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Opera Software released Opera 58.0, a new stable version of the desktop web browser, to the public on January 23, 2019.
Existing Opera users can use the built-in update functionality to download and install the new version; downloads are provided on Opera's website as well for those who prefer to download the installer.
Opera users who want to use the updating functionality may either load opera://update in the browser's address bar and activate the "check for update" button on the page, or select opera://about instead to run an update check.
Tip: Opera started to block extensions from interacting with search pages by default. You can fix that.
Opera 58
Opera 58.0 is the first stable release of the web browser in 2019. It is a minor release judging from the list of features that Opera highlights in the announcement on the official Opera Blog.
The core new feature of Opera 58.0 is a new warning dialog when browser windows with multiple tabs are closed.
It is not a groundbreaking feature; Opera users who dislike it can disable it in the following way:
- Load opera://settings/vpn in the browser's address bar.
- Scroll down to the User Interface section on the page.
- Locate "Warn on closing window with multiple tabs" and toggle it to off.
The second feature that Opera Software highlights is the continued roll out of a new news delivery feature in Russia. The company integrated Yandex Zen as a news source which provides Russian users with personalized news.
The full changelog lists other changes:
- Option to remove entries from the auto-complete menu with the mouse has been removed (no x-icon anymore). You can still use Ctrl-Shift-Delete to remove entries.
- Chromium updated to version 71.0.3578.80.
- Site Isolation disabled for Desktop Stable.
- Chromium toast notifier enabled in Opera.
- Several crash issue fixes.
Closing Words
Opera 58.0 is a minor new release that does not add anything major to the table (apart from the upgrade to the new Chromium version).
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