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Opera Turbo now available for time limited testing

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 Published March 16th, 2009 3:55 AM EDT By Tamil

Recently, Opera Labs started the time limited test phase for Opera Turbo.

Opera Turbo is a server-side optimization and compression technology similar to Opera Mini that provides significant improvements in browsing speeds over limited-bandwidth connections by compressing network traffic. This does not only make you surf faster, but also lowers the cost of browsing when you are on a pay per usage plan.

  • Opera Turbo can be easily turned on/off by clicking the Opera Turbo button in status bar. When turned on, Opera Turbo will display the average compression rate and the amount of bandwidth saved will be shown in a tooltip when Opera Turbo button is hovered.

    Opera Turbo button

  • Opera Turbo will work with any type of connection, but to get the most out of it you should be on a situation with limited bandwidth. On a fast network the main reason to avoid Turbo would be reduced speed due to sending data via a proxy and the reduced image quality.
  • Opera Turbo doesn’t change the Web site but image resolution may appear considerably lower as a result of the compression. Dynamic Web technologies such as Ajax and Flash are supported, but some plugin content will load only after clicking on the empty element.
  • Even when Turbo is enabled, encrypted traffic does not go through compression servers.

Opera Turbo demo

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  1. 1 set Mar 16th, 2009 at 4:33 am
    using Opera Opera 10.00 on Windows Windows Vista

    Any idea for how long will the testing be available?

  2. 2 Tamil Mar 16th, 2009 at 6:28 am
    using Opera Opera 10.00 on Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu Linux

    Nope.

  3. 3 Spitfire Mar 16th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
    using Opera Opera 10.00 on Windows Windows XP

    Any idea how i can actually turn on the turbo function? I have the client from the turbo link, yet i can find no opera turbo button.

  4. 4 Investor Mar 16th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
    using Opera Opera 10.00 on Windows Windows XP

    @Spitfire, the opera turbo button is located on status bar (bottom left). if not using status bar simply customize (show all tool bars) and drag button to eg tab bar. however then button will only enable/disable opera turbo. button only shows additional info (speed) when on status bars (for some odd reason)

  5. 5 suribe Mar 16th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
    using Opera Opera 10.00 on Linux Linux

    and also is useful for anonymous surfing ;) since change the IP

  6. 6 fose Apr 5th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
    using Opera Mini Opera Mini 9.60

    who using this staf? how working?

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