Meet the browser: Opera Next

By Veedems
in Web Browser Discussion & Support

 Share

Recommended Posts

Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted (edited)

Build 8585/3512/434 Released

9.02RC2

By olli. Tuesday, 19. September 2006, 10:13:27

One more fix added:

*Fix for bug where reload Fails to Revalidate Inline Content

Please continue to look out for regressions since Opera 9.01 :-)

Changelog

N/A

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Edited by Darken
Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

live.com partially works now :). the only problem with it is that the content always says loading. but that's microsoft for you :)

Try this fix --> http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=144605

Veteran

halcyoncmdr

Posted
Posted

Opera 9.02 Build 8585/3512/434 Final

Opera 9.02 released

By mitchman2. Thursday, 21. September 2006, 15:22:099.02, release

Just a quick note to let you know that 9.02 has been released and is available at http://www.opera.com. Thanks for helping us test it!

Changelog:

N/A - Same build as RC2

Download:

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source: Desktop Team Blog

  • 4 weeks later...
Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8629/3539/466 Released --> Opera 9.10

Introducing new bugs

As promised last week, here's the first build with built-in Fraud Protection. It's a very early preview of the technology, so everything is not entirely done yet, some sites actually show up wrong (silly bug with CNET sites!), and the icons are kind of ugly. Even the version number is wrong

But that's what this blog is all about: Bleeding edge. Enjoy!

Known issues

High CPU usage on Google maps

UNIX - Crash when changing file handler from download dialog

Opera will in some cases not start on upgrading. (use clean install)

Changelog

Improved stability

Prevented page reload when navigating to "#"

Fixed problem where pages showed the incorrect favicon

Fixed problem where multimedia keyboard shortcuts would not work when Opera was focused

Attempted to fix problems experienced on some pages when using a slow Internet connection by increasing opera:config#Network|HTTPLoadingDelayedTimeout to 60 seconds

Fixed bug where document.body.currentStyle.height reported the wrong value

Fixed bug where currentStyle.width was not correct if width is set by a script

Fixed bug where 'Open all' from Widgets menu was broken

Fixed bug where BCC header was visible to recipients in resent messages

Fixed bug where cookies could not be removed using XMLHttpRequest

Fixed bug where one could not log in to Gmail with "Accept only cookies for the site I visit" enabled

Changed Mozilla ID string spoof to mimic Firefox

Fixed bug where browser.js wasn't cached correctly

Fixed issue where stored passwords were lost after enabling/disabling the master password

Made IE ID string spoof as Windows on Linux/UNIX and Mac

XMLHttpRequest didn't handle redirects

Enabled use of the Authorization header in XMLHttpRequest

"Save target as" and "Save to disk" now play well together

"Save directly to" now works

Improved error message when a dictionary isn't installed for the spelling checker

Mac-specific

Use the multi-line form field font in the source viewer

When saving multiple times, use the directory saved to during the previous save operation

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

More info for Fraud Protection included in Opera 9.10

Opera Backstage: Opera 9.1 will include Fraud Protection

Opera 9.1 will include Fraud Protection @ Neowin.net

  • 3 weeks later...
Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8643/3551/478 Released

Almost 9.10 RC1

We are getting close to 9.10 RC1..

Known issues

Finnish language files went missing in the package building. (Our finnish localization manager is not too happy..)

Gzipped pages are not decoded when loaded from cache, so some pages will sometimes look broken when visited a second time (Neowin.net broken with this build)

Changelog

Source editor text "reload from cache" now reads "Apply changes"

Fixed 100% CPU on google maps and some other pages

Fixed an issue with opacity on links that have images nested in them

Find in page now has colors that are easier to see, while also being configurable (opera:config#Colors|HighlightedBackground)

Some fixes to Search in hotclick menu

Removed "Open when download complete" from File type dialog (while we fix it..)

Fixed accesskeys on pages with frames

Several fixes to Fraud protection

Fixed crash when changing file handler on UNIX

Now also UNIX has its Mask as IE mask the platform as well

A lot of memory leaks plugged and crashers removed

Fixed problem finding nested IMAP mailboxes

Fixed problem with Chinese and Korean text input

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8649/3554/490 Released

Another weekly for you, smoking hot from the build servers, even our testers haven't played much with these before you, so be nice to them!

