Opera Neon – The future of web browsers?

Opera Neon is our vision for the future of desktop browsers. Download this concept browser for free for Windows and Mac.

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Engage your senses

Opera Neon’s newly developed physics engine is set to breathe life back into the internet. Tabs and other objects respond to you like real objects; they have weight and move in a natural way when dragged, pushed, or even popped. This desktop browser is more than just a window to the internet – with Opera Neon, you are in control of everything you see.

I kinda like it. It’s fun to use and feels modern and fresh compared to Safari and the other browsers that’ve been around for awhile. Split screen mode is the best, I use the iPad’s counterpart all the time.

I might seriously start using it if they add bookmark support.

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I really feel like I should be in there 🤔

I’m practically a doctor with my WebMD and Wikipedia education. Plus, I like to operate.

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Presto Is Dead; Long Live Opera! | Webmonkey

Opera software announced this morning that it is dumping its homegrown Presto rendering engine in favor of the increasingly ubiquitous WebKit rendering engine.

For all new products Opera will use WebKit as its rendering engine and V8 as its JavaScript engine, mirroring what you’ll find in Google’s Chrome browser. Apple’s Safari also uses WebKit, though it has its own JavaScript engine. […]

Indeed, while Opera’s official announcement is vague about the reasons for the switch, it doesn’t take a soothsayer to know that the reason is mobile. One influencing factor is no doubt the fact that Apple’s iOS only allows third-party web browsers if they use the built-in WebKit rendering engine.

It’s a sad day and I’d bet it has everything to do with the last line in the last paragraph above.

Opera Presto was top-notch in the rendering arena and I could always count on pages displaying as they should when it came to Opera testing.

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