According to foreign media reports, Opera 12 was officially released for Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. Opera 12 has no fundamental improvements, but some new features are added.
* Do Not Track is supported, which allows users to prevent advertising networks and other companies from monitoring their network activities;
* Using a small tool, the webpage thumbnails on the Opera express dial page can provide dynamic content. For example, Gmail thumbnails can display the latest received messages;
* Flash is not required. Opera native supports cameras;
* You can add a background image to your browser;
* This feature is disabled by default when hardware accelerated graphics are supported in the experiment. Opera indicates that this function may slow down in some cases .);
Opera indicates that Opera 12 runs faster than earlier versions. Opera 12 disables the built-in network server Opera Unite in the browser by default. Opera once optimistically said that Opera Unite will change the Internet forever.
Opera 12 also retains some special features. The most notable feature is the Opera Turbo mode, which can compress webpage content on the server side so that users with slow network speeds can load webpages.
The technology website CNET also announced the new functions of Opera 12:
Opera 12 allows you to create a real-time dial-up site, and supports displaying page content updates in real time using a dial-up thumbnail.
Opera 12 provides a series of new themes that allow you to change background images.
Through the new API, Opera browsed websites can control certain computer hardware, such as cameras.
Opera 12 provides security level badges for website links.
The Opera 12 plug-in has its own process, so when the plug-in crashes, Opera itself can continue to run.
Many languages are added from the right to the left to Opera, including Hebrew and Arabic.