Download Opera 12.10 build 1652

The final release of version 12.10 of Opera has been released. This web browser is available for all major computing platforms and for a variety of mobile operating systems. In version 12.10, the browser has become faster, support for the latest versions of Windows and OS X has been added, and the program looks better on very high-resolution screens. The main improvements are:

SPDY support:
Faster communication between the browser and the server, using SPDY. Popular sites like Gmail.com and Twitter.com already uses this technology. This is also available through Opera Turbo.

Full screen API:
Supporting the new, Fullscreen API.

ICC profiles:
Opera now supports the color management of images using ICC profiles, which gives more vibrant and accurate colors.

extensions:
Extensions can now be added to Opera’s context menus, and extensions can now only be installed from trusted web sites.

Windows 8 support:
Now that Windows 8 is released, it’s important to support the latest features, it’s now possible to scroll, zoom etc with touch. As a bonus, this also works on Windows 7.

Mountain Lion support:
Mountain Lion users will be able to use the built-in share function using Opera’s Share button in the address bar, as well as see Opera notifications in the Notification Center.

Retina on Mac:
Opera on Mac now supports twice the pixel density, which will give much crisper text and with a new skin Opera looks better than ever.

Flex box:
Opera now supports Flexbox, an easier way to do page layouts.

Prefetch DNS
Opera will now perform a DNS look-up when you hover a link, this can make the link load faster when it’s clicked.