Opera 5.0 for Mac Beta 3 released

OSLO, Norway - Sept. 14, 2001 - Opera Software today released Opera 5.0 for
Mac Beta 3, offering Mac users new features, increased stability and
user-friendliness on this popular alternative browser for Mac users.

Opera 5.0 for Mac Beta 3 introduces the ability to search bookmarks,
autofill forms and upload files. Important bug fixes have improved the
overall stability of the browser, giving users a better Internet experience.

"We are happy to provide our users with these important new features to
increase the user-friendliness of the Opera for Mac browser," says Jon S.
von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software. "We hope that many Mac users will
download this new version and send us bug reports to tell us how we can
make it even better."

Download Opera 5 for Mac Beta 3 from (http://www.opera.com/download/) for
free. Users do have to upgrade their beta version when it times out, in
this case on November 1, 2001.

Opera 5.0 for Mac Beta 3 will work with systems 7.5.3 up to 9.2 and for Mac
OS X in the Classic mode. Opera 5.0 for Mac Beta 3 supports the following
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards: 128-bit encryption, TLS 1.0, SSL
2 and 3, CSS1 and CSS2, XML, HTML 4.01, HTTP 1.1, ECMAScript, DOM and
WAP/WML. Opera 5.0 for Mac Beta 3 has powerful search features where users
can easily move between the most popular search engines, and search for
terms, domain names or stock quotes.

About Opera Software
Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of Web browsers
for the desktop and device markets. The Opera browser has received
international recognition from end-users and the industry press for being
faster, smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers. Opera
Software ASA is a privately held company headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
Learn more about Opera at (http://www.opera.com/)