The All-Glass Opera Desktop Featured Desktop
Reader t.click’s desktop sports an amazing, totally transparent skin for the Opera browser that uses Aero Glass to render virtually the entire interface. We’ve already shown you how the latest snapshot version of the Opera browser gives you great Windows 7 integration, and that functionality can be used in alternate skins as well—which is how the Z1-Glass skin turns the entire interface into glass. The rest of the desktop consists of: Z1-Glass skin for Opera 10.5 snapshot Start Killer 7Stacks Got your own awesome desktop customization trick or fully-tweaked desktop configuration?
Opera 10.5 Beta Released, Adds Win 7 Integration, Private Browsing, Speed Boost
Windows/Mac/Linux: The official Opera 10.5 Beta for Windows has been released, adding greatly improved javascript performance, Windows 7 integration, private browsing, complete overhaul of the user interface, and the official beta release is more stable than the previous snapshot. We’ve already given you a walk-through tour of the new Windows 7 integration features , and showed you some benchmarks of the new “Carakan” javascript engine , which runs up to 8x faster than Opera 10 did, but the new official beta for Windows adds stability and some more tweaks to clean up the user interface. Mac and Linux users also have something new to test, with an Alpha-quality development snapshot of the new release—though you should be warned that it most likely has issues, so make sure to read the notes before deciding to install it
Opera 10.5 Beta Adds Private Browsing and Excellent Windows 7 Integration
Windows only: The latest beta version of the Opera browser adds total Windows 7 integration, with Jump Lists, Aero Peek, and a beautiful Aero Glass interface—and we’ve got a quick tour of all the new features. The first thing you’ll notice after installing the 10.5 beta is that the interface has been completely re-done with Aero Glass for Windows 7 or Vista users.

