Opera 9.6 focuses on neglected features

UPDATED: Corrected Opera's country of origin.

E-mail and RSS feed improvements top the list of changes for Opera 9.60, moved out of beta today for Windows and Mac. As noted when the 9.60 beta came out last month, this version of the free browser offers up a multifaceted ''low-bandwidth mode'' for Opera Mail and tweaks to the RSS reader.

Updates to Opera Link let users synchronize even more settings.

(Credit: Opera)

The feed preview rolls into Opera's RSS management a standalone RSS app feature so that users can preview feeds before subscribing to them. The low bandwidth option for Opera Mail, also called M2, does different things for different kinds of accounts. Accessible under the Mail option on the Menubar, POP users will see messages truncated to the first 100 lines of a message, while IMAP users will find that it restricts downloads only to new messages. Both strip out attachment downloads unless otherwise specified.

Both accounts will also benefit from the new Follow/Ignore option. Ignore sets a contact's e-mail to never download, and Follow does the opposite, always downloading messages from a specific contact. Ignored contacts' messages are not deleted, just left on your server. Users are expected to manage their own account size limits, though.

Further improvements have also been made to Opera Link, the browser's synchronization service. It now supports synchronizing typed history and custom search engine preferences. This means that if you've typed something into the search or location bar, you can now sync it to any computer that you're using.

The full changelog can be read here.

[Valkyrikat]

"The latest version of the Swedish alternative browser includes improvements to e-mail management, RSS feeds, and synchronization."

Norwegian.

[vini156]

And they actually neglected to provide the new version as you get a error "You tried to access the address http://www.opera.com/download/get.pl?id=31721&location=71&nothanks=yes&sub=marine, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page."

What a feature rich release aka utter foolishness.

[gsmiller88]

Opera needs to add the feature of disabling features (I.E. SpeedDial) and the ability to move that tab bar before I'll ever use it.

[keith law]

opera can set to disable speed dial.
And its tab bar also can be moved
Plz gv comment that u r very sure..

[pjk0]

You can already disable SpeedDial. Paste the following into the address bar and set the property (default 1) to 3: opera:config#Speed Dial State

The tab bar can be moved to the top, bottom, left or right of the screen, or turned off. You can also modify it with various sorts of skins for the UI that are available.

If you want a browser that you can massively configure and customize without having to load up a bunch of external add-ons and all the attendant compatibility issues, there is nothing in the world more tweakable and customizable than Opera.

[srosenblatt]

Sorry about the origin country error, it's been corrected.
/.s./

[keith law]

i hv use opera for 2 years since version 9.25
The only problem that i face is that some Browser Helper Objects(BHOs) like download manager, yahoo toolbar etc cannot used, but this is a factor to maintain security level as some BHOs may dangerous.
But later i find out a tool called "Oget" that can make download manager can cooperate with Opera
Some may prefer firefox for its famous script called "NoScript" that secure users, but Opera can be configured to do what NoScript do with stronger protection as opera also provide "fraud protection" that provided by famous 3rd parties namely Haute Secure, Netcraft and PhishTank..
Summary: Opera is a high secure web browser with high speed browsing that jz a matter of do u willing to give it a deeper try..

[bongsi21]

Opera 9.6 is an essential upgrade from Opera 9.5. It's much more speedy to start the application and faster load-up of websites. Keep it up! Opera.