Opera 41 slashes start times, improves newsreader feature

Opera Software has released Opera 41 for Windows, Mac and Linux, making reduced start times its major priority. The headline new feature is accompanied by a number of other performance improvements. Opera 41 also includes a majorly revamped personalized newsreader, containing a wide list of tweaks and enhancements to give users some extra features to play with on top of the under-the-hood updates. Opera’s improved start times don’t come at the expense of functionality, but it’s worth noting that the claimed average improvement of 86 percent refers to a browser restarted with more than 42 open tabs from previous sessions.… [Continue Reading]