9.5 is available
After lots of late night testing and bug fixing, 9.5 was released today. :hat:
We would like to share some fun facts with you:
Opera is now available in 29 languages, 6 more than in 9.27 and more are coming
The number of Opera users has more than doubled since the release of 9.0
We fixed a new record of bugs, including 2350 showstoppers
The desktop team ate 12 pizzas while fixing bugs in 9.5 RC :chef:
IMAP is up to 4 times as fast in 9.5 than in 9.2
Almost 500.000 of you were already using betas of 9.5
Opera 9.5 is now available on http://www.opera.com/download
Enjoy!
The desktop team
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http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...-5-is-available
It is build 10063, so not the RC build.
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YAY! Finally! It is here before Firefox 3.0!
Edit: Nevermind, fixed it 
Opera 9.5's very good imo, I ditched firefox 3 because of the scrolling issue with fixed backgrounds 
Towards 9.51
By csant. Friday, 20. June 2008, 04:56:56
It's time for maintenance - we have been fixing several of the most reported issues in 9.50 - including a rather nasty crash on Yahoo Mail. Have fun testing - and as always, we'd appreciate feedback.
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Changelog
Fixed crash on Yahoo! Mail.
Fixed a crash when clicking the feeds button.
Fixed a crash when installing Shockwave Player 11.
Fixed some issues with the search engines when upgrading from 9.2x: it is now possible again to edit the Google search.
Fixed a leak when printing or in print preview.
Fixed a GDI handle leak in the transfers window on Windows.
Fixed thread expanding in Mail when receiving new messages
Fixed some issues with subscription to IMAP folders.
Fixed a too zealous reconnection of the IRC client.
Fixed "reuse current tab" feature in speed dial on Mac.
Finetuned some issues in the new skin.
Download
Windows 10071
Windows Classic 10071
Mac 4877
UNIX 2050
Source
Towards 9.51 @ Desktop Team
By csant. Friday, 20. June 2008, 04:56:56
It's time for maintenance - we have been fixing several of the most reported issues in 9.50 - including a rather nasty crash on Yahoo Mail. Have fun testing - and as always, we'd appreciate feedback.
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Changelog
Fixed crash on Yahoo! Mail.
Fixed a crash when clicking the feeds button.
Fixed a crash when installing Shockwave Player 11.
Fixed some issues with the search engines when upgrading from 9.2x: it is now possible again to edit the Google search.
Fixed a leak when printing or in print preview.
Fixed a GDI handle leak in the transfers window on Windows.
Fixed thread expanding in Mail when receiving new messages
Fixed some issues with subscription to IMAP folders.
Fixed a too zealous reconnection of the IRC client.
Fixed "reuse current tab" feature in speed dial on Mac.
Finetuned some issues in the new skin.
Download
Windows 10071
Windows Classic 10071
Mac 4877
UNIX 2050
Source
Towards 9.51 @ Desktop Team
This build solved some of the crashing issues I had with Google Images 
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
Hope this fixes the rendering bugs seen while scrolling. On Windows black or white boxes appear above the forum feed up there ^^^. On Linux when smooth scrolling the entire page does not necessarily repaint.
edit: Netvibes's news reader has FINALLY been fixed after almost a year.
edit: Netvibes's news reader has FINALLY been fixed after almost a year.
I never noticed this problem with 9.5 or this prerelease of 9.51 on windows?
Quote - (rm20010 @ Jun 21 2008, 17:57) 
Hope this fixes the rendering bugs seen while scrolling.
Not fixed for me...
Opera 9.51 RC 1
By olli. Wednesday, 25. June 2008, 06:45:55
Hey
We have fixed the worst issues after 9.50 and are preparing for a 9.51 update.
Please look out for regressions :-)
Changelog
Added option to toggle mouse flips, and decoupled them from the mouse gesture setting again
Fixed drag/drop of tabs - always drop the address
Fixed menus on deviantart.com
Fixed TinyMCE 2.1.x editor
Feeds now show the first time you subscribe
Fixed crash when printing chat
64-bit linux is back
Download
Windows 10074
Windows Classic 10074
Mac 4879
UNIX 2052
Source
Opera 9.51 RC 1 @ Desktop Team
By olli. Wednesday, 25. June 2008, 06:45:55
Hey
We have fixed the worst issues after 9.50 and are preparing for a 9.51 update.
Please look out for regressions :-)
Changelog
Added option to toggle mouse flips, and decoupled them from the mouse gesture setting again
Fixed drag/drop of tabs - always drop the address
Fixed menus on deviantart.com
Fixed TinyMCE 2.1.x editor
Feeds now show the first time you subscribe
Fixed crash when printing chat
64-bit linux is back
Download
Windows 10074
Windows Classic 10074
Mac 4879
UNIX 2052
Source
Opera 9.51 RC 1 @ Desktop Team
Opera 9.51 RC 2
By csant. Friday, 27. June 2008, 09:37:33
More fixes in the pipeline for 9.51! As always, we appreciate constructive feedback. Main focus was on stability and the installer - some issues that users have encountered when upgrading from 9.27 should now be finally solved.
Changelog
Security status should be now always correctly set when navigating from HTTP to HTTPS.
Fixed an issue related to OCSP and CRLs that would lower security level - Yngve has a detailed article. You'll have to manually check for updates to activate this fix.
Fixed an issue in the content blocker that might cause no page to be loaded anymore.
Fixed a crash on Yahoo! Mail (now really!).
Fixed a crash with userjs.
Fixed a crash related to Dragonfly.
Fixed a crash on Print Preview.
Fixed an issue that caused unwanted line breaks in rich text editors.
Fixed loading of stylesheets when navigating in history.
UNIX specific:
Fixed an issue that would prevent pages from closing on Qt4 builds.
Fixed saving of changes to plugin configuration.
Download
Windows 10080
Windows Classic 10080
Mac 4885
UNIX 2059
Source
Opera 9.51 RC 2 @ Desktop Team
By csant. Friday, 27. June 2008, 09:37:33
More fixes in the pipeline for 9.51! As always, we appreciate constructive feedback. Main focus was on stability and the installer - some issues that users have encountered when upgrading from 9.27 should now be finally solved.
Changelog
Security status should be now always correctly set when navigating from HTTP to HTTPS.
Fixed an issue related to OCSP and CRLs that would lower security level - Yngve has a detailed article. You'll have to manually check for updates to activate this fix.
Fixed an issue in the content blocker that might cause no page to be loaded anymore.
Fixed a crash on Yahoo! Mail (now really!).
Fixed a crash with userjs.
Fixed a crash related to Dragonfly.
Fixed a crash on Print Preview.
Fixed an issue that caused unwanted line breaks in rich text editors.
Fixed loading of stylesheets when navigating in history.
UNIX specific:
Fixed an issue that would prevent pages from closing on Qt4 builds.
Fixed saving of changes to plugin configuration.
Download
Windows 10080
Windows Classic 10080
Mac 4885
UNIX 2059
Source
Opera 9.51 RC 2 @ Desktop Team
This build is really good and works well.
Opera 9.51 RC 3
By csant. Tuesday, 1. July 2008, 06:45:04
And one more RC for the upcoming 9.51! Lots of nice fixes in this one - and we need your feedback, specially on:
Fixed proper clearing of textarea when no-cache is set.
Fixed a crash on print preview.
Saving of images is not recorded in transfers anymore.
Fixed window.close() not functioning after invoking context menu...
(this also fixes closing Dragonfly…)
UNIX specific:
Fixed printing on Linux
Download
Windows 10081
Windows Classic 10081
Mac 4886
UNIX 2061
Source
Opera 9.51 RC 3 @ Desktop Team
Yes.
