At SXSW, WebProNews had the opportunity to talk to Charles McCathieNevile, Opera’s Chief Standards Officer, about the browser’s latest efforts. As he explained, the company released Opera 11.10 into beta, which has also been called “Barracuda.” Opera also announced Dragonfly into beta, which is a set of web authoring and debugging tools.

Other recent announcements from Opera include Opera Mobile and Opera Mini, both of which are available on all mobile devices and tablets.

McCathieNevile told WPN that all these announcements provide improvements to Opera’s user experience. In addition, they offer support for standards.

“You will find what you need inside the browser,” he said. (Emphasis added.)

Opera has always shown a concern for privacy in its products and these latest developments are no exception. McCathieNevile said that it would continue to include clear and simple security measures to ensure that users are protected.

Jon spoke about the company’s relationship with Google, and its commitment to develop a browser that seamlessly executes all of Google’s services such as Gmail, Docs & Spreadsheets, and Google Reader. He also touched on some of the browser’s feature that set it apart from Firefox and Internet Explorer, and is encouraging developers to reach out to Opera in efforts to develop web content that offers cross-platform functionality rather that limiting content to specific browsers.