What you will see:

Fraud protection is not enabled by default anymore. We basically had to turn it on by default in the first weeklies to make sure we got as much feedback as possible in the limited time we had.

However, it's a new feature and we think users may need some time to get used to this idea, so we've made it an opt-in feature for now. Opera is about giving users the choice, after all.

Technically, there's a difference in how we transmit the data to the site check server. We now use https when we send information about an https server, to ensure that the trust information is at least as reliable as the original content. We still prefer to use http most of the time, since we're not very comfortable with sending home information that our users can't easily inspect.

Other changes:

We've fixed a number of bugs since last week, including the super-annoying gzip cache bug. NOTE: You may need to empty your cache before everything goes back to normal.

What's going on:

The desktop team was represented in the first Opera Backstage Russia event, in Ivanovo last week.

Next week we'll also participate in Webmaster World in Las Vegas. Be sure to drop by the Opera booth if you're there!

Yesterday, W3C released the first public working draft of the Widgets 1.0 specification, largely based on the current Opera implementation.

Changes since last weekly

Fixed bug where "Go to URL" feature deselects last one or two characters of a URL

Fixed bug where newsfeed count did not updated in Mail panel status bar

Fixed bug where cnn.com didn't always finish loading

Fixed bug where accesskeys didn't work right on frame pages

Fixed bug where Gzipped pages was not decoded when loaded from cache

Added preference to disable trust button in address bar opera:config#SecurityPrefs|EnableTrustButton

Fixed Finnish translation

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

is this version stable? i heard the previous build crashed or froze a lot.

All seems to works fine for me. Occasionally and rarely, only highest CPU load (14/15 max - task manager/windows xp) when i write a post on Neowin (ipb plateform). :)

Enthusiast

ravix7

Posted
Posted

Sorry to somewhat hijack this thread, but does anyone know how to create a tab close button that isnt on the tabs themselves, but on the end of the tab bar, like in firefox?

tools >> Preferences >> Advanced >> Tabs (left item) >> Untick "show close button on each tab"

This is Better than firefox as you can now minimize, and resize tabs along with closeing them.

Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8653/3561/494 Released

One more step towards 9.10

By csant. Friday, 17. November 2006, 09:47:14

It's that time of the week again... and we have a new weekly snapshot build - fresh from the build servers this time as well.

Changelog

Several improvements to Fraud Protection.

New Fraud Protection icons.

Fixed bug where videos on Google Video would not play or buffer.

Fixed a crasher related to master password.

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8660/3570/499 Released

Opera 9.1 weekly build

By olli. Friday, 24. November 2006, 12:23:51

We have fixed some important problems in this build and we are now much closer to release. Please remember that these builds are not well tested and not intended as production releases :-)

Changelog

Windows media plugin now works even if java is disabled

Fixed hanging when hovering some pages, for example elkjop.no

Fixed issue with floating point numbers treated as integers on some linux systems (caused some CSS and scripts to fail)

Several Fraud protection fixes

Several Memory leak and crash fixes

Wand data is stored in a new format - please read below!

We made a change to the format Wand data is stored in: this means that if you upgrade to this build, you should not downgrade to a build with the previous format, as you would lose your Wand data. If you choose to upgrade an existing Opera install (note that we recommend against this with weekly builds), and you want to be on the safe side, please make a manual backup of the file wand.dat in your profile before ugprading. The new format also might mean that *some* data for logins *might* not be available anymore: we would very much appreciate feedback about this, with a URL to the page where you lost your Wand data.

You may have read about a phishing attack on MySpace that took advantage of

automatic form filling in other browsers. Although Opera was not directly

affected, these new changes make it even harder for users to be tricked by this attack.

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8666/3575/505 Released

It's December!

By csant. Friday, 1. December 2006, 09:12:59phishing, desktop, WEEKLY

Heia all!

Happy Christm^WDecember! It's a new month and we never slow down... Another build is ready for you to test, and while you get hard to work on discovering new bugs, we...

