Opera 9 is out! This release is not a radical change. A couple of updates here and there. I notice they tried to consolidate some of the features too. Nothing pops out when you click on the address bar now. It feels strange after the upgrade but it’s definately a good move.
*New in version 9 is:*
* Widgets. Opera Widgets are tiny applications such as calculators, clocks and weathers. Just press F6 in Windows to get the Widgets out!
* In built BitTorrent support.
* Slight interfaces modifications such as tab previews. You can now mouseover on the tabs to get a preview.
* Better content blocking if you use that. I personally don’t.
If you’re using Opera, do upgrade!
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Tags: bittorrent, internet, opera, software, widgets
The F6 for Widgets do not work, tried it on 2 computers and I found no way to renable F6 or its tab
by Nafcom (Jun 21, 2006 at 9 PM)Nafcom: You’re right. I am using a beta and have yet to upgrade. I just did in fact and I too realize that it didn’t work!
by Mr. Dew (Jun 22, 2006 at 7 PM)Mr Dew; That’s why I said on my blog that the new Widgets manegement is bad
by Nafcom (Jun 23, 2006 at 6 AM)Nafcom: Yeah, I don’t think it would work anymore. I don’t thinks Widgets are that great to begin with and looks like they have gotten a little worse.
by Mr. Dew (Jun 24, 2006 at 8 AM)Mr Dew:
Well, I think the management in the beta versions rocked! And there are some quite nice widgets!
by Nafcom (Jun 25, 2006 at 12 AM)I don’t know what’s happening too, the current widgets implementation doesn’t quite make sense. It seemed like a bookmark to some extend.
by Mr. Dew (Jun 25, 2006 at 8 AM)Mr Dew: Exactly. That’s Opera’s try to make things similar. like RSS is part of the email client M2, Widgets might be a part of the bookmark management, but of course I do not know.
by Nafcom (Jun 25, 2006 at 11 PM)Nafcom: It’s not good for widgets. I wish they just left the widgets alone. It’s more useful in the betas.
by Mr. Dew (Jun 26, 2006 at 12 AM)Mr Dew: I totally agree!
by Nafcom (Jun 26, 2006 at 8 AM)