By csant. Tuesday, 1. July 2008, 06:45:04
And one more RC for the upcoming 9.51! Lots of nice fixes in this one - and we need your feedback, specially on:
- upgrading (we did some more tweaks to the installer)
- saving (of images, of web pages, of "stuff")
Fixed proper clearing of textarea when no-cache is set.
Fixed a crash on print preview.
Saving of images is not recorded in transfers anymore.
Fixed window.close() not functioning after invoking context menu...
(this also fixes closing Dragonfly…)UNIX specific:
Fixed printing on Linux
Download
Windows 10081
Windows Classic 10081
Mac 4886
UNIX 2061
Source
Opera 9.51 RC 3 @ Desktop Team
Quote - (Crazysah @ Jun 30 2008, 06:39)
This build is really good and works well.
Yes.
Opera 9.51
By csant. Tuesday, 3. July 2008, 08:09:11
We released 9.51 today, which addresses a few security and lots of stability issues. This release is a recommended upgrade for all those running the latest stable releases.
Changelogs are available:
Windows
Mac
Linux/UNIX
Go download it!
FYI, RC3 (10081) = Final
By csant. Tuesday, 3. July 2008, 08:09:11
We released 9.51 today, which addresses a few security and lots of stability issues. This release is a recommended upgrade for all those running the latest stable releases.
Changelogs are available:
Windows
Mac
Linux/UNIX
Go download it!
FYI, RC3 (10081) = Final
Opera 9.52 snapshot "summer edition"
By olli. Friday, 11. July 2008, 10:03:05
Hei
We are still doing polishing on Kestrel and have some more crashfixes etc for you all to play with.
Please look for regressions since 9.50
Changelog:
Lots of stability fixes
Fixed an issue with history navigation: an iframe with document.write is not added to history anymore
Fixed an issue where IRC would disconnec users without informing them
Fixed window.close() not functioning after invoking context menu - now also in widgets
Fixed an issue where "Mark all as read" in M2 would also mark as read some mails not visible in the current view
Fixed creation of POP aim.com account
Changelogs are available:
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
By olli. Friday, 11. July 2008, 10:03:05
Hei
We are still doing polishing on Kestrel and have some more crashfixes etc for you all to play with.
Please look for regressions since 9.50
Changelog:
Lots of stability fixes
Fixed an issue with history navigation: an iframe with document.write is not added to history anymore
Fixed an issue where IRC would disconnec users without informing them
Fixed window.close() not functioning after invoking context menu - now also in widgets
Fixed an issue where "Mark all as read" in M2 would also mark as read some mails not visible in the current view
Fixed creation of POP aim.com account
Changelogs are available:
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
Quote - (JOHW @ Jul 12 2008, 15:00)
Opera 9.52 snapshot "summer edition"
Excellent snapshot build!
A peek under the hood
By julienp. Friday, 18. July 2008, 13:48:34
Today's post will be a bit unusual in the sense that it won't be about Opera itself, but rather about how Opera is brought to you. This post will attempt to explain to you how we get from a lump of source code that can be compiled in a lot of different ways with many different options to the Opera packages that you can download and install from this blog.
Install? That is already a complex process on its own. You do it once and never think about it again, but the fact is that installation is a crucial process and it has to work properly, otherwise you can't enjoy your favorite software! So, how do we fit all our code in an executable, then pack it in an installer?
There are essentially two processes that take part here: Building and packaging. We have a build system that realizes both of them. The first part of it is a web interface that collects build requests from everyone and then dispatches them to our build servers, each of which can make a build for the requested OS. The second part is a script, partly different for each OS, running on each build server which takes care of building and packaging.
The building part is pretty much the same on each platform: it obtains the requested version of the source code, compiles it with the right options and builds it into an executable (and libraries). The compilation part is taken care of by a compiler specific to the platform on which the build is made and it mostly takes care of itself, as long as the source code is correct.
At that point, everything is ready for packaging, and the script becomes very different depending on the OS. I will talk more specifically about packaging on Windows, since I am responsible for the Windows part of the build system.
There are two kind of packages on Windows: MSI packages made with InstallShield and "Classic" packages made using an old version of the WISE installer. The WISE installer is relatively easy to configure. It takes a sort of installation script, written in its own scripting language, and just executes it. It uses an additional DLL to realize functions that are not possible with only the script itself (like detecting Windows Vista). Although it is nice and easy, the WISE installer is not very well adapted to Windows versions more recent than Windows 98.
InstallShield is a much more powerful tool and MSI installers are a lot more complicated to put together. I won't get into much details here, but there is a huge amount of configuration that can be applied to an InstallShield package. It relies on an ISM file (Installer definition) which is XML formatted and indicates what the package should do, once compiled.
The packaging script starts by opening the installer definition file and set up a few things in it, preparing languages and translations of the installer itself. It enumerates all the files that need to be in the package and puts them in the right place. After a few more tweaks it builds the MSI package. The process is done once for each MSI package. The WISE installer is built along with the english-only MSI package but the process is trivial in comparison.
Maintaining and improving the build system and packaging scripts is no small task, but also an important task. Without it all builds and packages would have to be made manually!
This was it, a small peek at a hidden, but important part of Opera development.
In other news, our QA team has started their own blog - head over to the new QA blog for more peeks "under the hood".
Changelog:
Fixed a URL encoding issue in java script: URLs
Fixed an issue with the BBC iPlayer RealPlayer plugin not working
Several stability fixes
Fixed a problem where GMail would not load
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
By julienp. Friday, 18. July 2008, 13:48:34
Today's post will be a bit unusual in the sense that it won't be about Opera itself, but rather about how Opera is brought to you. This post will attempt to explain to you how we get from a lump of source code that can be compiled in a lot of different ways with many different options to the Opera packages that you can download and install from this blog.
Install? That is already a complex process on its own. You do it once and never think about it again, but the fact is that installation is a crucial process and it has to work properly, otherwise you can't enjoy your favorite software! So, how do we fit all our code in an executable, then pack it in an installer?
There are essentially two processes that take part here: Building and packaging. We have a build system that realizes both of them. The first part of it is a web interface that collects build requests from everyone and then dispatches them to our build servers, each of which can make a build for the requested OS. The second part is a script, partly different for each OS, running on each build server which takes care of building and packaging.
The building part is pretty much the same on each platform: it obtains the requested version of the source code, compiles it with the right options and builds it into an executable (and libraries). The compilation part is taken care of by a compiler specific to the platform on which the build is made and it mostly takes care of itself, as long as the source code is correct.
At that point, everything is ready for packaging, and the script becomes very different depending on the OS. I will talk more specifically about packaging on Windows, since I am responsible for the Windows part of the build system.
There are two kind of packages on Windows: MSI packages made with InstallShield and "Classic" packages made using an old version of the WISE installer. The WISE installer is relatively easy to configure. It takes a sort of installation script, written in its own scripting language, and just executes it. It uses an additional DLL to realize functions that are not possible with only the script itself (like detecting Windows Vista). Although it is nice and easy, the WISE installer is not very well adapted to Windows versions more recent than Windows 98.
InstallShield is a much more powerful tool and MSI installers are a lot more complicated to put together. I won't get into much details here, but there is a huge amount of configuration that can be applied to an InstallShield package. It relies on an ISM file (Installer definition) which is XML formatted and indicates what the package should do, once compiled.
The packaging script starts by opening the installer definition file and set up a few things in it, preparing languages and translations of the installer itself. It enumerates all the files that need to be in the package and puts them in the right place. After a few more tweaks it builds the MSI package. The process is done once for each MSI package. The WISE installer is built along with the english-only MSI package but the process is trivial in comparison.
