Many browsers have support for extensions that add additional features giving its users customised web browsing experience, and in order to compete with its competitors, developers of Opera have decided to add support for extensions in the next version of its popular browser.�Other major browsers, such as Firefox and Google Chrome have had extensions support for a long time and this is one of the reasons for their popularity. Extensions for Opera 11 will be created using a variety of different Web standards such as HTML5 and JavaScript and it will use Opera-specific APIs , or application programming interfaces.

This is great news for all Opera users because Opera 11 will be the first version of the browser that will have extensions support. As for the release date of Opera 11, we don't have any information about it just yet, but we know that alpha version is in the works.

Extension support is just what Opera users have been waiting, and as for Opera 11, we'll get the chance to try the alpha preview soon.

[via Ubergizmo]