Opera 12 Alpha Browser with Hardware Acceleration Arrives

In some ways, Opera is the Rodney Dangerfield of browsers. Both have their rabid followers, and both struggle to gain respect from the mainstream audience. That's where the similarities end, and where Opera really distinguishes itself is in being relevant still today (apologies for the gut punch, Dangerfield fans). Opera Software's next big browser release -- Opera 12 -- is now available as an alpha build, and with it another major development.
Opera 12 alpha supports full hardware acceleration with WebGL. This isn't the first browser to support hardware acceleration, but it's perhaps more liberal in its use by offloading the whole user interface to the GPU and not just specific elements of ... »read more

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