Opera 10 beta, codenamed “Peregrine,” was released today.  The high-level features touted on the Opera 10 website are:

  • “Opera Turbo for fast browsing on slow connections” – this is essentially the same technology used by Opera Mini to compress content, saving bandwidth and time.
  • “New visual tabs and sleek design” – the new design was previously covered here.
  • “Speed Dial your way” – users now have the option of customizing the number of websites displayed or the background.
  • “Web integration” – tell Opera to use your web-based email client or feed reader as the default for email and feeds, respectively, and it will.
  • “Resizable search field”
  • “40% faster engine and cutting-edge Web standards support”

While the bulk of those features are notable, it’s pretty obvious that the new visual changes will get the most immediate attention, followed by reviews of the underlying rendering engine, Presto 2.2, once people get some subjective and objective experience with it (does anyone still use a slow connection on their desktop anymore?).

For more on the web standards support added to Presto 2.2, check out Standards support in Opera Presto 2.2 and Opera 10 beta, which among other things, confirms that Opera 10 beta passes the Acid3 test.

To kick the tires on this latest release from Opera, download Opera 10 beta today.

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