Following all that hype about the new Opera, I decided to try the beta.
Here’s a list of the new features exclusive to the 9.5 series , codenamed Kestrel.
1.Opera Link. 2.History Search. 3.Improved Mail Client.

The Opera Link feature is a new feature to the 9.5 series of Opera and the 4 series of Opera Mini.
It saves the Bookmarks, Speed Dial and the Personal bar online.
I had tried Flock before with the option to publish bookmarks to del.icio.us and wasn’t quite impressed with it.
One of the most impressive features I found was that Opera Link allowed multiple log-ins and kept the sessions running for all multiple log-ins.
Also once logged into Opera Link, the browser remembers the log-in data and logs you in on the restart of the browser,
unless you log-out before closing the browser.

The link option is available by clicking File > Synchronize Opera.
On clicking it, a window opens asking you to sign-in.
If you have a my-Opera account, you can use to sign-in to Opera Link.
There is also an option to select what you want to synchronize.
You can also sign-up there itself if you don’t have a my-Opera account.
Once signed-in, the status bar shows the user name with which you have logged in and the status of synchronization.
The Synchronization is quick and needs no user intervention.
This is indeed a very nice feature in my opinion as it helps keep my bookmarks organized between systems.
The bookmarks and Speed-Dial can also be checked from other browsers.link.opera.com provides this feature.
This again, is a very nice option, as we might need to check the bookmarks with no Opera available.

I used Opera Link from three sources,to test Link.

1. Opera 9.5 beta on ZenWalk Linux 4.2
2. Opera 9.5 beta for Windows XP.
3. Opera Mini 4 on Nokia 6300.