Opera has released a Preview release of their upcoming 8.1 version of it's web browser. This version brings back the built in BitTorrent support (which has been implemented in a very subtle manner), which was removed from the Final release of Opera 8.02. The build number is currently at 7685.
Changes since 8.02
- Changed default browser identification to Opera.
- Enabled BitTorrent support.
- Fixed a crash related to JPEG EXIF data.
Changes in BitTorrent since 8.02 BitTorrent Technology Preview
-Improved transfer performance.
-Fixed an issue that could lead to Opera crashing.
-Added support for the "scrape" protocol to retrieve ongoing statistics about a torrent. See -the transfer tooltip for the additional information.
-Better handling of out of disk space problems.
-Enabled full transfer context menu for BitTorrent downloads.
-Fixed a problem connecting to some trackers.
Download: Opera 8.10 Preview 2 for Windows [3.7 MB]
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