Maintaining and improving the build system and packaging scripts is no small task, but also an important task. Without it all builds and packages would have to be made manually!
This was it, a small peek at a hidden, but important part of Opera development.
In other news, our QA team has started their own blog - head over to the new QA blog for more peeks "under the hood".
Changelog:
Fixed a URL encoding issue in java script: URLs
Fixed an issue with the BBC iPlayer RealPlayer plugin not working
Several stability fixes
Fixed a problem where GMail would not load
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
I am really looking forward to 9.52. I had some problems with 9.51 and so went back to 9.50. But Opera is such a cool program it is the only closed source Linux program I use (being a bit dogmatic about these things). It really is that good.
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...s-all-in-one-go
File I/O, Video, 3D Canvas - all in one go!
By csant. Saturday, 19. July 2008, 06:09:15
file i/o, video, 3d canvas
We have previously released experimental Labs builds containing File I/O, <video> and 3D <canvas>. For the first time we now have bundled them all into one build. On all of our desktop platforms.
Head over to the Labs to read more about the newest singing, dancing labs build… and to download your build!
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Opera Desktop preview builds
Date: July 18, 2008
To learn more read All together now: Video, 3D, File access.
Download:
Opera 9.52 preview for Linux/UNIX
Opera 9.52 preview for Windows (MSI installer)
Opera 9.52 preview for Windows (Classic installer)
Opera 9.52 preview for Mac
File I/O, Video, 3D Canvas - all in one go!
By csant. Saturday, 19. July 2008, 06:09:15
file i/o, video, 3d canvas
We have previously released experimental Labs builds containing File I/O, <video> and 3D <canvas>. For the first time we now have bundled them all into one build. On all of our desktop platforms.
Head over to the Labs to read more about the newest singing, dancing labs build… and to download your build!
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Opera Desktop preview builds
Date: July 18, 2008
To learn more read All together now: Video, 3D, File access.
Download:
Opera 9.52 preview for Linux/UNIX
Opera 9.52 preview for Windows (MSI installer)
Opera 9.52 preview for Windows (Classic installer)
Opera 9.52 preview for Mac
9.52 August Snapshot
By toman. Friday, 1. August 2008, 11:55:16
Coming back from a two week vacation just to find the office half empty because the others have gone on vacation is a bit boring, but at the same time it is very relaxing, giving me a slow start.... The boring part is that so little happens at work when people are on vacation. While I was expecting to make a small changelog this time, I didn't expect it to be this small. Anyway, give the build a spin, we're closing in on 9.52 final now.
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Changelog
Readded the Windows shell menu to the Transfer context menu
Fixed an issue with lists not displaying correctly when text rendering is RTL
Fixed opening of files in external applications when disk cache is off
Fixed issue with low quality on YouTube video previews
Fixed mail appearance when Opera is installed in a folder with a "#" character in its name
Fixed RealPlayer on BBC
Added work-arounds for problems with various POP servers
Fixed problem updating signature when switching accounts
Quite a few stability fixes
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
By toman. Friday, 1. August 2008, 11:55:16
Coming back from a two week vacation just to find the office half empty because the others have gone on vacation is a bit boring, but at the same time it is very relaxing, giving me a slow start.... The boring part is that so little happens at work when people are on vacation. While I was expecting to make a small changelog this time, I didn't expect it to be this small. Anyway, give the build a spin, we're closing in on 9.52 final now.
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Changelog
Readded the Windows shell menu to the Transfer context menu
Fixed an issue with lists not displaying correctly when text rendering is RTL
Fixed opening of files in external applications when disk cache is off
Fixed issue with low quality on YouTube video previews
Fixed mail appearance when Opera is installed in a folder with a "#" character in its name
Fixed RealPlayer on BBC
Added work-arounds for problems with various POP servers
Fixed problem updating signature when switching accounts
Quite a few stability fixes
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
Yes! Thank you!
Quote -
Readded the Windows shell menu to the Transfer context menu
NICE!
Great! I am going to upgrade!
Getting closer to 9.52
By Cato. Friday, 8. August 2008, 12:53:27
All right. Another snapshot for you as we're getting ever closer to version 9.52.
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Changelog
Fixed problem where some IRC commands were not working
Fixed problem where UI would not update after unsubscribing an IMAP folder
Fixed problem where content blocker add a too general block rule when using the Details button
Several improvements to the skin
Embedded YouTube videos should work more often now without having to reload
Windows: Fixed opening PDF files in Acrobat Reader plugin when the folder contains special characters
UNIX: Made the -geometry command line argument work even when Opera was previously maximized
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
By Cato. Friday, 8. August 2008, 12:53:27
All right. Another snapshot for you as we're getting ever closer to version 9.52.
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Changelog
Fixed problem where some IRC commands were not working
Fixed problem where UI would not update after unsubscribing an IMAP folder
Fixed problem where content blocker add a too general block rule when using the Details button
Several improvements to the skin
Embedded YouTube videos should work more often now without having to reload
Windows: Fixed opening PDF files in Acrobat Reader plugin when the folder contains special characters
UNIX: Made the -geometry command line argument work even when Opera was previously maximized
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
Any timeframe for the release of Opera 10, e.g. Q2 2009, ect?
Quote - (thealexweb @ Aug 8 2008, 10:27)
Any timeframe for the release of Opera 10, e.g. Q2 2009, ect?
Good question > Opera Peregrine
Opera 9.52 RC 2
By olli. Friday, 15. August 2008, 08:50:43
Hey
One more RC was needed to fix the upload regression :-)
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
Opera 9.52 RC1
By blaabjerg. Thursday, 14. August 2008, 09:36:29
Here's the first release candidate for 9.52. Please focus your testing on regressions since 9.51.
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Known Issues
Uploading files does not work.
Changelog
Added Help button to "Engine Init() Failed" error message on start-up to inform users about problem (article not written yet).
Fixed a problem with M&T Bank.
Fixed a problem with POP accounts where message bodies weren't downloaded.
Fixed a small memory leak in the BitTorrent code.
Added bookmark path to autocompleted bookmarks in the address bar to better distinguish them from visited pages.
Disabled APOP authentication for new accounts at online.no (not supported by them). Users experiencing problems with online.no account should switch to Plaintext authentication.
Fixed a crash that could occur when opening mail notification popups on a secondary monitor.
Fixed a few icon/skin issues.
Added a "Close Tab" entry to the File menu on Windows and Linux.
Fixed some translation errors.
By olli. Friday, 15. August 2008, 08:50:43
Hey
One more RC was needed to fix the upload regression :-)
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Mac
Linux/UNIX
Opera 9.52 RC1
By blaabjerg. Thursday, 14. August 2008, 09:36:29
Here's the first release candidate for 9.52. Please focus your testing on regressions since 9.51.
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Known Issues
Uploading files does not work.
Changelog
Added Help button to "Engine Init() Failed" error message on start-up to inform users about problem (article not written yet).
Fixed a problem with M&T Bank.
Fixed a problem with POP accounts where message bodies weren't downloaded.
Fixed a small memory leak in the BitTorrent code.
Added bookmark path to autocompleted bookmarks in the address bar to better distinguish them from visited pages.
Disabled APOP authentication for new accounts at online.no (not supported by them). Users experiencing problems with online.no account should switch to Plaintext authentication.
Fixed a crash that could occur when opening mail notification popups on a secondary monitor.
Fixed a few icon/skin issues.
Added a "Close Tab" entry to the File menu on Windows and Linux.
Fixed some translation errors.
