Opera 19 goes Stable, brings bookmarks bar and hardcore mode

Opera software has released Opera 19 for Windows and Mac, and is available for download. This version based on Chromium 32 brings much awaited bookmarks bar (you still need to enable it by visiting Opera Settings), advanced Settings, hardcore mode. And for developers, it enables JavaScirpt promises and adds support for animated webp images

Opera 19 stable, what’s new

Bookmarks bar is not enabled by default, visit Opera Settings and turn it on using option provided under ‘User interface’. Once you’ve done that, you can drag and drop pages onto the quick access bar for creating bookmarks, currently works in Windows Opera only.

Opera 19 thumb Opera 19 goes Stable, brings bookmarks bar and hardcore mode

If you came across any beautiful image on the web, you can now use it as wallpaper on Speed Dial, to do that, right lick and select ‘use image as theme’, FYI, Opera has added support for install of  themes in version 18.

Also read: How to Set An Image from Your Computer As a Speed Dial Background in Opera

You’ve now more than 700 extensions to choose from Opera add-ons catalogue for this Chromium based browser, this version provides blacklisting of extensions, inline install and other improvements.

Download Opera 19

Source:  Opera blog

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Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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