug fixes and performance improvements 71 On April 17 2012 Opera 11 63 was released It was a Mac exclusive release contrary to belief that Apple had prematurely flipped the switch making this release available for Mac users ahead of Windows and Linux customers 72 On May 10 2012 Opera 11 64 was released with stability bug fixes and security improvements 73 Version 12 edit Opera released version 12 Pre Alpha Build 1017 on June 7 2011 Its code name was Wahoo 74 Opera 12 has hardware acceleration support for WebGL and the new Opera Reader feature On October 13 2011 a version 12 Alpha build 1105 was released Includes several speed and memory improvements themes implementation full hardware acceleration with WebGL full ECMAScript 5 1 compliance and a new HTML5 parser named Ragnarok 75 On June 7 2012 the RC1 version of Opera build 1448 was released It offers native 64 bit support and out of process plug ins 76 On June 14 2012 the final version of Opera 12 00 was released Opera 12 01 with some minor yet important security and stability upgrades was released on August 2 2012 77 Opera 12 02 was released on August 30 2012 It is the last version to support Windows 2000 but the succeeding versions would need at least Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 On November 5 2012 Opera 12 10 was released with improvements bugfixes and security updates 78 On November 20 2012 Opera 12 11 was released This release was mainly a stability and security improvement over the previous version 79 On December 17 2012 Opera 12 12 was released This release is a recommended security and stability update over the previous version 80 It is the last version to work on XP RTM amp SP1 and Server 2003 RTM The succeeding versions would need at least Windows XP SP2 and Server 2003 SP1 On January 30 2013 Opera 12 13 was released as a recommended stability and security update 81 A week later on February 5 2013 Opera 12 14 was released after the users discovered an autoupdate crash loop bug 82 On April 4 2013 Opera 12 15 was released This release is a recommended security and stability update over the previous version 83 On July 4 2013 Opera 12 16 was released This release is a recommended security and stability update over the previous version On April 23 2014 Opera 12 17 was released as a platform specific security update for Windows to fix the Heartbleed bug in the installer and autoupdater of Opera The browser itself is not threatened by Heartbleed 84 On February 16 2016 Opera 12 18 was released for the Windows platform It adds support for elliptic curve cryptography ECC as well as Galois Counter Mode GCM for encrypted connections to enable Opera 12 to connect to servers that don t allow other encryption modes anymore In addition a security issue in the mail client was fixed 85 Blink versions editThis section may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards as it reads like a time line You can help The talk page may contain suggestions June 2022 Opera 2013 edit On February 12 2013 Opera Software announced their intention to transition from their Presto layout engine to WebKit building upon the base of the Chromium project Opera will become a contributor to the Chromium project 86 After the announcement of transition from WebKit to Blink by Google Opera confirmed it would also switch to Blink instead of WebKit 87 The version identifier 13 was skipped thought to be related to superstition while 14 was used to refer to a WebKit based release of Opera for Android On May 28 2013 a beta version of Opera 15 containing Blink was made available for Windows and Mac computers 88 It removed many distinctive Opera features including some ubiquitous features like bookmarks with an expanded Speed Dial intended to replace this feature The features confirmed to be restored in the near future were synchronization theme support geolocation and a feature rich tab bar 89 The previously bundled M2 email client was released as a standalone application Opera Mail Extensions for the previous browser versions are no longer supported instead developers are provided with facilities for converting old extensions to Chrome extensions supported in Opera 15 On July 2 2013 the final version of Opera 15 0 was released This release was not pushed through the automatic update system as it was deemed some features important to current users had yet to be implemented 90 On July 19 2013 Opera 16 entered the Next stream This build included the return of geolocation support and automatic form filling and added a flags page allowing experimental features to be enabled 91 On August 27 2013 Opera 16 was released 92 On August 8 2013 Opera 17 entered the Developer stream reintroducing rocker gestures tab pinning start up options and search engine management 93 On September 6 2013 Opera 17 transitioned from the Developer stream to the Next stream in anticipation of its impending release 94 On October 8 2013 Opera 17 was released 95 On September 11 2013 Opera 18 entered the Developer stream with initial features including