Opera 7 - Beta 1

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Thanks crackhead for this in BPN. Over one year ago Opera's engineers started working on two separate development branches. One of them later became the successful Opera 6, released in December 2001. The latter was a longer project: optimizing Opera's core with the latest and best in standards support and features, while not compromising speed.

This project was dubbed Presto, a term chosen not by accident. In music "presto" denotes rapid speed or "as if by magic," just the way Opera renders Web pages. When you play "presto" you also play it lightly, reflecting on our famously small browser size.

Now Opera's enhanced engine is getting close to release, and you will all soon be able to try out Presto in the new Opera 7 version to be released soon. On this page we will collect some links for you regarding Presto and Opera 7 as we move closer to release.

Download: Opera 7 Beta 1

View: Coming Soon - Opera 7 links & info

View: Opera Beta Software Newsgroup

#1 Tonny Phang on 13 Nov 2002 - 12:07

currently im usin I E and Opera...

#2 tonyunreal on 13 Nov 2002 - 12:51

Cool...I can't live on web without my Opera browser. Internet Explorer? Only used on pages that Opera doesn't support.

#3 aleni on 13 Nov 2002 - 14:28

HOLY CRAP! been waiting this out for ages, and this is better than ever! too bad no classic skin!

#4 crackhead on 13 Nov 2002 - 14:30

A little more info... [URL=http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/700b1/]View changelog here[/URL] [URL=http://www.opera.com/support/helpfiles/m2tutorial.html]Learn more about M2 (the new e-mail and news client[/URL] [URL=http://www.opera.com/graphics/docs/screenshots/opera-7-win-beta.png]See a screenshot![/URL]

Last edited by 1168 on 13 Nov 2002 - 14:39

#5 Knoxca on 13 Nov 2002 - 15:52

Anymore links?

#6 TwiztidOne on 13 Nov 2002 - 17:20

I just dl'ed it Very nice. I just gots me a new browser

#7 jerichohol on 13 Nov 2002 - 20:43

downloading now

#8 Euphoria on 13 Nov 2002 - 20:50

While Opera 6.05 uses only 9MB of RAM to run, Opera 7 uses 14MB of RAM, which is still better than the 27MB of RAM that iexplorer uses.

#9 mintll on 13 Nov 2002 - 21:08

WTF 9MB of RAM it was only a 3 MB downnload And IE is 27MB of ram Thats More that Photoshop STFU

(1 reply) #10 DigitalDJ on 13 Nov 2002 - 21:21

ahem...http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=8&t=50000&s=0274616ab499288c62f937ddb1e4ea2f i posted it before and my thing got merged by some1

#10.1 crackhead on 13 Nov 2002 - 22:25

bah! as long as someone posted, who cares?

and, btw: my post is dated 11/12 21:32; yours 11/13 3:35

I got my info straight from the beta NG (not betanews)

long live opera!

#11 axis on 13 Nov 2002 - 21:41

Yea cuz its important to say who posted it first, like it really matters jesus. Why does everyone complain when they don't get credit for posting something first, is Neobond gonna give you a cookie or something?

#12 Dark Vageta on 13 Nov 2002 - 22:07

ill stick with my Phoenix

its uber

#13 tonyunreal on 13 Nov 2002 - 23:47

1. the new skin is so cool...

2. HTML input boxes in forms were displayed without border, too bad 3. javascript support is better than opera6 4. this version has some bugs, hope they will be fixed in next beta

#14 tmf2 on 14 Nov 2002 - 01:04

It seems to me after using both that Phoenix is a tad faster.

(2 replies) #15 tmf2 on 14 Nov 2002 - 01:05

Using both now it seems Pheonix is a tad faster.

#15.1 Marduk on 14 Nov 2002 - 05:04

could I have a link for that Pheonix browser please?

#15.2 mintll on 14 Nov 2002 - 11:12

[url=http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/phoenix-release-notes.html]Phoenix[/url]

#16 tmf2 on 14 Nov 2002 - 01:06

Sorry for the double post.

#17 khalsa on 14 Nov 2002 - 01:13

doesnt work for me loads with no text...

#18 dayle on 14 Nov 2002 - 06:46

love the color themes and the new vertical window that docks on the side..the ice theme also rocks check it out

#19 Sthrncin on 14 Nov 2002 - 10:32

Anybody have any trouble with Windows being able to get certain bank pages where you have to load your password? Otherwise love this, it is great.

#20 zidaan on 14 Nov 2002 - 14:30

no "open in new page"

but better javascript and popup blocker

#21 hoodedone on 15 Nov 2002 - 00:24

Has some funny issues with putting spaces between words at times, and doesn't always respond to right-clicks or double-clicks, but I am quite happy with it so far. Oh, and if you hold down the shift key, it won't backspace. Poo. I know it's just a beta, but those are the things that are getting to me most and I need to rant somewhere. Wow, I'm actually excited about *two* upcoming browsers. Wonder what I'll do if I end up loving both Opera and Phoenix equally. A couple of things though -- Of COURSE it takes up a whole lot more memory. Alpha blending does that. A lot. (Actually, methinks they really need an option to have a less spiffy UI for those with less powerful machines.) And Phoenix has been kicking around for a bit longer than this, so of course it will be more developed.

#22 X-Spyder on 18 Nov 2002 - 09:00

My bookmark management is really nasty in this so far. I love the borwser but considering it is a beta, i think iwill wait a while. I love how in Internet Explorer I can manage my bookmarks with the drop down list.

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