...go party!

This weekly has several fixes in the Fraud Protection feature - and we would like as much feedback as possible on it. Go break it!

Changelog

Some stability fixes.

Fixed accidental deletion of a feed when unsubscribing.

Translation fixes.

Several Fraud Protection fixes.

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8670/3577/507 Released

Phishing, UNIX and plug-ins...

By csant. Tuesday, 5. December 2006, 10:42:30

PhishTank has been added as an additional Fraud Protection blacklist. PhishTank is a free community site where anyone can submit, verify, track and share phishing data.

Changelog

Fixes to the Fraud Protection feature.

Fixes to Opera freezing with Flash 9 on Linux.

Fixed smooth scrolling on UNIX! w00t!!1!

Flash now works on FreeBSD! OMG!!!11!1!

We would like feedback specifically on any regressions you might notice with plug-ins on Linux. Note that the fixes might not fix all issues with Flash 9 yet, but you should see improvements.

A little note on where to enable smooth scrolling on UNIX: you find a checkbox to enable the feature in the advanced tab of the preferences, under "Browsing".

For our FreeBSD users that would like to experiment with Flash on FreeBSD: getting Flash to work is (unfortunately) not completely straight-forward yet, but here is a little HOWTO:

Copy operapluginwrapper from the Linux static .1 archive to your local installation

Start Opera

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8678/3587/518 Released

one more (mid)weekly

By csant. Wednesday, 13. December 2006, 05:09:09

One more (mid)weekly with mainly Fraud protection related fixes - and a fix for horizontal scrollbars on Adobe.com :)

Changelog

Several improvements and fixes to the Fraud Protection feature.

Scrolling left should only be allowed if RTL directionality is defined on HTML or BODY - this removes horizontal scrollbars on e.g. Adobe.com.

Several stability fixes.

Have fun testing - and as always, we would greatly appreciate valuable feedback on this week's builds. :)

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8679/3588/521 Released

New build available

By olli. Thursday, 14. December 2006, 11:00:30

In the last build there snuck in a pretty bad regression, so we ended up having to revert one of the layout fixes from yesterday.

Our favorite customer Santa has a deadline coming up so we are approaching release of Opera 9.10.

Changelog

N/A

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Veteran

halcyoncmdr

Posted
Posted (edited)
Opera 9.10

By csant. Monday, 18. December 2006, 09:07:23

And finally...

...9.10 is out!

A big thank you to everybody following development on this blog, providing valuable feedback with testing. Now lean back and enjoy the Christmas time: we'll be doing the very same.

Merry Christmas to all, and a Happy New Year from

The Desktop Team

Build 8679/3588/521 Released Officially

Changelog

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Opera Main Page

Source // Desktop Team

Edited by halcyoncmdr
  • 4 weeks later...
Experienced

Steve Gosselin

Posted
Posted

Build 8692/3602/536 Released

First weekly in 2007

By olli. Friday, 12. January 2007, 11:28:34

Ah good to be back after the holidays with new weeklies

Enjoy :-)

Changelog

CSS height:inherit now inherits the computed value

Scripts in framesets now execute onload

Applets inserted with innerHTML can now be called by javascript

Fullscreen movies on youtube movies now start (please note that this might not work on Linux with Flash 9)

Fixed hang on Opera windows when starting Opera with a language file saved with mac style newlines

An invalid system locale no longer causes missing text

Capital letter "enctype" now doesn't break file uploads on ie virusscan.jotti.org

YouTube videos progress bar now updates

Images with broken exif data now display

Downloading a widget now only sends one GET request

Fixed 100% CPU when loading http://

Fixed loading of netvibes.com

IRC /quit messages now work properly

Loading cnn.com now finishes properly

Transfer status on IRC improved

Fixed crash when performing 'copy link address' on a non-link

Spell checking works better on debian

Fixed crasher when trying to download a file to a full disk

Windows specific:

fixed failing startup with Mac formatted language files

Mac specific:

native OS X UI elements can now be used in skins

UNIX specific:

fixed invalid locale causing missing strings in the UI

add /usr/lib/ to search path for libaspell

Known issues:

