Opera 3

Opera 3 was the second full release of the Opera web browser. At this point, users had to pay a fee to obtain an Opera liscence after the trial period had expired. Opera 3 included such features as JavaScript, pop-up blocking, Elektra rendering engine, and faster JPEG and GIF rendering, among others.

Opera 3.0
Opera 3.00b was released on September 15, 1997. It was a beta release.

Opera 3.0 was released on December 1, 1997. It added:


 * JavaScript


 * HTML 3.3 partial compliance


 * Plug-in capabilites


 * Pop-up blocking


 * Ctrl+Shift clicking on links


 * HTML 2.0 full compliance


 * SSL


 * Nicknames (aliases for search pages/bookmarks)


 * Button set choices made available

Opera 3.10 was released on February 1, 1998. It was a security update.

Opera 3.21 was released on April 1, 1998. It was a security update.

Opera 3.5
Opera 3.5 was released on November 18, 1998. It added:


 * Elektra rendering engine


 * Integrated download/transfer manager


 * TLS 1.0 support


 * Java functionality through plug-ins


 * File Upload


 * CSS 1 support


 * UserCSS


 * Offline mode

Opera 3.51 was released on December 22, 1998. It was a security update.

Opera 3.6
Opera 3.6 was released on May 6, 1999. It added:


 * New optional user interface button sets (2)


 * Improved CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and faster JPEG and GIF image rendering

Opera 3.61 was released on December 21, 1999. It was a security update.

Opera 3.62b was released on January 25, 2000. It was a beta release.

Opera 3.62 was released on March 10, 2000. It was a security update.

Opera 3.65 BeOS beta was released on July 29, 1999. It was a beta release, and was only for the BeOS operating system.