Opera Turbo is a server-side optimization and compression technology that provides significant improvements in browsing speeds over limited-bandwidth connections by compressing network traffic. This does not only helps you surf faster, but also lowers the cost of browsing when you are on a pay per usage plan.

Turbo uses a technology called “Opera Web Optimization Proxy”, which is different from the Opera Binary Markup Language used in Opera Mini. Web sites layout and text will look exactly the same, but image resolution may appear considerably lower as a result of the compression. Dynamic Web technologies such as Ajax (XmlHttpRequests) and Flash are supported, but some plugin content will load only after clicking on the empty element.

Also, when Turbo is enabled, encrypted traffic does not go through the compression servers. This means that when you visit a SSL website, this traffic is bypassed and you can communicate with the SSL site directly.

When turned on, Opera Turbo will display the average compression rate and the amount of bandwidth saved.

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