tab management theme support and engine updates On November 19 2013 Opera 18 was released 96 97 On October 24 2013 Opera 19 entered the Developer stream The final release was released on January 28 2014 with features including the new bookmarks bar extended theme support and an additional level of settings for hardcore users 98 99 Opera 2014 edit Opera 20 was released on March 4 2014 based on Chromium 33 Speed dial entries were made resizeable and support was added for dragging tabs to the bookmarks bar This was the last version for processors without SSE2 instructions Stash screenshots were also improved 100 Opera 21 was released on May 6 2014 based on Chromium 34 and using Chromium s Aura UI framework A broken padlock is now shown when sites present invalid security certificates and an option to display the full URL in the address bar was added 101 Opera 22 was released on June 3 2014 based on Chromium 35 Support for high DPI displays was improved and the default theme was changed 102 Opera 23 was released on July 22 2014 based on Chromium 36 A heart menu was added to the address bar allowing the current page to be added to Speed Dial Stash or the bookmarks bar An option to load insecure content on secure sites was also added 103 Opera 24 was released on September 2 2014 based on Chromium 37 This release introduced tab previews which are displayed when tabs are hovered It also included several improvements specific to Windows the frame of private windows was darkened and support for high DPI displays was improved again 104 Opera 25 was released on October 15 2014 based on Chromium 38 This release introduced a visual bookmark manager and the inclusion of a built in PDF viewer Support for desktop notifications was added 105 This was the last release to support Mac OS X 10 6 with later releases requiring Mac OS X 10 7 or later Opera 26 was released on December 3 2014 based on Chromium 39 This is the first new stable version on Linux since 12 16 released on July 4 2013 This version introduced the ability to import data from other browsers including bookmarks and passwords It also features the ability to share selected bookmarks via a URL and integrated a print preview Bing was removed from the default search engine list and can thus no longer be set as the default 106 This release also transitioned the Mac version of Opera to the 64 bit architecture Opera 2015 edit Opera 27 was released on January 27 2015 based on Chromium 40 A tab menu was added on the right of the tab bar which displays all opened tabs in a list Hovering the cursor over a name in the list and it shows a preview of the selected tab Reorganised the navigation on the start page Includes additional bug fixes for the PPAPI plugin support and the bookmark manager 107 Opera 28 was released on March 10 2015 based on Chromium 41 Starting with this version bookmarks can be synchronized between Opera on the desktop Opera Mobile on Android and Opera Mini on Android and iOS 108 Support for batch operation was added to the bookmark manager and bookmark suggestions now appear when typing in the address bar 109 Opera 29 was released on April 28 2015 based on Chromium 42 Among the features added in this release were an improved start page look an improved history manager the sync of open tabs sync and manage Speed Dial start pages an audio indicator on the tab bar custom keyboard shortcuts and more mouse gestures 110 Opera 30 was released on June 9 2015 based on Chromium 43 Opera 31 was released on August 4 2015 based on Chromium 44 111 Opera 32 was released on September 15 2015 based on Chromium 45 112 When a website using Silverlight is accessed it gives a message that the Microsoft Silverlight plugin will soon no longer be supported Opera 33 was released on October 27 2015 based on Chromium 46 Microsoft Silverlight and NPAPI still work and the message from Opera 32 is no longer displayed Opera 34 was released on December 8 2015 based on Chromium 47 Opera 2016 edit Opera 35 was released on February 2 2016 based on Chromium 48 113 Opera 36 was released on March 15 2016 and was based on Chromium 49 It is the last version to support Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 The succeeding versions would need at least Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 114 Opera 37 was released on May 4 2016 based on Chromium 50 It was the last version that would run under Mac OS X 10 7 and OS X 10 8 The succeeding versions would need at least OS X 10 9 Opera 38 was released on June 8 2016 based on Chromium 51 Free unlimited VPN service from Opera was added 115 Opera 39 was released on August 2 2016 based on Chromium 52 Opera 40 was released on September 20 2016 based on Chromium 53 Opera 41 was released on October 25 2016 based on Chromium 54 Opera 42 was released on December 13 2016 based on Chromium 55 Opera 2017 edit Opera 43 was released on February 7 2017 based on Chromium 56 116 Opera 44 was released on March 22 2017 based on Chromium 57 117 118 Opera 45 was released on May 10 2017 based