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The Opera browser was begun by Telenor, the leading Norwegian telecom company, in early 1994. In 1995, Opera was split off into a separate company, Opera Software SA, which remained in Norwegian hands until mid-2016, when the entire Opera browser business was purchased by a Chinese consortium for $600 million, leaving the parent company with Opera Apps & Games and Opera TV.

Opera started out as a research project in Norway's largest telecom company, Telenor, in 1994, and branched out into an independent development company named Opera Software ASA in 1995. Download the Opera browser for computer, phone, and tablet. Opera for Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS. Free VPN, Ad blocker, built-in messengers.

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Opera 1.0 was an in-house project to demonstrate that Telenor’s programmers were capable of creating a compliant browser. The project began in April 1994 with version 1.0 completed in April 1995. Opera developed its own engine to render web pages.

Opera 2.0 was finalized one year later, in April 1996, and the software was released as shareware, but it wasn’t until version 2.1 that Opera was officially released. This version introduced full page scaling, allowing the user to zoom from 20% to 1000%. It was the first version available for Macs.

Opera 3.0 was released in December 1997 and was the first version with JavaScript.

Opera 3.5 used the Elektra rendering engine and added Java support via plug-in. It was the first version to support Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Version 3.6 (May 1999) improved CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, along with faster rendering of JPEG and GIF images. Version 3.6 was the last to support 16-bit Windows 3.x. A beta known as Opera 3.65 was developed for BeOS and released on July 29, 1999.

Opera 4.0 was the first to require Windows 95 or newer when it was released in June 2000. It gained tabbed browsing and had support for both XML and Dynamic HTML. With version 4.0, Opera began using a cross-platform core.

Opera 5, released at the end of 2000, was ad-supported instead of being shareware with a free trial period. Mac requirements are System 7.5.3 through 9.2.x (there is no native Mac OS X support, but it will run in Classic Mode with OS X 10.4.11 and earlier). The installer notes that Unicode and Full Screen View are not supported. Version 5.1 added mouse gestures in April 2001.

With version 6 in November 2001, Opera gained Unicode capabilities as well as PNG alpha-channel transparency. Mac requirements include a PowerPC Mac and Mac OS 8.6 through OS X 10.2.2 Jaguar – the first Opera release for Mac OS X. Version 6.1 was the first Opera version available for FreeBSD.

With Opera 7.0, the browser moved to the Presto rendering engine in January 2003. Opera 7.0 was the first version to require Mac OS X, dropping support for the Classic Mac OS. Version 7.3 introduced voice capabilities. Version 7.5 added support for RSS news readers.

Opera 8.0 (April 2005) added Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) support, and version 8.5 dropped ads as Opera became a truly free browser.

Opera 9 (June 2006) gained widgets and was the first to pass the Acid2 test, 9.1 added fraud protection, and 9.2 got Speed Dial, a launch page with thumbnails.

In September 2009, version 10 arrived with speed optimizations and web font support, and 10.5 had an improved JavaScript engine. Opera 10.6 was about 50% faster and is the last version to support PowerPC Macs.

With version 11.0 (December 2010), Opera required an Intel-based Mac, and Opera 12.0 (June 2012) no longer supports OS X 10.4 Tiger.

From there, Opera skipped 13 and 14, going right to version 15 in July 2013, moving from Opera’s Presto layout engine to WebKit, which Apple uses as Safari’s layout engine and Google uses for its Chrome browser, and becoming part of the Chromium project.

Opera moved to an accelerated release schedule, as Chrome and Firefox had already done, and also released versions 16 through 19 in 2013. Opera 20-26 came out in 2014, all based on Chromium. Opera had eight releases in 2015, versions 27 through 34, and in 2016, it released Opera 35 through 42. 2017 releases range from 43 to 49.

Overview of System Requirements

It’s very difficult to find system requirements for older versions of Opera. The following is based on what we have running on Mac at Low End Mac headquarters. Updates are appreciated!

Opera 6 requires a PowerPC and Mac OS 8.6. Mac OS X 10.2.2 is supported.
Opera 8.54 was the last to support OS X 10.2 Jaguar.
Opera 10.10 was the last to support OS X 10.3 Panther.
Opera 10.63 was the last PowerPC version and requires OS X 10.4 Tiger or newer
Opera 11 and later require an Intel-based Mac and 11.10 is the last to support OS X 10.4 Tiger
Opera 12.16 was the last to support OS X 10.5 Leopard on an Intel Mac
Opera 25 was the last to support OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Opera 36 was the last to support OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion
Versions since then require OS X 10.9 Mavericks or newer

Camino: Fast but Quite Outdated

I still use Camino regularly, but only for one reason: I can open my HTML files of old Low End Mac pages in Camino, select all, copy, and then paste them into WordPress without the browser making a mess of things. That is the only reason I keep using it.

