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Opera releases 10.6 public beta

Written by James Delahunty @ 16 Jun 2010 9:01

Opera releases 10.6 public beta Opera has released a beta of the next release of its popular web browser, v10.6. The beta features support for the royalty-free WebM video format being pushed by Google. It also features new HTML 5 offline applications. The company claims that the Javascript engine in the newer version is 75 percent faster than the previous version.
The v10.6 release is the next major version for Linux and BSD users also after Opera decided to skip 10.5 releases on either of those platforms. Opera pushed out v10.5 of the browser in time for Microsoft's distribution of the web browser selection screen that allows users to download and install a browser of their choice as part of a settlement agreement with the European Union.

The new WebM video format is being pushed by Google as a royalty-free alternative to H.264, which is only royalty free to use until the end of 2015, according to MPEG LA. A WebM video file consists of VP8 video (Google acquired the VP8 technology in its $106.5 million deal with On2 Technologies last year) and OGG Vorbis audio packed in a Matroska (MKV) container.



Microsoft is supported WebM by putting support into the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser and Mozilla recently confirmed Firefox 4 includes WebM support after resolving a licensing issue.

Download Opera v10.6 Beta 1 for Windows:
https://www.afterdawn.com/software/network/browsers/opera.cfm


Download Opera v10.6 Beta 1 for Mac:
https://www.afterdawn.com/software/network/browsers/opera_mac.cfm


Download Opera v10.6 Beta 1 for Linux:
https://www.afterdawn.com/software/network/browsers/opera_linux.cfm

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