Opera proxy promises 'game changing' browser speed

[bahirzaheri8]

Opera will soon offer ISPs and mobile operators a server-side data compressor designed to significantly improve download speeds on its Opera Desktop and Opera Mobile browsers.

"I really believe this will be a game changer when it comes to browsing on mobile broadband as well as fixed broadband in the emerging markets," Chief Strategy Officer Rolf Assev tells The Reg.

"Web sites are becoming bigger and bigger, demanding more and more resources. That's fine on fixed line in the Western World. But on mobile broadband and in other markets, that's a big problem. Things are getting too slow. So, we're speeding things up."

Predictably, Assev and company refer to this browser booster as Opera Turbo. According to Assev, Turbo will make its debut sometime during the second quarter, available for Opera Desktop, Opera Mobile, and the Opera Devices SDK - the company's custom browser kit. Opera already offers a similar server-side technology for its Opera Mini browser.

According to a company whitepaper, Opera Turbo compresses network traffic by as much as 80 per cent. On laptops, speeds rise 71 per cent on average:

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[Mark]

Awesome!

Bravo to Opera and best wishes for the future!

[bahirzaheri8]

Opera also said that they are testing another Opera version that is much faster than Opera 10 alpha

[heart reaper]

GO GO Opera!!

[brayden]

HR you must have gone insane! Firefox is the best. go go firefox!

[heart reaper]

Not Again!! Ok FF is the best. happy now? baby!

[hellnoire]

As someone who is learning to make HTML, Opera, Firefox, and Chrome, I gear to.

IE can learn to adapt to the open standards

[YuMeng]

Firefox is unbeatable and Opera cant win it!

[bahirzaheri8]

Its no point starting this Opera vs Firefox discussion because me & HR are not going to give into FF

[utkarsh30june]

Opera is OK but it can't beat Firefox in any way.
Still, a different move by Opera ASA team. Let's see if it does anything or not.