Opera began in 1994 as a research project at Telenor, the largest Norwegian telecommunications company. Håkon Wium Lie, chief technical officer of the Opera Software company and creator of the CSS web standard
History Main article: History of the Opera web browser Some television set-top boxes use Opera as well, and Adobe licensed Opera technology for use in the Adobe Creative Suite. Furthermore, Opera is the only web browser available for the Nintendo DS and Wii gaming systems. In fact, approximately 40 million mobile phones have shipped with Opera pre-installed.
Editions of Opera are available for devices using the Symbian and Windows Mobile operating systems, as well as Java ME-enabled devices. Opera has a stronger market share, however, on mobile devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, and personal digital assistants. It is currently the fourth most widely used web browser for personal computers, behind Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. But even though evaluations of Opera have been largely positive, Opera has captured only a fraction of the worldwide personal computer browser market. Opera runs on a variety of personal computer operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Its security features include built-in phishing and malware protection, strong encryption when browsing secure web sites, and the ability to easily delete private data such as cookies and browsing history by simply clicking a button. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones, but for other devices it must be paid for.įeatures of Opera include high performance, tabbed browsing, page zooming, mouse gestures, and an integrated download manager. Opera handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, IRC online chatting, downloading files via BitTorrent, and reading web feeds. Template:Infobox Software Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company.
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