And the company is close to finalizing a deal with a mid-sized portal company, which it expects to announce within the coming weeks, Hvistendahl said.
The Opera browser will be embedded in the Sony eVilla Web-surfing appliance, he said. We’ve got some game-changing news for you: with today’s launch, Opera Browser and Opera GX incorporate a host of AI. Opera is in the midst of striking deals with portal companies and other resellers to include Opera as part of their wares, Hvistendahl said. Opera unveiled the new OpenAI-powered experience in blog post this morning. Hvistendahl declined to be more specific on availability targets, saying that the next two versions will ship when they are ready.
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A version designed for Mac OS X is also planned.īoth the Linux and Mac versions of Opera 5.0 are slated to ship this year, according to Opera executives. A public Mac Opera beta-which will first be available for PowerPC-based Macs, followed by a version for older Macs-is expected shortly. The Mac version of Opera 5.0 is in internal alpha testing. The Linux version of Opera 5.0 is in beta. Opera has not yet tallied downloads for the second month.īut 2 million downloads were enough to convince the company to make its next two Opera 5.0 releases available for free, said Pal Hvistendahl, Opera's communications manager. In the first month Opera made the free Windows version available, 2 million copies were downloaded, a company representative said. When Opera released the free Windows version, company executives said they planned to use customer feedback to determine whether to make available free versions of Opera for other operating systems. Microsoft and AOL/Netscape offer their browsers for free. Customers who are averse to ads have had the option of continuing to pay $39 per copy. The free version of Opera is supported by a single banner ad. In early December, Opera began offering a free version of Opera 5.0 for Windows.
The non-Java-enabled version of Opera 5.0 for Windows is 2MB in size the Java-enabled version is 9.5MB. Opera is designed to run on a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Macintosh, Be OS and the Epoc wireless system. Oslo, Norway-based Opera makes what the company claims is "the fastest browser on earth." It markets its compact, fast-loading browser as an alternative to the big two: Microsoft's Internet Explorer and America Online/Netscape Communications' Navigator.
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But the software maker plans to announce Thursday that it will make free versions of Opera 5.0 for both of these operating systems available later this year. Opera Software hasn't yet put the finishing touches on its forthcoming MacĪnd Linux browser releases.
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