“In my Web Winners and Losers column a few weeks ago, I noted
that Opera had failed to bring much to the table in 2009. Opera 10
was a solid release, but didn’t do much bump its market share
on the desktop. That hasn’t stopped the Opera team from
trying, though. They released an alpha of Opera 10.5 on December
22nd that gives a sneak peek into what to expect from Opera in
2010.“Since it’s clearly labeled an alpha release, I
wasn’t looking it over for bugs — just trying to get a
sense what new features are coming in 10.5 and whether Opera 10.5
would be a must-have upgrade. One disappointment with the alpha
release I do have to mention, though: No build for Linux. Normally
I’d hold out until I could run a native build on Linux, but
decided to slap the alpha on a Mac and give it a try there.”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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