Opera Software has just unleashed the first public preview of its next-generation browser for personal computers and Internet-enabled mobile devices.

Called Opera 10 alpha, the new release is not intended to show off the full feature set of Opera 10.0, which the software maker says is still “a while off.” Instead, the download is intended to give Web designers some initial hands-on experience with significant Opera 10 improvements, particularly those relating to page rendering and Web-standards compliance.

“It seems like yesterday we released Opera 9.6, and now you can all get your hands on Opera 10.0,” said Adam Minchinton, an Opera Mac developer.

The Acid analysis

Opera 10 alpha gives Web designers a taste of the full potential of the new browser’s Presto 2.2 rendering engine, which makes the browsing experience about 30 percent faster than Opera 9.6. Moreover, Opera’s new engine adds alpha transparency to its RGB […]

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