{"id":7372,"date":"2012-06-14T12:13:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T20:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2012-06-14T12:16:16","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T20:16:16","slug":"opera-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/opera-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera 12 releases with WebGL support, webcam APIs, & more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Opera released version 12 of its\u00a0web browser today with a number of new features, improved performance, and enhanced support for modern web standards.<\/p>\n

Feature Adds:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Support for better personalization and wallpaper-like themes. A variety of browser wallpapers can be selected from the Opera\u00a0public gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– Support for CSS3 animations and transitions.<\/p>\n

– Preliminary support for WebRTC<\/a>, an emerging standard that is being drafted by the W3C Web Real-Time Communications Working Group. WebRTC will eventually enable standards-based audio and video chat in Web applications. There is also support for the WebRTC media capture APIs, which allow Web content to capture live media streams from the user\u2019s microphone and webcam.\u00a0Due to the potential privacy and security implications, the user is automatically prompted by the browser before the feature is allowed to be activated.<\/p>\n

– Support for the Do Not Track header. When the user enables the Do Not Track feature, the browser will append a flag to every HTTP request to inform servers that the user wants to opt out of behavioral tracking.\u00a0Opera users can enable the header by clicking the \u201cAsk websites not to track me\u201d checkbox in the Security section of the browser\u2019s preference dialog. The feature is a welcome addition for privacy-conscious users.<\/p>\n

– Process isolation for plugins that will considerably boost the browser\u2019s stability. According to Opera, plugins like Flash account for approximately one-third of the browser\u2019s crashes. Moving the plugins into a separate process will help address that issue.<\/p>\n

– Hardware acceleration\u00a0rendering to the entire browser, including the user interface\u00a0and preliminary support for WebGL. Both features must be enabled in the\u00a0opera:config<\/code>\u00a0panel in order to work.<\/p>\n

Features Axed:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Opera Unite<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0support for HTML desktop widgets that float over the user\u2019s desktop.<\/p>\n

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