Opera 37 released

A major new revision of Opera was announced yesterday: 37.0.2178.32.

Opera 37 includes some significant changes:

  • The minimum Windows system requirement is Windows 7. Anyone using Opera on Windows XP or Vista will have to stick with earlier versions.
  • Opera now has a native (built-in) ad blocker.
  • Videos can now be popped out into their own window for viewing convenience.

The new version also includes a variety of bug fixes and performance improvements. You can see a list of all the changes on the official Opera 37 change log. Note: somewhat confusingly, that log shows changes in beta and developer versions going back to February 2016. Opera routinely makes major new versions available to developers and beta testers, and Opera 37 has been available in those forms for a few months.

About jrivett

Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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