Opera Turbo
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The staggering demand for mobile Internet access and connectivity for a range of Web-enabled devices creates numerous opportunities for operators and OEMs (and drives the innovation that keeps consumers satisfied), but fully realizing the opportunities requires innovative solutions. As the demand is met, more competition for limited bandwidth resources grows. Building on the strength of Opera Mini data compression technology, Opera Turbo™ was developed to help optimize these resources.Opera Turbo is a cross-platform solution, available for desktop computers, mobile phones, and other Internet-enabled devices. By compressing network traffic by up to 80%, Opera Turbo helps to enable the sustainability and scalability of networks in order to meet traffic demands and ensure a superior browsing experience.
Benefits
Operators, OEMs and consumers all reap the benefits of Opera Turbo's data compression and savings technology.
Operators can:
- Reduce network traffic and save on data transmissions
- Improve the Internet experience by increasing Web page download speeds and performance
- Extend the longevity of mobile network investments
- Stay ahead of the competition by deploying quickly
- Increase user satisfaction and retention
- Control or restrict certain content
- Gain insights into consumer behavior
OEMs can:
- Improve the Internet experience by increasing Web-page download speeds and performance
- Maximize hardware capabilities by processing server-side
- Achieve and maintain time to market
- Enhance usability/user satisfaction
- Deploy across platforms and chipsets and with both low- and high-end hardware
- Enable a full browsing experience on low-end hardware by reducing memory and CPU usage
Consumers enjoy:
- Improved Internet experience with browser speed and performance
- Greater affordability and cost predictability
- Optimized browsing experiences on low-end device hardware
- A consistent, stable, high quality Internet experience across a variety of products
Technology: How Opera Turbo works
Opera Turbo uses advanced compression technology to speed up data transfer and to reduce the amount of data that needs to be downloaded. By leveraging its experience with server-side optimization solutions such as Opera Mini, Opera Software is extending optimization to encompass other Opera browser products.
Bottom left corner is where the speed isWhen turned on, Opera Turbo will display the average compression rate. Hover your mouse over the Opera Turbo icon to see a tooltip with the amount of bandwidth saved as long as it has been enabled.
Throttle your bandwidth to see the big differenceOpera 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. In case you can’t attend a crowded conference today or aren’t on a bus connected through your phone, you can simulate a slower connection speed with: NetLimiter 2 Pro on Windows and the pipe command on the Mac. We recommend limiting your bandwidth to 100Kbps.
Opera Turbo doesn’t change the Web site
Turbo uses a technology called “Opera Web Optimization Proxy”, which is different from the Opera Binary Markup Language used in Opera Mini. Web sites layout and text will look exactly the same, but image resolution may appear considerably lower as a result of the compression. Dynamic Web technologies such as Ajax (XmlHttpRequests) and Flash are supported, but some plugin content will load only after clicking on the empty element.
Your privacy is important
Even when Turbo is enabled, encrypted traffic does not go through our compression servers. This means that when you are on a SSL site, we bypass these traffic and let you communicate with the SSL site directly. Opera generates statistics of the usage of Opera Turbo, but these are aggregated numbers and no information can be linked to a single user. Opera does not store any users’ private information.
Opera Turbo will be part of future desktop versions
This is a time-limited release, but the feedback we receive from this test release will help us determine how and when to move forward with Opera Turbo.
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