WebRTC Initial support for real-time communication has been added. Opera 12.00 will include changes in the Opera Presto 2.10 engine up to core-integration-point 289. Voice support will be removed as of Opera 12.00, as the voice-detection library is no longer supported by the third-party vendor. Opera Unite and Opera Widgets will be off by default in Opera 12.00, and will eventually be phased out of the Opera browser in the future. Opera Unite, Opera Widget, and Opera Voice Discontinuation Persian, Urdu, Hebrew, and Arabic languages added.Įxtensions will now be able to interact with tabs, create tab groups, and manage windows. RTL support will bring additional stability for certain languages. Right-to-Left (RTL) script support added, language support expanded Hardware acceleration allows Opera to offload graphics rendering from the processor (CPU) to the graphics card (GPU), making graphics intensive operations such as animations faster.

URL and page content columns in the address field drop-down have been combined.

The page title and the page excerpt will be used for full page search results.

Smart URL shortening in the address field drop-down.

Improved address field and address bar drop-down suggestions.

Numerous improvements to the address bar have been made: Install or change themes at the click of a button, without restarting the browser. New, lightweight themes make it easier to customize the browser.

The 64-bit version of Opera will offer performance improvements for some functions and allow Opera more freedom in allocating memory. This feature will enhance security and stability. Opera now runs plug-ins as a separate process, allowing for more control when a plug-in misbehaves. Moving forward all newer versions of Opera rely on the Blink web browser engine developed as part of the Chromium project and thus, the same rendering engine used by Google's Chrome.

Opera 12 is the latest version of the browser available that used the Presto layout engine.

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