Download Opera 9.5 alpha 1

On the Opera Desktop Team weblog, the developers have released the first alpha version announced from Opera 9.5. The new version series of the Internet browser has been codenamed ‘Kestrel’ and is being developed with performance, accessibility and platform independence in mind. More information about the 9.5 series can be found at this page. Opera is a free to use browser with support for tabbed browsing, widgets and mouse gestures, among other things. In addition, the surf program contains an irc and mail client. Alpha 1 of Opera 9.5 can be downloaded for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix. A detailed overview of the implemented changes can be found in this document. Below are the release notes posted that can be found on the weblog:

Fasten your seatbelts, and get ready to test drive Kestrel yourself. After more than a year of development, we invite you to test Opera 9.5 alpha and tell us what you think about it. In short, Opera 9.5 alpha is:

• Performance
• Full history search
• Improved site compatibility
• Access for everyone
• Improved platform integration
• Preview of bookmark and Speed ​​Dial synchronization
• Magic Windows build number