Java not working

Version number not updated yet

Download links

Windows MSI

Windows Classic

Macintosh

Unix

Source // Desktop Team

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • Why Delta Chat is the best decentralized messenger you have probably never tried

      By Nas · Posted

      Interesting share -- however it does not make sense: Email messages get stored somewhere, so how is Delta Chat "based on email" and decentralized without actually storing anything? By Web3 standard practices, the various Relays would require dedicated storage to make messages available to the recipients (like a large series of message queue channels, akin to racks of traditional post office boxes)... and Contacts must be two-way confirmed in order for encryption keys to be exchanged (ostensibly every key-pair is uniquely bound between sender and recipient) and the Relays would preserve the public keys in order to facilitate message carriage... or every device stores all sorts of keys and contact info. All of this to say, decentralized messaging is like running Bluesky nodes except instead of discovering/browsing public feeds by various posters (at the given node) these Delta Chats would be relaying encrypted messages (via Relays) that only trusted recipients would have the appropriate decryption key (their own private key) to read it. But this doesn't solve the "it's like email" sales pitch. The only way it's like email is that there's encrypted binary stuff being transported from your app into the federated ether of Delta Chat Relays for others to decrypt (hopefully only the intended recipient)... but outside of this federated relays framework, it is absolutely nothing like email.
    • Hasleo Backup Suite Free 5.8.2.2

      By Copernic · Posted

      Hasleo Backup Suite Free 5.8.2.2 by Razvan Serea Hasleo Backup Suite Free is a free Windows backup and restore software, which embeds backup, restore and cloning features, it is designed for Windows operating system users and can be used on both Windows PCs and Servers. The backup and restore feature of Hasleo Backup Suite can help you back up and restore the Windows operating systems, disks, partitions and files (folders) to protect the security of your Windows operating system and personal data. The cloning feature of Hasleo Backup Suite can help you migrate Windows to another disk, or easily upgrade a disk to an SSD or a larger capacity disk. System Backup & Restore / Disk/Partition Backup & Restore Backup Windows operating system and boot-related partitions, including user settings, drivers and applications installed in these partitions, which ensures that you can quickly restore your Windows operating system once it crashes. Viruses, power failure, or other unknown reasons may cause data loss, so it is a good habit to regularly back up the drive that stores important files, you can at least recover lost files from the backup image files in the event of a disaster. System Clone / Disk Clone / Partition Clone Migrate the Windows operating system from one disk to another SSD or larger disk without reinstalling Windows, applications and drivers. Clone entire disk to another disk and ensure that the contents of the source disk and the destination disk are exactly the same. Clone a partition completely to the specified location on the current disk or another disk and ensure that the data will not be changed. File Backup & Restore Back up specified files(folders) instead of the entire drive to another location to protect your data, so you can quickly restore files(folders) from the backup image files when needed. Incremental/Differential/Full Backup Different backup modes are supported, you can flexibly choose data protection schemes, which can improve backup performance and save storage space while ensuring data security. Delta Restore Delta restore uses advanced delta detection technology to check the changed blocks on the destination drive and restore only the changed blocks, so it has a faster restore speed than the traditional full restore. Universal Restore This feature can help us restore the Windows operating system to computers with different hardware and ensure that Windows can work normally without any hardware compatibility issues. Hasleo Backup Suite 5.8.2.2 changelog: Improved creation of bootable media that supports the UEFI CA 2023 certificate Fixed an issue that caused system restore to fail Fixed an issue where file backup could not list drives under Windows ARM64 Fixed an issue that caused backup of MacOS files/folders shared via Samba to fail Fixed an issue that caused "Smart Backup" to not work properly Fixed other minor bugs Download: Hasleo Backup Suite 5.8.2.2 | 39.7 MB (Freeware) Links: Hasleo Backup Suite Website | Hasleo Backup Suite Guide | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Shotcut 26.6.25