on Chromium 58 and comes with a slightly overhauled user interface and an integrated messenger sidebar supporting Facebook Messenger WhatsApp and Telegram It was the last version that would run under Linux 32 bit with later versions requiring Linux 64 bit Opera 46 was released on June 22 2017 based on Chromium 59 It includes support for APNG 119 a feature which was lost upon switching the layout engine in 2013 Opera 47 was released on August 9 2017 based on Chromium 60 Opera 48 was released on September 27 2017 based on Chromium 61 Opera 49 was released on November 8 2017 based on Chromium 62 It was the last version that would run under OS X 10 9 The succeeding versions would need at least OS X 10 10 It includes support for VR 120 121 Opera 2018 edit Opera 50 was released on January 4 2018 based on Chromium 63 It introduces anti Bitcoin mining tool 122 Opera 51 was released on February 7 2018 based on Chromium 64 123 Opera 52 was released on March 22 2018 based on Chromium 65 124 Opera 53 was released on May 10 2018 based on Chromium 66 125 Opera 54 was released on June 28 2018 based on Chromium 67 126 Opera 55 was released on August 16 2018 based on Chromium 68 127 Opera 56 was released on September 25 2018 based on Chromium 69 128 Opera 57 was released on November 28 2018 based on Chromium 70 129 Opera 2019 edit Opera 58 was released on January 23 2019 based on Chromium 71 130 Opera 60 was released on April 9 2019 based on Chromium 73 Opera 59 based on Chromium 72 was skipped 131 Opera 62 was released on June 27 2019 based on Chromium 75 Opera 61 based on Chromium 74 was skipped 132 Opera 63 was released on August 20 2019 based on Chromium 76 It was the last version that would run under OS X 10 10 with later versions requiring OS X 10 11 or later 133 Opera 64 was released on October 8 2019 based on Chromium 77 134 Opera 65 was released on November 14 2019 based on Chromium 78 135 Opera 2020 edit Opera 66 was released on January 8 2020 based on Chromium 79 136 Opera 67 was released on February 25 2020 based on Chromium 80 137 Opera 68 was released on April 22 2020 based on Chromium 81 138 Opera 69 was released on June 24 2020 based on Chromium 83 139 Opera 70 was released on July 28 2020 based on Chromium 84 140 141 Opera 71 was released on September 15 2020 based on Chromium 85 142 Opera 72 was released on October 21 2020 based on Chromium 86 143 Opera 73 was released on December 9 2020 based on Chromium 87 144 145 Opera 2021 edit Opera 74 was released on February 2 2021 based on Chromium 88 146 Opera 75 was released on March 24 2021 based on Chromium 89 147 148 Opera 76 was released on April 28 2021 based on Chromium 90 149 Opera 77 was released on June 24 2021 based on Chromium 91 This version introduced many major features 150 Opera 78 was released on August 3 2021 based on Chromium 92 151 Opera 79 was released on September 14 2021 based on Chromium 93 152 Opera 80 was released on October 5 2021 based on Chromium 94 153 Opera 81 was released on November 4 2021 based on Chromium 95 154 Opera 82 was released on December 2 2021 based on Chromium 96 155 Opera 2022 edit Opera 83 was released on January 19 2022 based on Chromium 97 156 Opera 84 was released on February 16 2022 based on Chromium 98 157 Opera 85 was released on March 23 2022 based on Chromium 99 158 Opera 86 was released on April 20 2022 based on Chromium 100 159 Opera 87 was released on May 17 2022 based on Chromium 101 160 Opera 88 was released on June 8 2022 based on Chromium 102 161 Opera 89 was released on July 7 2022 based on Chromium 103 It was last version that would run under OS X 10 11 and macOS 10 12 with later versions requiring macOS 10 13 or later 162 Opera 90 was released on August 18 2022 based on Chromium 104 163 Opera 91 was released on September 14 2022 based on Chromium 105 164 Opera 92 was released on October 19 2022 based on Chromium 106 165 Opera 93 was released on November 17 2022 based on Chromium 107 166 Opera 94 was released on December 15 2022 based on Chromium 108 167 Opera 2023 edit Opera 95 was released on February 1 2023 based on Chromium 109 It is the last version to support Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 The succeeding versions would need at least Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 168 169 Opera 96 was released on February 22 2023 based on Chromium 110 170 Opera 97 was released on March 22 2023 based on Chromium 111 introduces ChatGpt 171 172 Opera 98 was released on April 20 2023 based on Chromium 112 173 Opera 99 was released on May 16 2023 based on Chromium 113 174 Opera 100 was released on June 20 2023 based on Chromium 114 It includes major browser changes codenamed Opera One Aria is introduced also in this version as native browser AI 175 Opera 101 was released on July 26 2023 based on Chromium 115 176 Opera 102 was released on August 23 2023 based on Chromium 116 It was last version that would run under macOS 10 13 and macOS 10 14 with later versions requiring macOS 10 15 or later 177 Opera 103 was released on