Opera 8 Beta 2 Released
Posted by Toxicfume on 25 February 2005 - 14:39 · 39 comments & 7316 views
After a long while, Opera 8's second beta has been unofficially released. No changelog has been posted yet, but will appear once it is officially released, which should be soon.

There are a few apparent changes such as the new Appearance settings and a new option to 'Report a site problem'.

Gmail and Google Maps works flawlessly in this version, and Hotmail supposedly works better. Here is a small changelog posted by an Opera Employee:

Improved Security
  • Fix for IDN spoofing, by introducing a whitelist for safe top-level domains - curently :no:jp:de:se:kr:tw:cn:at:dk:ch:li:. Sites not in the whitelist will show the encoded domain in the URL field. The list is updated automatically when Opera checks for a new version.
  • The padlock icon is now always visible for HTTPS servers, and the name of the organization owning the certificate is displayed in the URL field.
  • Support for the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) - real-time requests for certificate status.
  • Other smaller fixes and changes.
  • and more...
The Final version of Opera 8 is expected to be released very soon by the end of this month.

Update: Opera 8 Beta 2 is now official. Full Changelog now available. At this point only the Windows version is available.

Download: Opera 8 Beta 2 (For Windows)
View: Complete Changelog
News source: Neowin BPN(thanks mohan_168)

What's new
  1. A new selection command “Select Group” – select similar files. E.g. pic001.jpg, pic002.jpg….
  2. A new command “Command Prompt” in the "Tools" menu. It opens a command prompt for the current folder.
  3. Multi-Rename Dialog – replace command can replace all occurrences of a string
  4. A new Multi-Rename Mode. “Insert” insert a string on a specified position in the file name.
  5. An option to disable the calculation of the folder sizes.
  6. A new set of quick move commands. (In “Edit” popup menu)
  7. “Move to tabs” – shows a popup menu to move the selected files to one the folders open by ExplorerXP
  8. “Move to subfolder” – shows a popup menu to move the selected files to a subfolder of the current folder.
  9. “Move to groups” – shows a popup menu to move the selected files to a folder from the groups.
  10. “Move to Parent” - shows a popup menu to move the selected files to the parent folder.


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by biorK on 25 Feb 2005 - 14:47
Yay! Great news! I hope we'll see the Final version soon!
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by ev0| on 25 Feb 2005 - 15:05
Link is already dead
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by vetToxicfume on 25 Feb 2005 - 15:19
Yeah, opera is being slammed left and right, even their mainpage is very slow. I'll try to update with mirrors as soon as possible.
Quote this comment #2.2 Posted by Jugalator on 25 Feb 2005 - 15:22
Not here Or maybe rather -- not now.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Rapier on 25 Feb 2005 - 15:21
Mirror...
Search on ShareUrl
http://download.rusc.ru/files/ow32enen800b2.exe
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by Tropical Dream on 25 Feb 2005 - 15:23
go to:
ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win/800b2/en/std/

Drag and drop ow32enen800b2.exe to your desktop
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by ev0| on 25 Feb 2005 - 16:02
Sweet !
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Rickie on 25 Feb 2005 - 15:29
Nice
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by mz_ on 25 Feb 2005 - 15:47
Cool!
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by Galley on 25 Feb 2005 - 16:00
I wondering how the EXIF support for JPGs will be implemented. I guess I will know in 12 minutes.
Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by Jugalator on 25 Feb 2005 - 16:54
Here's some EXIF JPG's to compare with:
http://www.exif.org/samples.html

The "model" links takes you to the JPG's you can check by using "Image Properties", the "full info" links takes you to a page listing all info that was actually stored.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by soldier1st on 25 Feb 2005 - 16:06
gonna try this
if it works then maybe it will stick around.we need a final release.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by smashguy on 25 Feb 2005 - 16:10
wow, sound pretty good for me!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by Jugalator on 25 Feb 2005 - 16:31
Google Autocomplete works perfectly now

Edit: And Google Maps too!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by ArKeYa on 25 Feb 2005 - 16:32
Great. If this works with hotmail I'm back to using Opera.
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by nvizible on 25 Feb 2005 - 17:09
QUOTE
Ctrl+F11 works as keyboard shortcut for "Fit to window width" rather than "Disable main menu", which is now only available in opera6.ini.

guess i wont bother downloading it! ctrl+F11 is teh_Best :/
Quote this comment #12.1 Posted by worbd on 25 Feb 2005 - 17:16
Why not just add it yourself?
Quote this comment #12.2 Posted by ArKeYa on 25 Feb 2005 - 18:59
Right. You can easily use alt F11 instead.
Quote this comment #12.3 Posted by alex. on 25 Feb 2005 - 22:28
ALT + F11 doesn't work for me
Quote this comment #12.4 Posted by ArKeYa on 27 Feb 2005 - 05:22
You have to edit your keyboard setup.

