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Update: Opera 8 Final Officially Released

Toxicfume   on 18 April 2005 - 10:19 · 106 comments & 28080 views

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After two Preview Releases and 3 public Betas, it has finally arrived! Opera 8 Final - undoubtedly, the worlds fastest and the most standards compliant web browser suite, has been released. Opera has not yet officially announced the new release, but it is already made available via Opera's FTP. So far it only seems to be available for Windows, we will update as other operative system's versions appear.

No official Changelog has been posted yet, but Opera 8 has been touted to come with a bunch of new features such as User Javascript, Atom RSS feeds aggregator and native Scalable Vector Graphics(SVG) support. The current build is at 7561, whose changelog is expected to appear tomorrow along with an official announcement on Opera.com, we will keep you updated.

Current users of Opera 7 will receive a FREE upgrade to Opera 8, and with their new licensing scheme, a single license allows you to install ad-free versions of Opera on all the computers in your household.

UPDATE: Opera 8 has now gone official and is on Opera.com. The Changelog has also been made available.

Download: Opera 8 Final for Windows [3.6 MB] | All Operating Systems
View: Opera 8 Final's Changelog | Changes since Beta 3
View: Opera Flash Tutorials | More Opera Tutorials | Great Opera customization resource
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(1 reply) #1 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00
#1.1 vettimdorr on 19 Apr 2005 - 06:39
There's a big difference between support and proper rendering. Opera still has a LOT of issues with rendering in my experience. I don't count it when designing at all. Too much of a hassle to deal with it. It feels like supporting IE 5.5 (which I don't do either).
(1 reply) #2 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00
#2.1 vetToxicfume on 20 Apr 2005 - 06:03
When I heard the rumours from OperaWatch about the superman thing in the beginning..the first thought it bought to my mind was MSN's man butterfly ..that still makes me cringe to this day. However..the way they promoted the OperaMan on opera's site appears a lot more decent

Last edited by 13 on 20 Apr 2005 - 07:35

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