October 3 2023 based on Chromium 117 178 Opera 104 was released on October 23 2023 based on Chromium 118 179 Opera 105 was released on November 14 2023 based on Chromium 119 180 Opera 106 was released on December 19 2023 based on Chromium 120 181 Timeline of releases edit nbsp Release compatibility editOperating system Latest version Year Support Date EngineWindows 10 and later Server 2016 and later 107 0 5045 36 IA 32 x64 182 nbsp 2024 2015 Blink7 8 and 8 1 Server 2008 R2 Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 95 0 4635 90 IA 32 x64 2023 2009 2023XP SP2 amp SP3 Server 2003 SP1 amp R2 Vista and Server 2008 36 0 2130 80 IA 32 2016 2004 201612 18 x64 2016 PrestoXP RTM amp SP1 and Server 2003 RTM 12 12 IA 32 2012 2001 20122000 12 02 2012 2000 20129x and NT 4 0 IA 32 10 63 2010 1996 2010NT 3 51 IA 32 5 12 2001 1996 2001 Elektra3 x and NT 3 1 3 5 IA 32 3 62 2000 1996 2000macOS 10 15 and later 107 0 5045 36 x64 182 nbsp 2024 2019 Blink10 13 10 14 102 0 4880 78 2023 2017 202310 11 10 12 89 0 4447 91 2022 2015 202210 10 63 0 3368 107 2019 2014 201910 9 49 0 2725 64 2017 2013 201710 7 10 8 37 0 2178 54 2016 2011 201610 6 25 0 1614 71 2014 2009 201410 5 12 16 IA 32 x64 2013 2007 2013 Presto10 4 11 10 IA 32 2011 2006 201110 4 10 5 10 63 PPC 2010 2005 201010 3 10 10 2009 2003 200910 2 8 54 2006 2002 200610 0 10 1 7 54u2 2005 2001 20058 0 9 2 2 6 03 PPC 2002 2000 2002 Elektra7 1 2 7 6 1 5 00 PPC 2002 2000Linux desktop 107 0 5045 36 x64 182 nbsp 2024 2008 Blink45 0 2552 898 IA 32 2017 2000 201710 63 PPC 2010 2000 2010 Presto9 27 SPARC V9 2008 2000 2008FreeBSD 7 12 12 16 IA 32 x64 2013 2002 2013Solaris 10 and later OpenSolaris 10 11 2010 2005 20108 9 7 20 dead link 2003 2000 2003QNX 5 21 IA 32 2001 2001 ElektraOS 2 and eComStation 5 12 IA 32 2001 2001BeOS 3 62 IA 32 2000 2001Notes Windows 10 is only for IA 32 and x64 not for ARM64 and ARMv7 Only x86 64 builds of Opera for Mac are available at this time ARM64 builds should soon be available as the Apple transition to ARM processors continues Sources 183 184 185 Discontinued versions for devices edit nbsp Opera Mobile Classic can be used on smartphones such as the Nokia 5800 Opera Mobile Classic edit Opera Mobile Classic formerly called Opera Mobile is an edition of Opera designed for smartphones and personal digital assistants PDAs The first version of Opera Mobile Classic was released in 2000 for the Psion Series 7 and NetBook with a port to the Windows Mobile platform coming in 2004 186 187 One of Opera Mobile Classic s major features is the ability to dynamically reformat web pages to better fit the handheld s display using small screen rendering technology 188 Alternatively the user may use page zooming for a closer or broader look 189 However Opera Mobile s user interface has come under fire for being difficult to use or customize 190 191 Opera Mobile Classic was replaced by Opera browser for Android 192 Internet Channel for Wii edit Internet Channel is a web browser for Nintendo s Wii gaming console made by Opera Software and Nintendo Internet Channel was free to download from its release on 12 April 2007 193 until 30 June 2007 After that date Wii users had to pay 500 Wii Points to download it 194 However in late August early September of the year 2009 the Internet Channel was once again available to download for free and those who paid for the service had their Wii Points returned in the form of a free NES Virtual Console game 195 Scott Hedrick an executive of the Opera Software company explained that the Wii browser was designed to suit a living room environment 196 In contrast to Opera s appearance on computer monitors fonts are larger and the interface is simplified for easier use 196 Notwithstanding the changes in design the Wii browser supports the same web standards as the desktop version of Opera 9 196 including passing the Acid2 test 197 Nintendo DS Browser edit Nintendo DS Browser is an edition of Opera for the Nintendo DS handheld gaming system The Nintendo DS Browser was released in Japan on 24 July 2006 198 in Europe on 6 October 2006 199 and in North America on 4 June 2007 200 The Nintendo DS Browser includes the same small screen rendering and page zooming technology present in Opera Mobile 189 201 It also includes handwriting recognition software and an on screen keyboard to enable user input Additionally Nintendo partnered with Astaro Internet Security to provide web filtering for the Nintendo DS Browser The technology is simply a professionally maintained proxy server that blocks web sites related to pornography discrimination security hacking software piracy violence gambling illegal drugs alcohol tobacco dating weapons abortion and other content that Nintendo deems objectionable 202 Users can configure the Nintendo DS Browser to receive web pages through this proxy server and this setting can be password protected by a parent for example to prevent circumvention 203 In August 2007 the Nintendo DS Browser was quietly discontinued in 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