Apparently RC2 (10108) is the final build for 9.52
When I opened Opera 9.51 today it asked me to upgrade to 9.52, it's finished!9.5
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...t-9-60-snapshot
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...pshot-bug-fixes
Quote -
First 9.60 Snapshot!
By minch. Friday, 22. August 2008, 21:55:30
WEBFEEDS, M2, link, RSS ...
Hot on the heels of Wednesday's 9.52 release comes our first snapshot of 9.60.
Everyone here at on the Desktop Team has been working hard to add new features to your favorite browser, and here's what you can look forward to in 9.60:
Opera Link
Custom search engines and typed history* are now joining bookmarks, speed dials, personal bar, and notes in Opera Link.
Feed Preview
Now you can preview an RSS/Atom feed before subscribing.
Opera Mail: Low Bandwidth Mode
Low Bandwidth Mode is a setting on mail accounts that makes Opera Mail use as little bandwidth as possible. For IMAP, this means that Opera will only synchronise new messages and it will not fetch message attachments unless requested. For POP, Opera will not fetch more than the first 100 lines of a message unless requested.
Opera Mail: Follow/Ignore threads and contacts
Follow and Ignore are new features for users that receive a lot of messages. It makes it easier to dismiss unimportant messages and easier to recognise important messages.
Opera Mail: Go To Thread
You can now also "Go to thread" which means that you can view only the messages from that thread. Useful for those that uses flat view.
Enjoy! :smile:
* Typed history is only the history you explicitly type or select from the address bar
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Known issues
* Follow/ignore thread misses some messages
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
UNIX
By minch. Friday, 22. August 2008, 21:55:30
WEBFEEDS, M2, link, RSS ...
Hot on the heels of Wednesday's 9.52 release comes our first snapshot of 9.60.
Everyone here at on the Desktop Team has been working hard to add new features to your favorite browser, and here's what you can look forward to in 9.60:
Opera Link
Custom search engines and typed history* are now joining bookmarks, speed dials, personal bar, and notes in Opera Link.
Feed Preview
Now you can preview an RSS/Atom feed before subscribing.
Opera Mail: Low Bandwidth Mode
Low Bandwidth Mode is a setting on mail accounts that makes Opera Mail use as little bandwidth as possible. For IMAP, this means that Opera will only synchronise new messages and it will not fetch message attachments unless requested. For POP, Opera will not fetch more than the first 100 lines of a message unless requested.
Opera Mail: Follow/Ignore threads and contacts
Follow and Ignore are new features for users that receive a lot of messages. It makes it easier to dismiss unimportant messages and easier to recognise important messages.
Opera Mail: Go To Thread
You can now also "Go to thread" which means that you can view only the messages from that thread. Useful for those that uses flat view.
Enjoy! :smile:
* Typed history is only the history you explicitly type or select from the address bar
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Known issues
* Follow/ignore thread misses some messages
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
UNIX
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...pshot-bug-fixes
Quote -
Opera 9.6 Snapshot: Birthday Edition
By Junyor. Friday, 29. August 2008, 21:18:21
We're making steady progress on Opera 9.6, fixing several of the issues reported within the last week. Please continue to test and report problems help us improve Opera. Thank you!
PS: Don't forget to wish Jon a Happy Birthday (that's "Gratulerer med dagen" in Norwegian). Five other employees had their birthdays today, too!
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Known Issues
* Some feed previews load continuously and Opera crashes when closing a tab in this state
* Some feed previews show as unstyled XML on initial load (reloading the tab fixes the problem)
Changelog
* Fixed problem synchronizing with Opera Link on Windows and Mac. If you still get this problem, exit Opera and delete the file called link_queue_myopera.dat in the "Opera directory" listed in opera:about, then try again.
* Fixed problem where follow/ignore missed some messages
* Remember bookmark panel position after restart
* When setting opera:config#TransferWindow|KeepEntriesDays to 0, actually remove transfer history when restarting
* Load feed previews even when JavaScript is disabled
* Don't show both GUID and LINK elements when viewing feed items in Opera Mail
* Fixed crash when subscribing to feeds while Opera Mail is disabled
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By Junyor. Friday, 29. August 2008, 21:18:21
We're making steady progress on Opera 9.6, fixing several of the issues reported within the last week. Please continue to test and report problems help us improve Opera. Thank you!
PS: Don't forget to wish Jon a Happy Birthday (that's "Gratulerer med dagen" in Norwegian). Five other employees had their birthdays today, too!
WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.
Known Issues
* Some feed previews load continuously and Opera crashes when closing a tab in this state
* Some feed previews show as unstyled XML on initial load (reloading the tab fixes the problem)
Changelog
* Fixed problem synchronizing with Opera Link on Windows and Mac. If you still get this problem, exit Opera and delete the file called link_queue_myopera.dat in the "Opera directory" listed in opera:about, then try again.
* Fixed problem where follow/ignore missed some messages
* Remember bookmark panel position after restart
* When setting opera:config#TransferWindow|KeepEntriesDays to 0, actually remove transfer history when restarting
* Load feed previews even when JavaScript is disabled
* Don't show both GUID and LINK elements when viewing feed items in Opera Mail
* Fixed crash when subscribing to feeds while Opera Mail is disabled
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UNIX
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9.60 beta 1 RC
By toman. Friday, 5. September 2008, 15:05:00
Thats right, Opera 9.6 is soon ready for its first beta flight. We have now frozen all features and only critical fixes go in. Really soon now, the beta will be released, but we want more feedback from you guys before we do so.
Changelog
•Added Presto/version to the User Agent string, currently Opera/9.60 (<platform>; U; en) Presto/2.1.1. In the future, this will be part of the UA on all devices
•Sites with http authentication are now saved in history (only the URL, not the page content)
•Properly stop loading pages with iframes when closing the page or pressing stop
•Fixed problem where dynamically added xml-stylesheet processing instructions were ignored
•Removed the document object from iframe
•Added support for the caller property on functions
•Fixed yet another case of having to press the back button twice
•Improvements to feed preview page
•Made reloading speed dial while in offline mode actually reload all thumbs
•Fixed Opera Link issue where notes could end up blank after being synced
•Opera Link queue file not created anymore before using Link
•Fraud protection dialog now works when using a proxy
•Made it possible to remove speed dial search again by unchecking the "use as default speed dial search"
•Fixed text input on Windows Tablet PC Edition 2005
•Fixed open/save of images in mail when using the image context menu
•Made all top-level access points (except All Messages) selectable
•Fixed a problem deleting drafts from the Drafts view
•UNIX: Additional fixes to flash plugin handling. Freezes when using flash should now be mostly gone.
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By toman. Friday, 5. September 2008, 15:05:00
Thats right, Opera 9.6 is soon ready for its first beta flight. We have now frozen all features and only critical fixes go in. Really soon now, the beta will be released, but we want more feedback from you guys before we do so.
Changelog
•Added Presto/version to the User Agent string, currently Opera/9.60 (<platform>; U; en) Presto/2.1.1. In the future, this will be part of the UA on all devices
•Sites with http authentication are now saved in history (only the URL, not the page content)
•Properly stop loading pages with iframes when closing the page or pressing stop
•Fixed problem where dynamically added xml-stylesheet processing instructions were ignored
•Removed the document object from iframe
•Added support for the caller property on functions
•Fixed yet another case of having to press the back button twice
•Improvements to feed preview page
•Made reloading speed dial while in offline mode actually reload all thumbs
•Fixed Opera Link issue where notes could end up blank after being synced
•Opera Link queue file not created anymore before using Link
•Fraud protection dialog now works when using a proxy
•Made it possible to remove speed dial search again by unchecking the "use as default speed dial search"
•Fixed text input on Windows Tablet PC Edition 2005
•Fixed open/save of images in mail when using the image context menu
•Made all top-level access points (except All Messages) selectable
•Fixed a problem deleting drafts from the Drafts view
•UNIX: Additional fixes to flash plugin handling. Freezes when using flash should now be mostly gone.