Camino has a light footprint and runs quickly on OS X 10.4 Tiger or later, so it’s a good option for older Intel Macs. Camino has not been updated since 2013, and that version is based on Firefox 19 – two generations newer than Firefox for Leopard and one generation newer than TenFourFox for Intel.

It’s far from state-of-the-art, but if you’re looking for something quick on a low memory Mac, it’s a decent choice.

Chrome: Behind the Times and a Memory Hog

If you’re using OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, you can run the latest version of Chrome, which is 43.0.2357.81 at the moment. If you’re still using Leopard, version 21.0.1180.90 is the most recent available. It’s three years old at present and a memory hog, just like every version of Chrome.

On the plus side, it has the highest level of support for HTML5 among these browsers and is the only one to support all three HTML5 video standards: H.264, Theora, and WebM. It’s also one of the few browsers for Leopard that supports full screen browsing.

To get the most out of Chrome on a low memory Mac, use as few tabs and windows as possible.

Firefox: Okay, but Outdated

Like Chrome, Firefox is also way behind the times. Snow Leopard users can run version 38, but Leopard users only get version 16. It’s a competent browser, and it does have full screen browsing, but you have better options.

OmniWeb: In Stasis

In my overview of Snow Leopard browsers, I point out that although OmniWeb was the first OS X browser, it was the oldest one for OS X 10.6. In this case, it’s second oldest – Safari 5 is a year older. Still, OmniWeb has been stuck at version 5.11.2 for a long time now with no sign that an update is actually coming.

It’s dated, and it looks it.

Opera

Snow Leopard users can run Opera 25, the current version is 30, and Leopard only supports up to version 12.16 from 2013. It’s a nice enough browser, but it’s not even close to current. Then again, neither is any Intel Mac running Leopard.

Safari: Ancient

Safari 5 is the reason we’re looking at other browsers. It was adequate in its day, but that day is long past. I can’t think of a good reason to choose it with so many solid alternatives available.

Stainless: Different in Some Good Ways

Although Stainless only made it to version 0.8, it’s become one of my favorite browsers, especially when working with WordPress on my Macs. Stainless loads quickly, uses RAM efficiently, and runs very nicely.

It’s middle of the pack for HTML5 support, but in the real world it gets the job done. I recommend giving it a try. It may surprise you – as it did me.

TenFourFox: What’s This Doing on Intel Macs?

TenFourFox began as a PowerPC-specific port of Firefox so people still using OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard on G3, G4, and G5 machines would have a more up-to-date version of Firefox than Mozilla provides.

So why in the world is there an Intel version of TenFourFox? Because some people are still running Tiger and Leopard on their old Intel Macs, and Firefox left them high and dry after version 16. Not that TenFourFox for Intel gets you a whole lot further, being the version 17 release, but it is a generation newer.

TenFourFox for Intel is unsupported and no longer under development, but if you’re one of those Tiger or Leopard holdouts on Intel, it is an option.

Browser Overview

In the table below, browser size on disk is rounded up to the next full MB. HTML5 score is on a scale of 0-555. Full Screen indicates whether the browser supports full screen mode, which can be toggled using Cmd-Shift-F.

HTML5 Video notes whether H.264, Ogg Theora, and WebM are supported. “All” means all 3 are.

Browser Version	Size	HTML5 Score	Full Screen	HTML5 Video
Camino 2.1.3	39 MB	134	no	no
OmniWeb 5.11.2	76 MB	205	no	H.264
Safari 5.0.6	57 MB	249	no	H.264, WebM
Stainless 0.8	2 MB	250	no	H.264, WebM
Opera 12.16	43 MB	338	no	Theora, WebM
Firefox 16	83 MB	314	yes	Theora, WebM
Chrome 21	232 MB	371	yes	all
TenFourFox 17	64 MB	340	yes	Theora, WebM

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Overall, Chrome wins for highest HTML5 score, full screen support, and working with all three HTML5 video standards. The price you pay is high memory use.

For speed, it’s hard to beat Stainless, which loads lickity-split and uses memory pretty efficiently.

Opera For Mac Os X 10.6

TenFourFox for Intel is the surprise of the bunch, scoring the second highest HTML5 score, giving you full screen browsing, and still supporting all those wonderful old (and sometimes risky) plug-ins and add-ons Firefox was once so famous for.

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* Limited memory and no desire to invest in more is also the only reason to run OS X 10.4 Tiger on an Intel Mac (it supports 256 MB but should have at least 512 MB), but hardly anyone is still doing that. According to our site analytics, in March 2016, only 1.6% of Intel Macs being used to read Low End Mac are still using Tiger. Just 1.3% are using Leopard, but an impressive 11.4% are using Snow Leopard – third place overall. At present, only 5.8% run OS X 10.7 Lion, 2.9% use OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, 8.7% are on OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and 17.6% run 10.10 Yosemite. OS X 10.11 El Capitan currently holds the top spot at 50.9%.

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