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Opera Software, the company behind the
popular and oldest mobile browser Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers recently
announced that some technology behind its browser would be changed. Opera has
released its first Android browser built on the WebKit rendering engine which
is famous for powering mobile browsers like chrome, safari, and BlackBerry 10
browser.
Opera says the
open-source WebKit will make it browser faster, on par with Safari on iOS and
Chrome on Android. So the company can now concentrate on producing new features
for the new browser instead of developing Presto.
A beta version of
the first browser from Opera that uses the WebKit engine has a new look,
although Android users would be familiar with the new look. The browser have
three types of main screens, they are: History, Speed Dial and Discover.
History screen contains the list of visited web pages. Speed Dial consists of
icons representing a collection of bookmarks or folders that contain bookmarks.
While the Discover page contains a collection of new articles based on the app
location settings and selected favourite topics.
Aside from the new
look, the new Opera browser powered by WebKit engine has a feature called
Off-Road. When the Off-Road feature is activated, all requests from the browser
goes through centralized Opera servers which will fetch the web content from
the source, compress the content before sending the compressed content back to
the mobile browser. The bandwidth is reduced by 90% when Off-road mode is
activated.
Below is a summary
of the features imbedded in the new Opera Browser powered by Webkit engine:
• New look: Opera for Android
sports a completely new user interface that is more elegant and built to the
native specifications of the Android platform.
• New, revamped Speed Dial: Opera’s
engineers discovered that users like to have links readily available in the
Speed Dial, yet also wanted the flexibility of a bookmark folder. With the new
Speed Dial, the bookmarks are fused together with the Speed Dial entries to
provide a new experience. It’s easier to group, organize and rename Speed Dial entries
or gather them in folders — all with the touch of your thumb.
• Discover feature: This provides a
new way of discovering content on the web. From the Discover panel of the
startup screen, you can read a selection of popular articles and dig deeper into
your interests, such as sports, technology, lifestyle or news. Opera has
selected relevant global and regional sources, so let Opera do the surfing for
you.
• Tabbed browsing: The elegant
tabbed browsing makes it easier than ever to browse, open and sort all your
open browser windows on your phone. It even offers private browsing, just like
the Opera desktop browser.
• History: With the easily
accessible history mode, return to that page you saw earlier today fast — just
swipe your finger to the right to access the content on the left on your home
screen.
• Save for later: This feature lets
the user download a complete webpage and read it later while offline. It’s
perfect for reading long articles on flights without Wi-Fi or just when you
don’t want to connect to the internet.
• Off-Road mode: Opera for Android
integrates the compression technology from Opera Mini, for faster browsing when
conditions are rough. Bad network or costly roaming while traveling? Just
switch to Off-Road mode and keep on surfing.
• Combined search and address bar:
Opera has combined the search and URL field for a more elegant UI and more
intuitive input.
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