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http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/.../9-60-beta-1-rc
Gets me 85/100 on the Acid3 Test!
I particularly like this build. Works much better than the last one and is a little bit faster than the last one.
yup seems Opera 9.6 is shaping up good
Opera 9.6 beta released
By olli. Wednesday, 10. September 2008, 08:24:27
Hei
We released Opera 9.6 beta today.
Thanks for your testing.
We fixed 2 issues after the RC and added Ukrainian language file :-)
Fixed:
*Sessions broken after crash
*FCKeditor Demo didn't load (broke alot of other stuff aswell)
Enjoy the beta
Windows version is Build 10424
By olli. Wednesday, 10. September 2008, 08:24:27
Hei
We released Opera 9.6 beta today.
Thanks for your testing.
We fixed 2 issues after the RC and added Ukrainian language file :-)
Fixed:
*Sessions broken after crash
*FCKeditor Demo didn't load (broke alot of other stuff aswell)
Enjoy the beta
Windows version is Build 10424
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...first-post-here
BTW, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
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A New Snapshot and My First Post Here
By NoteMe. Friday, 12. September 2008, 15:41:00
9.6, snapshot, noteme, ev
Hello, my name is Øyvind and this is my first post here since I joined the Opera's Desktop Team less than two months ago. It has been a busy time for me, but at the same time, I think it was the perfect time for me to join. I have already witnessed the release of 9.52, and we are getting close to releasing 9.6.
Before I started, I was just a MyOpera member roaming the #weekly IRC channel. Fridays were always a highlight. That's when I got the answer to all my questions. Did someone fix my bugs? Were there any new features enabled? When is the next version due? Now when I am on the inside I get to know all this information every day I go to work. And the best of all, I can now fix bugs myself, as well as play and contribute new functionality for the next release. So now I get to have fun every day. What more can I ask for?
Today we have formally EV-enabled Verisign and Comodo in Opera v9.5 and later, which you can read more about in Yngve's blog post. So go and try out our new snapshot, and have a lovely weekend.
- ØØ -
WARNING: This is a development snapshots: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
Known Issue
* Dragonfly is a bit unstable
Changelog
* Special characters are now displayed properly in the Address bar drop-down
* Sorting by progress in Transfers now works
* Cache files from feeds no longer show up in Transfers
* Speed Dial thumbnails no longer disappear when deleting private data
* Page encoding in site preferences can now be reset to automatic
* Dragonfly element highlighting no longer stays on the page after closing the developer tools window
* Browsing Intranet sites now works after changing proxies in a running session
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By NoteMe. Friday, 12. September 2008, 15:41:00
9.6, snapshot, noteme, ev
Hello, my name is Øyvind and this is my first post here since I joined the Opera's Desktop Team less than two months ago. It has been a busy time for me, but at the same time, I think it was the perfect time for me to join. I have already witnessed the release of 9.52, and we are getting close to releasing 9.6.
Before I started, I was just a MyOpera member roaming the #weekly IRC channel. Fridays were always a highlight. That's when I got the answer to all my questions. Did someone fix my bugs? Were there any new features enabled? When is the next version due? Now when I am on the inside I get to know all this information every day I go to work. And the best of all, I can now fix bugs myself, as well as play and contribute new functionality for the next release. So now I get to have fun every day. What more can I ask for?
Today we have formally EV-enabled Verisign and Comodo in Opera v9.5 and later, which you can read more about in Yngve's blog post. So go and try out our new snapshot, and have a lovely weekend.
- ØØ -
WARNING: This is a development snapshots: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
Known Issue
* Dragonfly is a bit unstable
Changelog
* Special characters are now displayed properly in the Address bar drop-down
* Sorting by progress in Transfers now works
* Cache files from feeds no longer show up in Transfers
* Speed Dial thumbnails no longer disappear when deleting private data
* Page encoding in site preferences can now be reset to automatic
* Dragonfly element highlighting no longer stays on the page after closing the developer tools window
* Browsing Intranet sites now works after changing proxies in a running session
Download
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BTW, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Another step…
By csant. Friday, 19. September 2008, 11:01:53
…closer to 9.60 - with a special attention to our Chinese mail users
Known Issue
Dragonfly is still a bit unstable…
Changelog
Several stability fixes
Fixed copying of multiple entries from history manager
Fixed DCC transfers in IRC
Fixed quick find in feeds
Added popular Chinese mail providers in mailproviders.xml
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
UNIX
By csant. Friday, 19. September 2008, 11:01:53
…closer to 9.60 - with a special attention to our Chinese mail users
Known Issue
Dragonfly is still a bit unstable…
Changelog
Several stability fixes
Fixed copying of multiple entries from history manager
Fixed DCC transfers in IRC
Fixed quick find in feeds
Added popular Chinese mail providers in mailproviders.xml
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
UNIX
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...9-6-approaching
wow, quite a changelog
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9.6 approaching
By blaabjerg. Friday, 26. September 2008, 20:42:44
9.6, snapshot
The first release candidate for 9.6 is just around the corner now, but there are still a couple of issues left to resolve. Now is the time to let us know about any regressions so we can fix them before the RCs :smile:
WARNING: This is a development snapshot: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
Changelog
* Fixed the Dragonfly crash
* Improved performance with large wand.dat files
* Don't highlight script focused elements
* Stability fixes
* Feed preview pages now load properly when reopened from trash
* Fixed syncing of removed labels in Mail
* Fixed an issue where the mail signatures wouldn't change if the default account signature ended with a space
* Fixed an issue where sent message bodies could disappear under certain circumstances
* Made Mail cope better with broken POP servers that send empty message UIDLs
* Made sure Mail respects the "Large font" setting for mail subjects
* Fixed an issue where feed titles were truncated before ":" characters
* Fixed a problem where mails would be reported as incomplete when the server reports the wrong message size
* Fixed importing of mail files with LF line endings only
* Disabled indexing of HTML and CSS in feeds
* Fixed an issue where feed status could get stuck on fetching
* Made sure filters created by IMAP keywords are saved on exit
* Made form buttons with zero padding prettier on Mac
* Fixed an issue where opening the Java Console would freeze Opera on Mac
* Fixed a bug that could cause notes to be lost when using certain characters
* Various Opera Link fixes
* Feeds are now detected even when served as text/html
* Fixed dataloss situation when note folders had more than one line in their name
* Fixed saving of svg when right clicking
* Fixed spurious highlighting when using the space character in inline find
* Upgrading Opera on Debian no longer resets default x-www-browser
For those of you on Intel Macs, we're trying out a new download option to save you some bandwidth. Check out the Intel only download below
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By blaabjerg. Friday, 26. September 2008, 20:42:44
9.6, snapshot
The first release candidate for 9.6 is just around the corner now, but there are still a couple of issues left to resolve. Now is the time to let us know about any regressions so we can fix them before the RCs :smile:
WARNING: This is a development snapshot: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
Changelog
* Fixed the Dragonfly crash
* Improved performance with large wand.dat files
* Don't highlight script focused elements
* Stability fixes
* Feed preview pages now load properly when reopened from trash
* Fixed syncing of removed labels in Mail
* Fixed an issue where the mail signatures wouldn't change if the default account signature ended with a space
* Fixed an issue where sent message bodies could disappear under certain circumstances
* Made Mail cope better with broken POP servers that send empty message UIDLs
* Made sure Mail respects the "Large font" setting for mail subjects
* Fixed an issue where feed titles were truncated before ":" characters
* Fixed a problem where mails would be reported as incomplete when the server reports the wrong message size
* Fixed importing of mail files with LF line endings only
* Disabled indexing of HTML and CSS in feeds
* Fixed an issue where feed status could get stuck on fetching
* Made sure filters created by IMAP keywords are saved on exit
* Made form buttons with zero padding prettier on Mac
* Fixed an issue where opening the Java Console would freeze Opera on Mac
* Fixed a bug that could cause notes to be lost when using certain characters
* Various Opera Link fixes
* Feeds are now detected even when served as text/html
* Fixed dataloss situation when note folders had more than one line in their name
* Fixed saving of svg when right clicking
* Fixed spurious highlighting when using the space character in inline find
* Upgrading Opera on Debian no longer resets default x-www-browser
For those of you on Intel Macs, we're trying out a new download option to save you some bandwidth. Check out the Intel only download below
Download
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wow, quite a changelog
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/.../opera-9-6-rc-1
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Opera 9.6 RC 1
By olli. Wednesday, 1. October 2008, 18:58:03
Hey Guys:
We now have an RC so please look out for any regressions since 9.52. :-)
Changelog
* Fixed error pages when entering unknown protocol.
