Opera 11.00 Beta 1

[EL1TE]

Tab Stacking

We've added functionality to enhance your tab experience. Tab stacking allows you to organize your browsing, optimize the space on your tab bar, and keep yet even more tabs handy for use.

Dragging and dropping tabs on top of one another creates stacks. Hovering a stack gives a visual overview of what's inside the stack. Expanding and collapsing stacks allows you to optimize the space on your tab bar any way you like.

So, if you're already using lots of tabs, you might want to:

Stack for looking at later

Stack for different tasks

Stack for checking out after work

Stack for just creating more space for tabs

Download Opera 11.00 Build 1111 Beta 1 for: Windows | MAC | Linux

[ViperAFK]

Thanks for the heads up

[Denis W. Veteran]

I hope the new 'feature' isn't a wider Speed Dial and minor UI tweaks (tab previews look a little different).

[ViperAFK]

Yeah I haven't found out what the mystery feature is yet lol.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Screenshot of the OS X version:

[~Johnny]

Well the last build was about 6.7MB and this one is 7MB, so they;;ve added something... (that, or they put the unite apps back in)<img>

[PreKe]

So what's the new feature?

[ViperAFK]

guess we'll have to wait for the changelog.

[Denis W. Veteran]

Well the last build was about 6.7MB and this one is 7MB, so they;;ve added something... (that, or they put the unite apps back in)<img>

The last build was 7217210 bytes. This one is 7258200 bytes.

I think it might have to do with the 7-zip SFX being digitally signed as opposed to the unsigned installers they were floating around since alpha.

[Quillz]

Does Opera 11 on Mac OS X use Cocoa?

[ViperAFK]

Does Opera 11 on Mac OS X use Cocoa?

Yes

[Quillz]

So does that mean it can now use all the native OS services?

[ViperAFK]

So does that mean it can now use all the native OS services?

I don't know all the native services it does/does not use but they did transition the code to cocoa for opera 10.5

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/02/25/opera-10-5-for-mac-hits-beta-goes-cocoa-and-adds-multitouch/

[Denis W. Veteran]

The new feature isn't hardware acceleration... but something quite neat. Got this from one of the comments on Choose Opera.

Try pinning tabs. Also try dragging a tab over another one. 'Stacking' tabs sounds like a neat idea to group your tabs together. I think something similar is in Firefox 4 but this is a simpler way to accomplish the task.

It should look like this:

[ViperAFK]

ahh cool. Opera has always had the tab pinning features but now it acts like firefox/chrome which is nice.

And just tried stacking tabs.

AWESOME!

kinda like the tab candy concept but FAR simpler, and IMO much more useful. Tab candy is really disappointing, its just so heavy that you'd have to be a MEGA power user to make any real use of it.

[x-byte]

Heh, I tried everything except that :)

Awesome feature. Going to play with that for a while.

[HawkMan]

grouping is kinda nice, I see it's uses but don't see myself using it a lot. but I will use it occasionally.

tab pinning though, never saw any use for that.

[.Neo]

So does that mean it can now use all the native OS services?

I don't think so. They're still using their own custom interface on top of it just like Firefox and Chrome. :x

Can't stand all these cross-platform browsers with their half-baked "Aqua" interfaces. Mozilla and Opera spend so much time and effort mimicking Aqua, but it never is quite as good as the real thing and you'll never get the advanced stuff such as Core Animation and Cover Flow. At some point you would think it's easier to give up on their own custom crap and use the system frameworks.

Unless they're actually developing a browser that uses a fully native interface I'll always stick to Safari.

[ViperAFK]

Omg im drooling over this tab stack feature lol. Another cool thing is when you stack them, collapse them, and hover over them it lets you select thumbnails exactly how the win7 taskbar works! Thats nice os integration right there.

[x-byte]

tab pinning though, never saw any use for that.

The best thing is that pinned tabs can't be closed by accident. That's why I use it when I writer long posts or similar.

[Mike]

Is this the actual beta that's being released tomorrow? (It has been known for Opera to change versions over night before)

[HawkMan]

The best thing is that pinned tabs can't be closed by accident. That's why I use it when I writer long posts or similar.

The only way I could imagine accidentally closing tabs is if you don't turn of the annoying x on the tabs.

[ViperAFK]

Most likely. They probably have the build finished and uploaded (one we are using) but are waiting until tomorrow to do the official announcement.

[x-byte]

The only way I could imagine accidentally closing tabs is if you don't turn of the annoying x on the tabs.

I close the tabs with middle mouse button. So it does happen now and then :p

[Subject Delta]

I don't think so. They're still using their own custom interface on top of it just like Firefox and Chrome. :x

Can't stand all these cross-platform browsers with their half-baked "Aqua" interfaces. Mozilla and Opera spend so much time and effort mimicking Aqua, but it never is quite as good as the real thing and you'll never get the advanced stuff such as Core Animation and Cover Flow. At some point you would think it's easier to give up on their own custom crap and use the system frameworks.

Unless they're actually developing a browser that uses a fully native interface I'll always stick to Safari.

That could be applied to Apple as well and their terrible Windows ports.