Opera 2 was the first publicly released version 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 2 included such features as an SMPT client, HTML 3, zoom, and support for multiple graphics formats, among others.
Opera 2.0[]
Opera 2.0 was released on April 22, 1996. It added a NNTP and a SMPT client. It was not released publicly.
Opera 2.10b1 was released in September 1996. It was a beta release.
Opera 2.10b2 was released in October 1996. It was a beta release.
Opera 2.10b3 was released in November 1996. It was a beta release.
Opera 2.10[]
Opera 2.10 was released on December 9, 1996. It added:
- Zoom: proportional full page scaling from 20% to 1000%
- New keyboard shortcuts
- Support for HTML 3.0
- Sessions: save, open, insert and restore sessions
- Frames capabilites
- Loads local and external web pages
Opera 2.12[]
Opera 2.12 was released on Febuary 12, 1997. It added:
- Block referrer information
- Empty cache on exit
- Launch sounds at startup, page load, and exit
- Adjust actions on specific MIME types
- Disable images, animation, or frames
- Support for .JPG, .GIF, .XBM, .BMP, .AVI video, animated .GIF, MPEG video