Opera 11 Internet Browser announces Android Version

Opera, yes now Opera too wants your attention after Internet Explorer recently announced the beta release of its latest Internet Explorer 9 and also Mozilla Firefox with its version 4 of beta release. So, you may ask “what’s special in the latest alpha release of Opera Web browser 11”. Coming to your question and according to team Opera, Opera Web Browser version 11 will come up with the new functionality which will add to the browser experience as the developers will be able to create the content using more popular open standards like injectible Java scripts, HTML 5 rich content with obviously improved user interface with basic tabs and also supported APIs.

In alpha release, once you install the same in your PC/Laptop, all you have to do is to click on an extension and a small window containing “install window” will be opened. Then click on “install” and you are all done. Adding to the style with convenience, you can also drag and drop the extension on to your desktop / laptop if you are having extension stored in the computer. Opera will mainly concentrate on JavaScript, callouts, certain UI items and also with basic Tab changes. Some extensions will be having elements of interface while others will be running in the background. Let’s have a first look at the Opera 11.

The best part of Opera 11 web browser is that it has enabled the extensions means just like Mozilla firefox,  Safari and Chrome you can customize according to your needs and with the coming of latest HTML 5 support in this browser, it will wake up all 50 million Opera lovers.

Opera also added that the mobile version of Opera which is the most popular mobile web client will soon be available for Android phones as well by early November next month from m.opera.com or also from Android Market place. Going by the beta release which was showcased in Up north event, the opera mobile Android version will be leveraging on hardware accelerations which enables increased speeds, faster navigation leading to a more smoother internet experience and with an all new pinch to zoom experience from Opera’s table is sure worth a wait.

And also adding to the list of positives, web will be rendered on a per character level which will allow much greater zooming flexibility and also with less data usage. With Opera Mobile’s new pinch-to-zoom feature, it lets you choose your own level of zoom which will be equivalent to the zooming level which is offered in the desktop version of Opera Web browser. Previous versions of the mobile browser only allowed for two levels of zoom one for full page reading and other one for zoomed in to read the text. Text will now be rendered at a per-character level, allowing for much greater zooming flexibility.

For all developers, you will be able to find all the Opera 11 development related information and also information regarding the developer extensions on Opera’s own developer site Dev Opera.

You can download this visually rich Opera 11 Alpha release from here.