So, what's new in Opera 17 Developer? Amongst
the others, we have prioritized some of the things
you have been asking for.
Start up mode option - yes, more options! You
can pick one of: last session, speed dial, set of
pages
Pinned tabs - a nice beginning of future tabs
improvements.
Rocker gestures - (left->right click, right->left
click)
Extension APIs - more API stuff to play with:
bookmarks, commands, omnibox,
webNavigation. Separated article with detailed
API's explanation will be shipped later.
Search engine manager - On top of the current
shortcuts to search in the addressbar, (enter
the one character shortcut plus your shortcut:
"b" for Bing, "g" for google) you can now
customize your searches, so go ahead and add
"d" for duckduckgo, "m" for your own site, "o"
for Opera desktop team blog, or anything else!
Full changelog
Candidate features near ready for O17 (currently
turned off in opera:flags)
Themes - you can now download themes for
Opera. These are backwards compatible, so
themes that worked in Opera 12 will work in
Opera 17 Developer.
Camera/mic - we've re-plumbed the web cam
and microphone, so your getUserMedia fun is
reinstated! This is not working on Mac correctly
yet, but feel free to check it out on Windows.
HiDPI Support (Windows) - for the ones running
in hi-resolution on small screens, we are
delivering you better pixels experience.
Coming soon
As summer turns to autumn, we'll turn our
attention to improved tabs handling: vertical tabs,
visual tabs, tab cycler, move tabs between
windows, quick access bar (aka bookmarks bar),
synchronization.. We've planned further
bookmarks enhancements, further synchronization
development, site preferences, and more. (Hint:
so please don't fill up the comments asking when
they'll be released - the answer, as always, is
"when they're ready". Like autumn berries, they
need to be ripe before they're picked.
Note that in this version we present more
changes than in O16. Yet till O18 hits next
stream, you should be able to see even more
changes included . As the vacation time is
getting over , the rapid development cycle
becomes really rapid
Happy testing!