Pathik Shah

Opera has released a new version of Opera 10 a.k.a Opera Turbo. It has all the features included in Opera 10 alpha – the new Presto 2.2 rendering engine, a perfect 100/100 ACID3 score, spell check, auto update and other goodies, plus it now also has a new feature called “Opera Web Optimization Proxy“. It is much faster than the normal version of Opera (which BTW, is the fastest browser on Earth).

When you switch on the Turbo mode, all the websites you request are first compressed at Opera’s servers and then passed on to you, lowering your bandwidth consumption and loading pages much faster. It is similar to the OBML technique used in Opera Mini, but more powerful and fast. On my 2 MBPS connection, I didn’t feel much of a difference but it should surely help those with slower connections. To enable the Turbo mode, just click on the Turbo icon on the bottom left. Once activated, it will show you how much bandwidth has been saved already.

To download Opera Turbo, visit http://labs.opera.com/downloads

As always, Opera FTW!