Opera version 16 released

The new WebKit-based Opera browser has been updated to version 16. The browser still looks and acts almost exactly like Google Chrome, and as such there’s not much to recommend it. Many features that worked well in the non-WebKit version of the browser – still available as version 12 – are missing from version 16. That includes the auto-update feature. In fact, there isn’t even a link on the About page or in the browser’s menus that points to a download page. My advice is to give this browser a pass. If you still like and use the old Opera 12 browser, keep your fingers crossed that it will continue to receive updates.

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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