*Opera* is an *internet browser* that came along long before big hitters like
Firefox and Chrome. *Overview* Opera 11.52 keeps the general design and
functionality of the highly-praised Opera 11.10, but adds convenient improved
features like an improved *Speed Dial*, *Password Syncing* across devices and
a faster rendering engine. As for the the interface, Opera 11.52 features a
slightly *cleaner GUI* with a focus on webpages instead of buttons and menus.
Overall, Opera 11.52 isn't a huge change compared to the last version, but it
has been improved with some nice new features. *Innovations and speed* The
big innovation in the last version of Opera was *extensions* and while the
choice of browser enhancements is still fairly limited, when you install or
uninstall add-ons, you don't have to restart your browser like you do with
Firefox. Opera 11.52 runs just as quickly as *Google Chrome* (the developer
claims it's even faster) and the rendering engine has been tweaked slightly
to offer an even faster browsing experience. The forward-thinking *Unite* is
still here, allowing you to share your stuff directly with friends and more.
Visual Tabs and Tab Stacking is useful if you often have too many open, and
there are now visual mouse gestures. These are well implemented, and accessed
by holding the right mouse button which brings up a translucent guide to
mouse gestures. This is a great introduction for people who've never used
gestures, and hopefully allows for greater use in the future. There's still
an integrated mail client, which continues Opera 11's move towards doing
everything you need in one application. The newest features or improvements
of note in 11.52 are *Speed Dial* and *Password Syncing*. The most notable
improvement has been to Speed Dial which instead of simply giving easy access
to your favorite sites, now allows you to embed your Speed Dial with dynamic
information - in other words, web apps within Opera. Meanwhile Password
Syncing allows you to sync passwords across machines and devices - just
sign-up for an account and Opera does the rest. There have also been some
HTML5 improvements for developers such as Session History, Navigation and the
W3C File API. *Conclusions* *Opera 11.52 is a definite improvement on Opera
11.10 although the changes aren't revolutionary. However, if you're looking
for a new browser, this is probably the most innovative currently on the
market and is well worth installing.*Download *Opera 11.60* in Softonic
