
Even if you don't switch to Opera 11, the release is still good news for users of other browsers which, if history is any guide, will soon be mimicking Opera's lead. Thanks to the new add-ons framework, Opera fans no longer need to envy other browsers, and the Tab Stacking feature once again shows Opera leading the way. Other noteworthy features in the Opera 11 include a revamped, simplified URL bar, which, like Google Chrome, dispenses with the " bit at the front of URLs and highlights the security status of the current page.
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Open the extension manager on browser (Menu > Extensions > Extension Manager), and click install button close.
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Perhaps even more impressive, Opera 11 is actually 30 percent smaller than previous releases, saving you a bit of download time and disk space. Google Chrome webstore add to opera button. The speed boost is particularly noticeable on Linux, where Opera 11 is roughly 30 percent faster.

On this page you will find the extension listed already but. Hit OK, and open opera://extensions page in the browser. Opera hasn't given any hard and fast numbers, but in our experience Opera 11 is faster than its predecessors and on par with Firefox 4b7 and Chrome 8. Go to the Extensions Manager to enable it. Of course, all the new features would be less exciting if they slowed things down, but luckily they don't. It's more elegant, and it plays on a behavior many users – those with iPhones or iPads – are already familiar with. However, Firefox 4's current implementation (still in beta) suddenly looks awkward and primitive next to Opera's take on the same idea. To access the tabs in a stack, you simply mouse over the group and it expands, or you can click the arrow to the right of the grouped tab, which has the same effect.įirefox 4 will also introduce a new interface for grouping tabs when it is finalized in a few months. Go to the Extension manager (from the menu) and click Disable to merely turn it off (as you may wish to turn it back on later), or click the 'x' to remove it permanently. Your "stack" then collapses down into a single tab. You group related tabs by dragging them on top of each other. Tab Stacking is ingeniously simple and works a little bit like the way you create folders of apps on the iPhone's home screen. Opera 11 introduces "Tab Stacking," a way to group your tabs together to better organize the webpages you're viewing. Opera may be the last browser to get extensions, but it's still leading the pack when it comes to innovative ideas for tabbed browsing. There, you'll see a new option to only load plug-ins on demand.

Just head to the preferences menu, select the Advanced tab and then click Content. Note: To be able to pass download links to IDM, you need to install a minimal native client application.

To send downloading jobs to IDM, first enable the extension from the toolbar button and then process as normal. Opera 11 can now be set to load plug-ins (like Flash or Silverlight) only on demand. Download now This extension integrates your browser with the well-known Internet Download Manager (IDM). Actually you probably will, but you don't need them. One thing you may not find in the new extensions store are Flash-blocking add-ons.
