Opera 10 Beta - New Innovations

I've used Opera as a complementary browser since the free "ad-bar" version first surfaced several years ago.  Thankfully the ad bar was later removed and Opera has enjoyed a good track record in security, innovation, and web standards support. While less popular than IE or Firefox, it offers a sophisticated and reliable browser environment.  It is working well so far in early testing.

Opera 10 Beta - New Innovations
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Services-Web-20-and-SOA/Opera-10-Beta-Adds-Turbo-Mode-Makes-Improvements-to-Tabbed-Windows-669426/

QUOTE: The Opera 10 beta includes new features—including a Turbo mode that aims to speed slow connections—that will likely find their way into rival browsers in the future.  Ever wonder what features will be found in the next generation of Web browsers? Well, usually there’s one easy way to find out: Just check out the latest version of Opera.  Opera may not be the best known or most used Web browser out there, but, over the years, it has been one of the most innovative. Often, features that become mainstays across browsers appeared first in Opera.

Opera 10 Beta - Features
http://www.opera.com/browser/next/

Opera 10 Beta - Download
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?ver=10.00b1

Opera 10 Beta - Blog
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/

Opera 10 Beta - New Features
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1000b1/

KEY NEW FEATURES
* Opera Turbo Mode
* Automatic updates
* Crash logging
* Inline spelling checker
* 100/100 and pixel-perfect on the Acid3 test
* Significantly improved performance, particularly on CSS/HTML rendering
* Opera Mail HTML Compose support