Opera 9 beta released

[TheMajor]

Opera Software today announced the first public Beta of Opera 9. This version includes Widgets, small Web programs running in their own windows that are fun, easy-to-use and live on users' desktops. The Opera 9 Beta also features support for BitTorrent, a popular file downloading technology, in addition to an easy-to-use content blocker and thumbnail previews of tabbed sites.

And yes, Opera remains available free of charge.

Changelog: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/900b1/

Downloads:
Windows: http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?opsys=Windows&lng=en&ver=9.0b&platform=Windows&local=y
Solaris Sparc: http://www.opera.com/download/index...ng=en&ver=9.0b&platform=Solaris Sparc&local=y
Macintosh: http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?opsys=MacOS&lng=en&ver=9.0b&platform=MacOS&local=y
Linux Sparc: http://www.opera.com/download/index...&lng=en&ver=9.0b&platform=Linux Sparc&local=y
Linux PowerPC: http://www.opera.com/download/index...ng=en&ver=9.0b&platform=Linux PowerPC&local=y
Linux i386: http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?opsys=Linux i386&lng=en&ver=9.0b&platform=Linux i386&local=y
FreeBSD i386: http://www.opera.com/download/index...lng=en&ver=9.0b&platform=FreeBSD i386&local=y

 

[mikee]

didn't opera 8 have bittorrent too?

 

[TheMajor]

didn't opera 8 have bittorrent too?

Yes and no. A preview release did. Opera 8.02 afaik.