Release Notes

• This release includes significant security enhancements and fixes vulnerabilities in previous Opera versions and is a recommended upgrade. Upgrading is free of charge for users who have purchased an Opera 7 license.
• The release features whitelisting of top-level domains that have implemented anti-homographic character policies or otherwise limited the available set of characters to prevent URL spoofing through use of internationalized domain names (IDN).
• Registrars wishing to be added to Opera's whitelist must inform Opera Software of their policies and have these approved.

At first Glance

• New and improved security features
• Voice support
• "Fit to window width" abolishes horizontal scrolling
• Improved default menu and toolbar setups
• Support for XmlHttpRequest giving full Gmail support
• New Start bar gives easy access to useful features
• Notification of blocked pop-ups
• Simple retrieval of closed pages and blocked pop-ups.
• Elegant e-mail attachment handling
• Improved newsfeed reader
• Automated weekly check for new updates
• New User JavaScript feature