Opera 7: PRESTO
CNET
update Opera, the self-described "fastest browser on earth," has decided to jettison its legacy code in favour of something a little faster.
The Oslo, Norway-based company is on the verge of releasing a trial, or beta, version of Opera 7, which will resemble its predecessor only in superficial ways. The rendering engine--the heart of the browser, which interprets code pulled down from Web servers--has been rewritten from the ground up over the past 18 months.
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Opera 7 all new engine? ?Better? DOM support?
Posted by skaiser on August 20, 2002
That's what Paul Festa reports in his August 20th article, Opera casts off legacy code for speed. Many of us have hoped that Opera would listen to the numerous complaints about lack of DOM support for their otherwise very good browser. Many developers out there may feel that Paul's article would have been more accurate if he'd stated that Opera will finally support the DOM, though, since support has been quite disappointing to this point. I'm personally thrilled to hear this promising news, and I'm sure many developers out there look forward to this big improvement in Opera's otherwise excellent browser. I also hope their new rendering engine continues to be fast.
Presto!
