Opera had only around 2 percent of desktop browser usage in 2010 but kept inventing features others copied: Speed Dial, mouse gestures, Opera Turbo compression, and, in Opera 11 in December, tab stacking and extensions. Opera 10.5, released in March, had a new Carakan JavaScript engine and a red O menu in the corner.
- Vendor
- Opera Software
- Version
- 10.5 (March) and 11 (December)
- Released
- 2 March 2010
- Type
- browser
Details
| Interface | Red O menu button, tabs on top, Speed Dial start page |
|---|---|
| Engine | Presto with Carakan JavaScript |
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