Thursday, Opera Software released the public beta of Opera 10.50 for Windows, with Mac and Linux beta expected to be released on the heels of yesterdays Windows release.

Opera is touting the browser as “The fastest browser ever” with the fastest JavaScript engine and graphic library. The company is also touting great speed on limited networks with “Opera Turbo” a component to help speed up the browsing experience with those whom may be on a dial up connection or a limited broadband network.

“Our previous JavaScript engine, Futhark, was the fastest when it was first introduced a few years ago, and the challenge for our engineers was to once again to make Opera the fastest browser on earth,” says Christen Krogh, Chief Development Officer, Opera Software. “We are proud today to show the results of the amazing work the team has done, and we are looking forward with great anticipation to the final release of Opera 10.50.”

This beta release has been optimized for Windows 7 and Windows Vista, “Enjoy the best Windows 7 integration with Aero Peek, Jump List support and a completely reorganized and easier to use menu bar under the new Opera menu.” Opera said in a press release regarding the release of Opera 10.50.

In addition, the browser contains several new enhancements such as, a better, cleaner look, private browsing, smarter address field and smarter searches. Also, the browser supports the latest in web standards, The new Opera Presto 2.5 engine in Opera 10.5 beta provides enhanced support for HTML5, full support for CSS 2.1 and much of the latest CSS3, displaying Web sites, just as developers and designers intended them to look.

If you are interested in taking a look at the latest beta release from Opera, take a look HERE to download Opera 10.50 and test it out.