Opera 6.0 Linux Beta 1

Keep information about your friend and colleagues in the

new contact list. Visit their Web pages and with the use

of an external mail client, send an e-mail to your contacts.

Cookie Management

Manage your cookies with the new cookie editor. [exclusive]

Mouse Gestures Perform almost any operation with mouse gestures such as the ones found in Opera 6.0 for Windows, as well as someLinux-specific mouse gestures like the middle-click on windowbar to open clipboard URL in new window. [some exclusive]

Help window

You can now read the help documentation in its own window with useful buttons. Import You can import bookmarks, contact lists, window setup files and pages. [partly exclusive]

Bookmark import

Kde1/Kde2 paths and Kde2 XML Netscape/Mozilla Path [partly exclusive]

Bookmark management

Easily move bookmarks around. Drag bookmarks to folders

and the Personal Bar. When dragging bookmarks to te Opera workspace, a window or the windowbar Opera will go to the bookmark URL.

Quick Preferences F12

Quick access to some of the most frequently changed

preferences. E-mail links Advanced mailto links often include subject and body. With Opera's new and more advanced invoking of an external e-mail client such links now work perfectly. [exclusive]

Plug-in support

Improved Opera plug-in support. Most Netscape plug-ins are supported such as Macromedia Flash, Acrobat Reader, Real Player, Java, Plugger, TCL 2.0, Codeweaver Crossover

(Apple Quicktime).

New look

Opera has a new default button set, skin and panels. Change to classic Opera look or set your own under

Preferences > Browser layout. Find more buttons, skins and panels at my.opera.com.

Hotclick

Double-click a word or right-click a selected phrase and

display a pop-up menu full of powerful features such as

search, encyclopedia look-up, and translation. Personal Bar

Organize and personalize your favorite bookmarks and

searches in one place.

Bookmarks

Search bookmarks or sort them by title, date created, when

visited or customize your own ordering.

Panels

Users can place their favorite Web pages in panels that

are displayed in the hotlist during their browsing

session. Web pages for panels have to be optimized to the

hotlist size. Panels are available at my.opera.com.

Unicode

For the first time, Opera supports the Unicode Worldwide

Character Set, making Opera available in local languages

for the Asian/Pacific and Eastern European regions when

users have the correct fonts installed.

Improved window handling

Switch easily between document windows with the new

keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Tab.

Keyboard shortcuts

New shortcuts to speed up your surfing.

Help files

New help files, completely rewritten and improved. If you

are running Opera 6.0, press F1 to see them now.