Opera Software has released the first Preview release of Opera 8.01 the "fastest browser on earth" Release Notes

Unfortunately, a number of users have been experiencing frequest crashes when clicking links on certain pages since installing Opera 8.0 Final. This build contains a fix for these crashes. Your feedback about the stability of this release compared to Opera 8.0 Final is greatly appreciated.

Opera 8.01 Technical Preview 1 for Windows

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