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Opera Ltd. Files for IPO

posted by mrpg on Tuesday July 03 2018, @05:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the is-this-good-or-bad? dept.

takyon writes:

Browser maker Opera has filed to go public

Norway-based company Opera Ltd. has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. According to its F-1 document, the company plans to raise up to $115 million.

In 2017, Opera generated $128.9 million in operating revenue, which led to a net income of $6.1 million.

While many people are already familiar with the web browser Opera, the company itself has had a tumultuous history. Opera shareholders separated the company into two different entities — the browser maker and the adtech operations.

The advertising company is now called Otello. And a consortium of Chinese companies acquired the web browser, the consumer products and the Opera brand. That second part is the one that is going public in the U.S.

They offer an innovative, WebKit/Blink-based product.

Also at Android Police.

Related: Opera Browser Sold to a Chinese Consortium for $600 Million
Opera Discontinues its Mobile VPN App

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  • (Score: 2) by richtopia on Tuesday July 03 2018, @07:16PM (2 children)

    by richtopia (3160) on Tuesday July 03 2018, @07:16PM (#702111) Homepage Journal

    I used Opera, and most likely still would if they hadn't abandoned everything that defined their browser.

    Presto was a decent rendering engine. Not perfect and still had some issues on occasion, but it handled low memory devices better than anything else. The only time the browser would feel slow is when something wasn't behaving correctly, like an embedded video or JavaScript. Opera Mobile was also my favorite phone browser thanks to the memory management. It also was really good at reflowing text to a smaller window.

    After using Opera for years (started circa 2002), the shortcuts and gestures were integrated into my workflow. I still struggle with how Firefox orders tabs, to me the "open new tab next to active" is logical. Gestures and shortcuts are emulated with extensions in Firefox, but I can feel the browser struggling with the action.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday July 03 2018, @08:13PM

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday July 03 2018, @08:13PM (#702145) Journal

    about:config / browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent

    Is the feature you're wanting. Change that one to true as it's false by default and you'll be good to go.

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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday July 03 2018, @09:16PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday July 03 2018, @09:16PM (#702178)

    I still struggle with how Firefox orders tabs, to me the "open new tab next to active" is logical

    Have you tried Tree Style Tabs [mozilla.org]?

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