26 December 2013

Latest Update Brings Opera Chromium a New Tablet UI

The Norwegian browser company Opera has succeeded in fixing their position in the internet space where a handful of leaders are ruling the community. Opera could achieve this with the support of a dedicated fan base. Opera’s Facebook page bears over 6 million likes of fans from all over the world and we can take it is a proof for how fans are taking this user friendly browser. In order to move with the technology advancement Opera has extended its services to Smartphones and tablets. In fact portable devices are now Opera’s biggest market. A long time back Opera has made their browser compatible with Android platform too, which makes the company to achieve a large market share as now people prefers to access internet over portable devices.

Recently Opera has introduced the Chromium version of browser and now they have released a major roll out to fix some issues related to page loading and video playback. With this new roll out Opera tried to fix all these bugs which have been raised by users. Opera gives a new build of Chromium in this new version and the tablet layout is getting a redesign. This Chromium update brings out some improvements in the rendering logic which helps to load the browser faster. This new tablet user interface is an exciting feature and it makes the tabs and navigation controls more easier to access. This new redesign makes the general section more spacious. Opera offers the browser at no cost and this update as well.

Some Interesting Points on New Opera Chromium Update 
  • Based on chromium 31
  • New UI for tablet devices
  • Improvements in search engine list
  • New remote debugging feature (requires new permissions)
  • Fixed issue with fullscreen video playback
  • Fixed issue with HW back button on Discover
  • Fixed issue with viewport size in new tab
  • Fixed issue with keyboard staying on screen
  • Fixed issue with page reload when leaving text input in off-road pages
  • Various stabilization and performance improvements

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