Opera Software has released a version 8.0 beta of their namesake browser. The major changes for this release includes much cleaner, simpler UI and support for XmlHttpRequest so that you can read your gmail finally in opera browser. Also, entirely new voice feature to navigate internet using voice commands. Opera has always been the innovative browser since its early days - Multiple windows interface, embedded search, mouse gestures and now voice commands. This is shaping up to be one good release.