Opera 9.5 beta 2 improves speed and adds more features
Opera has released Beta 2 of the 9.5 version of their web browser, and we’ve taken a quick tour to see what’s in store. First impressions? It’s faaaaaast.
Installation
Opera 9.5 Beta 2 is a 4.4MB download on Windows, a surprisingly small file size considering the plethora of features that Opera has to offer (in comparison, Firefox 3 Beta 5 is a 7.2MB download, and Safari comes in at 18.7MB). The installer is short and sweet—earlier versions of Opera exhibited occasional pixelation in the clipart models of happy people who graced the various screens, but this new version simply has a placeholder graphic:
The browser installs in a separate directory from 9.0, allowing users to test out the beta while still running the current released version (9.27 at the time of this writing) at the same time. The beta can be uninstalled at any point while still leaving 9.0—including any customizations and enhancements—untouched.
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