      By Copernic · Posted

      Shotcut 26.6.25 by Razvan Serea Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. Major features include support for a wide range of formats; no import required meaning native timeline editing; Blackmagic Design support for input and preview monitoring; and resolution support to 4k. Editing Features Trimming on source clip player or timeline with ripple option Append, insert, overwrite, lift, and ripple delete editing on the timeline 3-point editing Hide, mute, and lock track controls Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and waveforms Unlimited undo and redo for playlist edits including a history view Create, play, edit, save, load, encode, and stream MLT XML projects (with auto-save) Save and load trimmed clip as MLT XML file Load and play complex MLT XML file as a clip Drag-n-drop files from file manager Scrubbing and transport control Video Effects Video compositing across video tracks HTML5 (sans audio and video) as video source and filters 3-way (shadows, mids, highlights) color wheels for color correction and grading Eye dropper tool to pick neutral color for white balancing Deinterlacing Auto-rotate Fade in/out audio and fade video from and to black with easy-to-use fader controls on timeline Video wipe transitions: bar, barn door, box, clock (radial), diagonal, iris, matrix, and custom gradient image Track compositing/blending modes: Over, Add, Saturate, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Darken, Dodge, Burn, Hard Light, Soft Light, Difference, Exclusion, HSL Hue, HSL Saturation, HSL Color, HSL Luminosity. Video Filters: Alpha Channel: Adjust, Alpha Channel: View, Blur, Brightness, Chroma Key: Advanced, Chroma Key: Simple, Contrast, Color Grading, Crop, Diffusion, Glow, Invert Colors, Key Spill: Advanced, Key Spill: Simple, Mirror, Old Film: Dust, Old Film: Grain, Old Film: Projector, Old Film: Scratches, Old Film: Technocolor, Opacity, Rotate, Rutt-Etra-Izer, Saturation, Sepia Tone, Sharpen, Size and Position, Stabilize, Text, Vignette, Wave, White Balance Speed effect for audio/video clips Hardware Support Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring Leap Motion for jog/shuttle control Webcam capture Audio capture to system audio card Capture (record) SDI, HDMI, webcam (V4L2), JACK audio, PulseAudio, IP stream, X11 screen, and Windows DirectShow devices Multi-core parallel image processing (when not using GPU and frame-dropping is disabled) DeckLink SDI keyer output OpenGL GPU-based image processing with 16-bit floating point linear per color component Shotcut 26.6.25 changelog highlights: Added basic support for OpenFX (OFX) video plugins. Added VST2 audio plugin support for third-party audio effects. Added Safe Mode to launch Shotcut without external plugins for easier crash recovery. Added an experimental plugin UI generator (--experimental) for supported filters and plugins. Added a new Noise Reduction audio filter powered by RNNoise. Added HDR export support. Added PQ HDR metadata options for HDR exports. Added the ability to view HDR previews in full-screen mode. Improved Vulkan display support on Linux. Fixed DeckLink and UltraStudio external monitor deadlocks. Fixed Opus audio export warnings related to frame_duration. Improved plugin discovery and compatibility for supported OpenFX and VST2 plugins. Expanded command-line options for testing experimental features. Improved overall application stability when using third-party plugins. Enhanced HDR editing and preview workflow. Included numerous bug fixes, performance optimizations, and general stability improvements throughout the application.[full release notes] Download: Shotcut 26.6.25 | Portable | ARM64 ~200.0 MB (Open Source) View: Shotcut Home Page | Other Operating Systems | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Limited Prime Day deal sees Amazon Echo Show 11 is at its lowest price yet

      By ExecutiveFunction404 · Posted

      I looked into a few echo devices to find they were riddled with adverts over time. No thanks ill stick to my homeassistant, smart plugs, smart bulbs and cameras that don't cost me a monthly fee and are cheaper to buy. No adverts also.
    • Brave Browser 1.91.180

      By Copernic · Posted

      Brave Browser 1.91.180 is out.

  • Recent Achievements

    • Week One Done
      Woland13 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      Woland13 earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Year In
      bernmeister earned a badge
      One Year In
    • Week One Done
      Scoobystu earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Week One Done
      tuben earned a badge
      Week One Done

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      504
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      229
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      163
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      76
    5. 5
      FloatingFatMan
      71
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!