* Fixed an issue where custom search engines would not get a favicon.
* Fixed an issue that would prevent links in frames *from* being opened by keyboard
* Fixed Fast Forward on Google search results pages.
* Fixed an issue where only a few feed itmes would be fetched.
* Text strings on the feed preview page are now localizable.
* Added a fallback feed title for feeds without titles, and added handheld style sheet to the feeds preview.
* Changed default global history to 1000.
* Added new default speedial.ini.
Mail:
* Fixed an issue where followed contacts would not be properly unfollowed.
* Fixed an issue where only the first followed contact would be shown in the Followed Contacts access point.
* Fixed an issue where the Followed Thread icon would be lost after restart.
Windows:
* Fixed a bug where network paths that start with \\ would not work, which in particular caused issues with sent mail when storing profiles on network drives
* Fixed installation problems on Windows NT 4.0
UNIX:
* Fixed an issue where text with specified size suddenly disappears on Qt4 builds.
* Qt4 builds are static - for now.
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By olli. Wednesday, 1. October 2008, 18:58:03
Hey Guys:
We now have an RC so please look out for any regressions since 9.52. :-)
Changelog
* Fixed error pages when entering unknown protocol.
* Fixed an issue where custom search engines would not get a favicon.
* Fixed an issue that would prevent links in frames *from* being opened by keyboard
* Fixed Fast Forward on Google search results pages.
* Fixed an issue where only a few feed itmes would be fetched.
* Text strings on the feed preview page are now localizable.
* Added a fallback feed title for feeds without titles, and added handheld style sheet to the feeds preview.
* Changed default global history to 1000.
* Added new default speedial.ini.
Mail:
* Fixed an issue where followed contacts would not be properly unfollowed.
* Fixed an issue where only the first followed contact would be shown in the Followed Contacts access point.
* Fixed an issue where the Followed Thread icon would be lost after restart.
Windows:
* Fixed a bug where network paths that start with \\ would not work, which in particular caused issues with sent mail when storing profiles on network drives
* Fixed installation problems on Windows NT 4.0
UNIX:
* Fixed an issue where text with specified size suddenly disappears on Qt4 builds.
* Qt4 builds are static - for now.
Download
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http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/.../opera-9-6-rc-2
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Opera 9.6 RC 2
By csant. Saturday, 4. October 2008, 22:52:35
9.6, rc
Were you already giving up on the hope of a new toy for the weekend? Don't despair: we have a new RC for the upcoming 9.6 release. Happy testing!
Changelog:
SSL error pages now display again
Fixed an issue where RSS 1.0 feeds sent as text/html would not be recognized
Fixed an issue where opening links with the keyboard after an inline find would open the link twice
Some stability fixes (proxy crasher should be fixed, please test those that reproduced it before)
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By csant. Saturday, 4. October 2008, 22:52:35
9.6, rc
Were you already giving up on the hope of a new toy for the weekend? Don't despair: we have a new RC for the upcoming 9.6 release. Happy testing!
Changelog:
SSL error pages now display again
Fixed an issue where RSS 1.0 feeds sent as text/html would not be recognized
Fixed an issue where opening links with the keyboard after an inline find would open the link twice
Some stability fixes (proxy crasher should be fixed, please test those that reproduced it before)
Download
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Macintosh
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX
Opera 9.6 RC2 is 9.6 Final
Quote - (Darken @ Aug 13 2008, 23:12)
Good question > Opera Peregrine
Thanks for this. Am getting it now!
Quote - (Crazysah @ Oct 11 2008, 09:15)
Thanks for this. Am getting it now!
Isn't that old now?
thats 9.6 beta 1 and there's 9.6 final out.
9.61 is out now. Go grab that instead.
I hope they can put up a nightly for 9.7 soon 
Quote - (wellofsouls @ Nov 9 2008, 21:46)
I hope they can put up a nightly for 9.7 soon
or Opera 10 alpha...
Experimental Opera 9.62 build with Video, 3D Canvas and File I/O support
http://labs.opera.com/news/2008/11/25/
curiously the installer says Opera 10
http://labs.opera.com/news/2008/11/25/
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Video, 3D canvas and File I/O: Repeat!
Posted on November 25, 2008
by Chris Mills
We’ve done it again - we’ve made a new build available of Opera with support for video, file I/O and 3D canvas. If you enjoyed the builds we released last time, then you should upgrade - you’ll enjoy the increased stability of this build, along with other things like low-bandwidth mail mode, and various security upgrades (These new builds are based on the Opera 9.62 stable release).
If you haven’t tried video, now might be a good time. Whatever the case, click on these links and get cracking:
Opera 9.62 Video, 3D canvas and File I/O build for Windows
Opera 9.62 Video, 3D canvas and File I/O build for Mac
Opera 9.62 Video, 3D canvas and File I/O build for UNIX
These builds are officially experimental so may contain bugs. Please remember to back up your data before installing any experimental build. (Remember to back up your data anyway. Computers don’t last forever).
HTML 5 video
If you’re not sure what this is all about, it is all about being able to put videos on the web as easily as this:
<video controls="controls" src="some.ogg">
Better to have backup content in case <a href="some.ogg">your video file</a>
doesn’t work for the user. Perhaps they don’t have a nice Ogg-playing browser.
Perhaps they don’t have the bandwidth for video. Perhaps they can’t see it anyway,
or just choose not to. You can add a <img src="some.jpg" alt="random picture">
in the backup content, of course.
</video>
There are more links in the release notes from the last video build.
File I/O
Second, this release is all about being able to build applications that can run a real file system - one the user can see and play with within the application the same as they would on a local machine. This is achieved using the File I/O API we released earlier this year.
3D Canvas
Third, using this build you can run cool 3D applcations created using our 3D canvas implementation, which is included in this build.
Note: 3D canvas doesn’t work on all systems. If you don’t have the right stuff in your machine this build will simply not render 3D canvas objects.
Enjoy!
Posted on November 25, 2008
by Chris Mills
We’ve done it again - we’ve made a new build available of Opera with support for video, file I/O and 3D canvas. If you enjoyed the builds we released last time, then you should upgrade - you’ll enjoy the increased stability of this build, along with other things like low-bandwidth mail mode, and various security upgrades (These new builds are based on the Opera 9.62 stable release).
