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New features of Opera 11
Thursday, 09 December 2010 21:59

 

Opera noopera-logotified about the release of new browser version with new features that comprise enhanced address bar, enhanced mail panel, a new mouse gesture, etc.

Better usability and certain refinement became possible to a range of modifications. Tab stacking became the most notable feature in this release. No need to remind that Opera was one of the first browsers who started using tabs, features that are common to us now in many other browsers, but they were first used by Opera. 

With every release Opera gets more and more refined. The Trash can was introduced in the eighth version, and tab thumbnails in the ninth version, then visual tabs became the feature of version 10. Now time for new features has arrived and today this is “tab stacking”.

What does that mean? The user can just take one of the tabs, and drag it with a mouse to the place he wants on the desktop. He can just drop it above some other tab if he wants to. It is possible to look through content of a group after clicking the small arrow near the button of the group. The biggest advantage of this concept is that multitasking tabs are introduced on mobile operational system. Palm’s WebOS created the interface with support of this feature. Now the tab management became easier.