Last edited by 71794 on 27 Feb 2005 - 05:36
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by EduardValencia on 25 Feb 2005 - 17:35
t t t t t very few opera fans,i'm dissapointed
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by craZySoldier on 25 Feb 2005 - 18:15
This is buggyer than beta 1
Quote this comment #14.1 Posted by serafins on 25 Feb 2005 - 18:21
be specific ? or be responsible.
(6 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by carpediem on 25 Feb 2005 - 18:40
I guess only firefox deserves the frontpage huh?
Quote this comment #15.1 Posted by Fit4130Rider on 25 Feb 2005 - 18:44
Seriously, firefox isn't that cool.
Quote this comment #15.2 Posted by carpediem on 25 Feb 2005 - 18:45
This news post was on the first page @ first. Then moved here it seems. The only browser that get positive attention on the frontpage seem to be Firefox. That's what i meant.
Quote this comment #15.3 Posted by ArKeYa on 25 Feb 2005 - 19:01
I thought so too. The first time I've heard about the beta2 release I went straight ahead here to check but didn't find it at frontpage.
Quote this comment #15.4 Posted by bilemke on 25 Feb 2005 - 19:16
Not as big news because opera is not true freeware. It is shareware. Tell you the truth.. I still use IE over Firefox on many days. I must try this new beta.
Quote this comment #15.5 Posted by Jex on 26 Feb 2005 - 00:37
lol IE.
Quote this comment #15.6 Posted by HawkMan on 26 Feb 2005 - 01:16
Bilemke, you don't even know what shareware is do you ?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by xMorpheousx416 on 25 Feb 2005 - 19:01
The funny thing is...is that IDN spoofing bugs came to attention in Firefox, Opera...you name it. Now, there are new versions coming out, if not already, that fix these issues. People came out of the walls from out of nowhere, as you guys always do....criticizing one browser over the other...and this and that...but, ....

Over at Bink, you see in the news that IDN spoofing was identified in Internet Explorer....all you hear is crickets....the sound of silence...

Here's one:
Title Bar Spoofing...
One Example

Phishing exploit...

Second Example

Funny thing is...is that the best of us use all these programs....each one for their specific qualities...the right tool, for the right job!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by klesh on 26 Feb 2005 - 09:02
stick with 754u2, waiting for 8 final
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #18 Posted by CheeseCow on 27 Feb 2005 - 09:59
This is a great looking and very fast browser. I have been using Opera for almost a year now, and it does the job quite well. I have disabled all the messaging features though.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #19 Posted by Soleen on 27 Feb 2005 - 13:59
Using Opera on Solaris and on Windows.
I am using it for: e-mail using IMAP and POP3 servers, for browesing the Internet, for IRC chating.
There is now a feature, to report a website rendering problem in Opera. Right from the opera I can report a problem and Opera guys will look, and if this a popular website, they will either, contact the delevopers of the website so they could change the pages by the standards, or do some fixes in opera to render such pages correctlty.
They of course won't suppor ActiveX, but who cares?
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #20 Posted by moeburn on 27 Feb 2005 - 22:55
They said this version fixed java problems, but I still can't use dAMn at damn.deviantart.com.
Quote this comment #20.1 Posted by nant on 28 Feb 2005 - 17:19
What exactly can't you use in the mentioned page? It seems like any other devart user page...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #21 Posted by gaurav on 28 Feb 2005 - 12:35
I'll be damned! Its starting up like crazy! Its way too fast now! I like that!
Just the browsing speed aint that good, guess some tweaking in order!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #22 Posted by Gulfisland on 03 Mar 2005 - 07:27
anyone who actually uses opera, will never use anything else.. firefox is a great idea.. but sooooo sloooooooow and buggy .. opera is the porshe of browsers IMO... worth every penny, or 5 min on google looking for serial

Quote this comment Reply to this comment #23 Posted by Gulfisland on 03 Mar 2005 - 20:10
ok dont use this version.. it is very buggy for some reason. though I like the report site option... it doesnt load DA well at all...
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