If you haven’t tried video, now might be a good time. Whatever the case, click on these links and get cracking:
Opera 9.62 Video, 3D canvas and File I/O build for Windows
Opera 9.62 Video, 3D canvas and File I/O build for Mac
Opera 9.62 Video, 3D canvas and File I/O build for UNIX
These builds are officially experimental so may contain bugs. Please remember to back up your data before installing any experimental build. (Remember to back up your data anyway. Computers don’t last forever).
HTML 5 video
If you’re not sure what this is all about, it is all about being able to put videos on the web as easily as this:
<video controls="controls" src="some.ogg">
Better to have backup content in case <a href="some.ogg">your video file</a>
doesn’t work for the user. Perhaps they don’t have a nice Ogg-playing browser.
Perhaps they don’t have the bandwidth for video. Perhaps they can’t see it anyway,
or just choose not to. You can add a <img src="some.jpg" alt="random picture">
in the backup content, of course.
</video>
There are more links in the release notes from the last video build.
File I/O
Second, this release is all about being able to build applications that can run a real file system - one the user can see and play with within the application the same as they would on a local machine. This is achieved using the File I/O API we released earlier this year.
3D Canvas
Third, using this build you can run cool 3D applcations created using our 3D canvas implementation, which is included in this build.
Note: 3D canvas doesn’t work on all systems. If you don’t have the right stuff in your machine this build will simply not render 3D canvas objects.
Enjoy!
curiously the installer says Opera 10
Peregrine takes flight... Opera 10.0 Alpha 1 is here!
It seems like yesterday we released Opera 9.6 and now you can all get your hands on Opera 10.0. Rather than ramble on, here's a quick list of what's new:
Can't wait to get your hands on Opera 10.0 Alpha 1, then get it now!
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What's New
Below is an overview of the new functionality in Opera 10.0 Alpha 1.
Presto 2.2 Engine
Opera 10.0 Alpha 1 includes Presto 2.2 (Kestrel includes Presto 2.1.1), an updated version of Opera's Core. Presto 2.2 features numerous new features and loads of bug fixes, such as:
Auto-update
The long awaited auto-update functionality is here! That's right, Opera will now update itself as new versions are released. And for those of you who want every single snapshot release just enable the "Download All Snapshots" setting (opera:config#AutoUpdate). Please be aware that if you do so, you will be upgrading to all snapshots - and as you know: snapshots contain the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all. You have been warned
Inline Spelling Checker
Opera now checks your spelling as you write! The inline spelling checker is enabled by default for multi-line edit fields and this Alpha comes with a US English dictionary. Use the context menu of input fields to change the settings, and to correct spelling errors. See the detailed changelog for information about using other dictionaries.
Opera Mail Improvements
Rich Text Composition
Opera Mail can now send rich text messages! You can insert inlined images, styled text, links, custom HTML, and more! You can also forward and redirect rich text messages or reply to them with styled text.
In the account settings select "Prefer HTML formatting" in the outgoing tab so that you can start writing rich text mails by default in our WYSIWYG editor!
Remove from server after X days (POP-only)
This new feature is for our POP users with limited server space. Opera Mail can now remove messages from the server that have been there for X days. Of course you can limit Opera Mail to only remove read messages from the server, and/or only fully downloaded messages, which works great in combination with low-bandwith mode.
Other Changes
When viewing a message, the message subjects are now a text field again instead of a button. We have added also a "Thread" button to the message list toolbar to make some features more visible.
Widget Improvements on Linux/UNIX
We have added experimental support for true transparency for widgets on Linux/UNIX. For this to work you have to have an X Server that provides a 32-bit visual device and a running composite manager. If you start Opera from a terminal it will print this message if it detects a suitable 32-bit visual device: "(experimental) ARGB visual detected: Use '-visual 0x6f' to activate it".
If you have a composite manager running you can then try it out by starting Opera with: "opera -visual 0x6f" (0x6f may be another number on your machine).
Detailed Changelogs
Windows
Mac
Linux/UNIX
Enjoy!
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...0-alpha-is-here
It seems like yesterday we released Opera 9.6 and now you can all get your hands on Opera 10.0. Rather than ramble on, here's a quick list of what's new:
- Presto 2.2 Engine
- Performance boost
- 100/100 and pixel-perfect on the Acid3 test
- Auto-update
- Inline spelling checker
- Opera Mail improvements, including rich text composition and delete after X days
- Widget Improvements on Linux
Can't wait to get your hands on Opera 10.0 Alpha 1, then get it now!
Download
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Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX
What's New
Below is an overview of the new functionality in Opera 10.0 Alpha 1.
Presto 2.2 Engine
Opera 10.0 Alpha 1 includes Presto 2.2 (Kestrel includes Presto 2.1.1), an updated version of Opera's Core. Presto 2.2 features numerous new features and loads of bug fixes, such as:
- 100/100 and pixel-perfect on the Acid3 test
- New regular expression engine, which greatly improves performance
- Improved CSS performance
- Pretty-printing of unstyled XML
- Web font support
- RGBA and HSLA support
- Selectors API support
Auto-update
The long awaited auto-update functionality is here! That's right, Opera will now update itself as new versions are released. And for those of you who want every single snapshot release just enable the "Download All Snapshots" setting (opera:config#AutoUpdate). Please be aware that if you do so, you will be upgrading to all snapshots - and as you know: snapshots contain the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all. You have been warned
Inline Spelling Checker
Opera now checks your spelling as you write! The inline spelling checker is enabled by default for multi-line edit fields and this Alpha comes with a US English dictionary. Use the context menu of input fields to change the settings, and to correct spelling errors. See the detailed changelog for information about using other dictionaries.
Opera Mail Improvements
Rich Text Composition
Opera Mail can now send rich text messages! You can insert inlined images, styled text, links, custom HTML, and more! You can also forward and redirect rich text messages or reply to them with styled text.
In the account settings select "Prefer HTML formatting" in the outgoing tab so that you can start writing rich text mails by default in our WYSIWYG editor!
Remove from server after X days (POP-only)
This new feature is for our POP users with limited server space. Opera Mail can now remove messages from the server that have been there for X days. Of course you can limit Opera Mail to only remove read messages from the server, and/or only fully downloaded messages, which works great in combination with low-bandwith mode.
Other Changes
When viewing a message, the message subjects are now a text field again instead of a button. We have added also a "Thread" button to the message list toolbar to make some features more visible.
Widget Improvements on Linux/UNIX
We have added experimental support for true transparency for widgets on Linux/UNIX. For this to work you have to have an X Server that provides a 32-bit visual device and a running composite manager. If you start Opera from a terminal it will print this message if it detects a suitable 32-bit visual device: "(experimental) ARGB visual detected: Use '-visual 0x6f' to activate it".
If you have a composite manager running you can then try it out by starting Opera with: "opera -visual 0x6f" (0x6f may be another number on your machine).
Detailed Changelogs
Windows
Mac
Linux/UNIX
Enjoy!
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...0-alpha-is-here
I just started using Opera 10.0 Alpha 1.
It is a whole lot faster than Firefox.
It is a whole lot faster than Firefox.
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/...ristmas-edition
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The Christmas Edition
由 espens. Friday, 19. December 2008, 22:39:44
peregrine, Opera
Hi all,
This is my first release message for about four years I believe. Needless to say it is
the first on the blog. In the good (bad?) old days mail lists and usenet ruled but it
has to be a bit more fancy nowadays.
A new snapshot is available for you to try out. As usual it includes a lot of fixes and
improved features.
WARNING: This is a development snapshot: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
PS: For those of you who want to use autoupdate in every single snapshot release just enable the "Download All Snapshots" setting (opera:config#AutoUpdate).
Changelog
Several backend improvements to autoupdate
Made content filter rules with a whitespace at the end work
All languages are now included but not all are completed. Please do not file bugs on English text in the UI when using another language for your interface.
Made spellchecking work on contenteditable elements
Switching between html and plain text mail composition works better now
Added option to doubleclick a tab to close it opera:config#UserPrefs|DoubleclicktoCloseTab
Fixed crash when undeleting and running a widget
Improved stability in the search engine which indexes webpages and mail
Plus tons of behind the scenes changes, the low level changelog is more than 1000 lines.
Mac: Fixed startup crash on Mac OS X 10.3/Panther
Mac: Fixed the mail/chat counter background
Mac: Fixed low framerate on fullscreen YouTube videos
Happy holidays from everybody in the desktop team
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX
由 espens. Friday, 19. December 2008, 22:39:44
peregrine, Opera
Hi all,
This is my first release message for about four years I believe. Needless to say it is
the first on the blog. In the good (bad?) old days mail lists and usenet ruled but it
has to be a bit more fancy nowadays.
A new snapshot is available for you to try out. As usual it includes a lot of fixes and
improved features.
WARNING: This is a development snapshot: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
PS: For those of you who want to use autoupdate in every single snapshot release just enable the "Download All Snapshots" setting (opera:config#AutoUpdate).
Changelog
Several backend improvements to autoupdate
Made content filter rules with a whitespace at the end work
All languages are now included but not all are completed. Please do not file bugs on English text in the UI when using another language for your interface.
Made spellchecking work on contenteditable elements
Switching between html and plain text mail composition works better now
Added option to doubleclick a tab to close it opera:config#UserPrefs|DoubleclicktoCloseTab
Fixed crash when undeleting and running a widget
Improved stability in the search engine which indexes webpages and mail
Plus tons of behind the scenes changes, the low level changelog is more than 1000 lines.
Mac: Fixed startup crash on Mac OS X 10.3/Panther
Mac: Fixed the mail/chat counter background
Mac: Fixed low framerate on fullscreen YouTube videos
Happy holidays from everybody in the desktop team
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2009/...w-year-snapshot
and the new auto-updater is working sweet!
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New Year snapshot!
由 andre.reffhaug. Tuesday, 13. January 2009, 19:44:04
Opera, Browser
Hidy ho,
You haven't seen my face around here before, but Olli felt it was time I made a timely appearance, so here I am! I work in Desktop QA, doing cross-platform stuff, with my feet deeply planted in the Mac-part of our little camp. We have a new snapshot ready for you, with some nice fixes and improvements!
WARNING: This is a development snapshot: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
Known Issues:
May crash when showing certain certificate dialogs.
Changelog:
General
Added ability to open mailto links in webmail providers, such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Windows Live Hotmail.
Fixed loading web pages when clicking on a link while the document still is loading.
Fixed "Bookmark All Open Pages" action.
Fixed skin color schemes - you can use your favorite color scheme again!
"Lock Tab" icon should now be better visible on locked tabs.
Several stability fixes.
Opera Mail
Improved message composition window context menu.
Fixed loss of mail drafts if several drafts were open when closing Opera.
Fixed sending link by mail in plain text format.
Improved message encoding detection.
Fixed several bugs in the compose window related to navigation and editing (also applies to designMode and contentEditable).
Windows-specific
Fixed problem with text styled with opacity.
It's no longer necessary to restart Opera after changing the external source viewer.
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX
由 andre.reffhaug. Tuesday, 13. January 2009, 19:44:04
Opera, Browser
Hidy ho,
You haven't seen my face around here before, but Olli felt it was time I made a timely appearance, so here I am! I work in Desktop QA, doing cross-platform stuff, with my feet deeply planted in the Mac-part of our little camp. We have a new snapshot ready for you, with some nice fixes and improvements!
WARNING: This is a development snapshot: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
Known Issues:
May crash when showing certain certificate dialogs.
Changelog:
General
Added ability to open mailto links in webmail providers, such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Windows Live Hotmail.
Fixed loading web pages when clicking on a link while the document still is loading.
Fixed "Bookmark All Open Pages" action.
Fixed skin color schemes - you can use your favorite color scheme again!
"Lock Tab" icon should now be better visible on locked tabs.
Several stability fixes.
Opera Mail
Improved message composition window context menu.
Fixed loss of mail drafts if several drafts were open when closing Opera.
Fixed sending link by mail in plain text format.
Improved message encoding detection.
Fixed several bugs in the compose window related to navigation and editing (also applies to designMode and contentEditable).
Windows-specific
Fixed problem with text styled with opacity.
It's no longer necessary to restart Opera after changing the external source viewer.
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX
and the new auto-updater is working sweet!
Valentine's Snapshot
Takk for sist! It's been a while since the last snapshot and the Desktop Team has been working hard to improve Peregrine. In addition to a load of fixes, there are some important changes:
Easily Subscribe to Online Feed Readers
It's now possible to subscribe to online feed readers directly from the feed preview page. The list of online feed readers will be expanded soon.
Web Mail Providers Changes
The previous snapshot included a new feature where clicking a mailto link could open a user's preferred Web mail provider, including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Windows Live Mail. Unfortunately, the Open The Web Team constantly struggles to resolve new issues that pop up with those providers because they don't officially support Opera. Thus, we have decided not to include any Web mail provider by default that doesn't officially support Opera. The Opera Team greatly desires to provide the best support for the services Opera's users use most, but when those services do not reciprocate, tough decisions have to be made. The Open The Web Team is working hard to get Opera officially supported by Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Windows Live Hotmail.
In this snapshot, the following Web mail providers have been added: Opera Web Mail, Fastmail, and Yandex.
Integrated Crash Logging (Windows-only)
The IIXII Inspector tool has been integrated directly into Windows builds. Now, if Opera crashes, a log file will be written to the system temp. directory. This is just the first step in improved crash logging.
WARNING: This is a development snapshot: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
Changelog
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh (Universal)
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX
SOURCE - Desktop Team
Takk for sist! It's been a while since the last snapshot and the Desktop Team has been working hard to improve Peregrine. In addition to a load of fixes, there are some important changes:
Easily Subscribe to Online Feed Readers
It's now possible to subscribe to online feed readers directly from the feed preview page. The list of online feed readers will be expanded soon.
Web Mail Providers Changes
The previous snapshot included a new feature where clicking a mailto link could open a user's preferred Web mail provider, including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Windows Live Mail. Unfortunately, the Open The Web Team constantly struggles to resolve new issues that pop up with those providers because they don't officially support Opera. Thus, we have decided not to include any Web mail provider by default that doesn't officially support Opera. The Opera Team greatly desires to provide the best support for the services Opera's users use most, but when those services do not reciprocate, tough decisions have to be made. The Open The Web Team is working hard to get Opera officially supported by Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Windows Live Hotmail.
In this snapshot, the following Web mail providers have been added: Opera Web Mail, Fastmail, and Yandex.
Integrated Crash Logging (Windows-only)
The IIXII Inspector tool has been integrated directly into Windows builds. Now, if Opera crashes, a log file will be written to the system temp. directory. This is just the first step in improved crash logging.
WARNING: This is a development snapshot: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.
Changelog
- Fixed crash when showing authentication dialogs for feeds
- Fixed problem that could make Opera send blank e-mails
- No more progress bar for XMLHttpRequest (i.e. no more constant progress bar at Gmail)
- Improved spelling checker underline
- Several contentEditable/designMode fixes
- Deactivated scrollmarker by default
- Stability improvements
- Auto-update improvements
Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh (Universal)
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX
SOURCE - Desktop Team
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